White vs Silver - easiest Maintenance
 

Which is easier to keep clean? Or they both on the easy side

Silver. Silver is also to paint-match if you ever have any body damage. The white is a pearl which is very difficult to match.

White isn't an easy color to keep clean. Seriously, you never wore a white tshirt? Silver hides the dirt, and imperfections.

Dirt is hard to see on my PW. Also... the contrast with the black wheels, chrome accents, and taillights.... you won't care about a little dirt when you see one in person :stirthepot:

My take is that the Brilliant Silver is probably the most forgiving of the two but they are both good choices and easy to live with. I almost got the pearl white, it's a really sharp color, I was actually going to get the pearl white because I was tired of silver (we were trading a silver car, we've had several black cars, the yellow and the blue were a bit much for the wife, the red was a little dark for my taste, but the charcoal gray almost made the cut) but literally at the the last minute I chose the brilliant silver-the sun was shining and the silver with the black interior seemed to be a bit more special. Also of note that brilliant silver is the color of preference for the 2010 370Z sales literature and according to the dealer is the best on trade-in value. The white does well on trade-in as well.

I certainly would pick the one you liked best-upkeep would be a secondary consideration, the Z looks great in several colors. My car is garaged so keeping it clean isn't too hard but if keeping it clean is a problem and you really don't have a preference the silver should be easier to live with.

PW and paint chips don't go well together... :|

Silver by far and away, although Platinum Graphite seems to be very adept at remaining presentable even with some light dirt.

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Rock chips are extremely noticeable on PW

SILVER!!! Easiest color to maintain EVER. I had two silver cars (silver camaro and silver 350Z). I would wash the car once a year and people would still think it's clean!

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Silver ftw. My DD is silver. I haven't washed it in 6 months and it looks cleaner than my black Z that was washed a week ago and sits in the garage.

LOL!! I wash mine every 3 months because I am anal...

Must be nice I have to wash my PW every week or it starts to turn black from road grime

Other than Black, White is the hardest color to keep clean and looking fresh... PW doesnt hide the dirt at all.. dirt is black-grey car is white... doesnt go well together..

Every 3-4 days my car is washed to keep it looking clean.. my silverstone S2000 was awesome in that regard, It always looked clean...

I love white because it looks real classy and sharp when clean but its def a pain to keep clean...

as far as paint matching any good shop should be able to match the paint , but it is more difficult than other colors..

Silver silver silver :)

silver for sure. white is the worst for paint matching, very tough!

winter "dirt" (salt) shows up more on silver. This is my least favorite dirt, so I said white. I've owned both.

You really want to hide dirt? Get a champagne/light tan color. Unfortunately, it's about as flattering as a snuggie on Pam Anderson.

again, i will say paint matching is a NON ISSUE when you have a good shop that takes pride in their work... my front and rear bumpers needed to be re sprayed already and they both came out MUCH better than OEM...

theres too many issues with this car that people blow out of proportion...

but I love my Pearl White and wouldnt get any other color if I did it over again.. all thought I love black when its clean ... but imo the swirls show too much on black after a few years of ownership

Silver is the hardest color of any to paint match. Metallic in silver is nearly impossible to get right... chances are it will never match.


I've got a BSM Z and it always looks clean...

the problem with silver is, after you spent time washing it, it doesn't look any different than before :)

my other car is white and it looks a little shiner after the wash.

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I agree. A non-metallic, true white (Like GM's "Arctic White" or Porsche's white) are awesome colors. They hide sworl marks very well, and paint-matching is not hard at all. Pearl and other whites are a PITA.

White is clean all the time... then again I do wash mine every 4-5 days :)

Agreed, and almost nothing beats that Pearl effect that it gives off in the sun or at night!

White is a nice color but very hard to keep clean - I had a white MR-2 for ten years and any rain left it gray.

Mu 350Z was Silver an wa easy to keep up and I didn't have a garage. The old lady SUV is Silver and stays outside and doesn't show when is dirty which is good for me. :tup:

I hate you guys. Black civic. I wash it and it's got a nice coating of visible dust a day later.

Is a Civic.... :wtf2: