Purchasing TSX Color Question
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Purchasing TSX Color Question
Hello Everyone, I am about to purchase a 06 TSX 6spd and can't decide between silver and carbon gray. Opinions? Can someone please post pictures of both?
I would really appreciate any input and or suggestions.
Thanks!
p.s., I test drove it last night and it's silky and smoooooth. Love it.
I would really appreciate any input and or suggestions.
Thanks!
p.s., I test drove it last night and it's silky and smoooooth. Love it.
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I was debating between the same two. I went with the Alabaster Silver because the I felt the Carbon Grey 1) would show dirt a lot more and 2) might not age as well (meaning I think it's more of a trendy color).
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After looking at a TON of pictures, I think I'm leaning more towards PWP . . . I don't want to get a color to just be different, there aren't that many TSX's on the road in the Chicago area. I just think that color suits the car VERY well and works with the body lines nicely.
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Originally Posted by JShamoon
After looking at a TON of pictures, I think I'm leaning more towards PWP . . . I don't want to get a color to just be different, there aren't that many TSX's on the road in the Chicago area. I just think that color suits the car VERY well and works with the body lines nicely.
IMO, the PWP is definently the nicest color for the TSX. Followed closely by Milano Red.
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Got the CGP as my other car is silver and I didn't want two the same color. I used to have a black accord coupe and that would really show the dirt, but the CGP is a nice mix between silver and black. In the right light it almost looks like a deep metallic blue. I love it, great color. Get the CGP as you see lots of silver TSX's.
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Originally Posted by Tmetcalf
Got the CGP as my other car is silver and I didn't want two the same color. I used to have a black accord coupe and that would really show the dirt, but the CGP is a nice mix between silver and black. In the right light it almost looks like a deep metallic blue. I love it, great color. Get the CGP as you see lots of silver TSX's.
Thank you everyone for all your assistance.
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PWP is sporty but doesn't age as well..it yellows within 1 years time.
Silver is great, don't have to wash it as often and won't see dents but a dime a dozen.
Black is awesome, cept it's very high maintenence on the paint.
Grey is great, I have it but still high maintenence due to darker color. More of a luxury kind of color then sporty.
Blue is Great too, very RARE. Nothing bad to say about blue. Semi high maint due to darker color.
Red would have been my first choice cept they only made it for the 04 year in Canada. Very RARE again.
Silver is great, don't have to wash it as often and won't see dents but a dime a dozen.
Black is awesome, cept it's very high maintenence on the paint.
Grey is great, I have it but still high maintenence due to darker color. More of a luxury kind of color then sporty.
Blue is Great too, very RARE. Nothing bad to say about blue. Semi high maint due to darker color.
Red would have been my first choice cept they only made it for the 04 year in Canada. Very RARE again.
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Originally Posted by narci
PWP is sporty but doesn't age as well..it yellows within 1 years time.
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Originally Posted by narci
PWP is sporty but doesn't age as well..it yellows within 1 years time.
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Originally Posted by JShamoon
I highly doubt the paint would "yellow," especially within 1 year. This is a HONDA paint job. Is this really true?
From all the PWP's I've seen so for, no. But it probly will eventually yellow over several years time.
And considering the PWP is already pearly and not really white, I think its less of a problem.
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I wouldn't be surprised. I know of someone who had a white Infiniti and even though the car still looked white, he had to have the rear bumper replaced after a collision and you could definitely tell the difference between the 'old white' and the new bumper white.
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Originally Posted by curls
I agree, PWP is really sporty, but also I think its quite upscale as well. IMO, the "yellowing" isn't "yellowing" per-se... it just looks creamier. In most lighting conditions, it REALLY stands out and screams "not your typical boring white car". At night, it looks unbelievable.
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Originally Posted by ianS
I have my PWP 20 mths now and not "yellowish" at all. The problem of PWP is once you have accident or whatever you need to repaint part of the car, it will be a nightmare to match the color.
Thats their point. The paint fades or yellows over time.
But paint matching will really be a problem with any color besides maybe Silver wouldn't it.
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Originally Posted by ianS
I have my PWP 20 mths now and not "yellowish" at all. The problem of PWP is once you have accident or whatever you need to repaint part of the car, it will be a nightmare to match the color.
And, to anyone looking at the PWP as yellowing, you won't notice it on your car, because everything is "yellowing" at the same (slow) rate anyhow.
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Originally Posted by JShamoon
Hello Everyone, I am about to purchase a 06 TSX 6spd and can't decide between silver and carbon gray. Opinions? Can someone please post pictures of both?
I would really appreciate any input and or suggestions.
Thanks!
p.s., I test drove it last night and it's silky and smoooooth. Love it.
I would really appreciate any input and or suggestions.
Thanks!
p.s., I test drove it last night and it's silky and smoooooth. Love it.
I've always liked the way black looks on a car - when it's clean, it's very very elegant. But it's SO hard to keep it clean.
That made CGP a great choice for me. It's dark enough to look elegant like the black (but much easier to keep clean), and it sticks out from the sea of silver cars.
I also wondered about the "trendiness" of CGP, but in the end, I decided that I really like it. I don't think that CGP is going to be the next Teal. CGP is classy and here to stay.
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Friend of mine has a 2004 PWP TSX. He bought a kit recently and put it on and the white did not match. The car body was more yellow then the kit.
He ended up buffing the car and then it matched.
He ended up buffing the car and then it matched.
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Originally Posted by dom
Thats their point. The paint fades or yellows over time.
But paint matching will really be a problem with any color besides maybe Silver wouldn't it.
But paint matching will really be a problem with any color besides maybe Silver wouldn't it.
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Originally Posted by narci
Friend of mine has a 2004 PWP TSX. He bought a kit recently and put it on and the white did not match. The car body was more yellow then the kit.
He ended up buffing the car and then it matched.
He ended up buffing the car and then it matched.
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My opinion...it depends where you live and how often you are able to clean your car. The CGP is my favorite color on the TSX when clean, but I'm in NY and my car is pretty tough to keep clean half the year (I had a "Dolphin Grey" A4 before the TSX and it looked great when I could maintain it, but incredibly dull in the Winter).
Long story short, I went for the Satin Silver in the TSX and I like it (I think it always looks decent, whereas the CGP either looks either awesome or dull to me). If I lived in San Diego, CGP all the way!
Long story short, I went for the Satin Silver in the TSX and I like it (I think it always looks decent, whereas the CGP either looks either awesome or dull to me). If I lived in San Diego, CGP all the way!
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Originally Posted by JShamoon
So I have eliminated silver from my list. Now, it's between CGP and PWP. Still waiting on pics of an 06 PWP w/ebony interior.
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Originally Posted by JShamoon
Where is the CG? Third one from the right? Looks pretty dark...almost black.
Depending on where you live, one color will be more popular then another.
That picture was taken in Toronto. White is the most popular color here hence why I got carbon grey. CG is also rarer in Canada because it was a new color for 2005. No CG in 2004. (BTW we call it graphite pearl instead of CG). Obviosuly the blue and red and the purple color is the rarest.
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Originally Posted by JShamoon
Where is the CG? Third one from the right? Looks pretty dark...almost black.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26499
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My brother has the CGP while I have a PWP...I love my color but at times I like his color, expecially if its washed. I think thats a choice that you should make on your own personally. But if I had to choose I would go with PWP still, only I would try at getting the interior black instead of the tan, its really hard to keep cleaning when my kids ride in it.
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Originally Posted by jlukja
Pic borrowed from another thread. CG, PWP, and Silver all together:
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See this thread for some good ASM pics:
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28357
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28357
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Hey Tmetcalf:
I noticed you purchased (leased?) your TSX from Weir Canyon Acura in Yorba Linda. I also leased my '06 TSX from them. I live in the 92808 area of Anaheim Hills (in Viewpoint). I think I might have seen you in the area.
JGS
I noticed you purchased (leased?) your TSX from Weir Canyon Acura in Yorba Linda. I also leased my '06 TSX from them. I live in the 92808 area of Anaheim Hills (in Viewpoint). I think I might have seen you in the area.
JGS
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Its about time. I mean, you've got over a 1000 posts here.