I have a solution for everyone who is wondering about the color Tungsten. I also had not seen it and have an 06 ordered in that color. Go to the dealership like I did. The color sheets are there as of last week. Do I like it?? YES and NO.. It is how I feel about ALL the Mustang colors and car colors in general. They are all dull and boring outside of that gawd awful plastic-looking Torch red. Nothing boring there but also nothing beautiful. None of the colors do "it" for me. I am too old. I remember COLORS! Since Europe and the Japanese came into our market and took over, American manufacturers have emulated them and our cars are now as boring color-wise as theirs. For those of you who might not remember, there also once was a time when you had to choose from 12-15 interior colors. Now you get boring black, grey, and maybe beige. Thank gawd at least the mustang offers a red. It is just like an American car manufacturer to build a beautiful car and wrap it in crap-colors ! So there. I am an equal-opportunity color-basher. I don't think any of them are any good. I am certain I will get alot of hate mail from the young whipper-snappers on here who don't know any different, who don't remember the colors of the 50's and 60's (which inspired the Mustang in the first place). . . .but Tungsten is about as good as it get these days and you can see it at the dealerhip if you ask real nice. . . . along with all the other dull and boring colors.

 

I personally think the colors (even though I know they are the same) look different depending on V6 or V8. Some colors look better on the V6, some colors look better on the V8, some look good on both. My own opinion is that the Tungsten just does not work with the V6 pony package. And...I think AmyV6 also alluded to it - the only way to really make Tungsten look like the show car is to add the silver stripes, without it it's not the same. One other thing I may add - the show car was probably a pro job, shot until it was perfect, with extra clearcoat to boot. Production models won't have that luxury.

 

I am perplexed ... exactly what do you consider to be good colors? What I remember from the 60's is mostly pea green and sky blue. And faded red. And faded black, which looked really bad. Everything oxidized in a couple years.

There were some things that were better in "the good old days," but paint wasn't one of them.

 

I will try going to dealer tomorrow and see if they have color examples for Tungsten. I have to say that I (and many other folks) won't be very happy if it's different than advertised. I ordered the Tungsten based on the auto show and what has been shown out on the internet (and on this forum). If the Tungsten and Titanium are different...why? Why Ford makes some of the decisions they do is beyond me. I'm hoping for the best..time will tell. What I do know is by looking at comparison pictures they look different to me. Does anyone else have the same opinion?

 

Take a look at the old Thunderbirds, Bel-Airs, Crown Victorias, and Skyliners. They had gorgeous blueish-greens, reds, and yellows. And the interiors were sure to be two-toned. White and red, white and blue, black and white...the combinations were almost endless.

I agree with what 2K6TungstenVert said. Everything is so dull and boring these days - and I'm only 18!

 

2K6TungstenVert: You might be on too something here...Might be kinda cool if ford offered a limited number of special edition mustangs in 1964 1/2 colors...

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/showroom/1965/colors.html

I could be up for a little "Pagoda Green"

 

Anyone remember these preproduction photochops by Vyto P?
The grill looks familiar!

 

Amy, I am an Artist too! I plan on getting my Masters Degree so I can teach college Art/Graphics, plus I am a Quality Manager in the Automotive Industry, so we are on the same page!

I think we agree that Tungsten is slightly different.

Thanks!

 

I just read on another Mustang site that a person in the paint business had the color mixed and painted for viewing. He claimed that people will not be dissappointed. Amy's description met his almost exactly...a nice mix a blue and red with good metalic shine. Hopefully, all the worrying about Tungsten will be for not. I really wish I could see it in person. I have until Nov (when I return home and pick up new Mustang) to worry about it I guess. I'll be deployed overseas until then and won't be able to see color in person when the 06 models arrive on showroom floors.

I would appreciate opinions on this question. Would redfire or red (maybe ghosted) racing stripes look good with this color? I have a feeling everyone and their moms are going to have silver stripes, I want something a bit different.

 

Something to keep in mind about the polished wheels. This process will typically be farmed out to a 3rd party or the wheel maker themselves. GM has had issues with their polished wheel option on the Vette, where the polish job isn't that good. Its not an easy task to polish big wheels because it brings out all the imperfections in the wheels. This is why what you see for the fanblades in Amy's pictures will probably be the production version. GM had to take back quite a few sets of the polished wheels on the new Vette because they were not up to par.

 

Flyinlow, were are you getting your Vette info?

The problem with the C6 Corvette wheel, isn't the Polish Job. The casting is SOOO bad on that wheel, they have to shot blast it, to hide the porosity. Then the polishing source is asked to polish through 1.) The Blast media 2.) The Ascast.
It is not normal practice to shot blast a wheel!!

Other then the bad porosity, the C6 wheel has had some staining issues as well. It may look like a polishing issue, but its not. Its in the casting!!

But, you are right about polishing big cast wheels. They are not perfect. They are not as bright as a forged wheel. They have many issues - Oxides, Porosity, Gas Holes, Stains(at times) etc.

 

Cool.. so we see eye to eye then. I'd love to go back to school.. get a teaching degree and teach grade school art. I think it would be a blast. Good luck on gett your Masters

I think Tungsten grey with the red interior would look sharp. But I also went gagga when I drove that pre-production Mineral Grey with the red interior.. it was sooooooo nice.

 

Amy, I don't know what color I am going to get at this time, but I really like that Red interior. Last summer I sat in a Redfire with the red leather and both my wife and I loved it!

I don't know if I would like red interior in anything but a red, white or black car.
I have a red & black interior in my white 87 GT, and I love it. But, my 2001 Black GT had the dark leather interior, and I thought it was cool as well.

I guess picking a color on a Mustang is a good thing-lol

 

I think a two tone interior option with white and red or white and blue would absolutely amazing!! (esp on a white car like mind )

 

It looks familiar to me.

 

Man, Charlie. I have not seen you in a while. I thought that car looked familiar.

 

I was not talking about paint quality. . I was talking COLORS.

 

That's what I was getting at was the quality of the wheel. These mass manufactured wheels don't get the quality of the wheels you get from the aftermarket, so when you go to polish them, all the imperfections come out.

 

I would be the first in line with an order for Pagoda. .it was GORGEOUS! The excitement which used to surround the "unveiling" of the new models every year with their new colors.. . if American car manufacturers were to bring that back, they would not be going B-e-l-l-y U-p ! Now you can not tell a new car from the same model 10 years old, and it is hard to tell one brand from another. The one thing of which you can be certain. . .you will have the same boring colors and black, tan, or gray interior! Ford need to listen to the subliminal message the public is sending them. The retro look of the "new" Mustang was an instant hit. . . .the retro look of the Volkswagon Beetle, the PT Cruiser. . . people want to fall in love with their cars again like they used to, instead of being bored to tears by them. You shell out $30k, you have a right to get something exciting. I'll get off my bandwagon. . .but if anyone at Ford with any pull is listening. . . you want to get back in the car market ????? Give people something to get excited about. Bring back the excitement of the 50's and 60's.

 

2K6, the American Co.'s won't, because it makes too much sense-lol

They are not risk takers. They sit and wait for somebody else to take a chance first.
I have to give Chrysler some credit for taking so many chances with their designs - and putting 340hp motors in so many models.

Ford hit a homerun with the Stang.
The T-Bird is nice, but not a hit - I thought they could of done a slightly better job on it. They should of made it meaner and faster - but classy.