Need help picking a paint color....

[ilikerice]

please dont go flat black/satin black.. It makes the owner couldnt afford a full paint job and just put black primer on it. like those who put body kits on thier cars and cant afford to paint that, but still put it on reguardless.

I really like the dark grey idea though.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

please dont go flat black/satin black.. It makes the owner couldnt afford a full paint job and just put black primer on it. like those who put body kits on thier cars and cant afford to paint that, but still put it on reguardless.

I really like the dark grey idea though.

Back in the 70s and 80s actually satin (primer) black was extremely popular on the 60/70s era muscle cars. It was usually found on cars that frequented the track, strip, or street racing. Very classy in its own regard. If someone thinks it is because the owner is cheap or broke without really looking at the nuances of the car then that just shows their ignorance. No disrespect to you just an observation about auto schene history.

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Back in the 70s and 80s actually satin (primer) black was extremely popular on the 60/70s era muscle cars. It was usually found on cars that frequented the track, strip, or street racing. Very classy in its own regard. If someone thinks it is because the owner is cheap or broke without really looking at the nuances of the car then that just shows their ignorance. No disrespect to you just an observation about auto schene history.

Hmmm... I don't remember seeing all that many flat black cars back (70s) then. And the ones that I did were the people who couldn't afford a paint job or to copy the "stealth moonshine runner" like Jesse Duke's car. I never went to the strip but I do remember seeing circle track cars painted in rattle can colors, mostly because it was cheap and easy to touch up after brushing fenders or walls. It seems to me the whole flat black thing only started in the 2000s...

OTOH, painting cars flat black seems to be the new trend (yuck, IMO) and to say it is done because the owner couldn't afford a paint job may be over generalizing since even Sport Compact Car magazine had a STi project car that they painted in rattle can flat black.

[ilikerice]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Back in the 70s and 80s actually satin (primer) black was extremely popular on the 60/70s era muscle cars. It was usually found on cars that frequented the track, strip, or street racing. Very classy in its own regard. If someone thinks it is because the owner is cheap or broke without really looking at the nuances of the car then that just shows their ignorance. No disrespect to you just an observation about auto schene history.

none taken. I did not grow up in the 60's/70's. Like yaristeve said though, I hardly see any actual muscle cars do it for the look. I DO understand doing it for a track car, or other racing that will do some amount of paint rubbing. I have seen that all over the racing schene. I personally do not like the look, but those who do it are "all go and no show". I Dont think it looks good on a Daily Driver. It just looks cheap, and if your going to repaint a car, esp. like the OP's amazing ride, go bigger than flat black. personal opinion.

I will agree that it was a trend that started up in the earlier 2000's that gave many kids still in school to get a cheap paint job and feel included with the rest. OP asked for opinions, and that is mine.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

none taken. I did not grow up in the 60's/70's. Like yaristeve said though, I hardly see any actual muscle cars do it for the look. I DO understand doing it for a track car, or other racing that will do some amount of paint rubbing. I have seen that all over the racing schene. I personally do not like the look, but those who do it are "all go and no show". I Dont think it looks good on a Daily Driver. It just looks cheap, and if your going to repaint a car, esp. like the OP's amazing ride, go bigger than flat black. personal opinion.

I will agree that it was a trend that started up in the earlier 2000's that gave many kids still in school to get a cheap paint job and feel included with the rest. OP asked for opinions, and that is mine.

I totally agree if it is not done professionally, but for example a guy that I went to college with had his 350 Nova SS done in matte black with all of the Chrome resurfaced and it looked so nice it was nuts. It was the talk of many towns around me.

Glad you didn't take offense.

Mazilla,
Have you thought about the House of Kolor Kameleons?

http://www.tcpglobal.com/hokpaint/hokkameleon.aspx

[mazilla]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

please dont go flat black/satin black.. It makes the owner couldnt afford a full paint job and just put black primer on it. like those who put body kits on thier cars and cant afford to paint that, but still put it on reguardless.

I really like the dark grey idea though.

Haha! I'd rather people think that, it gives me a chance to take advantage of them.


The only problem with a complete color change that I can see is I'd want to remove all traces of the original paint...which means I'd have to strip the engine compartment/etc, that's a lot of work, unless you guys think I could get away with a black engine bay and a charcoal-ish grey exterior? I'd spray the door jambs, etc(obviously)...just the core of the engine bay would be black.

I'm going to change the rim color too...just need to get a car color squared away first.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by mazilla

The only problem with a complete color change that I can see is I'd want to remove all traces of the original paint...which means I'd have to strip the engine compartment/etc, that's a lot of work, unless you guys think I could get away with a black engine bay and a charcoal-ish grey exterior? I'd spray the door jambs, etc(obviously)...just the core of the engine bay would be black.

I was looking to completely change the color of my car as well this spring. As for doing it right a shop really should remove the doors, trunk lid, and hood to paint them off the car so that all of the jams to include inside the trunk could be color matched. When it comes to the engine compartment the place I was going to go to was going to paint that black making sure they taped off EVERYTHING. Essentially when we did the full cost analysis the price pretty much doubled for the paint job by doing that. I am most likely going to forego having the color changed however I am going to have the shop repaint the entire car since the factory paint job is so shitty and thin on our cars.

[NateDogg]

Idea #1
Rhino Coat
-Its black, dont even need to paint the inners
-Dont see dents easily, easy touch ups.

Idea #2 (Greater fail rate)
Buy yourself a Airbrush, pick out one color like white, pull out your artistic skills, and have some fun. Add some white rims to set it all off.

Alternate route for the less artistic people.
Go to your local high school, Art class, and pick a kid who can draw. Give him/her the airbrush, and tell them to get to work on the tailgate, two quarters, and half the doors, blend the rest of the car. Dont expect the best and tip the kid a grand.