bh9712

Finally - It's back from the shop, the headliner has no lines... Love my new car!

The paint looks different in different light - this is with overcast skies - it makes the paint look darker and more blue. When the sun comes out again, I'll post some more!

justnspace

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Nice!!

weather

bh9712...AMAZING color and amazing vehicle indeed! Congrats and great choice my friend. Happy to see they looked after your roof liner

mikejmack

Very nice. Looks great.

SlowLane

Congratulations. Forged Silver Metallic looks great on the RDX.

The interior looks light colored in those pictures. I didn't know they offered the parchment interior with that exterior color. Nice. I have a TSX wagon in FSM, but the interior is black.

ostrich

Lovely colour! I really like the bluish hue under cloudy conditions.

I wonder what Weather will call me now, since I really like FSM too! :-)

bh9712

Ah, the sun is back! Here are some pics in morning sun. I hope it shows how different the paint looks in direct light.

And yes, it does have the parchment interior. I have a yellow lab, and her hair really only shows up when it makes it to the dash.

I wasn't 100% confident in the color - I was worried it was too blue. But I wanted the parchment interior, and I figured the FSM wouldn't show dirt and water spots as bad as say Charcoal would. And the other silver is only available with the ebony interior. But the longer I have it, the more the color is growing on me.

SlowLane

Me too. Even the Acura salesmen kept referring to the color as light blue. I wish they offered the parchment interior on the wagon. Anyway, you made a good choice.

weather

(lmao) Well....its nice to see that you recognize your own weakness

I must say that the pics really do highlight how beautiful this vehicle truly is....This is a beauty!

bh9712

Okay, I've been guilted into this by a couple of you who have spent a ton of time detailing your new cars (weather and mikejmack - you know who you are!). I'm thinking the "Clear Coat Protectant" at the spray car wash wasn't bringing out the full shine. So I took a couple of hours and waxed my RDX this morning (I couldn't bring myself to break out a clay bar or polish).

So now I'm adding to the car pr0n on this forum.

mikejmack

Looks fantastic. The colour looks great. It has two distict personalities.

Enjoy the pride of cleaning it yourself ( and saving a few swirl marks at the same time )

weather

bh9712...I hope your RDX will send me and mikejmack a thank you card for convincing you to give him the tender loving care it deserves *lol*

In all seriousness....there is alot to be said about doing your vehicle yourself and the great results it yields after the fact. You have done an amazing job...too bad its getting late here or I'd be going out and giving my TL/RDX a quick scrub.....Oh wait, I did that earlier today and both are in the garage for the next rain event for tomorrow ad Wednesday. You gotta love the 3rd car to do the heavy lifting!

BTW...I have been driving the Hyundai Accent and that thing gives amazing fuel mileage. I fueled up today (by the way Mikejmack, Costco here is selling gas at 117$/L) and my last tank averaged 5.6L/100km which is mixed of city/highway at the 40/60 rate respectively. This is about 42mpg for you US folks....This is pretty amazing

ostrich

Oh my! It looks wonderful! You guys are making me SO JEALOUS.... I really miss this part of the "relationship" with my car, since I cannot get it washed at home here in Calgary! I really enjoyed the waxing and polishing that I used to do before I moved to Calgary....sigh!

Now, Weather, you called it a "him".... and not "her", eh? LOL

BTW, now my favourite colours for the RDX are officially white, red and forged silver. So which is my absolute favourite? Hmm.... decisions, decisions, decisions....

weather

Couldn't you get a tri-colored RDX? Front White, middle forged silver and the back red? That would be a great and UNIQUE looking vehicle.

My question is would Acura provide an Ebony or parchment interior color? We all know how limiting they can be *lol*

GRDX

I hate cleaning my car. Maybe I should move to Calgary so I don't have to feel guilty about having someone else do it.

Colorado Guy AF Ret.

Looks great! I have the same one coming in...sometime! LOL! I think FSM may be a "sleeper" color. Looks good in different lighting and the parchment interior looks great with it. I was getting a White Pearl one, but, I know that even the detail/touch up guys HATE to work with this color. I've owned 1 car that was a pearl white. Got hit in the back and it took MANY repaints to try and get a color match. Even Dupont "experts" showed up to work with the mixing process. I didn't want to deal with those kind of issues again. Wife wanted the white....but, I "guided" her over to the FSM. I've wanted an RDX, but, did not like the previous model with the turbo engine. Not smooth, not linear, not that great to drive around town. Acura made all the changes that I was looking for...well, most of them.
I have the same engine in my '12 Accord Cpe. Same hp, same cylinder deactivation, etc. Hey, they are Hondas!

ostrich

Be careful with what you wish for.... it may come true!!! LOL

ostrich

Hmm.... actually, Weather, if I have one third of the RDX in red, one third in white, and one third in amber brownstone/urban titanium.... then the colour would be called "Neapolitan", right!? LOL

Oh, let me take UMBER interior.... huh?! Where the heck is that wonderful colour!?!?!?

weather

*LMAO*

charcoalblack

congrats. what a great color...

markonibre

i ve been enjoying the exact same car for last two weeks now. Amazing and beautiful at the same time.
BH9712 you made me jealous now how clean your car really is, so i have to take mine for a wash now

fleuger99

BH9712 your vehicle is absolutely beautiful. I love the distinct colours depending on the lighting but all look great.

I am pretty sure I'm going to go with this colour but with the ebony interior as my two dogs will mark up the lighter Parchment interior.

Thanks for posting the great pics and happy motoring.

hawkeye62

Congratulations on your new ride! The color is great. I originally wanted the Forged Silver with parchment interior, but changed my mind after I saw the Silver Moon with ebony interior. Now, I really like the ebony interior, completely different from my last ride.

It all worked out for the best. I would have had Forged Silver with Parchment and never known the joy of an Ebony interior.

Jim

kokomia

ordering the vehicle tomorrow. Torn between white and the forged silver. I like black interior which I can only get in the silver. Question, is this a blue/silver or more like a purple silver. It appears like a light tanzanite on the computer. Please reply

aks1972

kokomia,

As you can see from the pictures above and other online images, the forged silver has a different color under different lighting. To me it seems like it goes from light blue to dark grey through the day.

That was one thing that I liked most about the forged silver. Also, it is not such a pain to maintain as white is.

kokomia

I am going through the same turmoil you did. I prefer an black interior because I travel to my lake house alot. The white is stunning but nervous about the tan interior getting dirty. I cant get it in black. How do you like the forged Sivler metallic.

kokomia

Thanks for responding. To me it looks like it has a deep purple lavender hue on computer. I am going to look at it again tomorrow in the afternoon to get a better feel. The color in the lot is not on the RDX, but still the same

aks1972

I haven't seen the purple/ lavender cast on mine. Its a good idea to check it out in person and not rely on images on the computer as the colors might be off.

bh9712

Once in a while, mine will look a bit purple, but only when there is a vivid sunset and it gets a little red in the reflection. Acura has a color on some vehicles called Palladium Metallic that has a rosier color...

kokomia

gettiing my RDX forged silver metallic tomorrow with black interior. I am excited and nervous. I saw the color on a different vehicle in the lot, but was only able to see a portion of it. It had a slate blueish hue to it. I am excited and nervous. Hope I am happy with color!!

Vividsi

a fine looking car

kwalk

Here is the Forged on my TSX. I share in your thoughts about the uniqueness of this color - Liked it when I first saw it; then didn't like; then liked it better than other available colors. After I polished and waxed it, I liked it more.