Why are all the GT's BLUE!!

Wife demanded red. No choice. Had to order a build car.
 
mldavis2 said:
Wife demanded red. No choice. Had to order a build car.
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Originally wanted a white premium with a gray interior. Wife and I went to the dealer to see the car but the one they had was in the street so we left. Came back the following week, the red/red Korean version was on the floor, we climbed all over it, were knocked out. Returned a couple of weeks later when we saw that a red AWD GT2 had arrived, I'm not a fan of a black interior which is why I wanted white/gray but the car was drop dead gorgeous. We sat down and told the salesman what we were willing to pay (thanks to the good folks here we knew our stuff), he matched and beat the price so we shook hands and I wrote a check for the first month. We came back a week later to pick up the car, drove it home, the following day they got a blue/gray AWD GT2, damn! Life plays tricks, right?
 
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A GT in blue w/Drive Wise package is what I'm considering, but wondering about 5/6 years from now, will anyone want a Micro Blue Stinger?...

The color that is out there, but extremely rare (at least in the Pacific NW) is Panthera Metal. It goes well with all the black chrome accents (such as the review mirrors), and quiets down all the do-dads on the skin.
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Now this looks a lot like Mazda's Machine Gray Metalic:
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The color has hardly any fleck and looks like a type of liquid led or liquid metal of some sort. Really nice, and I think would hold up over time better than the Micro Blue?

Thoughts anyone?...
 
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I definitely would have considered that if I had seen one (the Panthera Metal)... In Los Angeles there is a pretty good selection, but I didn't even see that was an option...

MarkyMark said:
A GT in blue w/Drive Wise package is what I'm considering, but wondering about 5/6 years from now, will anyone want a Micro Blue Stinger?...

The color that is out there, but extremely rare (at least in the Pacific NW) is Panthera Metal. It goes well with all the black chrome accents (such as the review mirrors), and quiets down all the do-dads on the skin.
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Now this looks a lot like Mazda's Machine Gray Metalic:
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The color has hardly any fleck and looks like a type of liquid led or liquid metal of some sort. Really nice, and I think would hold up over time better than the Micro Blue?

Thoughts anyone?...
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Kia Stinger said:
I wouldn't worry too much. The Micro Blue is a very nice color and won't suffer the same fate as the teal that many cars suffered with in the 90s...
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Doah! I had a TEAL 1993 Ford Probe SE! It was a deal, so I went with it. Gee, I wonder why the deal?! No matter how much waxing, it oxidized like crazy! But I ran that Mazda 2.2L engine and manual transmission for 13 years and 167k miles! I drove it as if it were a Ferrari - seriously, I have no idea how many times I pushed it over the redline (not sure there was even an indicator for that in the cockpit, but I'm sure I killed it to no end!). That sold me on Mazda's ever since. Yes a "Ford" but the engine and manual transmission was built by Mazda in Japan and shipped over to Flat Rock to be thrown into the Probe or Mazda MX-6... Wanted the 6, but $2k more did me in, so the TEAL Probe it was. My bro also bought a 1993 Mazda 626 and it wouldn't die on him either, with 220k miles, but I digress...

Back to the Stinger Blue! Blue, Greens and Red's have issues with UV. That is, Blue, Reds and Greens fade more than other colors. I do NOT park indoors, so my cars get crushed with all the rain and road debris the Pacific NW throws at it all winter, coupled with a lot of sun all summer long (don't tell anyone but yes, it's great up here in the summer).

So I worry a bit about the blue - no matter what I do - fading and not having the "pop" it does coming off the show flow. Compounds and Carnauba wax can only do so much. Thus, I'm slightly leaning towards the white. White never gets dirty. Well, of course it does, but it doesn't show. It just goes from white to cream! ; ) The red Brembo's also show nicely against the white paint job.

That Panthera Metal is also a great color. Much like Mazda's near feckless liquid led color.... Oh the choices...
 
Can anyone speak to whether or not the CilaJet coating helps with fading over time? I popped for it on mine because I know 2 people that swear by it...
 
MarkyMark said:
Doah! I had a TEAL 1993 Ford Probe SE! It was a deal, so I went with it. Gee, I wonder why the deal?! No matter how much waxing, it oxidized like crazy! But I ran that Mazda 2.2L engine and manual transmission for 13 years and 167k miles! I drove it as if it were a Ferrari - seriously, I have no idea how many times I pushed it over the redline (not sure there was even an indicator for that in the cockpit, but I'm sure I killed it to no end!). That sold me on Mazda's ever since. Yes a "Ford" but the engine and manual transmission was built by Mazda in Japan and shipped over to Flat Rock to be thrown into the Probe or Mazda MX-6... Wanted the 6, but $2k more did me in, so the TEAL Probe it was. My bro also bought a 1993 Mazda 626 and it wouldn't die on him either, with 220k miles, but I digress...

Back to the Stinger Blue! Blue, Greens and Red's have issues with UV. That is, Blue, Reds and Greens fade more than other colors. I do NOT park indoors, so my cars get crushed with all the rain and road debris the Pacific NW throws at it all winter, coupled with a lot of sun all summer long (don't tell anyone but yes, it's great up here in the summer).

So I worry a bit about the blue - no matter what I do - fading and not having the "pop" it does coming off the show flow. Compounds and Carnauba wax can only do so much. Thus, I'm slightly leaning towards the white. White never gets dirty. Well, of course it does, but it doesn't show. It just goes from white to cream! ; ) The red Brembo's also show nicely against the white paint job.

That Panthera Metal is also a great color. Much like Mazda's near feckless liquid led color.... Oh the choices...
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Those paints in the late 80s and early 90s were terrible. So many cars had issues back then. If I'm not mistaken one of the ingredients were changed due to safety issues - and it just wasn't much good until the formula was revised again a few years later... Me, I typically do silver or grey - light or dark - both work fine for keeping a car looking clean - even when it's not. I'm not somebody with a lot of free time so I spend what little I have doing things I enjoy (not car washing)...
 
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The other side of that argument is that a car that does not show dirt, also never really looks clean. If it shows dirt (dark colors, black) it is difficult to keep clean but looks so much better when it is. My own preference runs away from metal flake in any color because each "flake" is a bonding surface that can potentially fail, and when it does, it starts a chain reaction. Very few metallic gray cars (I refuse to call them "silver" or "gun metal" look good after a few years in the elements. I ran a new car service department in the '80 (yeah, a long time ago) and silvers were the worst "colors" that demanded repaints and body work. I think the metallic grays got started because the high-dollar cars (M-B, BMW, Lexus) built millions of them. It doesn't mean status to me. No offense, JMHO.
 
Kia Stinger said:
Thank goodness my car is garaged. Especially being in South Florida...
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My bright blue metallic GTO sat outside for 10 years during work hours but managed to maintain its quality. Only damage was to the leather seats in the back below the back glass where the leather tightened up and broke the stitching. Paint is still good after 13 years, but I kept it clean and waxed (silicone).
 
mldavis2 said:
The other side of that argument is that a car that does not show dirt, also never really looks clean. If it shows dirt (dark colors, black) it is difficult to keep clean but looks so much better when it is. My own preference runs away from metal flake in any color because each "flake" is a bonding surface that can potentially fail, and when it does, it starts a chain reaction. Very few metallic gray cars (I refuse to call them "silver" or "gun metal" look good after a few years in the elements. I ran a new car service department in the '80 (yeah, a long time ago) and silvers were the worst "colors" that demanded repaints and body work. I think the metallic grays got started because the high-dollar cars (M-B, BMW, Lexus) built millions of them. It doesn't mean status to me. No offense, JMHO.
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Light Silver = #1 color to never show how dirty it is. It will lose its shine and become a two town light brown-is gray to silver (bottom to top) but hey, no need to wash ; ) White = #2 best color to hide dirt. Amazing how many people have no idea how great a color white is at hiding dirt, but 'tis true.
 
MarkyMark said:
A GT in blue w/Drive Wise package is what I'm considering, but wondering about 5/6 years from now, will anyone want a Micro Blue Stinger?...

The color that is out there, but extremely rare (at least in the Pacific NW) is Panthera Metal. It goes well with all the black chrome accents (such as the review mirrors), and quiets down all the do-dads on the skin.
View attachment 2705
Now this looks a lot like Mazda's Machine Gray Metalic:
View attachment 2706
The color has hardly any fleck and looks like a type of liquid led or liquid metal of some sort. Really nice, and I think would hold up over time better than the Micro Blue?

Thoughts anyone?...
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I've seen the Panthera in person and it looks better than pictures (which seems to be true of all Stinger colors). I think I remember it having a good amount of fleck, but I could be getting it confused with another car. I do remember that it look better up close and somewhat hides the lines from a distance. I think the Stinger looks better in lighter colors.
 
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My local dealer has the GT's in red, blue, ceramic silver (my favorite) black and the infamous YELLOW ! 1 out of only 400 made.
 
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AmayaA_CourtesyK said:
My local dealer has the GT's in red, blue, ceramic silver (my favorite) black and the infamous YELLOW ! 1 out of only 400 made.
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You must be on the west coast. For some reason y'all have all the colors. Those of us east of Texas have blue.
 
And those of us north of Texas have black.
 
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