Which other paint colours are least likely to show scratches?

Submitted: Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 20:58

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Bjorn

Ok, I know white is best, but next time round I want a colour change. How do scratches show on silver or other matallic colours? can they be buffed effectively? (I imagine the very dark colours are the worst.)

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Reply By: Utemad - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:04

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:04

We have silver work utes. Their scratches show like pinstripes at 30 paces.

However when we get keen they polish out easily enough and you would never know they where there. Except for the ones that go down to the undercoat.

White is fantastic. Never polish my ute and the scratches don't show. Stick with white. Get a fancy pin stripe instead :-)

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Follow Up By: Leroy - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:10

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:10

I got white too and I don't think you can go past it.

Leroy

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Follow Up By: Mad Dog (Victoria) - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:43

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:43

Absolutely, it's even hard to notice the dint I got the other week.

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Follow Up By: Utemad - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:59

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:59

My ute doesn't have a single straight panel. All have at least one small dent. Most would go unnoticed if I didn't know they were there.

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Follow Up By: Schevchenko - Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:13

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:13

I was in one of those prank shops yesterday and saw something great. It was a large clear sticker you slap on your mates white car and makes it look like its been scratched and dinged to buggery! looked real too. who has a shiny new car? shhhhhhh

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Reply By: lukasz - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:24

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:24

Very true with dark colours, I got black and dark grey (bottom) and you can see everything on black, grey looks much better from the distance.

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There are few answers about the car colour

Cheers!

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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 22:18

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 22:18

I got black, car is nearly 18 months old, duco looks like a bloody roadmap
Blue

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Reply By: Willem - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:40

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:40

Fawn or beige are good colours. Older Troopy's used to come out in that colour, also early model Pajeros. Light blue or light green will do as well and so will Pink!.

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Reply By: Mad Dog (Victoria) - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:46

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:46

Every other colour is shocking. This aint a fashion parade, our vehicles are supposed to look tough not pretty...buy white.

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Reply By: trolute - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:51

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 21:51

outback in the heat - you will want white

Lost somewhere, plane looking for you - you will want white then, too

Driving down a dirt road, couple of vehicles go the otherway, you get swollowed in the dust - you will want white so that the rest of the cars see you.

Considered white?

TrolUte

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Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 22:00

Monday, Oct 25, 2004 at 22:00

Bjorn,
If you don't want white then have a look at the colour of my 80 Series. 12 years of travelling and not always in the desert. It does have a few scratches but you have to look for them.

Wayne

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Reply By: Member - Raymond - Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:28

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:28

Hi Bjorn
Off road white is the best, next is the non metallic colours. The easiest way is to keep the vehicle with a good coat of wax and also use the colour polishes to cover up the scratches. Don't cut and polish till you want to sell it.
Wear the scratches as a badge of honour.
We had a red 80 series(terrible colour for scratches) just before sale had it cut and polished looked like new, not one that had lived much of its time in the high country.
Ray

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Reply By: Member - Chris M (QLD) - Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:39

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:39

The very best color is the old baby poo brown on the cruisers'. Owned a TD aftermarket intercoooled cruiser and took it out on some serious tracks/trips. Branches, trees, all kinds of things would drag up the side, wash it, give it a quick polish and it was good as new, I'd suggest even better than white.

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Reply By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:54

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:54

I've got Silver and the scratches show.

I went to K Mart and got some Turtle "Colour Cure" polish. It doesn't get rid of the scratches but colors them so they do not stand out. You can still see them up close if you look but they no longer stand out like the third one on a greyhound.

Cheers,

Jim.

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Reply By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:26

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:26

My wife's anti came around just recently, she was looking at the mud covered surf in the driveway. She goes "gee that'd be a nice colour if it was clean, what do they call it". I said "I think it's called ... scratched green". LOL
Who cares! It looks good when it's clean and polished....... from a distance! :-)

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Reply By: Bjorn - Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:48

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:48

thanks for the replies everyone. i think you can still get troopies in that baby poo army colour. i am proud to say i have learned two things from your wise responses - white is still good, and scratches can be badges of honor! ouch. and buff the mongrel to the bone before selling it.

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Follow Up By: Terrence from OZICOZI Damage Control - Friday, Nov 19, 2004 at 19:05

Friday, Nov 19, 2004 at 19:05

Scratches, stone chips and abrasions are a real nuisance. Whilst a particular colour may hide these problems better than other colours, they are still there.

We (OZICOZI Damage Control) offer the 3M Paint Protection Film that is applied to the most damage prone areas of your vehicle, such as bonnet, door, bumper, headlights (or boat, trailer, toolbox, or any painted surface). This film is a polyurethane that has been specifically engineered by 3M for this exact purpose.

The film is very tough, completely transparent and is designed to stick on permanently, but can be removed if necessary.

We can supply precut shapes to suit many vehicles or alternatively we supply film in metre lengths, in two widths of 610mm ($100 per metre)or 305mm ($50 per metre). Postage is extra.

Please visit our website for contact details in Melbourne and Sydney.
http://www.ozicozi.com.au

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