I thought I would give my new vRS a good clean-polish-wax etc.

When I looked at the pillar between the windscreen and the front doors ( see pic below)

it seemed to be just plain black paint ( as was the one on the other side). It had no

metallic flecks like the rest of the car.

Are all the black metallics like this or have they wrongly painted mine ?

I hope I am not going crazy.

John

Its pearl black but yes, it should have flicks of silver stuff in the paint. Look closer under a different light.

Unless the pillars are gloss black as some are...

Just checked, all front pillars are gloss black

I thought I would give my new vRS a good clean-polish-wax etc.

When I looked at the piller between the windscreen and the front doors ( see pic below)

it seemed to be just plain black paint ( as was the one on the other side). It had no

metallic flecks like the rest of the car.

Are all the black metallics like this or have they wrongly painted mine ?

I hope I am not going crazy.

John

It is because it is Black and not metallic. Door pillars are the same. See this pic on a non black car:

Thanks for the quick replies.

Yep they are gloss black .

Why did they not make them metallic like the rest of the car ??

John

PS The door pillars on my car are metallic !!

Thanks for the quick replies.

Yep they are gloss black .

Why did they not make them metallic like the rest of the car ??

John

I can only presume (without actually seeing one) that they are covers the same as the door pillars... so aren't going to colour code a black pillar met black as they are black on all cars..!

Edited 3 May, 201115 yr by jrw

You'll need a closer photo then, preferably in macro mode on your camera. But if it's the same Black Magic (9910 paint code) that's used on other Skoda models, then there should be gold flecks visible.

By way of example, this is the front wing of my previous Fabia....

Fleck.... by Wardy5, on Flickr

LOL - can see now! The red example of a Fabia II shows it quite well

if you look at them they are plastic on some models they are/were mat black like ( s )spec se /elegance/vrs/mont are gloss

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The A pillar on ours is black shiny plastic NOT painted

The A pillar on ours is black shiny plastic NOT painted

Yep , just checked it is plastic - tap the roof and then tap the front pillar - completely different sounds.

At least it polished up nicely

John

A pillar is black perspecs and the B pillar is sprayed with black magic pearl, this the way with all metallics flat or common paint the A&B pillars are black Plastic A and vinyl cover on B