I liked the whites..
the subes white is abit different, I still think it is the j-tin underneath it. A thicker metal would not do the posphorescents.. about the only bonus to staying cheap I guess.
blurry photo, some of my first.. summer 2004.1987 subaru...7/86 on the door, Car is the last of four headlights, a DL and carbed, no power steering. no extra trims, no gauges (I hooked up a direct line oil gauge from my hot rod) It glowed in fogs and weathers. As it turned out, rustoleum did the same thing for the subaru only...just acted as rustoleum on 18 gauge and thicker elsewise.
then I found, even on dark subes, just a light color primer does the mystery glow. this one has primer with silicate anisotropics (stops warm dimples on thin metals)
here is my last white one, a 1993. I decided to use top secret coating aviation paint.. again it glowed. Above is simply factory paint...could spot it a mile away.
