What is the brightest silver car paint ?

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Without having to go chrome like those Saudi Mercedes :spitout:

I'm restoring the 20 years old paint on my 90 Titanium Z and I decide to stick with silver. It's hard to tell but I know my silver is not as bright as the Silver Dodge Ram 4x4 of the guy across the street, or the Silver Mercedes couple block down the road.

So what is the brightest silver metallic out to date ?

Google didn't help as people on different forums are bias toward their manufacturer, and my mechanic who will be doing my body work can't give me a solid answer.

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"Brightest" isn't really an accurate way to ask, that's why. Silver paint is simply a shade of grey with suspended solids (flake / pearl / mica / etc).

Lighter base will make it appear "brighter". So will better flake. So will a lighter base coat.

Bass boat paint is "bright" in the right light, but dark without direct lighting (because of the large flake).

Go to a paint shop and look at paint chips. OR, a better idea would be to go find a car that you like the look of, and get the paint code from it. Personally, I'd stick to high-end cars. I like the silver they use on the new M-B, and the new Acura has a GREAT silver color (darker, but gorgeous).

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Benz definitely has the nicest looking silvers. find a paint code from a Benz.

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hmmmm choose one of these silvers


stock g35 silver KY0: Brilliant Silver
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Titanium Silver Metallic 354 BMW
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Space Grey metallic A52
Bmw my favorite but its grey not silver ha....
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Mercedes 744 briliant silver
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dosent get any more silver than that:)

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wow^^ looks like polished titanium lol...kinda sick overall ugly car though if they can make a 1000 hp car that goes 250 the least they could do is make it look good while doing it

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Yeah everything else is just grey:)


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