difference between opaline, glacier frost mica, and starfire pearl?

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May 18, 2008 | 09:26 PM

stx106

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difference between opaline, glacier frost mica, and starfire pearl?

Hi All,

Can someone tell me the difference between opaline, glacier frost mica, and starfire pearl?

May 18, 2008 | 09:51 PM

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At different angles I would say opaline has a bit of purple in it, glacier frost has a bit of blue, and starfire is the closest to just white. But don't quote me directly =]

May 18, 2008 | 10:07 PM

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Mesca hit it pretty much on the head. when people see my car, (GFM) they say it looks blue-ish sometimes!!???

whatever it is......i like it.

May 18, 2008 | 11:56 PM

lexusgs408

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love the GFM color on the GS...........

May 19, 2008 | 09:27 AM

Yang1815

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I love all three colors. Due to uniqueness, I chose GFM over starfire pearl. However, if both GFM and opaline pearl were available at the time, I'd have a really hard time making the decision.

May 19, 2008 | 09:36 AM

1989Lexus

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opaline pearl- silverish
gfm- off white
starfire- white

look at the brochure but its best if you look at all 3 at the dealer in the sun.

May 19, 2008 | 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 07350FROST

Mesca hit it pretty much on the head. when people see my car, (GFM) they say it looks blue-ish sometimes!!???

whatever it is......i like it.

same here. you can see a very slight hint of blue when its sunny out and also at night it has a silverish look to it.

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May 19, 2008 | 05:31 PM

1989Lexus

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silverish??? uh?......ok.

thats the first ive heard anyone describe it like that.

What would you say it is then?.. my neighbor has one and it looks silver to me and even in the brochure it looks silver.

May 19, 2008 | 06:16 PM

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I've parked my GFM next to the opaline pearl. Under direct sunlight, the GFM looks more purple while the opaline looks more pink IMHO.

May 19, 2008 | 08:27 PM

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I just picked up an opaline pearl gs350. I would describe it as a silverish white. The color sample in the brochure looks silver, but the car looks much more white in person.

I was deciding between the opaline and starfire. I would say the opaline is a more bluish (higher color temp) white vs. the starfire.

Steve