Series 2 Colour Coded Or 'natural'

Great reading and an interesting discussion!

Nearly 24hours since I opened this post and the vote is a draw!

I think the way this is looking, it really boils down to who prefers the look of
their s1 and who likes their s2.

Mind, from what I've picked up from colour co-ordinated s2 owners and the
practicalities of living with scapes/dinks to the bumpers and cappings maybe
I'm not in such a bad position after all...

Probably the reason why I'm torn over what to do is that I'm sitting on the
fence owning both s1 and s2 but with the new arrival of a silver s2 I'm
wondering if I'm feeling a bit short changed that the s2 VSX has s1 bumpers/
door cappings!

Andrew

This post has been edited by Andmcit on March 11, 2008 11:05 pm

I voted for the black strips. It does seem to define the car better.

And it's neck and neck

I voted for colour coding, despite the fact that I have an S1. Although my car is dark grey, so it's almost colour coded anyway

I don't automatically prefer colour coding on any car, but those are BIG lumps of plastic. Some way to tone them down is nice... especially on a silver car.

i voted for the colour coding as well

mines all silver anyway but

because ive taken the narrow silver plastic cappings off (water damage) for sanding/repainting

i thought about what colour to do them

its either going to be a deep metallic black or the original silver

yet another variation

I have always liked the black trim particulary on silver, but having seen the colour coded picture I rather like it. The only problem I see is the practicality of marks from other peoples doors on the rubbing strips and bumpers - not forgetting supermarket trolleys of course.

Peter.N.

It definitely has to be colour coded.

The black plastic makes the car look dated and cheaper. Or entry spec so to speak.

The colour coded on the V6 Mark 1's looks lovely when kept tidy, and the silver looks much newer and classier with the whole car being colour coded.

Regards

David.

Well here's the actual car in question.
Looks like I'm going to have to get some rubberised silver paint on it's bumper bits then...





Uncannily just like that slightly older but lower mileage one that's just turned
up on ebay with 23k miles. This one has a positively galactic 77k on it's 2.1TD
engine and autobox...

Andrew

It's all a matter of taste, of course. But I vote for colour coding. And I would get rid of the mud guards/flaps - what do you call them - AND replace the wheels. I rather like those in the very first picture you showed, the Monte Carlo?

I REALLY don't like the Exclusive wheel trims; I mean alloy wheels...
Worst wheels seen on an Xm for me. The flat plastic trims are a 1000x better.
The bobbly wheels pictured in the latest pics are the next least liked although
I guess they're OK; these are odd in that they have SOLID centres rather than
the earlier models' removable platic centre caps.

In fact that only leaves the orginal at launch alloys but without the silly wheeltrim
piece in the centre though at a push I can stomach them.

In the end, I prefer the 24v V6 ones every time though if I can get hold of them,
the optional from Citroen 6 spokes:



Andrew

Sure, Andrew, fine with me, man. I guess you will like this one then:
http://www.goo-net.com/used/spread/goo/19/...4000879016.html