jk Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Picked up my white 5mt gt ltd wagon this morning. It's terrific but some folks might want to know that "white" is not white. I came home and parked it between my '02 white wrx wagon and my '03 white wrx sedan. The wrx's are pure white. The legacy is off white. In bright light it looks to be tinted cream yellow. In less light it shifts between a beige and a gray off white. I'm quite pleased with it, but it was a bit of a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 if it's the same paint job i had on my white 2001 l.l. bean outback be happy, be very very happy. that paint job was the best. thick and strong. the pearl made it so you would have to look hard to see the swirls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euclid Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 It's a pearl white. Look at any pearl white and it's not white white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbluelb Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Last time I stopped by a dealer they had none in white ( :( ). I did receive the paint swatch and noticed that the pearl changed to gold-ish and even blue-ish tones at the right angle and light. This seems to sync with your review. I think white is my 'go' color... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAP Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Yah, I was annoyed that my car is not white. My old subaru (1991 Legacy L sedan) was white, but even that was not a pure white. Trying to get touch up paint for it was a pain just after I bought it since the dealers touchup paint was not immediately avalable, and in order to make a batch, the quantities of colors added (yellow & black I think) were so small that the smallest batch they could make was a pint) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBE555 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I think the pearl white looks very nice! First time I saw that color on a Wagon, a few weeks before mine came in, made me wonder about my color. In any case, Subaru made picking a color for me, they actually had several good colors available this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Yes, I have to admit, the colours do vary quite a lot in the Subaru range. I was parked next to a MY02 Liberty / Legacy and the colours were totally different. I thought silver was silver, umm no. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axis008 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Pearl white seems to have little specks of gold. It isn't supposed to be a solid white. I like it. Looks good in the sun, just like the other colors for the Legacy. -ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Pilot Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Just got my new Legacy GT Limited in the Satin Pearl White two days ago. The compliments keep coming. Not very many people seem to be aware of this car in my area (Tulsa, Oklahoma), but once they've looked it over, most everyone is quite impressed. Love the fact that I'm driving such a unique car though. Have yet to see another one on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Yes, I have to agree, the white looks fantastic, the 3.0R SpecB has a pearl thru it and it looks so nice. Glad yr happy with the white Whitestar Pilot and welcome to the board. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexjapan2 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 51E <plain jane white> is history. But the pearl is nice. I've a feeling that may push me to silver (better half prefers it). 51E was great due to: no metallic or pearl, and fairly thick/durable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk Posted August 29, 2004 Author Share Posted August 29, 2004 Touch up may be a problem down the road, but I was by no means complaining. I think it looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver72 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 [quote name='jk']Picked up my white 5mt gt ltd wagon this morning. It's terrific but some folks might want to know that "white" is not white. [/quote] Hence the name "Satin White PEARL" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Right back atcha Driver72. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diaperking Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Hi, I get many compliments like, "Wow, I'm usually not a fan of white cars, but this is really nice!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAP Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 The door handles are not the same white as the body, especially under florescent lighting. Body looks yellow to the door handles white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Hmm that sounds a bit strange for mine DAP unless the paint applied there is thicker to handle the wear and tear. This area may not have been painted with the pearl. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickvic Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 FYI from Paintscratch.com: [b]Tri-coats[/b] This is a special paint application consisting of three different layers of paint. It gives the vehicle a milky pearl effect and can be quite striking to look at. Unfortunately, it's not so easy to repair. Any color listed on our site that has the word "[b]Tri-coat[/b]" in the paint name is a tricoat. This paint requires three different coats of paint. The first is a basecoat of color. Next a second coat of transparent color, called the [b]midcoat[/b] is applied and finally, a coat of clearcoat. The midcoat color is applied very thin and adds additional depth to the paint. In order to successfully match a tri-coat, you should practice on a scrap piece of metal or plastic. [font=Arial]The clearcoat must be polished with rubbing compound to shine properly.[/font] [center][img]http://www.paintscratch.com/images/tri.jpg[/img] [/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I love the pearl white effect that we had the opportunity to buy. Arctic pure white is just too "white" if you know what I mean. I see a million new Mazda 3's in white running around town, and that shade is just too darn blazing white. It makes the car look even more economy than it is, IMO. There's no flair, it looks like my fridge. Adding a pearl in gives it the luxury flair that it deserves. On a related note, my mother's 1998 A4 in "pearl white" looks like a goldy piss colour when I park my car beside it. She even asked me not to park beside her car when I go over for a visit. I think we got a great shade out of Subaru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXCL Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 yeah the swp is more like an ice white the mojority of the time, but come sunset and it looks like a million bucks a gold and purple rainbow. the SWP is so classy i get compliments all the time. totally adds CLASS to the car. the only other color that seems to change alot is the light blue. that think is almost like chameleon. for whatever reason i heard the red is a 4 coat paint vs the rest which are all a 3 coat. MAYHEM #122/22 STS NNJR SCCA AUTOX4U.COMÂ XENON RETRO GUIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Pilot Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 gireland, you have captain Avatar as your avatar! That is just sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I was all set to get the ABP when I saw the SWP and that was it for me. Love how the SWP radiates and reflects different colors under different lighting conditions. Seemed at one point near sunset at the beach one night that I had a whole rainbow set of colors off the car. It was amazing and several of my friends commented on what beautiful colors my paint was. SBT - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerdave Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 SWP is great. I'm happy with it. But there is no such thing as pure white in the automotive world. There are more shades of white than any other color. I've seen automotive paint supply shops mixing white paint, and you'd be amazed at how many other colors go into a "white" base. But SWP is very white... just go park it next to a white new Mini, or a new Beetle or a Dodge Magnum... then you'll see what a "creamy" white really is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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