Painted my car flat black

[Criscobath]

Flat black is ALL the rage right now. I was at the SEMA show last week and there was at least one of every make done in flat black. My feeling is that it's going to get played out pretty quick.

I did see a flat burgandy. That looked pretty cool.

 

[mx-p5]

Yeah, flat black is def. the "IN" style now

i wouldn't do it myself.

Now a flat burgandy sounds intresting

 

[DuRWooD]

I did see a flat burgandy. That looked pretty cool.

Did it look like an 80's Caddy that had been sitting in the sun?

 

[shane02pro5]

There was a P5 done flat/satin black with a train horn vid clip but i can't find it or remember his name!

 

[pasadena_commut]

Also, I don't want the car to stand out as much once it is back on the road with a V6.

Flat black can be done well but rarely is. It may be hard finding a paint shop with any expertise painting a car this way.

Flat black is a really bad color for LA. My car is blue and the AC can barely keep up on a hot day. If it was painted flat black it would probably be too much heat for the AC in August. Not so much of an issue in Canada though.

 

[blinduno]

loving the black, i really want to do mine all black, but i gotta get the pennies together

 

[MSP2024]

i think it would look mean as hell if its done right

 

[Criscobath]

Did it look like an 80's Caddy that had been sitting in the sun?

It actually looked pretty good, although, I don't remember for the life of me what car it was on. I want to say it was a 70 camaro. All the trim had been flat blacked, but the body was flat burgandy.

 

[PakmanMP5]

that lambo is the bomb!!!! o my goodness I peed in my pants...

 

[Tifun]

I just want to note that the Lambo and Porsche are both satin black, not flat black. Also not sure about the Lambo but I think I remember a thread on another forum about it. It is actually a vinyl wrap. Which is becoming very popular. Look it up. Many higher end cars are doing it. That way when they get tired of it a few years down the road, or want to sell they can just peel it off. Proven to work very well and strong too.
-Keith

 

[Tifun]

Here's a good link for you.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/6518/bmw-vinyl-wrap-it-dont-matter-if-youre-black-or-white/

 

[bgibb68]

that's actually kinda neat.....how much is the vinyl covering?? wonder if it would do well with rock chips and such? do they make a clear??

 

[DuRWooD]

Here's a good link for you.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/6518/bmw-vinyl-wrap-it-dont-matter-if-youre-black-or-white/

Looks like a good job on that Bimmer, although Bimmers should be black. I'm definately going to look into this when I get my car back on the road.

 

[vel]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8770/img4345ey5.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2423/my77backxy1.jpg
here is a flat black that i was talking about...

 

[DuRWooD]

That looks pretty good, I'd want the whole thing the same colour though.

 

[vel]

i know, just wanted to let you see it aint so bad to paint it the way you want to