Phantom Black vs Brilliant Black

[DaveW]

Hi,
my wife has ordered a brand new Sportback Technik model. She originally wanted a Brilliant Black one (same as my A4 ), however, the only black model available was in Phantom Black.
Has anyone got any pics of a Phantim Black Sportback, just to get an idea of how one would look? We saw an R8 at the weekend in Phantom Black, but you can;t really make a comparison to that

 

[panamadi]

Phantom Black every day of the week.
Having prevuiously owned a briliant black A3 I found it difficult to mainatin the clean look and was told by many a paint expert that flat black (ie brilliant) is one of the hardest cars to keep clean.
Phanotm black just somehow looks 'blacker'. Its a deeper more special looking colour IMHO.
Hope this helps

 

[S3RYE]

heres some pics.. a couple were just after it was detailed (ones with original wheels) the others are more recent.. its a great colour but a bitch in terms of swirls and keeping clean, but arent all blacks???

given you a few different angles to get the idea... as already mentioned its a very deep black..

 

[RobinA3]

ck.

 

[S3RYE]

ck.

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[Broken Byzan]

I am stuck with a Brillant black A4 and wish i had the metallic alternative

Phantom Black FTW

 

[Spin140]

Phantom all the way, black will always suffer from swirl marks etc but you will be better off with this option.

 

[thebott]

All blacks are a nightmare , they do look the biz when cleaned , phantom black is the way to go,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[evapor8]

Another vote for the phantom ...

 

[beanoir]

My A5 was phantom black, and that was hard enough to keep clean, flat black is even worse!! If you have to have either then Phantom Black without a shadow of a doubt!