Still torn between WRB or silver.
 

I had my heart set on a red BR-Z but thanks to Canada sucking that's no longer an option. My pre-order is for a WRB limited (sport-tech for CND) but I'm starting to think the blue wont have the right look with what I plan on doing to the car. I'm not really sure what I'm asking but if anyone has any insight or was struggling with the same choice I'd love to hear it haha

Thanks!

What do you plan to do with the car then?

Not sure what your plans are, but here's my 2 cents... Silver will be more understated and classy...more "adult". WRB will be a bit more flashy, more unique...in a line of cars, WRB will pop out from around the crowd whereas silver will blend in.

Personally, I went silver for the reasons above. I also think silver shows the car's lines better. I also like how the tail lights blend in more with the silver.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1759/brzssmwrb.png

I switched over from WRB to SSM for this very reason

here is a quick list


SSM

• Mature
  Classy
  Can't go wrong with silver
  3rd best resell value
  Shows less dents/scratches
  Less people buying SSM vs WRB
  Less Flashy Less noticeable
  • Less likely to get noticed by the cops
    by thieves
    by people keying your car due to jealousy

WRB

• Different
  Sexy
  More likely to attract attention
  Black on WRB looks sexy
  It's Subaru
  • by girls
    by younger peeps
    by Cops
    by thieves
    by jealous peeps

Easy, silver.

I don't know about anyone else but I'm just sick of white, gray, black, silver (and all shades within) cars. Just look around. Seems like everyone is choosing a car that is some shade of white/gray/black. Boring.

I happen to really like blue, so the color was easy for me. But I really wish the car companies would offer more color choices today instead of the usual boring choices.

They always have a white, black and silver. And typically a red and blue. And that's it for so many companies today.

How about some nice shades of purple?
Or some root beer colors?
A nice bright yellow would have looked nice on the 86 cars.
Maroon?
Light powder blue metallic?

After a long line of gray and silver cars I went with WRB for my BRZ. My GTI is gray and the Porsche is silver, so I had to get something different.

I've never seen WRB in person so I'm hoping that its not a shock!

You just described the galaxy blue.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Z/IMG_1278.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Z/IMG_1280.jpg

How about bright pink pearly metallic...like Yashio Factory style? When has a company ever offered that as a stock color.

I went with WRB because that is the only unique color the BRZ is offered in....and it isn't really that unique. I almost went with the DGM or GBS for hipster reasons (seems like the majority of BRZs are going to be WRB), but stuck with the blue since there are still a lot of other dark grey cars around and GBS is really close to the color of my 240. Too bad there isn't a blind you green or crazy orange option.

ive had a gray cars for the last 8 years...i went with WRB lol...totally opposite of what im driving now.

i saw a silver one at the auto show and it was nice but didnt do anything for me.

When I bought my Elise there were a lot of nice colors to choose from. Yes, they had a bunch of grays and blacks but at least they had greens, oranges too. Perhaps there were 20 colors to choose from.

the white one is the best, do you really want a blue one?

I noticed that the Elise is (sold), yet the NSX isn't. I considered an Elise in my current round of "damn...I'd like a new car", but they didn't seem very livable day to day. I saw myself continuing to drive a truck everywhere. How does the NSX stack up these days?

The Elise was more fun to drive around town than the NSX. Accessible performance at regular speed - much like what I'm expecting from the BRZ.

But, yes, the Elise was tough to live with on a daily basis. I'm a big guy (6' - 240) and could not get into the car unless I unclasped and rolled the roof back - and then rolling it back once I'm in. When the weather was nice - no problem. I'd drive around topless and it was great.

I had to make a decision to cut back to one sports car and the NSX won out. It's really a timeless classic and although it's not as tossable and go-kart like as the Elise it's still a great car. It's just more of a GT car when it comes to around town driving.

I'm viewing the BRZ kind of like a livable daily driver Elise.

The NSX has to be the sports car bargain of the century. You can pick up a nice clean NSX for about what you will pay for a loaded BRZ. And it's a Honda and not like a used Ferrari. Check out www.nsxprime.com

-Jim

WRB blue, no doubt. Everything else is bleh, so plain.

I had the same debate with myself for a good month straight.

I originally wanted GBS, then fell in love with all the pictures of SSM. So my choice was silver for a while. Mainly because the pictures were nice and I liked the low maintenance aspect of having a silver car. Then I saw WRB in real life on a bunch of wrx's at a car meet and instantly started loving WRB. WRB is a great colour (true subaru rally colours).
For me WRB will always be associated with rally cars of my past, so I can't picture myself loving WRB on a BRZ on a day to day basis, since I don't want to build it as such. If i had a WRB brz I could imagine myself being stupid on gravel roads and going RALLY! all the way in third gear....a lot of stone chips and an empty saving account later would be the result. This in all seriousness probably would only happen once or twice, but it's something that needs to be considered. Just like how every third BRZ we'll be seeing on the road will be WRB and how the cops have already trained their eyes to pick out this colour in a sea of morning traffic. WRB became no longer the colour for me. I like my cars flying under the radar, but at the same time unique enough that I can call it my own.

I kept going back to SSM, that is until I saw a silver FRS in person. Even though SSM is a new shade for Subaru it's still very much the silver you see on a lot of cars. It didn't make the car stand out enough for me to consider what I was staring as "badass". Although you would think I was lying through my teeth if you heard all the compliments that silver was getting by everyone else looking at the car. Silver is definitely a colour that you'll have to see in person if it's not already a colour that you're fond of.

For me, GBS is my ideal colour (it's low key dark, and BLUE!), but of course being Canadian we're playing it safe and are only getting the three shades and one iconic colour. Unless we get GBS for the 2014 year models (it works better financially for me) I'll be getting a CBS BRZ-L, (yes, i picked Black out of no where!), and keeping it that way until I'm sick of how dirty it gets and end up painting it another colour. This way I get my ideal colour AND black door jams and engine compartment. An out of the box resolution to a month long debate.

Don't get me wrong I really like black, just not the high level of maintenance that comes with being a perfectionist who owns a black car.... :bonk:

hopefully this helps you in your decision. Even if you realize that in comparison colour doesn't matter nearly as much to you and just end up flipping a coin. :lol:

I am in the same position as you OP. I was having a tough time deciding between silver and blue, and even now I am still not 100% convinced I made the right decision but I think I will be happy either way.

My current car is silver, I really like the fact that you can go for so long without washing - it seems to always look clean from a distance. That's a huge plus for me, even though I like washing it's hard to find the time. Additionally, it is a very mature looking colour, and it's a classy colour. Sometimes silver shows the lines of a car fairly well, but other times they tend to fade.

The blue on the other hand is quite daring, and exciting. It's a step away from my 'neutral' personality. I like the way the lines stand out in blue, I remember my friend going to the autoshow with me, and seeing the blue one and saying 'oh wow I never saw the lines in the hood before now'.

I was concerned that blue would be a popular colour, but I have a feeling it won't be so bad once you're on the road because the majority of the cars will be FR-S, not BRZ. And with that said, in total between the FRS and BRZ, there aren't going to be very many period.

Anyways, I ended up choosing blue on the day that I went to pre-order, I just wanted to spice it up a little and stand out from the crowd of boring cars on the road with my sporty new car. I'm sure the day that I see a silver sitting next to mine I might have a little regret, but in the end they both look great so go with whatever your heart is tugging you towards.

Here's some side by side's to help.

http://www.cabriault.com/brz/zandvoort01.jpg

http://www.cabriault.com/brz/zandvoort02.jpg

http://www.cabriault.com/brz/zandvoort03.jpg

http://www.cabriault.com/brz/zandvoort07.jpg

http://photo.netcarshow.com/Subaru-B...3_photo_9d.jpg

Keep in mind, none of these are excellent pictures of silver, but in my experience with my current silver car, it IS hard to get a good picture of silver, which is why usually the lines are not as distinct. When the light is hitting silver well, it looks pretty damn nice though.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...1&d=1329710091

http://photo.netcarshow.com/Subaru-B...3_photo_54.jpg

Good luck, there's really no bad decision between the two.

Thanks for the photos!

I'm sure you've already done this but in the off chance you have not, be sure to check out the color threads...

SSM:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3804

WRB:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3809


I wasn't thrilled with red at first, but the more candid photos I see of it, the more I can't help but think how hot it would look with some matte black wheels. Sorry to hear Canada is not getting it. So far it is already shaping up to be the rarest color IIRC.

My significant other banned me from getting WRB because of the "stigma" it has as a ricer color ( I wanted it personally). However when I saw silver in person I was like yeah the lines show better on silver and it matches the car shape well. So that's what I have now

Ricer colors are "primer white" and "primer black."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../primer004.jpg

You should get what you want, not what someone else dictates for you to get.

that's bullshit bro. how much did she put down on the car?

Thanks for all the comments! Basically my concern is that the silver lends itself better to the function over form style (tow hooks, black wheels, etc..) while the blue seems more "delicate" in a way. I've also owned 2 silver cars and never a blue one. But as was mentioned the blue is exclusive....

My worthless two cents....I ordered a SWP Premium, a Silver Limited was delivered at the same time so I switched and took the Silver Limited home ;-)

But both colors are of course cool!

See worthless! ;-)

I saw the silver at my dealership a few days back (it was the demo car making the rounds in the southeast) It really shows the lines of this car well. It seems somehow very flattering on this car and accents the diminutive size. I have never owned a silver car or even liked it for that matter but it really really suits the BRZ especially when seen in person. I love blue but would have bought this car on the spot if they would've sold it. I truly suspected the SWP to be an under-utilized color (what I ordered). Boy was I wrong!

I'm going to have to disagree with you on the silver showing the car's lines better. Having had both a WRB and Silver Impreza, the blue shows off the curves much better. It goes from a brilliant blue to pretty dark, depending on the angle. It looks amazing in sunlight, and then completely transforms under the orange of a sodium street light. I think it's pretty obvious how much more the shading varies from the side by side pics above.

I'm in the similar situation as OP, but I actually want to switch from Silver to WRB.

Unfortunately, I am being told by my dealer Classic Subaru/Cadillas of Atlanta, GA that I can not change the color of my pre-order from Silver to WRB. Apparently it is too late because my car was already manufactured. :mad0260:

Which I find a little strange since I am last in line(10th) and I don't expect my car to arrive earlier than October.

What do you guys think? Is dealer telling the truth and I am stuck or I should just call Subaru of America and check for myself? :iono:

What do you think my alt. options for getting WRB in GA this year?

Thanks!

Well from what I heard, it doesn't matter what position you are in line, they are just making cars and shipping them. Just because you hold the #1 spot doesn't mean you will get their first car, so it's possible yours is already made and being shipped.

The dealer I went through had a customer change his color, he lost his spot and had to take a spot further down.

Hm that's interesting I assumed that the whole point of having a line, is for an opportunity to get a car earlier.

Btw, how long ago did the guy you mentioned changed his pre-order?

It was last Monday, I called up asking if they had any slots left and he told me someone had just called and backed out of theirs, I had called while he was in the middle of updating their website, good timing!

So when they give you that spot were you able to pick your color/tranny or you had to stick with the original pre-order?

I had to take what he ordered, I was basically buying his car, not his spot.

I have to admit that WRB has really grown on me from the pics I have seen posted. I like Silver cars as they are a popular color for resale, but if it was my I would probably pick the WRB or the white.

since when was WRB ricey? :iono:

Damn both colors are good....I would lean towards black, silver, or that awesome blue (WRB) on the BRZ though...

White or black on the FR-S