85% chance of getting a Yaris, need help between 2 colors.

[ezhacker1]

My 98 Taco has been overheating, and with a total replacement of cooling (everything) it looks like this time, on Easter Sunday of all things, i fear a HG fail. Signs point to it, but maybe...just maybe.

Anyways, with the price and financing of Yaris the way it is, i want to get one. Actually this was my firm choice last October when it overheated last time, but i got it fixed easy.

My Taco is white..or it was, iono iv only drove it for 2 years, is my dad's. Its kinda yellowish white i guess.

I have a thing for white cars, silver cars 2nd. Iv read alot on the whole thin paint and scratch easy threads. And i believe white and silver cars would be good on hiding scratches. But which is the better?

On my Taco, scratches show silver (metal?) under the white, i dont know if this is the case with Yaris paint. Whats under white and silver paint?


I forgot to add that this would be for a LB

[thebarber]

paint on the yaris is junk

i have red and when the paint on the bumper and hood gets chipped, its silver underneath

if i could do it again, id buy silver.

[ezhacker1]

thanks for the input, so Silver under Red. May or may not be silver under silver. That's why im asking.

[jinxor]

it is silver under silver...

[PETERPOOP]

I love my white. It's definately a scratch hider. Unlike my black truck....ugh.

[SilverBack]

Silver FTW, although white does look better when modded IMO

[Yaris Hilton]

Neither.

[Yaris Hilton]

(But between the two, I'd have to take silver.)

[brainless twit]

Mine is silver and I love that it (1) doesn't show scratches very badly and (2) doesn't show dirt. Even when it's filthy (like right now) you can't tell unless you're right beside it.

[NaturalTopaz]

Silver - i have red and we're in the middle of "tree pollen" season. my car looks like it has yellow freckles...looks very weird on a red car.

at least the storm we're having today will remove most of that

[voodoo22]

White looks horrible if you have any rust and it will look dirty far faster than silver.

[tomato]

Silver was my first choice but I ended up with Absolutely Red. Absolutely Red has its advantages, though, it's easy to spot in a parking lot, lol. I love my "little tomato" now. Such a cute car, you can't really go wrong with any color, although black and white show dirt more easily, I think.

[schleppy]

I wanted white, but nobody in the northeast had the car I wanted. I ended up with Absolutely Red, and I love it.

White is an easy color to keep clean, and always looks fresh. Silver is boring :D

[Yaris Hilton]

Each to their own. Absolutely Red is absolutely my favorite, but you can't get that on a sedan. I'm happy with my Barcelona Red.

[thebarber]

i had a silver matrix xrs and it didnt really show scratches or dirt, its was great. just pretty vanilla colouring....silver IS the new beige - - thats why when i got mine i got red (i only had the choices of the bright blue, orange, silver, and red....we wanted bayou blue)

[tetzyamis]

paint on the yaris is junk

i have red and when the paint on the bumper and hood gets chipped, its silver underneath

if i could do it again, id buy silver.

:confused:

I have '09 Bayou Blue and the color under the Bayou Blue paint is white.
So, I was thinking of getting white color for my next car.
Maybe it changed to white from '09?

[firebob]

It would be hard to get me into them colors. But dirt hides better on silver.

I got blazing blue but I had to have a car that minute and it was the only one with the stuff I wanted that day.

Tetzyamis
Mine was built 10/08 but it’s a 09. It has white under the blue on mine.

[IllusionX]

i voted for both.

the Yari's Polar white is note white white, it's kinda yellowish white like you describe. Kinda on the beige side of the white. but not yet beige. I think it looks really good.
although, if you get the 09 hatchback, it comes in pearl metallic white. Must like the pearl white that comes with the lexus IS300. Again, it is really beautiful.

Anyways... white gets dirty easily, but i find it stays clean longer over the years. ie, like a new car. I'm really pissed at mine right now, scratches, goo stucked on it, etc. but at a glance, or under night lights (gas station usually), i find it still really pretty and shiny :P

If you are wondering what's under the paint, car markers USUALLY primer the car in contract with the colour of the car. Ie, a red car uses white primer, and a white car usually use black primer. (it is more like grey primer on a white yaris though)

[supmet]

Mine is silver and I love that it (1) doesn't show scratches very badly and (2) doesn't show dirt. Even when it's filthy (like right now) you can't tell unless you're right beside it.

+1

[at3GG]

first of all its meteorite metallic not silver........just kidding. A few scratches on my silver LB are very hard to see . No experience with the white personally though.

[ezhacker1]

White looks horrible if you have any rust and it will look dirty far faster than silver.

seriously, thats the truth, as is on my Taco.

i voted for both.

the Yari's Polar white is note white white, it's kinda yellowish white like you describe. Kinda on the beige side of the white. but not yet beige. I think it looks really good.
although, if you get the 09 hatchback, it comes in pearl metallic white. Must like the pearl white that comes with the lexus IS300. Again, it is really beautiful.



On Toyota website, i dont see this Pearl Metallic White.

[voodoo22]

On Toyota website, i dont see this Pearl Metallic White.

In Canada that colour is an extra charge and only available on the hatch.

[evil genius]

Meteorite Metallic

[uncleyaris]

ayou

[uncleyaris]

Bayou!!!!

[WolfWings]

Silver, hides anything, even decorations on the car, until you're right up on top of it.

[ezhacker1]

even tho this for a hatchback. Looking at Darkmoon87's white sedan, white looks amazing on sedan. Its still a hard choice for me. I got Tare Panda's thingies in my white..ish Taco. And i would bring them over to the Yaris, so of course, a white car would match perfectly, thats one of the reason i like white cars with black whatever. Very Panda like lol.

[voodoo22]

even tho this for a hatchback. Looking at Darkmoon87's white sedan, white looks amazing on sedan. Its still a hard choice for me. I got Tare Panda's thingies in my white..ish Taco. And i would bring them over to the Yaris, so of course, a white car would match perfectly, thats one of the reason i like white cars with black whatever. Very Panda like lol.

Why not import a white Fiat Panda?:smile:

[ezhacker1]

Why not import a white Fiat Panda?:smile:

Lol, went to see a pic.

A hatchback like the yaris fits the shape of those little Tare Pandas i think. Sigh hopefully i can get a yaris.

[RockAltered]

I voted white but I want you to buy silver so my white 09 3door stick continues be be harder to find. I have about 750 miles on it now and love it.
After about 2 weeks of driving the Yaris only, I got in my 05 Power Wagon and couldn't believe I'd waited so long. Our 06 350Z is much harder to drive and not as comfortable. Of course the Z is a blast and way different but if I have to spend much time in it I prefer the Egg as my lady calls it. Coo Coo Ca Choo.

[ezhacker1]

I voted white but I want you to buy silver so my white 09 3door stick continues be be harder to find. I have about 750 miles on it now and love it.
After about 2 weeks of driving the Yaris only, I got in my 05 Power Wagon and couldn't believe I'd waited so long. Our 06 350Z is much harder to drive and not as comfortable. Of course the Z is a blast and way different but if I have to spend much time in it I prefer the Egg as my lady calls it. Coo Coo Ca Choo.

my choice at the dealer was either White or Meteor Metallic. I knew what there inventory was, only 2 manuals there. I really wanted White, but silver i think hides fine scratches more after seeing that it really isnt silver but is metallic. I like how it changes color in different lighting conditions.

[EasyDriver]

White reflects the heat best! You have plenty of sun where you are....white is right!

[33OH]

I have a meteorite metallic and I really wish I would have gotten white.

[ezhacker1]

I have a meteorite metallic and I really wish I would have gotten white.

but yours is soooo nice. I like the spoiler not being body color. Speaking of that, is it painted black? or just unprimed...cuz i might be lazy enough not to care, if it doesnt contrast badly.

[33OH]

Thanks for the compliment! :wink:

It's spraypainted black with spraypainted clearcoat. :biggrin:

[Darb]

Meteorite metallic!

[jclo3313]

I own a white Jeep that I thrash in the woods. Black top scatches everywhere, on the white body you can't see them at all.