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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:59 AM
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What is the easiest xB color to keep looking best?
Old Dec 30, 2003 | 05:28 AM
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white
Old Dec 30, 2003 | 05:33 AM
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also consider silver...pretty much anything dark (blue, black, red) is gonna be hard to keep clean...they'll show swirl marks, scratchs and nicks easier as well.
Old Dec 30, 2003 | 08:56 AM
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black sucks big nuts..
i hate it.. i regret it cuz its so hard to keep clean.

white or silver...
silver u can go 3 weeks no wash WHILE dirty and can't tell..
if i don't dry my car correctly.. the next day(after a car wash)
it'll look terrrible..
Old Dec 30, 2003 | 09:13 AM
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thundercloud, which i can best describe is sorta gunmetal with a little bit of bronze in it.

i've gone months at a time w/o washing my thundercloud xB. It is practically the color of dirt.
Old Dec 30, 2003 | 09:25 AM
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I agree it would have to be the white or silver that doesn't need a lot of hand washs. I wish I wasn't so into the blue oynx pearl :? But it sparkles when it is clean! :D
Old Dec 30, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by arinvolvo
white
white is by far the easiest. it won't show scratches like other colors.
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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Werd on white.

I have a white MX-3 and sanded it so I can shoot, but my lazy ___ never got around it. It's still sanded but at times you can't really tell, it's just not shiny.

Can't wait for my Polar XB to arrive here on March!!
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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white and thundercloud.
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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Polar baby
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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suprisingly, camoflage is pretty easy to keep looking good.

white and thundercloud are a gimmie though.
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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even dirty, blue looks the best
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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Yup, getting ThunderCloud, switched from Blue. When there's a small nick or scratch on a dark car, you can see it miles away

Insurance also wont go up (at least mine) just due to it being a metallic color. I guess the "red car=higher insurance" is an urban legend or at least on non exotic cars. Check w/your insurance first though.
Old Jan 2, 2004 | 09:37 PM
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Silver is easy.
Old Jan 5, 2004 | 02:27 AM
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white hides waterspots the best, silver hides road grime the best.

if it rains a lot where you live I would go with white. I have a white car and it stays clean most the time. the only thing I hate is winters because the crap from the roads shows on white really bad
Old Jan 5, 2004 | 04:34 AM
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I have white back gets real dirty really fast in rain thunder cloud seems to be the best for hiding dirt
Old Jan 5, 2004 | 04:41 AM
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Default Re: Easy xB Color

Originally Posted by beathookup
What is the easiest xB color to keep looking best?
Our white xB still looked pretty good after our 1000 miles trip through the Sierras, where it picked up a lot of yuch from the sanded roads. Yes, if you got up close you could see the dirt, but from any distance it wasn't noticable.

I don't think that a dark color would have been as forgiving.

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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 05:40 AM
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Yep .............POLAR WHITE is the best to keep clean.

My first car was a midnight blue about 14 years ago. I vowed never to get a dark color ever again.
My xB is the 3rd white car i have owned since...hehe and its never been easier to maintain..
Old Jan 8, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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Thought about the lighter colors, but black is just sweet!!! Especially after you wax it... Had mine for bout a month: 2 hand washes and 1 wax. Not too hard to keep sparkling. Use the microfiber towels though. You can get a pack of 12 (large sized) at Costco for $8.
Old Jan 8, 2004 | 09:57 PM
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Default Re: Easy xB Color

Originally Posted by beathookup
What is the easiest xB color to keep looking best?
The Easiest color to keep clean is the invisible coat, on the "I wish I had an xB" model. I havent had to wash it yet...



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