Genesis GV80 Pictures

[A J]

My 3.5T advanced and adriatic blue and dune. Had to work really hard to find this combo

Nice, but I thought all 3.5 s comes with 2 tone steering wheel …I guess it is the 3.5 prestige only that comes with the two tone steering wheel.

 

[Ziggy2]

Here’s our new GV80 3.5TT Advanced.

 

[jjl256]

Finally able to take pics of mine 3.5 Prestige (Cardiff green/green). Have had it for 2 weeks and really am loving it! Only nit so far is ambient lighting very dim (max bright set, dim in dark off) with the green/brown leather

 

[jjl256]

 

[carlmont]

Well after sitting 9 days at the Dallas distribution hub finally shipped my GV80 to Wichata KS, Dealer texted me this picture this morning , lol notice shoppers already taking pictures! Window tint and ceramic pro coating next week,ships back to DFW hopefully Thursday or Friday.

I picked up mine on Saturday. And yours looks just like mine. Dune interior?

 

[JEdwards]

Here are some pictures of my Green/Green GV80 taken with an iPhone Xs about 2 hours before I bought it. This is a photo of very dark green car while it is installing the US April software update.



The following day, the car looked a bit lighter, but still appeared dark green.



These photos were taken before I had paint correction, PPF and ceramic coat done.

 

[JEdwards]

These photos were taken after I had the exterior paint work done. They were taken with an iPhone 13 Pro. They were taken in 3 locations from late afternoon to dusk and show how dramatically different the car looks under different lighting conditions and angles. No filters, styles or other manual changes affect these photos.

Here are some photos of the car parked in the shade of a building, brilliant white clouds are in the sky.



About an hour later the car was parked in direct sunlight. In its own shadow, Is the car very dark green?

Or is it a dark Blue/Teal color?


Don't be silly... This is clearly a bright green car.


It's a bright green car with lots of gold metallic flakes.


An hour later when I went to the grocery store. I left a very dark green GV80 in the parking lot.

 

[smiley47]

Lighting conditions make a world of difference.

 

[JEdwards]

I hit the 10 picture limit in the previous post. When I came back to the car with my groceries, it surely looked black to me.

 

[2021GCSGV80]

I hit the 10 picture limit in the previous post. When I came back to the car with my groceries, it surely looked black to me.
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I find my Gold Coast Silver GV80 does the same thing. It goes from silver, to pewter, to gold, to bronze, to mocha, to light light lavender depending on the light.

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[jjl256]

@JEdwards Super nice! Mine does the same... from a lighter green to a forest green to almost black depending on angle and sun conditions. How do you like it?

Also, you said you got paint correction, ceramic coat and PPF... If you dont mind me asking, how old is your car, why did it need the corrections, what ceramic coat did you get, and lastly did you get the whole car PPF'ed?

 

[A J]

I picked up mine on Saturday. And yours looks just like mine. Dune interior?

Yes,today it was ceramic coated,first coat …..tint and 2nd coat soon after

 

[JEdwards]

@JEdwards Super nice! Mine does the same... from a lighter green to a forest green to almost black depending on angle and sun conditions. How do you like it?

Also, you said you got paint correction, ceramic coat and PPF... If you dont mind me asking, how old is your car, why did it need the corrections, what ceramic coat did you get, and lastly did you get the whole car PPF'ed?

I am pleased. I absolutely love it, inside and out.

I took delivery of this car on August 24th, but the story of why I got paint correction dates back to June.

For 19.5 years I owned a Jeep that was always parked outside, and driven in harsh Northeast winters. As you might imagine the paint looked pretty bad near the end. I bought a Gold Coast Silver 2.5 Prestige in June. I wanted this car to look great for a long time. I joined this board, read a thread on paint protection, and decided to get something done.

I found 3-4 places very close to where I live, most in walking distance: bigger shops with lower prices. I also found a 1 man operation much further away, and saw a video tour of him showing off a car he had finished. It was spectacular. I called him up, drove to his workshop, and talked to him for awhile. He showed me the cars he was working on, never more than 2 at a time (he can work on one while the other needs to dry or cure).

Anyway I decided to spend about a grand more to support a real craftsman, who was very detail oriented, who cared deeply about his work. He worked on the GCS for 3 days. When I dropped it off it was a very handsome car. When I picked it up, it looked far better than I had imagined. Truly stunning.

When I traded in the gold one for a Green on Green 3.5 Prestige, I brought it to him within a few days. This one took couple of days longer to do. Light colors can hide tiny imperfections since the amount of light bouncing off of nearby surfaces is greater. It takes less time to make them look perfect to the naked eye.

For the green paint the before and after difference was even more dramatic. Photos don't do it justice, but in posts 306 and 307 you can see a few details. Notice reflections in window glass and paint in the side view photos in post 306. The reflection from glass are sharper and higher contrast than those on the paint. This car's paint did not look at all "hazy" to me. These photos are of a 0 day and 1 day old car. It just looked like clean shiny new car.

Now look at similar photos in post 307. Reflections from painted surfaces are crisper and higher contrast. They are much closer to those in the glass than before. When you look at the paint closely, in person, the paint has greater depth to it. I'll put it this way. Freshly detailed from the dealer the paint looked very nice, it was paint on a car with an almost mirror-like finish. After Ryan worked on the car, it was like looking at an actual mirror which had been tinted and deformed into the shape of a car.

Anyway, Ryan Blanchette did all the work himself except for the film. He gets help come in when he applies film since it takes more pairs of hands to apply film both well and efficiently. His business is Boston Exclusive Car care.

He applied Xpel Ultimate Plus film to the front fascia, the hood, the lower portion of the sides to the top of the chrome, and along the flare of the wheels. The car then got OPTI-COAT PRO PLUS ceramic coating. He uses the top materials, but for both cars the real work was in the meticulous preparation.

The bulk of his work is on supercars, and show cars for collectors and other high end clients. My GCS GV80 shared his workshop with a Ford GT, my green one followed a Ferrari SF90 Spider.

Sorry if this was far more information than you asked for... But, your post prompted me to make good on my prior intention to share what I have learned about the importance of proper prep work before paint protection, and to post something praising the work of Ryan. In the past month I've had about a dozen people stop me to praise my GV80, and when they admire the paint (which they almost invariably do) I have tell them that GV80s are very good looking cars, but Ryan, "my paint guy" deserves all the credit for the fact that my car looks fantastic.

In short. PPF is great stuff for protecting your car for rock and other small debris on the highway. ceramic coating makes it easy to get bugs off, bird shit off, and to do a full wash on. Dirt sloughs right off, and water beads off or sheets off cleanly. And, when you use the right products to maintain, the coating will last for many years. Also, coatings are like little time machines. They stop time from altering the finish. It's your choice whether to lock a good finish or a truly great one. If the look matters to you, it's worth it to improve the finish before stopping the clock.

 

[JEdwards]

I am pleased. I absolutely love it, inside and out.

I took delivery of this car on August 24th, but the story of why I got paint correction dates back to June.

For 19.5 years I owned a Jeep that was always parked outside, and driven in harsh Northeast winters. As you might imagine the paint looked pretty bad near the end. I bought a Gold Coast Silver 2.5 Prestige in June. I wanted this car to look great for a long time. I joined this board, read a thread on paint protection, and decided to get something done.

I found 3-4 places very close to where I live, most in walking distance: bigger shops with lower prices. I also found a 1 man operation much further away, and saw a video tour of him showing off a car he had just finished. It was spectacular. I called him up, drove to his workshop, and talked to him for awhile. He showed me the cars he was working on, never more than 2 at a time (he can work on one while the other needs to dry or cure).

Anyway I decided to spend about a grand more to support a real craftsman, who was very detail oriented, who cared deeply about his work. He worked on the GCS for 3 days. When I dropped it off it was a very handsome car. When I picked it up, it looked far better than I had imagined. Truly stunning.

When I traded in the gold one for a Green on Green 3.5 Prestige, I brought it to him within a few days. This one took couple of days longer to do. Light colors can hide tiny imperfections since the amount of light bouncing off of nearby surfaces is greater. It takes less time to make them look perfect to the naked eye.

For the green paint the before and after difference was even more dramatic. Photos don't do it justice, but in posts 306 and 307 you can see a fire details. Notice reflections in window glass and paint in the side view photos in port 306. The reflection from glass are sharper and higher contrast than those on the paint. This cars paint did not look at all "hazy" to me. These photos are of a 0 day and 1 day old car. It just looked like clean shiny new car.

Now look at similar photos in post 307. Reflections from painted surfaces are crisper and higher contrast. They are much closer to those in the glass than before. When you look at the paint closely, in person, the paint has greater depth to it. I'll put it this way. Freshly detailed from the dealer the paint looked very nice, it was paint on a car with an almost mirror-like finish. After Ryan worked on the car, it was like looking at an actual mirror which had been tinted and deformed into the shape of a car.

Anyway, Ryan Blanchette did all the work himself except for the film. He gets help come in when he applies film since it takes more pairs of hands to apply film both well and efficiently. His business is Boston Exclusive Car care.

He applied Xpel Ultimate Plus film to the front fascia, the hood, the lower portion of the sides to the top of the chrome, and along the flare of the wheels. The car then got OPTI-COAT PRO PLUS ceramic coating. He uses the top materials, but for both cars the real works was in the meticulous preparation.

The bulk of his work is on supercars, and show cars for collectors and other high end clients. My GCS GV80 shared his workshop with a Ford GT, my green one followed a Ferrari SF90 Spider.

Sorry if this was far more information than you asked for... But, your post prompted me to make good on my prior intention to share what I have learned about the importance of proper prep work before paint protection, and to post something praising the work of Ryan. In the past month I've had about a dozen people stop me to praise my GV80, and when they admire the paint (which they almost invariably do) I have tell them that GV80s are very good looking cars, but Ryan, "my paint guy" deserves all the credit for the fact that my car looks fantastic.

In short. PPF is great stuff for protecting your car for rock and other small debris on the highway. ceramic coating makes it easy to get bugs off, bird shit off, and to do a full wash on. Dirt sloughs right off, and water beads off or sheets off cleanly. And, when you use the right products to maintain, the coating will last for many years. Also, coatings are like little time machines. They stop time from altering the finish. It's you choice whether to lock a good finish or a truly great one. If the look matters to you, it's worth it to improve the finish before stopping the clock.

p.s This is the video I watched that led me to call Ryan to meet in the first place. He did paint correction on a '67 Corvette a few years ago. A sample of Ryan's work.

 

[JEdwards]

I find my Gold Coast Silver GV80 does the same thing. It goes from silver, to pewter, to gold, to bronze, to mocha, to light light lavender depending on the light.

From June through most of August I owned a GCS and dune 2.5 Prestige. What a phenomenal looking car.

I drove it to an old friends house. When he came out to meet me at his door, his first words were, "I could have sworn you drove up in a white car, that's not white, what color is that?"

I told him, "I'll let you figure that out."

There was a storm nearby, and the day kept varying between blue, sunny skies and heavily overcast as the wind blew the edge of the storm past us. Over the next two hours I would periodically ask him "what color is my car?"

I got, light brown, silver, gold, champagne, grey and "whoa, that end is silver and that end is almost copper".

Before I left, I told him that the color was Gold Coast Silver. I also told him that they stopped making that color and that this might be the last time he ever saw one. I had right of first refusal on a green on green GV80 that would not be delivered for almost two weeks. I loved the GCS, but I also loved the sound and smoothness of the 3.5 engine, and only a 3.5 prestige in GCS+dune or green+green was likely to tear me away from what I already owned.

I nearly made a huge mistake. On the day they took delivery it was a rainy, dark day. I saw the green one and absolutely hated it. The contrast on the interior was almost nonexistent. The paint looked nearly black. I was disappointed. I thanked the salesman and told him it was a hard no. Two days later after seeing more pictures I suspected that maybe, just maybe, the greenie might be as much of a chameleon as the gold one was. I texted the salesman on Sunday. Monday, was the bright sunny day on which traded in the gold one and bought the green one.

 

[2021GCSGV80]

From June through most of August I owned a GCS and dune 2.5 Prestige. What a phenomenal looking car.

I drove it to an old friends house. When he came out to meet me at his door, his first words were, "I could have sworn you drove up in a white car, that's not white, what color is that?"

I told him, "I'll let you figure that out."

There was a storm nearby, and the day kept varying between blue, sunny skies and heavily overcast as the wind blew the edge of the storm past us. Over the next two hours I would periodically ask him "what color is my car?"

I got, light brown, silver, gold, champagne, grey and "whoa, that end is silver and that end is almost copper".

Before I left, I told him that the color was Gold Coast Silver. I also told him that they stopped making that color and that this might be the last time he ever saw one. I had right of first refusal on a green on green GV80 that would not be delivered for almost two weeks. I loved the GCS, but I also loved the sound and smoothness of the 3.5 engine, and only a 3.5 prestige in GCS+dune or green+green was likely to tear me away from what I already owned.

I nearly made a huge mistake. On the day they took delivery it was a rainy, dark day. I saw the green one and absolutely hated it. The contrast on the interior was almost nonexistent. The paint looked nearly black. I was disappointed. I thanked the salesman and told him it was a hard no. Two days later after seeing more pictures I suspected that maybe, just maybe, the greenie might be as much of a chameleon as the gold one was. I texted the salesman on Sunday. Monday, was the bright sunny day on which traded in the gold one and bought the green one.

I hope you love the Green on Green. It's also a beautiful color.

Every time someone asks me what color my car is, I just tell them, it depends on the light it's in, it goes through lots of colors every day.

I took this photo because as I was walking by it was the most "gold" it's looked.




In this photo it has the hint of lavender to it.




In this photo, taken at the same time as the one above from a different angle it looks more mocha or champagne.



In this one it looks more Himalayan Grey.



Then on this day it was more pewter looking.



All of these are the same car.

 

[JEdwards]

I hope you love the Green on Green. It's also a beautiful color.

Every time someone asks me what color my car is, I just tell them, it depends on the light it's in, it goes through lots of colors every day.

I took this photo because as I was walking by it was the most "gold" it's looked.

Thanks for sharing those pictures. It really is a wonderful color. I did love the one I owned. I got into the habit of playing the game "what color will my car be the next time I see it." The nice thing about that guessing game was that, when I was wrong, it was still a pleasant surprise.

 

[jjl256]

I am pleased. I absolutely love it, inside and out.

I took delivery of this car on August 24th, but the story of why I got paint correction dates back to June.

For 19.5 years I owned a Jeep that was always parked outside, and driven in harsh Northeast winters. As you might imagine the paint looked pretty bad near the end. I bought a Gold Coast Silver 2.5 Prestige in June. I wanted this car to look great for a long time. I joined this board, read a thread on paint protection, and decided to get something done.

I found 3-4 places very close to where I live, most in walking distance: bigger shops with lower prices. I also found a 1 man operation much further away, and saw a video tour of him showing off a car he had just finished. It was spectacular. I called him up, drove to his workshop, and talked to him for awhile. He showed me the cars he was working on, never more than 2 at a time (he can work on one while the other needs to dry or cure).

Anyway I decided to spend about a grand more to support a real craftsman, who was very detail oriented, who cared deeply about his work. He worked on the GCS for 3 days. When I dropped it off it was a very handsome car. When I picked it up, it looked far better than I had imagined. Truly stunning.

When I traded in the gold one for a Green on Green 3.5 Prestige, I brought it to him within a few days. This one took couple of days longer to do. Light colors can hide tiny imperfections since the amount of light bouncing off of nearby surfaces is greater. It takes less time to make them look perfect to the naked eye.

For the green paint the before and after difference was even more dramatic. Photos don't do it justice, but in posts 306 and 307 you can see a fire details. Notice reflections in window glass and paint in the side view photos in port 306. The reflection from glass are sharper and higher contrast than those on the paint. This cars paint did not look at all "hazy" to me. These photos are of a 0 day and 1 day old car. It just looked like clean shiny new car.

Now look at similar photos in post 307. Reflections from painted surfaces are crisper and higher contrast. They are much closer to those in the glass than before. When you look at the paint closely, in person, the paint has greater depth to it. I'll put it this way. Freshly detailed from the dealer the paint looked very nice, it was paint on a car with an almost mirror-like finish. After Ryan worked on the car, it was like looking at an actual mirror which had been tinted and deformed into the shape of a car.

Anyway, Ryan Blanchette did all the work himself except for the film. He gets help come in when he applies film since it takes more pairs of hands to apply film both well and efficiently. His business is Boston Exclusive Car care.

He applied Xpel Ultimate Plus film to the front fascia, the hood, the lower portion of the sides to the top of the chrome, and along the flare of the wheels. The car then got OPTI-COAT PRO PLUS ceramic coating. He uses the top materials, but for both cars the real works was in the meticulous preparation.

The bulk of his work is on supercars, and show cars for collectors and other high end clients. My GCS GV80 shared his workshop with a Ford GT, my green one followed a Ferrari SF90 Spider.

Sorry if this was far more information than you asked for... But, your post prompted me to make good on my prior intention to share what I have learned about the importance of proper prep work before paint protection, and to post something praising the work of Ryan. In the past month I've had about a dozen people stop me to praise my GV80, and when they admire the paint (which they almost invariably do) I have tell them that GV80s are very good looking cars, but Ryan, "my paint guy" deserves all the credit for the fact that my car looks fantastic.

In short. PPF is great stuff for protecting your car for rock and other small debris on the highway. ceramic coating makes it easy to get bugs off, bird shit off, and to do a full wash on. Dirt sloughs right off, and water beads off or sheets off cleanly. And, when you use the right products to maintain, the coating will last for many years. Also, coatings are like little time machines. They stop time from altering the finish. It's you choice whether to lock a good finish or a truly great one. If the look matters to you, it's worth it to improve the finish before stopping the clock.

I love my green and green too! Friends look at the interior and are just awed by it.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, this was great information. I have been kind of in the same boat... had a Subaru outback that I liked but always got the crap beat out of it and the paint certainly reflected it. I did not want to have the same thing happen to the GV80 which I picked up in early Sept. While we do not have the harsh winters, we have pretty hot summers, lots of birds and the past several years we have to worry about ash from all the fires out here in California. I am glad to hear from someone that had the coating done on the green and that it does make a visible difference. I can see (after you pointed it out) the difference in the details between the two posts.

I have found a couple of places nearby that do the ceramic coating and have gone to talk to them and look at some of their results, but they tended to always be black cars where you can really see imperfections and swirls, and the results were very nice, but was not sure how effective it would be with the GV80 green. I looked at Ryan's website and it sure looks like he does spectacular work. Hopefully I can find someone that is as meticulous.

I think you have convinced me to get the ceramic coating, and since I drive I-5, I-80 and US-50 quite alot, I share that with all the trucks as well so the PPF sounds like it will be valuable as well.

Again, appreciate the great information!

 

[JEdwards]

I love my green and green too! Friends look at the interior and are just awed by it.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, this was great information. I have been kind of in the same boat... had a Subaru outback that I liked but always got the crap beat out of it and the paint certainly reflected it. I did not want to have the same thing happen to the GV80 which I picked up in early Sept. While we do not have the harsh winters, we have pretty hot summers, lots of birds and the past several years we have to worry about ash from all the fires out here in California. I am glad to hear from someone that had the coating done on the green and that it does make a visible difference. I can see (after you pointed it out) the difference in the details between the two posts.

I have found a couple of places nearby that do the ceramic coating and have gone to talk to them and look at some of their results, but they tended to always be black cars where you can really see imperfections and swirls, and the results were very nice, but was not sure how effective it would be with the GV80 green. I looked at Ryan's website and it sure looks like he does spectacular work. Hopefully I can find someone that is as meticulous.

I think you have convinced me to get the ceramic coating, and since I drive I-5, I-80 and US-50 quite alot, I share that with all the trucks as well so the PPF sounds like it will be valuable as well.

Again, appreciate the great information!

If you need tips on finding shops that do great paint work, try this.

FInd an upscale showroom for exotic supercars or a place that specializes in servicing Bentleys or Roll Royces. Ask them who they use for bodywork. Then ask that bodyshop who they, in turn, use for painting, or paint correction. If they do it in house, talk to them. If not, pay a visit to whom they use. Repeat until you reach the correction and protection guys.

It's a personal choice. If you find someone who uses high quality materials and does a decent job, you will probably be happy. You'll have a very nice looking car for a long time. But if you find someone really great, and pony up 25-30% more, it will take it up a notch and look stunning.

I think you'll like the results regardless of which of those paths you follow.

 

[A J]

Ceramic coating with 9 h payed $1392.00. Looks pretty good but I’m sure much better in person.Ive have yet to see this color in person but from what Ive read its very popular