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Mopar151

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52. Mazda has the colors!

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:05 PM

Feb 26

And some pretty cool metallics, with deep clearcoats!

Unfortunately, they are difficult to repair , and need some extra maintenance to look sharp!
I suspect that some of the "flat colors" we see are really beat up clearcoats. Rubbing compound, ultra fine "sandpaper", and other tricks can revive old clear coats and single stage paints, and can put new paint jobs into " incredible " territory.
I've learned a good bit about high end paint work from Robby Layton on YooToob. "Howling wolf garage" is a a good.resource for more utilitarian paint and body work.

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Why are so many cars today painted black, white, silver, gray? Is it cheaper for the manufacturers? [View all] raccoon Feb 26 OP

Paint manufacturers have lost the recipes for other colors dalton99a Feb 26 #1

Several manufacturers charge extra for pretty paint spooky3 Feb 26 #33

Maybe brightly-colored cars get targeted too often for traffic violations than more subdued-colored cars. Aristus Feb 26 #2

That's my guess. Ritabert Feb 26 #7

We have a bright red MX-5 Miata PCIntern Feb 26 #48

And ebony interiors. Frasier Balzov Feb 26 #3

I wanted a gray interior but it wasn't available--the black spooky3 Feb 26 #34

Does the manufacturer... 2naSalit Feb 26 #41

Not when I bought the car. Nt spooky3 Feb 26 #44

Same here I had a gray interor in my last doc03 Feb 26 #43

I have a black dog Bluestocking Feb 26 #51

Way too hot!! My last car had a light grey interior and I loved it's lightness FemDemERA Feb 26 #59

I intentionally bought a turquoise car so I could find it in parking lots Ocelot II Feb 26 #4

I have a red one and agree with you. Nt spooky3 Feb 26 #35

From what I've been told, this has always been the norm in Memphis region SheltieLover Feb 26 #5

+1. It's about color coordination - sky is gray, road is gray, car is gray dalton99a Feb 26 #29

It's so humid here, the sky is always gray SheltieLover Feb 26 #42

Mazda has the colors! Mopar151 Feb 26 #52

Cool about Mazda! SheltieLover Feb 26 #55

I think two main reasons Jerry2144 Feb 26 #6

I have a white car. It's cooler in the sun and is fairly visible. Ritabert Feb 26 #8

Mine is also white. Funny story.....coming out of the store, I swear there were 6 white SUV's all parked a kennedy Feb 26 #10

They do all look alike. We have a carrier on top which helps. Ritabert Feb 26 #12

I have a white SUV. Intractable Feb 26 #53

True. Ritabert Feb 26 #57

The color of my car is... lame54 Feb 26 #9

Nice color choice Lifeafter70 Feb 26 #16

I had one painted Inferno Red Pearl. rsdsharp Feb 26 #21

Wine underpants Feb 26 #32

Colored Greg_In_SF Feb 26 #11

I have two white cars. MineralMan Feb 26 #13

If you're leasing a car, you get the cheap color. haele Feb 26 #31

I'm guessing resale value and fleet purchases primarily. Torchlight Feb 26 #14

I'll paint it any color as long as it's black - Henry Ford Brother Buzz Feb 26 #15

There was more to it than that jmowreader Feb 26 #40

I've been looking at buying a new car LogDog75 Feb 26 #17

Do with it what you will, but here's what Copilot said when I asked why car colors are so boring: Xavier Breath Feb 26 #18

"Lighter colors are generally easier to keep clean, as they do not show dirt and grime " EX500rider Feb 26 #26

Flat gray is popular KT2000 Feb 26 #19

I wanted a red car DBoon Feb 26 #20

My car is burgandy senseandsensibility Feb 26 #22

My car is red, and I will want that color for my future cars for the simple reason that other drivers SEE a red car. Sogo Feb 26 #23

I have always had red cars oberle Feb 26 #61

People buy brightly colored cars when they are optimistic about the future... hunter Feb 26 #24

No, that's hemlines. Hemlines go up or down with the stock market. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 26 #45

Least common denominators Jose Garcia Feb 26 #25

It evolves Cirsium Feb 26 #27

One color, one cost. bucolic_frolic Feb 26 #28

A few reasons jmowreader Feb 26 #30

Color is often more expensive, paint harder to match. flvegan Feb 26 #36

Smoked paprika Lifeafter70 Feb 26 #37

Seemed Cool at the Time? OC375 Feb 26 #38

It really ForgedCrank Feb 26 #39

More about the grayscaling of car colors LearnedHand Feb 26 #46

Thanks for the links! raccoon Feb 27 #62

I have an Urban Gray Pearl Honda CRV. I really like doc03 Feb 26 #47

Subaru Outback in Azurite Blue Pearl is what i have EX500rider Feb 26 #49

Very pretty nt spooky3 Feb 26 #50

"any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black." Norrrm Feb 26 #54

It's Not Cheaper ProfessorGAC Feb 26 #56

I'll be in the market fora new car in the next year or so. If I keep it as long... 3catwoman3 Feb 26 #58

I have a 15 Forester. VGNonly Feb 27 #63

I've had one Forester before my Hyundai, in the dark green color, which I really liked... 3catwoman3 Feb 27 #64

Never thought it was a good idea canetoad Feb 26 #60