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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: KieranD79 on 23 November 2021, 08:29
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Hi all,
I've recently looked at a Tungsten Silver MK7.5 GTI PP. Lovely car, has all the toys I want (Dynaudio, Arts Velour, 90% tints, Santiagos), drives well and low mileage but I'm still a bit undecided on the colour. :undecided:
I had mostly made my mind up on Indium Grey (coming from a Carbon Grey MK6) but I just can't find one with the toys I want and being as I'm looking at the second hand market I'm beginning to think I shouldn't/can't be too fussy about colour.
So, I know this is such a personal thing but how would you describe Tungsten Silver? It looked more like a very light grey in the flesh on a dull day but in some pictures I've seen it looks a bit 'sandy'... which I'm not keen on that. I'm also mindful of resale once I'm ready to move on in a few years time.
Ultimately I know it's my choice and only I can make the decision if I can live with the colour but it helps to get other's opinion. :smiley:
Thanks in advance.
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Whilst colour is a purely subjective choice, in my experience it's one of the first things you notice when looking at a car and I've found in the past if I don't love the colour I never really love the car. So my advice is, if Tungsten Silver is the colour you really want, keep looking.
Just my view of course.
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Tungsten silver changes colour in various lights more than the other colours.
It can be greenish, sandy beige, or flat silver..
I have quite a few photos if you look though my build over on the other forum:-
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/vw-golf-mk7-estate-gt-spec-tungsten-silver-1-4tsi.326479/
& yes I specifically chose it as it was the best colour that VW made available in the UK at the time, & yes between the dealers two different locations they had every colour in a Mk7 Golf at the time I was ordering, so I saw them all. Mind you mine is an estate, which doesn't lend itself to some colours!
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Sometimes if it's got all the goodies you want, in good nick, good history, etc, etc then you may have to sacrifice your preferred colour.
You could be looking for 'the' spec in 'that' colour for a while and may never find it.
Art Velours is a really nice option IMO and cars with that are few and far between.
An old friend once said to me if you want to start picking your colour go and put a deposit on a new one.
Just my opinion, unless it was yellow then forget all the above and hold out for the colour you want. 😂
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Condition and service history are the two factors I would consider most important if I was looking for a used car, followed by spec and then colour. IMHO being too choosy over the ‘must haves’ when looking for a used car can severely limit the number of cars out there to consider, especially with current market conditions meaning new and good nearly new cars in general are in very short supply.
@KieranD79; Tungsten Silver seems to be a popular colour so you shouldn’t have any issues selling it a few years down the line - provided it’s still in good condition with good service history at that time. I’d say if you don’t dislike the colour and the car you’ve seen has pretty much everything you’re looking for, then it has to be a serious contender.
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Tungsten silver changes colour in various lights more than the other colours.
It can be greenish, sandy beige, or flat silver..
Agree with this. In certain light it very much has a bronzed appearance.
When I was shopping for a GTI my preference was for Indium Grey or Isaac Blue, but I'm really happy with Tungsten Silver.
(https://i.imgur.com/52XBc95.jpg)
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What SRGTD said ^^^^
Tungsten goes really well with the red GTI accents too.
I really like the colour, it looks amazing in bright sunlight.
But if you think you’re never going to like it then maybe it’s not for you, it’s quite a ‘mature’ colour.
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What SRGTD said ^^^^
Tungsten goes really well with the red GTI accents too.
I really like the colour, it looks amazing in bright sunlight.
But if you think you’re never going to like it then maybe it’s not for you, it’s quite a ‘mature’ colour.
Agree...
From my build on the other forum...
Bright sunshine on a summers day:-
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/vw-golf-mk7-estate-gt-spec-tungsten-silver-1-4tsi.326479/page-4#post-6767262
Summer evening:-
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/vw-golf-mk7-estate-gt-spec-tungsten-silver-1-4tsi.326479/#post-6767217
Flat winter light:-
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/vw-golf-mk7-estate-gt-spec-tungsten-silver-1-4tsi.326479/page-2#post-6767236
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If a car doesn't have toys you will forget about it not having them after a while, if you don't like the colour you'll always see that.
But the spec you want "Dynaudio, Arts Velour, 90% tints, Santiagos", isn't exactly high spec considering you can add tint to the factory tint to get to 90% for under £200, and Santiagos are very easy to get hold of, a genuine set costing £600 used.
You'll get a 2 year old GTI in the spec & colour you want, just need to give it a bit of time.
Life is colourful not biege!
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZRmDmwpp/Screenshot-2021-11-23-at-17-41-01.png) (https://postimages.org/)
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I went with colours I really didn't want as a filter so white cars struck off the list. I really wanted the dark blue but ended up with tungsten silver in the end as it was 5 doors, manual and approved used. I was holding out for DCC but sometimes one has to bite the bullet.
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I was getting either Indium Grey or Isaac Blue right up until the last minute, when I decided to go for Tungsten Silver.
Yes, admittedly there's the odd day when it can look a little sandy coloured. But most of the time it looks silver or dark silver which I've really grown to like.
It's also dead easy to keep looking clean.
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I was in the same position as you KieranD79.
I was looking for exactly the same spec car(except the wheels) as you in the same colour :)
But it was taking months and months to find the right one in that colour and spec. I ended up buying it in white because like others said it can take forever to find one.
By the way, I wouldn't mind Tungsten looks alright and easy to keep looking clean :grin:
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Thanks for all the comments everyone.
I know this is such a personal subject issue and it's one that I struggle with. :grin:
I've decided to keep the Tungsten on the 'consider' list whilst I look for darker colour GTI's. Just seen a Deep Black one that has also pricked my interest... still hoping for an Indium Grey one to pop up! :smiley:
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Black looks good when it's clean, but it's a labour of love to keep clean.
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Dare I say it, rental car silver :whistle:
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Black looks good when it's clean, but it's a labour of love to keep clean.
Agree, and that would also apply to pretty much all dark paint colours.
Also, if you don’t use a safe wash technique, then swirl marks inflicted by the single bucket and sponge wash method, the many £5-£10 hand wash places and the complementary VW service washes will be very visible in certain lighting conditions.
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Agree, and that would also apply to pretty much all dark paint colours.
Also, if you don’t use a safe wash technique, then swirl marks inflicted by the single bucket and sponge wash method, the many £5-£10 hand wash places and the complementary VW service washes will be very visible in certain lighting conditions.
Full body self-healing PPF for £3-5k would sort that, just a hot power wash to sort the scratches :grin:
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Agree, and that would also apply to pretty much all dark paint colours.
Also, if you don’t use a safe wash technique, then swirl marks inflicted by the single bucket and sponge wash method, the many £5-£10 hand wash places and the complementary VW service washes will be very visible in certain lighting conditions.
Full body self-healing PPF for £3-5k would sort that, just a hot power wash to sort the scratches :grin:
Agree. Each to their own, but personally speaking, I’d be loathe to spend that sort of money on PPF.
I’ll stick with the safe wash technique and not anyone else wash my car. If there’s minor swirling over time, then I’ll sort it with my DA.
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All good points. My current Mk6 is Carbon Grey and I always wash it using the two bucket method. It gets clayed, polished, sealed and waxed 2-3 times a year but I know Deep Black is a whole other story.
Am I being lulled into a false sense of security by my current Carbon Grey I wonder.
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All good points. My current Mk6 is Carbon Grey and I always wash it using the two bucket method. It gets clayed, polished, sealed and waxed 2-3 times a year but I know Deep Black is a whole other story.
Am I being lulled into a false sense of security by my current Carbon Grey I wonder.
I also had a mk6 Golf (a GTD) in Carbon Grey. I’ve also had more than my fair share of black cars over the years (five in total) and IMHO I’d say that Carbon Grey is a little easier to look after than Black. I did machine polish my Carbon Grey Golf when it was 2.5 - 3 years old as in spite of always using a safe wash method and not letting anyone else wash it, it did have some (inevitable?) light swirling at that age.
Would I buy another black car? Probably not, as they are a labour of love and I’m not getting any younger :smiley:. My current car is white which admittedly is difficult to keep clean at this time of year (but then most cars will be, whatever the colour). It is quite a forgiving colour though - doesn’t readily show swirl marks and it’s easy to touch in stone chips so they’re not noticeable.
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It just depends how active you want to be in car care, I'd happily own a metallic black car, definitely not a flat black though.
Here's a flat black car after a full correction I did a while ago the camera was useless at picking it up but the 4k video looked good :smiley:
(https://i.postimg.cc/65smx9cB/IMG-2913-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rzJJS27H)
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^^^
Now that is bloody awesome. :drool: