Any obsidian owners out there notice that the colour looks amazing but is both impossible to keep clean and also shows any and every swirl mark/imperfection? My last Lexus was an IS250 in smoky granite, it didn't show anything, ahhhh, I'm sort of concerned about this, should I just get a wrap?? Love to hear from others with Obsidian as their colour of choice.

 

I only get black on all my cars,

2 bucket wash, wax.

xpel ultimate front end <-=-= you can't swirl xpel ultimate.

this means you just have to be careful on doors top and back. usually has the least amount of dirt.

 

good luck trying to keep the swirls, scratches wash marks, marring etc. off your car. try using Optimum ONR to wash her, but it has to be done right. i've touched on this subject before and even posted findings from a pro detailer in the automotive care forum. i owned a GS F Sport/Obsidian and it drove me nuts. i tried 3 diff coatings, Hard Body, 22PLE and Opti-coat 2.0. opti-coat was the best coating, wrapping is a matter of preference, but that's one way to protect your paint.

 

Obsidian is THE color for this car!

 

Love hurts and sometimes is troublesome and costly too.

 

Still happy with mine!

 

I'm on my third black car in a row....Nothing beats how a black car looks in that five minutes right after you clean and detail it!

Of course, then I find excuses to take my wife's car to run errands so mine doesn't get dirty again...

 

I really like the gs in black. Mine gets dirty fast thou...

I know nothing about the wrapping. Wouldn't that change the "look" and feel?

 

No doubt it is the most beautiful color for the GS, but it's how it looks after that five minutes that kept me away from it.

 

that's why i went platinum with this one.

 

Yeah, when I was shopping, I saw all of the Obsidian cars on the lot with water spots on them. I was going to get that color, but in the end, I knew how hard it would be to keep up with black.

Went with the Riviera Red and it's been easier to maintain.

I'm gonna take syd's advice again and buy some ONR. Even though it's blue, I can use a little red food coloring and turn it into something closer to my color. :tongue in cheek:

 

I love black cars, but the upkeep is just too much for me anymore. Really I feel that way about all dark colors. The Jeep is a real dark green...

 

Each time I leased a black car, I knew what I was in for. The worst part is the swirls that happen after going to virtually any car wash.

This is why I went with the Nebula Grey Pearl this time. It shines when clean, and looks a bit "matte" when dirty (which goes with my matte black wheels.

I seem to rotate between black, grey, then silver with each new lease. Silver is also beautiful, and it tends to show the lines of any car more clearly.

Black tends to make sports sedans assimilate with the pack, making it hard er to distinguish the car from other luxury sedans.

I suggest buying one of those California Dusters and keeping it in your trunk. It makes it very easy to quickly dust off the car any time you start to see a little build up. Just don't use it if the car gets dirty.

 

"ONR is a beast." (Thanks, Syd). It definitely makes my OB look deep and shine more. I can wash my car whenever I want now.

 

Brutal this time of year with any color in the northeast with the pollen now.