2019. Which would you get black or silver

2019 black or silver

  • black

    Votes: 27 33.3%
  • Silver

    Votes: 54 66.7%

  • Total voters
    81

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goblues38

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Ford's Ingot Silver is a great freaking color. My Mustang and My SHO were both Ingot Silver.

My 2 Explorer Sports were Tuxedo Black and Agate Black, not a fan of black when I can avoid it.

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Poll right now is 78% in favor of silver (myself included). If you’re still considering black, then my guess is your gut is telling you that you prefer black and you should go with your instinct.
 

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If you're the type to add PPF & ceramic coat stuff and/or are a crackerjack detail nut yourself w/ all the tools and/or you DO NOT use your truck for tighter trail backwoods offroading.....then I say black. Black is the best looking color on most any damn vehicle w/ decent lines it is simply exhausting/infuriating to keep looking good. Even when you're protected from swirl marks/clear coat scratches by heavy coats of ceramic, wax, and/or PPF while the paint may not be getting any permanent damage w/ all that protection it'll still ALWAYS look dirtier than any other color given the same amount of dirt/circumstances.

Silver is probably the easiest color to maintain other than white, but for me also neuters the "menacing" look of the Raptor for me & makes it blend into the F150 crowd alot easier b/c I feel like the body lines aren't as sharp in that color + probably some of the least contrast between the wheels/bumper trim.

IMHO I have a black '18 Raptor, before that I had a black GMC Sierra All Terrain before that a black Chevy Silvy before that a white GMC Sierra & currently also have a black C5Z vette that ironically is currently getting a full paint correction as I type this.

As a fellow blackaholic....on a DD truck that is made for & is very tempting to offroad in.....don't do it to yourself. While black looks way way better IMO when clean than silver, silver will be alot easier to live with.

If I had to do it all over again I would've gone for a white 801A Raptor - love the "storm trooper" white/black contrast, really makes everything pop. If you do go w/ silver I'd opt for maybe the hood decals or something to shake it up a bit....maybe add some rappy grahpics etc.

Lastly....one other upside to black vs. pretty much all the other colors - the wheel wells don't look chintzy/outta place w/ the lighter colored 1/2 ass painted insides showing. Alot of guys add fender well liners or linex the insides. Black is black.
 

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I've owned one black truck and promised myself to never get another. As others have said, it is way too much work to keep it looking good.
If you like using a buffer, go for it.

Silver and gray work for me.
 
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Poll right now is 78% in favor of silver (myself included). If you’re still considering black, then my guess is your gut is telling you that you prefer black and you should go with your instinct.
I was leaning towards silver in the beginning. But I did want to see everybody’s thoughts ...my last three BMW Mthrees were black but they played on the track and not in the dirt
 

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That’s a hard one! I have a 2018 Black 800A... Black is a pain to keep clean and looking spot on and silver hides anything and everything! If I had to go back I’d say Silver but If I had silver I’d probably want black or white. That lead foot is unreal though. When black is clean it’s clean! I know this doesn’t help haha.

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