going to do it! gonna get a GT, but need help choosing a color, COMP orange, or Guard

[Mustang1260]

you mean... it's been 6 years. we had it in 2001 and 2008/2009

NO we DIDN'T.
01 and 08/09 Bullitts were painted in Dark Highland Green (or black or blue in 01).

For 01/08/09 Dark Highland Green was a Ford truck color that was "in inventory" and thus used instead of the original color as Ford didn't need to change color chart formulas, didn't need to bring in those paint touch up pens into parts inventory for a limited run color, have paint shop confusion (and opps paint shop mistakes) between Highland Green and Dark Highland Green etc.

Dark Highland Green (3 words) is a different color from Highland Green (2 words). Just like Blue and Dark Blue are two different colors. Look for pictures of 2015 Mustangs...an LE in Wimbledon White and a standard GT in Oxford White . Both are "white" but both are clearly NOT the same color. Highland Green and Dark Highland Green side by side are totally different colors.

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[113]

CO is going to be easier to take care of. Guard gets dusty fast and isn't going to look good unless it is super clean. When mine is dirty its dull.

However, coming from a Grabber Blue S197 I personally believe the S550 looks better in dark colors. More sinister. IMO the S197 was more of a bright color car.

My advice would be to see both in person in various degrees of light. A clean CO in natural light looks awesome but at the auto show it looked weird. Almost like crayon orange. Try to get far away too. When I see a lighter/brighter S550 from far way the grill looks HUGE whereas in darker colors it blends in more. This could be a good or bad thing depending on your opinion of the front end styling.

These colors are so different take your time and look at as many of both in person as possible. Good luck!

I completely agree with that. I think it's probably because the S197 were boxier and I think that generally works with brighter colors. Sort of like how Challengers look really good in the bright colors - sublime green, hemi orange, etc...

 

[King_V]

We're really going to go through this thread and not mention just how awesome this pic is^

But Guard. If it's good enough for Steve McQueen...

I had not seen this picture before.

I concur with regard to the level of awesome involved.

 

[Khyber]

I got a thread with all those pics with my son's boss and my car. Probably on 2nd or 3rd page of general section now

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[Ron01864]

so i decided i want a GT, but i cant decide between the 2 colors i have not seen in person. i like orange because its a loud color and i believe it fits a v8 perfectly, BUT guard to me is such a classy and elegant color. can anyone that seen these color in person put there 2 cents in.

Personally i dont want class and elegance in a Mustang. Go with the sporty aggressive CO. Of course im biased.

 

[Voo Doo]

I have been having the same color problem, but between Guard and Magnetic. I will be going with Magnetic as I just dont think the guard looks as good with the PP wheels and black accents.

I would love to see this car in Gotta Have It Green! While shopping around cars I looked at a Scat Pack Challenger and fell in love with the Sublime color! Not sure the stang could pull it off but would love to see it.

Like this???

 

[Keyser_Soze]

Lmfao - I thought I was the only one debating between these two colors at complete opposite ends of the spectrum personality-wise. Unless you NEED to be inconspicuous, go with your inner-6-year-old all the way. The car handles a radical color well.

 

[MTX3106]

Id go with whatever color you first saw and loved! there is always the option to wrap it later if you just want a change. But you wont regret your first choice. Love my OX white.

 

[Clockwork]

My last two cars were orange: 2007 Nissan 350z and a 2013 Subaru WRX.

Its a cool color that definitely grabs people's attention, but I think as I get older I wanted something a little more subdued/classy and less boy racer.

I went with guard.

 

[moto111]

Boy racer ? Lol you drove two boy racers. Orange is just a aggressive color and fits the car well

 

[Khyber]

nothing boy racer about competition orange >_> the color has been around for almost 50 years...

 

[Clockwork]

No offense intended. I like orange and even said it is cool in my post.

 

[Chargedguard5.0]

Both colors are great here's my guard.

 

[Chameleon]

^Love the top pic Chargedguard

 

[Chargedguard5.0]

Thanks. For some reason my phone is not letting me download any of my good pictures so this is all I could post up.

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