I've had the glider for a week so far and it's great. The gray color is true to what's shown in the picture in my opinion. The install, more like the snapping of the top to the bottom piece, was somewhat of a challenge as the photo/instruction provided was hard to make out at first and it took almost brute force to slide the top piece onto the bottom part. Took about 20-30min. Other than that I'm happy with the glider and the price.