I definitely like the lighter shade of my IIP and I seriously can't tell a difference between the two silvers? Is it much more noticeable in person?
NB/IIP and SSM/CSM
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I took some pictures you may find interesting.... Nautical Blue vs Indigo Ink Pearl and Silver Streak Mica vs. Classic Siver Metalic
I hope these help.
NB / IIP
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NB / IIP
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IIP / NB
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SSM / CSM
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SSM / CSM
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I hope these help.
NB / IIP
NB / IIP
NB / IIP
IIP / NB
IIP/NB
SSM / CSM
SSM / CSM
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My personal guess for the color change, and mind you, this is a guess:
The colors are nearly identical, so they obviously didn't do it for purely cosmetic reasons. I know that my IIP will chip if you look at it sideways, so does anyone else think that the new colors may be a bit different in formulation... to maybe resist scratches/chips/swirls a little better? I know that one of the biggest complaints people make about the tC is the quality of the paint, and Scion is actually a company that seems to care about end-user input.
For reference, my wife's Lunar Mist Metallic '03 Corolla S has a few more paint chips than I do, we we bought it in May of '02-- and I'm catching up quick. Last car wash, as I washed a squished bee off of the front bumper of my IIP tC, what did I find? That bee must have been eating rocks, because it took a chip of paint right out of the bumper. The paint has to be mighty thin to be chipped by bees.
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The colors are nearly identical, so they obviously didn't do it for purely cosmetic reasons. I know that my IIP will chip if you look at it sideways, so does anyone else think that the new colors may be a bit different in formulation... to maybe resist scratches/chips/swirls a little better? I know that one of the biggest complaints people make about the tC is the quality of the paint, and Scion is actually a company that seems to care about end-user input.
For reference, my wife's Lunar Mist Metallic '03 Corolla S has a few more paint chips than I do, we we bought it in May of '02-- and I'm catching up quick. Last car wash, as I washed a squished bee off of the front bumper of my IIP tC, what did I find? That bee must have been eating rocks, because it took a chip of paint right out of the bumper. The paint has to be mighty thin to be chipped by bees.
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