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ARCTIC SILVER or GT SILVER?

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Old 05-19-2007 | 09:03 AM
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GT silver is not even close to seal grey, the later much darker, closer to meteor grey. It's like, silver vs grey.

GT silver was first offered on the 40th anniversary 911 996 a couple of years ago, that is of course, after it first appeared on the Carrara GT.
 
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Originally Posted by Piper
Is the GT Silver about the same as the previous Seal Grey? Didn't GT Silver replace it. Seems like Seal Grey has some of the redish/pinkish tones in some light.


GT silver is not the same as Seal Grey and did not replace it.

pink ?? - ban him
 

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Seal grey is discontinued/replaced by meteor grey
 
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Old 05-19-2007 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric (Plug Guy)
GT Silver Metallic (warmer) vs Arctic (cooler)

Percentages approximate...note the red in the GT Silver.

GT Silver
36% Pearl White
43% Brilliant Silver
7% Special Black
10% Fine Pearl White
2.5% Ruby Pearl
1.5% Dark Blue


Arctic
29% Fine Silver
67% Course Silver
1% Fine White
1.9% Black
1% White
0.1% Yellow
Wow, great info. If they were both free, I'd go GT Silver but wouldn't pay the extra cost for it.
 
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Check out the formula for GT Silver vs Arctic..................GT has 2.5% ruby pearl. Thats where the violet hue (under flourescent light) comes to life. Also dark blue 1.5%. Check out the yellow in Arctic but not in GT. Also GT has a lot more black,
 
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GT Baby!
 
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the real problem is...

other people's color always look better than mine or ur own.
 
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Arctic is 96% silver and GT is only 43% so how can we call it silver with less than 50%+1 in silver. I call it grey almost silver looking.
 
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Oh its silver....just a different shade.




 
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The picture in the show room, which one is which?
 
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lighter (right) is arctic.
 
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The one next to the window with sun shining on it, compared the one lit with fluorescent light?
 
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If I were contemplating GT Silver, I would want the wheels painted GT Silver, too. I'm not crazy about Artic Silver wheels on a GT Silver car - not that it looks bad, just not as good as it could.

The 996 Turbo S looked great in GT Silver with the standard Turbo S GT Silver wheels.
 
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Originally Posted by Rob
If I were contemplating GT Silver, I would want the wheels painted GT Silver, too. I'm not crazy about Artic Silver wheels on a GT Silver car - not that it looks bad, just not as good as it could.

The 996 Turbo S looked great in GT Silver with the standard Turbo S GT Silver wheels.
On the 997TT this is not an issue since wheels ar high polished w/black inside the spokes as opposed to arctic
 
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GT Silver.
 


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