[Closed] Matt Black Cars

We had a bulletin from Fords at work about the RS500, Saying as the finish is a vinyl coating, it is expected that it may lift at the edges and bubble under heat, this is not a fault! I'm sure the 500 customers worldwide will be pleased!

Bit of a fashion victim thing going on with matt black. Looks good in photos, looks largely ridiculous in the flesh/metal/plastic/whatever. Reminds me of the late 90's trend for pearlescent paints in all the 'Max Giant Exhaust and Wings' magazines.

There's a Range Rover round our way in matt black. I point and laugh every time I see it. The urge to draw a giant phallus on the side of it in chalk is overwhelming.

who's jon olsen ?

No idea 😉 I'll type it properly next time. [url= http://www.freestyletv.ch/jon-olsson-super-session-2010/ ]freestyle skier[/url]

Seemed like a nice guy. He spent loads of time taking photos with kids at this event, including mine.

Matt black cars make me think of Mad Max, which is a good thing. I think it's best on old cars though. Something like this Buick Regal (which is already the baddest looking car ever made) would be perfect.

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Very few cars can pull it off. Most chosen by the more-wealth-than-taste brigade are not among them.

Dodge Challenger: Yes
Rolls Royce Phantom: No

I seem to recollect matt black motor bikes being all the rage in the mid 80's

and stops stone chips

But who benefits from your car not having stone chips on but looking like it has an oversized panty liner on?

Just like a chainstay protector, as if you'd use one of them 😉

Reminds me of the late 90's trend for pearlescent paints

hey! I've got that on my road bike.

DRL's will have to be fitted to all new cars sold in the EU from 2011. Better to have bright LED's than dim yellow incandescent bulbs that will blow and are a nasty yellow colour. Get used to them, they aren't going away. As far as the matt finish is concerned, as it's a vinyl wrap, it could just as easily be transparent; I saw a big Merc in London last Monday at Hammersmith with a matt metallic silver gray finish, which I rather liked. Has the big advantage of not just protecting from stone chips, but from scratches from bushes along narrow lanes, birdsh1t baking onto the paint, that sticky crap from lime trees in summer, squished bugs...

Just like a chainstay protector, as if you'd use one of them
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I think it looks great on the right car - friend has a cayenne turbo s magnum done matt black with black rims and it looks the bollox!

there you go 8)

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It looks bollocks, not 'the' bollox.

Is he a drug dealer or a pimp?

Agreed, Mastiles. All I can see is a drug dealer's car.

Heh! You posted as I edited my post 🙂

I've seen it on a few cars, looked real nice on a Ferrari 599, Audi R8 and Lambo Gallardo with matching matt alloys and surprisingly a BMW 3-series convertible

each to his own - if we all liked the same the world would be a very boring place. He's not a drug dealer, just a successful businessman (his 911 is shiny black just to be different)

WTF

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🙂 @ Mastiles!

bakes, that's disruptive pattern paint, designed to "disgiuse" a prototype or test car.

There's a matt black M3 Coupe on the M1 most mornings. Thought WTF at first. Quite liking it now...

cheers CFH, I see
what about camo?

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what about camo?

Waste of money......I can still see 'em!!!

😉

a few years ago there was one of the peugeot sport official owners club peeps that Camo wrapped their 205 gti, looked Great!
cant find any p[ics of it now though

With regards to the bonnet protectors heres a tip 'do not drive up the car in fronts ar$£ and you will not need one'

This horror show is trundling around Leeds at the moment.

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And yes, it looks as bad in the flesh, more Dubai than West Yorkshire...

I think it looks great on the right car - friend has a cayenne turbo s magnum done matt black with black rims and it looks the bollox!

:picard: WTF, he's ridiculously lowered a 4x4 and stuck strips of rubber to oversized rims. It's an abortion of a vehicle that'll impress kids and drive like a 2cv on steroids....

Why didn't he just buy a proper sports car, something like a noble or similar, or a bonkers 4x4 like a bowler?

edit, that gtr reminds me of battlestar galatica and the cyborg things, just needs the knightrider red leds...

Car bras protecting paint? 😆

They're brilliant at trapping grit and moisture, and making you look like you're driving an othorpedic shoe.

Saccades - Member
I think it looks great on the right car - friend has a cayenne turbo s magnum done matt black with black rims and it looks the bollox!
:picard: WTF, he's ridiculously lowered a 4x4 and stuck strips of rubber to oversized rims. It's an abortion of a vehicle that'll impress kids and drive like a 2cv on steroids....
Why didn't he just buy a proper sports car, something like a noble or similar, or a bonkers 4x4 like a bowler?

He has got a proper sports car too a 911 turbo S. the magnum is also well sorted in the handling dept and is running over 600bhp. The sound alone is sublime! I agree it's not everyones cup of tea but each to his own hey. Personally I think it's great 🙂

I think that camo bentley is vomiting its way into the lead right now

This thread is proof that money can't buy class.

Saccades - Member

I think it looks great on the right car - friend has a cayenne turbo s magnum done matt black with black rims and it looks the bollox!

:picard:

picard, eh? that's a bit... bill... of you :ninja:

oh dear god

who buys a lambo then camo's it, what a ****

i like this one:
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but i may have poor taste 😆

I wonder what you colour you put on the logbook when you have a green/brown camo car?

jackthedog - Member
I wonder what you colour you put on the logbook when you have a green/brown camo car?
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I rather like the silver GTR, I've often fancied an alloy bodied car all polished up, after seeing an Audi A8 show car with the bodywork polished. It looked fantastic, but you could never keep it looking like that, one trip up a motorway after it's been salted...
An estate car like an Octavia or A4 Avant with the silver vinyl and the windows covered with a mirrored tint would look great. Cooler in hot sunny weather, too.

shit?

Lol.

theflatboy- MemberSaccades - MemberI think it looks great on the right car - friend has a cayenne turbo s magnum done matt black with black rims and it looks the bollox!:picard: picard, eh? that's a bit... bill... of you :ninja:

i hear gary neville has 2 :ninja: cars that he drives for weeks, almost For 365 days...

re that chrome job - is this the driver & front seat passenger?

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Saccades - Member

i hear gary neville has 2 :ninja: cars that he drives for weeks, almost For 365 days...

:toppa:

Saw a matt black BMW today, don't really like the styling of BMW's, and the matt finish really didn't show it terribly well. Must be a bu99er when the sun's out; hope his aircon works.

A one off Brabus:

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I like this one

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I quite like the primer look but it's a bugger to do right, and tends to show dirt and fingerprints really badly. Grey primer works well too IMO.

"jackthedog - Member

I wonder what you colour you put on the logbook when you have a green/brown camo car?"

My bike's registered as "multicoloured".

I always liked the '56 Chevvy in [i]Two Lane Blacktop[/i], driven by James Taylor. It was finished in grey primer, which I rather fancied having a car finished in, but it's not really practical, unless you matt laquer it as well. Using a grey vinyl wrap would give the same effect.