Brilliant silver vs iridium silver
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Brilliant silver vs iridium silver
when did MB discontinue brilliant silver? Brilliant silver was definitely my fav silver paint of all manufacturers, maybe except for Porsche's Polar Silver metallic.
I have not seen the new Iridium Silver in person, is it similar/different from brilliant silver?
I have not seen the new Iridium Silver in person, is it similar/different from brilliant silver?
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The brilliant silver is a much finer silver, with less sparkle than irridium silver. Silvers can be hard to explain in a technical paint manner. But I will try, in the paint system I use there are 5 different toners of silver, three varying in coarseness and two varying with sparkle. Brilliant silver had no sparkle and a medium to fine grade of coarseness. This will give the illusion of a lighter colored silver most of the time until you put direct sunlight on it, than it is darker or doesn't have as much sparkle as irridium. Irridium is a medium to slightly coarser silver with sparkle. If you compared the two side by side depending on the lighting you will find most obvious that irridium is slightly coarser than brilliant.
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The brilliant silver is a much finer silver, with less sparkle than irridium silver. Silvers can be hard to explain in a technical paint manner. But I will try, in the paint system I use there are 5 different toners of silver, three varying in coarseness and two varying with sparkle. Brilliant silver had no sparkle and a medium to fine grade of coarseness. This will give the illusion of a lighter colored silver most of the time until you put direct sunlight on it, than it is darker or doesn't have as much sparkle as irridium. Irridium is a medium to slightly coarser silver with sparkle. If you compared the two side by side depending on the lighting you will find most obvious that irridium is slightly coarser than brilliant.
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What i mean is, i ordered the e63 spoiler for my 744 brilliant silver e55. They no longer offer that color on the e63 and i basicaly had to get it custom painted. This well, it cost me like 1000. BUt damm does it look amazing... Chech it guys.... Horrible quality i know, sorry.
