Just a comment about the LED (daytime running lights) lights. Are you thinking of buying for the look in the daytime of the DRL's or the performance improvement of the xenon?
If you like them just for the look, I notice that they are quite an expensive option. Another option could be to retro-fit the LED DRL's... I notice quite a few T5.1 California's have them in the bumper, and they seem to be shown on the official VW accessories web page now for the T6, but as of yet I've not seen them for sale, but guessing it won't be long before they are. My order (T6 Ocean 204 DSG) has the optional high beam assist, and I intend to fit LED DRL's at some point in the near future to change the visual signature of the van in daytime...
In terms of colour, I must admit the beige looks better than it sounds, and although it not to my taste, I think it's nice to choose a colour that is new for the T6 as opposed to a colour that was available to the T5 such as candy white. This in my opinion will make it stand out as new T6 which looking at you post yo might be trying to avoid. Saying that, colour choice is personal and to individual taste, so my advice is to google as many photos as possible of the vans in all the colours you like and spend a little time looking through them, and depending on what wheels, side bars, awning colours and graphics are apply, it can alter the perception of how the vehicle looks. Wheels make the biggest visual change to a vehicles appearance after colour and can radically make a vehicle look more luxurious or sporty. Just compare images of a California in beige with polished 18" rims compared to a candy white van with anthracite sport lines and a bit of lowering to see what I mean!
Performance, I go for function before form. The LED lights do look better and perform better so I believe, the DRL design change gives larger indicators at the front which I like.
I don't like retro fitting anything unless it's done at build time, we very rarely change the look once it’s built. Although if we do buy white, we may opt for a few black bits to break up the expanse of white. I also was planning on the high beam assist.
We've seen most of the colours and like many of them but for practicability I would like a brighter vehicle since it doesn't the minor scratches as much. Hire vehicle is Blackberry which is nice but again shows scratches very easily.
I like the beige I see it as a “safe” colour. My wife likes the white and also thinks the money for paint could be spent elsewhere, which I agree with. I have a problem getting past the "white van man" syndrome
, hence some decals to make it less so.
Not even sure what the T5 colours were, we seem to have jumped into this and it’s all a bit of a blur. I see that you have ordered the fancy white, I find it hard to pay for water based paints unless it really wows us. Though we’ve never actually seen the Oryx in the flesh, I’m sure it will be fab.
If the white was selected I may change the wheels but again I find it difficult to part with 500-600 for wheels; when the ones that come with it are fine. I could spend that wheel money on something that makes it safer or more comfy.
I let my wife do colours and combinations if the beige we’d
have to get the silver awning but if white we’d get the black. I agree about the wheels they can make a mahoosive difference to the look of the car. My wife struggles with this suggesting what’s wrong with the original.
I hope this reads OK, I’m not having ago but I’ve been told I have an aggressive tone when using forums.
Teejay