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Help me decide.........

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by sneeeky, Apr 23, 2012.

  1. sneeeky

    sneeeky Junior Member

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    hello
    this is my first post and i need some help. i am going to buy a IV with solar package and CAN'T decide on a color. my choices are blizzard/grey, black/bisque, silver/grey. any of the three would work for me so its really a difficult decision. any advice/preferences that you all have would be much appreciated. going to buy tomorrow by the way.

    thanks in advance for any help!!!
     
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    Definitely Blizzard Pearl! It's beautiful with the dark grey interior.
     
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    The Prius looks nice in white.

    I have two black cars and I like black cars -- I was thinking black/tan for the Prius. But ........once I looked at a few in black.... no -- the Prius looks better in lighter colors.

    And Silver ........ is everywhere.


    I wanted a white/tan -- but could only get my 11 five in white/ misty gray. Car looks larger in White
     
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    Actually white is everywhere, IMO. All those are great color choices.
     
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    like you, im having a difficult time coming to a decision because they all look good.
    down sides to me:
    black - harder to keep clean and shows any flaws in the body
    blizzard - a lot of them out there
    silver - kind of plain looking
     
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    I'll take my Prius in any color.... as long as it's white :)
     
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    If you plan on doing modifications down the line:

    Black: Black will give you the highest polish finish, whereas white and silver is hard to show off wax jobs. Any rims except black will match black, but tint will give your car a really dark look. Red valenti taillights also match black nicely. If you're into the showroom look, black is for you.

    White: Any rims will match (again, except black rims) and tint will give you a nice sharp contrast versus on a black car. The biggest drawback to white is that it's so common, it's been modified a lot (see Rodney and a few others). Hard to be original in this category.

    Silver: Silver retains most of the good things about white. Tint would look sharp, and silver would look really good with a black Seibon carbon fiber hood. Rim choice might be limited with silver but you only need 1 set of rims right? Find some kind of deep dish gunmetal rims though and you're set.

    I'm assuming a lowered, aggressive stance in all descriptions.

    I would go with black.
     
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    Red looks very nice on the GenIII and they are not nearly as common as the other colors. Black is sorta rare too.