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Originally Posted by Cadesun
I owned a black Xterra for 12 years. It is a truck, if you are cool with showing your scars go for it. If you want a perpetually clean, pretty mall-crawler go for a different color.
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I hear ya, my old ZJ was black, I bought it when it was only 3 years old, and after the first trail scratches I stopped caring about it, especially after it passed ten years old.
Let's be honest though, most people buying new 4R's are using them for exactly that purpose, a pretty mall crawler. Not many people are going to drop 40k on a vehicle then purposely go scratch the hell out of it.
Me, unless it's a dedicated trail rig, I want my stuff to look reasonably nice without much effort. That's why I like my current silver 4R. Not super exciting color, but even when it's dirty it looks fairly clean, and the scratches and whatnot are not easily visible.
Like I said, the Jeep wasn't a big deal, but I nearly drove myself insane trying to keep my black 98 T/A clean. Washed and waxed that thing at least weekly.