Mineral Metalic compared to the onyx black

[leddySS98]

I have my truck search narrowed down to the sierra 1500 either in Denali or SLT package... I started off being pretty dead set on the the white frost color, but after seeing them in person that Mineral Metallic has grown on me as well... I like the looks of the black one, who doesn't like a black vehicle, but they are soooooo much work keeping them looking clean. Hoping those of you that have the mineral metallic color will give me some feedback on how well they do or dont show dirt...

[galliher_nc]

_{I can tell just by looking at it, it will hide dirt better than black will.}

 

[gmtech117]

Well, from someone who owns a black truck, I will tell you I will never ever again buy a black vehicle.. Just when you think you have it perfectly cleaned and detailed, you pull out in the sunshine and BAM!! Bunch of crap you missed lol. And I actually enjoy cleaning/detailing.. But this paint is exhausting.

[leddySS98]

My camaro is NBM... Navy Blue Metallic... and I swear it's worse than the black trying to keep it clean.. So maybe my question would have been better phrased asking those who have the Mineral Metallic color how hard is it to keep clean?...

[Lgetz]

Well, from someone who owns a black truck, I will tell you I will never ever again buy a black vehicle.. Just when you think you have it perfectly cleaned and detailed, you pull out in the sunshine and BAM!! Bunch of crap you missed lol. And I actually enjoy cleaning/detailing.. But this paint is exhausting.

Black is a PIA to keep clean am so glad I traded my black 14 AT for the 15 AT in Diamond White. Stays cleaner longer and have only waxed it 4 times in 16 months of ownership compared to 10 times in 13 months. Do not buy black if you value having a clean ride.

[leddySS98]

so does anyone have experience with the new mineral metallic color... or to new of color to know yet?

[galliher_nc]

so does anyone have experience with the new mineral metallic color... or to new of color to know yet?

It's only been out a month. I doubt there are too many of them out there yet.

[KMGZ400]

I like that color. It seems somewhat similar to the GMT800 pewter but a little bit darker. I have had a pewter truck and in my opinion it is the second best behind white as to hiding scratches and dirt. Nothing is as bad as a dark color like navy or black.

[afireinside7444]

Ocean blue is good at hideing dirt ect as the dark colors go (as long as a good quality wax is on it such as natty poor boy blue) the metallic helps with the illusion. My 08 was black, never again. I like that mineral metallic!

[NoProblem]

I like that color. It seems somewhat similar to the GMT800 pewter but a little bit darker. I have had a pewter truck and in my opinion it is the second best behind white as to hiding scratches and dirt. Nothing is as bad as a dark color like navy or black.

Totally agree.

My S-10 was pewter and I swear it could go for months without a wash - and I live on a dirt road. The mineral metallic does look a little bit darker than pewter, but if I would have seen that color on the lot, I would have bought it in a hot second over my white one, but while I think black is awesome, pretty much any color is better than black for keeping clean.

[leddySS98]

I knew black was always hard to keep clean, but when I bought my car 20 years ago I didnt think the blue would be an issue.. and my NBM is worse than black... So when I saw this truck I REALLY liked the color, but I became leery of it when I saw Metallic as part of the color description, so I wanted to ask first before finding out the hard way again = )

[smrr1]

To me metallic is much more capable of hiding imperfections in paint vs non metallic.

[KMGZ400]

To me metallic is much more capable of hiding imperfections in paint vs non metallic.

I think it all depends on the color to be honest. I have a metallic red cruze and it doesn't look great after 100k miles

[f8l vnm]

Black is the nicest color the 24 min it's clean

[smrr1]

I think it all depends on the color to be honest. I have a metallic red cruze and it doesn't look great after 100k miles

I was saying like metallic red vs non metallic red. Metallic .... vs non metallic ...

Black is the nicest color the 24 min it's clean

I think you are over allowing