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who likes Blue Onyx Pearl?

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Old 03-12-10, 11:46 AM
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Default who likes Blue Onyx Pearl?

never seen one in person...is it popular?
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It is a very dark blue. It appears to show dust and dirt nearly as readily as black. From my research of cars for sale, I believe the sales popularity was medium:

Black: Top seller, can't swing a dead cat without hitting a black LS
Flint mica, silver, whites: Very popular, appear on the market frequently
Blue onyx, gold: Moderately popular, requires a wider search
Black cherry, Briarwood, Cypress: Fairly rare, requires a wide search, except cypress (green) cars seem to remain on the market longer.
Old 03-12-10, 05:21 PM
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I like Blue Onyx Pearl. It's dark blue that looks almost black. It's black sometimes, blue other times, depending on how the sun hits it.
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I have one...it's a nice color...
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Great looking color in person, and when it is clean with the sun on it just gorgeous!
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One drawback for me was the interior color limitations. I wanted a black interior and the only colors offered with blue onyx were cashmere & ash (premium & ML) and ecru (CL & UL).
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Of all the LS colors I've seen (haven't seen briarwood), none of them look "bad." All of them still make the car elegant. I saw a cypress one in person and it looked pretty good. OTOH, black/white/red, etc standard & metallic paint on a Corolla/camry/civic just looks cheap. It's the pearl that makes the paint stand out.
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I had that color on my 3gs. It's beautiful during the day and at night people always mistaken it for being black lol The only down side is that you have to alway keep it clean because it get dirty really quick.
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check the color out on this great resource...
http://www.toyotareference.com/lexusls#LS01
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so anyone has 01-03 on Blue Onyx Pearl?

I noticed this is kind of different than the 04 + am I correct?

if you can post your, that will be great. thanks
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Look at the link above...
It shows that the same paint code is consistent from 2001-2006
Blue Onyx Pearl (8P8)
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Love the blue color. Black, white, silver, seems those colors are everywhere but the electric chair.
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yes the link above show same color across 01-06 but I seen some pictures in this forum on the 04+, it looks lighter than the 01-03 that's why I want to confirm.
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I have a 2002 blue onyx pearl. It's a very dark blue!
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