Mine is Brilliant Silver, and while it looks OK, it is not a standout color to me. Quite honestly, I am bored with anything that lacks hue, and do not like all the various shades of brown/gold/beige/puece/bronze colors out there either.
The one I ordered was to be Jupiter Red (one of the base colors), as I think red contrasts nicely with the black trim and silver wheels. I also thought that the red would stand out better for visibility for safety reasons.
Hopefully the premium paint is better (they say it is), because it was a $1000 option. Fortunately, since they were unable to get the one I wanted, they sold me this one for the same price. So in addition to the better paint, I also got another $5k worth of options for free. Does not have cruise control, though, which I wanted and was on the ordered one, along with a trailer hitch.
Still love my van though.
The one I ordered was to be Jupiter Red (one of the base colors), as I think red contrasts nicely with the black trim and silver wheels. I also thought that the red would stand out better for visibility for safety reasons.
Hopefully the premium paint is better (they say it is), because it was a $1000 option. Fortunately, since they were unable to get the one I wanted, they sold me this one for the same price. So in addition to the better paint, I also got another $5k worth of options for free. Does not have cruise control, though, which I wanted and was on the ordered one, along with a trailer hitch.
Still love my van though.
Very nice looking Sprinter. What color is it?
Boathik
Tinkerer extraordinaire
That's what I have on order.
How do you find it holding up? The clear coat is how I justified the extra $$
Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk
Mine lives outside in the CO sun. Looks like new 18 months later, even the plastic trim.
The paint is fragile though when it comes to chips. I had the front end wrapped immediately.
Boathik
Tinkerer extraordinaire
vavaroutsos
Member
I prefer one of the metallic colors as they have a clear coat. I got mine in Brilliant Silver because it doesn't show dirt and doesn't get too hot like some of the darker colors. So yes, I picked my color more for function over form. I don't know why they can't just use a 2-stage finish on all the colors.
Ace in the hole
Member
I just ordered a 2018 4x4. I almost went with cavansite blue but the dealer talked me out of it. He said its a great looking color when clean and buffed but it is a nightmare to keep it that way, shows everything. His words- "I think it is worse than black when it comes to showing marks." So I went with my backup- flame red. Not a huge change since my 2011 is hibiscus red.
Clear bra on the hood. Also another protective product on the head light lenses. I think clear bra was about $400 installed for the good stuff. I didn't shop it around much so may have overpaid.
Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
Surveillance Van
Member
Velvet Red is my color used plastic Dip on the hood and plastic side panels down also w/ Plastic Dip
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Wrinkledpants
2017 144WB 4x4
We have stone grey. Traditionally, I prefer darker colors on vehicles, but know from experience it's extremely hard to keep them clean. Since our van is supposed to make it easier and more convenient to get us outside and into the woods, we wanted a low-maintenance color. White and silver were off the table as we've owned both colors in the past. Both do a good job looking clean when dirty, and hiding dirt, but we wanted a more interesting color.
We looked at the lighter tans, but felt they looked too "tan" if that makes any sense. Then we saw stone grey and loved it. The windshield was really dirty, but the paint looked perfectly clean since the paint color matches that of dust. It was warm to the touch in bright sun, but not hot like black and darker grey colors. For us, it struck that right combination of looking purposeful, being low-maintenance, but also looking pretty good.
DSCF5220.jpg by Reid, on Flickr
DSCF5225.jpg by Reid, on Flickr
DSCF5214.jpg by Reid, on Flickr
We looked at the lighter tans, but felt they looked too "tan" if that makes any sense. Then we saw stone grey and loved it. The windshield was really dirty, but the paint looked perfectly clean since the paint color matches that of dust. It was warm to the touch in bright sun, but not hot like black and darker grey colors. For us, it struck that right combination of looking purposeful, being low-maintenance, but also looking pretty good.
DSCF5220.jpg by Reid, on FlickrDSCF5225.jpg by Reid, on FlickrDSCF5214.jpg by Reid, on Flickr
Boathik
Tinkerer extraordinaire
What did you use on the headlights?
This from Terra Wagen?
https://www.terrawagen.com/collections/sprinter/products/sprinter-headlight-armor
Thanks,
Josh
Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk
No, I used this. $52.
https://www.autosportcatalog.com/products/xpel-invisible-headlight-protection.html
Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
Last edited:
I got a call yesterday that stated the Sprinter plant in Düsseldorf Germany will not be applying metallic paint at some point, for an uncertain amount of time. The demand for new Sprinters with metallic paint is exceeding their supply. I was asked if I was interested in any non-metallic paint. We are waiting for confirmation when metallic paint will be available again.
hapaschold
Member
guess I ll be getting my 2018 silver by 2019 then lol