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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: madstaff on 10 June 2021, 12:26
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Anybody got any thoughts on Urano Grey?? Is it a pain to keep looking good??
I have seen an Edition 40 Clubsport #706 in this particular colour and cant make up my mind if i like it or not??
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Urano Grey was the free colour on the mk7 Golf for a period of time. With some of their car models, VW seem to use an unpopular colour as the free colour - presumably a deliberate tactic to get prospective buyers to pay extra for one of the extra cost optional colours.
As far as Urano Grey is concerned, IMO it doesn’t look good on run of the mill non performance Golfs, but I think it works quite well on the GTI ED40 with the contrasting red GTI accents in the same way that Pure Grey works well on the mk7.5 GTI TCR. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a Urano Grey mk7 GTI in the metal - so maybe it wasn’t a popular colour choice with GTI ED40 buyers? From a maintenance point of view, with Urano Grey being a dark-ish colour, it probably shows swirl marks quite easily, so using a safe wash technique would be necessary to minimise the risk of swirling, and avoiding the many Eastern European hand car wash places and VW dealer service washes would be a must for me.
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#706 is a nicely specified car, as for Urano grey, I have seen a few over the years & it doesn't really work for me.
I am not a huge fan of the shiny primer grey paint hues, but it does work better with some of the Audi S/RS variants.
Purely subjective, if you like it, go for it, a nice specification, if not a little leggy in the mileage stakes?
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One minute i think it looks quite good, then not so good.
I suppose in the flesh it may be completely different.
It is a little up on miles, but has a nice spec and has 2 prior owners, the 2nd owning it from quite early in its life and has all its servicing work performed by the same VW dealership.
I take it Clubsport you've seen it on Autotrader??
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I too aren't keen on the flat greys, when I was looking for a TCR I viewed one in grey and actually it did look good. As mentioned above, the grey contrasts well with the red and black features. In the end though I too was undecided so went for Oryx which is okay, but doesn't excite me. As to your dilema, if it's a good car and the spec you want, go for it. You may grow to love the colour and if not, you won't hate it and when driving you don't see much of it. CS40s are few and far between let alone a good one.
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Yes madstaff, I've seen it on autotrader. I tend to follow the market on mk7 Cs & Cs-S.
It's a similar spec to my CS only different colour, I only mention the mileage as it's 5x that of my car, however it looks a good buy to me with 2 years VW warranty at that price.
Only issue is can you live with the colour and what will the mileage be when you come to sell it?
Only you can answer those questions?
Good luck!
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I've only ever seen 1 clubsport in that colour, the black parts don't really stand out the same, bit more low key but it's not a bad colour, I prefer the TCR grey personally. Swirl marks will be pretty noticeable on it, be sure to wash it properly, Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine Polish would work well on it if it's in need of a polish, I wouldn't let keeping the paint work put you off, red or white would be my preference in a Clubsport, TCR I'd have grey :smiley:
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I probably do 5000 miles a year, if that, so in a couple of years the mileage will even itself out.
Its ok looking at the colour on the internet, but until you see it with your own eyes..............
It does look as though it needs a good machine polishing though, swirl city in the sun!!!
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Its ok looking at the colour on the internet, but until you see it with your own eyes..............
True, when you see it in the flesh you'll know then for sure if you like it or not.
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Ohhhh it's Urano Grey, that's makes a bit more sense. I always thought it was urethr... grey :whistle:
Personally I thought Urano Grey was the 2nd worst colour I've ever seen, (BMW Long Island blue being the worst). If I were after a Clubsport my choice would be Oryx White (If available can't remember if it was) Reflex Silver, Tornado Red. Quite frankly Reflex Silver is very very underrated colour.
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Ohhhh it's Urano Grey, that's makes a bit more sense. I always thought it was urethr... grey :whistle:
Personally I thought Urano Grey was the 2nd worst colour I've ever seen, (BMW Long Island blue being the worst). If I were after a Clubsport my choice would be Oryx White (If available can't remember if it was) Reflex Silver, Tornado Red. Quite frankly Reflex Silver is very very underrated colour.
Your right, silver is underrated, silver with the black looks mad! Never seen a Clubsport in Silver tbh.
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I’ve always avoided having a silver coloured car. Agree, silver looks good, hides the dirt well and IMO is one of the easiest colours to maintain. However, the big downside for me has always been issues with getting an accurate colour / shade match between original and new paintwork if paintwork repairs are necessary. I used to have a contact (motor claims vehicle inspection engineer) in one of the UK’s large insurance companies, and they told me that they had more customer complaint issues with repairs on silver coloured cars than with any other colour.
With spectrophotometer paint matching technology, paint matching new paint to the existing paint on a silver car may no longer be an issue - especially by a top notch body shop. However, I’ve seen quite a few silver coloured cars with very obvious signs of paintwork repairs - even where the new paint has been blended into the original paint on adjacent panels - and the ‘patchwork’ look on a car’s paintwork isn’t for me.
A definite ‘no-no’ for me would be a silver coloured car with diamond cut alloys. I’ve voiced my dislike of diamond cut alloys many times on the forum, and the potential for mismatched silver paint repairs combined with alloy wheels that are likely to succumb to white worm corrosion isn’t something I want to contemplate! :shocked:.
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I’ve always avoided having a silver coloured car. Agree, silver looks good, hides the dirt well and IMO is one of the easiest colours to maintain. However, the big downside for me has always been issues with getting an accurate colour / shade match between original and new paintwork if paintwork repairs are necessary. I used to have a contact (motor claims vehicle inspection engineer) in one of the UK’s large insurance companies, and they told me that they had more customer complaint issues with repairs on silver coloured cars than with any other colour.
With spectrophotometer paint matching technology, paint matching new paint to the existing paint on a silver car may no longer be an issue - especially by a top notch body shop. However, I’ve seen quite a few silver coloured cars with very obvious signs of paintwork repairs - even where the new paint has been blended into the original paint on adjacent panels - and the ‘patchwork’ look on a car’s paintwork isn’t for me.
A definite ‘no-no’ for me would be a silver coloured car with diamond cut alloys. I’ve voiced my dislike of diamond cut alloys many times on the forum, and the potential for mismatched silver paint repairs combined with alloy wheels that are likely to succumb to white worm corrosion isn’t something I want to contemplate! :shocked:.
I agree silver when touched up is very hard to match even by the best body shops. I'd personally take the risk with silver over the basic flat white any day.
Flat white is a lacklustre and uninspiring colour that personally ruins every car, and should never have been an option for the ED40 the Oryx White should have been the standard colour for them, but in my opinion the White Silver of the 7.5 would've been a far better choice.
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The might or might not need paintwork wouldn't put me off buying silver cars and indeed it didn't. It's a bit of a strange outlook to have really and you could have issues with any colour if the bodyshop was crap.
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I agree silver when touched up is very hard to match even by the best body shops. I'd personally take the risk with silver over the basic flat white any day.
Flat white is a lacklustre and uninspiring colour that personally ruins every car, and should never have been an option for the ED40 the Oryx White should have been the standard colour for them, but in my opinion the White Silver of the 7.5 would've been a far better choice.
I maybe wrong, but I seem to remember that white was the colour of choice for VW when promoting the mk7 GTI around the time of its launch - presumably because it contrasts well with the black and red accents on the GTI.
White Silver is an interesting one - in anything less than bright, sunny conditions, a White Silver car always makes me think of a car that VW forgot to paint and they left it in primer.
Car colour choice is a very personal thing and it’s good we don’t all like the same colours, otherwise we’d probably all be driving around in the same coloured cars, and Ford would probably still be painting all their cars in Model T black! :grin:.
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The might or might not need paintwork wouldn't put me off buying silver cars and indeed it didn't. It's a bit of a strange outlook to have really and you could have issues with any colour if the bodyshop was crap.
Agree, the body shop and skill of the paint sprayer are significant factors. However, silver seems to be more difficult to match than some other colours, and is quite susceptible to noticeable shade differences between new and existing paint, and my personal choice is to not own a silver car.
I dare say that most people will have a paint colour they wouldn’t want (we’re all individuals with our own likes and dislikes) and they will have their own reasons for not wanting it.
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Agree totally. I had a silver Tiguan that I reversed into my neighbours wall which meant the bumper had to be resprayed. Got it back and it was absolutely perfect, even my detailer commented on how good the job was. I personally wouldn't go anywhere near red or black cars so it's a good job they do white, silver and greys :grin:
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Colour's are personal preference and for me very dependent on the car, Clubsport S I'd only have a white one, TCR I'd take the grey all day long, standard GTI / GTD I like the red, I hate green but I wouldn't want any other colour on my Mini :laugh:, think no matter what colour it is you'll find an issue, black is terrible for swirls and scratches, white is constantly covered in tar, red eventually fades and the list goes on.
I'd never let the maintaining of a colour put me off, way I look at it is if I buy a different colour for that reason I'll only regret it every time I see one in the colour I prefer, I say buy it and then worry about the consequences, silver is much easier nowadays to get an exact match and most decent body shops have the tech to do it properly.
White silver is an odd one, don't hate it, don't really like it but standard colours always seem to age better than some of the more unique ones IMO, much easier to sell too, but each to their own :smiley:
My car and van are identical in that flat white so I'm just a very uninspiring person willni :undecided: :grin:
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Colour's are personal preference and for me very dependent on the car, Clubsport S I'd only have a white one, TCR I'd take the grey all day long, standard GTI / GTD I like the red, I hate green but I wouldn't want any other colour on my Mini :laugh:, think no matter what colour it is you'll find an issue, black is terrible for swirls and scratches, white is constantly covered in tar, red eventually fades and the list goes on.
I'd never let the maintaining of a colour put me off, way I look at it is if I buy a different colour for that reason I'll only regret it every time I see one in the colour I prefer, I say buy it and then worry about the consequences, silver is much easier nowadays to get an exact match and most decent body shops have the tech to do it properly.
White silver is an odd one, don't hate it, don't really like it but standard colours always seem to age better than some of the more unique ones IMO, much easier to sell too, but each to their own :smiley:
My car and van are identical in that flat white so I'm just a very uninspiring person willni :undecided: :grin:
(https://i.postimg.cc/52Qww4vm/sdgrsgsrgsgrd.png) (https://postimages.org/)
:grin: :grin: you never previously mentioned a caddy, they look great in all colours! but I'm a caddy fanboy :grin: Flat white is nice in photos and contrasts really when on the Ed40 but when looking at them in person, I just miss there not having the same deep shine but I am a detailer and spend more time staring at my car than I do driving it! :whistle:
You're definitely spot on when you say it depends on the make and model of the car, I wouldn't have tornado red in my old GTD, but it's the only colour for me in a GTI. Golf R or Audi RS4 it has to be Blue!
PS can we see the Mini? :wink:
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Urano gray looks good in over cast or in the evening, not so great in direct sunlight , looks like a mix of grey and purple.
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Urano gray looks good in over cast or in the evening, not so great in direct sunlight , looks like a mix of grey and purple.
I have looked at loads of photos on the internet and have to agree, Urano seems to change its colour dependant on the light, in some photos it looks really dark and others almost leaning toward pure grey.
https://images.app.goo.gl/vxz91ZjJZnMdYySN9
https://images.app.goo.gl/JYRR1LqqBW2K8o4r7
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:grin: :grin: you never previously mentioned a caddy, they look great in all colours! but I'm a caddy fanboy :grin: Flat white is nice in photos and contrasts really when on the Ed40 but when looking at them in person, I just miss there not having the same deep shine but I am a detailer and spend more time staring at my car than I do driving it! :whistle:
You're definitely spot on when you say it depends on the make and model of the car, I wouldn't have tornado red in my old GTD, but it's the only colour for me in a GTI. Golf R or Audi RS4 it has to be Blue!
PS can we see the Mini? :wink:
I'd agree with that tbf, I had a Fiesta ST in Spirit Blue and that looked incredible after a good polish same with the Mini, the flat white doesn't have the same reflection but unfortunately you can only choose white, red or black in the Clubsport S and the white looks the most special in that car I think. Your 100 on the Golf R, I'd go for Blue in that too, I'm not very loyal to any particular colour apparently :grin:
Here's the mighty Mini:
(https://i.postimg.cc/zfzz4RRj/dvzsvzsdvdzsdv.png) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/6Txwc7XC/afaesfsadfsadfsadfsadfasf.png) (https://postimages.org/)
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Urano gray looks good in over cast or in the evening, not so great in direct sunlight , looks like a mix of grey and purple.
I have looked at loads of photos on the internet and have to agree, Urano seems to change its colour dependant on the light, in some photos it looks really dark and others almost leaning toward pure grey.
https://images.app.goo.gl/vxz91ZjJZnMdYySN9
https://images.app.goo.gl/JYRR1LqqBW2K8o4r7
2nd picture looks a lot better than the first, these definitely the same colour? :grin:
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2nd picture looks a lot better than the first, these definitely the same colour? :grin:
Says its Urano??
Theres a few pics here, and it looks bloody different from one pic to the next!!
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/official-urano-grey-gti-golf-thread.363161/
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Says its Urano??
Theres a few pics here, and it looks bloody different from one pic to the next!!
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/official-urano-grey-gti-golf-thread.363161/
Looks good with the blacked out badges tbf, some of those pictures look awful and others look very good, it's strange how it looks like 2 different colours depending on the lighting, If it's grey your after I'd suspect you'll probably like it if you see, awful difficult to decide on something that looks like 2 completely different colours.
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There are a few colours on the Mk7 that look different in various light settings. I thought Limestone grey was the mk7 grey colour, until I saw one and it was a light brown, fine, but not for me on a GTi.
You need to see the car in the metal to decide.
I would be surprised if that car does not sell over the w/e with that spec, price & warranty..... if it's still available next week, I suspect it is down to the marmite colour?
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Here's the mighty Mini:
(https://i.postimg.cc/zfzz4RRj/dvzsvzsdvdzsdv.png) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/6Txwc7XC/afaesfsadfsadfsadfsadfasf.png) (https://postimages.org/)
A proper mini in arguably the best colour combination they came in. :smiley:
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Yeah limestone... Metallic beige... I had one. Its nasty. Wish I'd seen it before I ordered.
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Love the Mini :cool: :drool:
The first Ed40 I ever saw back in 2016 was a Urano grey base spec one (probably leased) being “washed” in a hand wash place in Exeter. I remember posting on here about the shock and horror of the experience!
The actual colour combo looked pretty good in the flesh.
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It looks as if the well specced Urano car has been sold? It is no longer advertised on Autotrader.
For the reason, I gave earlier I didn't think it would hang around for sale?
Did the colour work for you in the end Madstaff?
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I know its been sold. :wink:
Providing everything goes to plan, i am picking up Clubsport Edition 40 #706 on Tuesday.
They said the phone had been red hot with enquiries, and was a queue of people interested,
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Congrats! :smiley:
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Thanks, shes a beauty, i know Urano grey is a bit of a marmite colour but it looked mega as i pulled into the carpark to view it earlier.
Thankfully, it had had the bonnet and bumper painted due to stone chips, and they've made a really nice job of that.
Its in excellent nick and benefiting from having the thermostat, rear discs and pads and a rear DCC damper replaced too along with a few other bits totalling over £1400. :smiley:
(https://i.postimg.cc/F1XNQPjc/20210612-121823.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hQsHL1ZP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/P5hvWyBP/20210612-121832.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/fJ2bZcWN)
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That looks very nice. Congratulations & enjoy :smiley:
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Well done Madstaff, I told you it was a good deal! :)
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Probably the best spec you could want in a Clubsport!
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Thanks all.
It's now safely tucked away in the showroom waiting for collection on Tuesday.
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Colour is class! Car looks mega madstaff, health to drive mate :smiley:
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Thanks Matt. :smiley: