Flat Black or Gloss Black

[slow gst]

I painted a truck flat white, it looked sick. I would go with a flat red if you look up the flat red Sti on google it looks awesome.

 

[Pozobyt]

wow that flat red does look pretty sick.

I think I've just decided on jet gloss black though, because my mom surprised me buy buying me a 350 dollar gallon of really high end clear.

 

[King_Milo]

Nice! I would have said satin black but since you've got the clear, the gloss black will looks great too. Hopefully I'll be pulling my 1g into the paint booth this weekend for a coat of satin black.

 

[Dhan]

The satin black looks really good to me. Very unique. I think even to the untrained eye, there's something complete and professional about it. Anyone will be able to pick up on the gleam, which primer/wal-mart paint does not have.

Good luck keeping any scuffs or marks hidden though. Black's impossible to keep clean.

 

[97 GSX 97]

Flat black is stealthy...be a ninja

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farrrrrrrr from Illest. Wannabe's need to leave that thing alone if they can't do it properly.

Also don't do flat its ghetto and stupid. Don't half ass it go gloss.

 

[schroder]

If you already have the clear, you can add in a flattening agent in order to go satin or flat.

 

[Nayannas_man23]

Looks nice, keep it flat black til you get tired of it then make it gloss. Gloss will make your car a lot sharper and clean. You could also go Metallic black; it looks really sharp also!

 

[bgmcmill]

those pictures look sick man.. id go gloss black though.. looks like the bat mobile kinda .. great work though.. keep it up

 

[mitsuclipes]

i know this is a really old thread came cross this flat black eclipse and i love it! wasnt sure i wanted to do it to mine but i looks sweet!

 

[Rexwagon1909]

Go satin, its got a nice dull shine to it...Flat black looks to unfinished

 

[Nicklepage1010]

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Thats my old STi converted Bugeye in flat red.
I think it would be a cool color for a 2gb

 

[ka24debt]

i think flat black and white on an older car just looks faded, flat blue? thats sick

 

[billygreenhaw]

i love flat colors i have flat mint green and i love it

 

[Aproductions]

Man I see do what YOU want that is all that matters but since you are asking opinions, I think as long as you do gloss or satin you should be good. Flat is too boring and most people will think it is primer or something and say its a POS.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

I say gloss. Not a fan of flat colors. They look too unfinished.

 

[Spyder FX]

Now that I'm seeing every other sports car in a flat black on the road daily. I would keep it glossy.

 

[TheFallenJosh]

I did my GS-T in flat black rattle cans from wal-mart because I was broke.

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Came out pretty good I think. Its a Talon now, but Its going to be gloss black when I get some money.

 

[GST_RIC_99]

Flat black is stealthy...be a ninja

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That is ninja ! Im digging that color it would look tight with black gst stock rims or gsx stock rims and black fmic and black tail lights

 

[ilco187]

I dont really like gloss or flat but i like low-gloss black.

 

[zArlen]

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If you're going to do something other than shiny do a satin black like this one. THIS looks good. Flat black out of a can looks chalky and cheap.

With that said, as much as I like this car, I would say gloss. Nothing beats the look of nice shiny black paint, BUT, it's a b**ch to keep looking good.

 

[Midshipman]

My 2 cents.... A true flat paint job is expensive! You have to use flating clear coat and it costs big bucks.if you just spray it flat witout it it will fade in a year or so in the sun. I went the cheap route and did a vinyl wrap for like 500$ and its gloss underneath if i want to pull it off. Check out metrorestyling.com for prices on wrap. Its easy to do and only takes a sat, To put it all on the right way.

 

[zArlen]

My 2 cents.... A true flat paint job is expensive! You have to use flating clear coat and it costs big bucks.if you just spray it flat witout it it will fade in a year or so in the sun. I went the cheap route and did a vinyl wrap for like 500$ and its gloss underneath if i want to pull it off. Check out metrorestyling.com for prices on wrap. Its easy to do and only takes a sat, To put it all on the right way.

A true paint job of any sorts is going to be expensive. Cheap is cheap is cheap. Cheap flat, cheap gloss, cheap vinyl... you gotta pay to truly make a car look good.

I have never seen a wrap that has been applied well enough to look like a paint job. Door jams, handles, around the windows, head lights and tail lights, they just seem to come short.

Just my .02

 

[GST_RIC_99]

If you're going to do something other than shiny do a satin black like this one. THIS looks good. Flat black out of a can looks chalky and cheap.

With that said, as much as I like this car, I would say gloss. Nothing beats the look of nice shiny black paint, BUT, it's a b**ch to keep looking good.

yeah that's true i have a black 99 GS-T and it looks nice when it's just been wash and clean and even better when its wax but its so hard to keep clean i wish i had a white or silver GS-T it would be so much easier to keep looking good

 

[Midshipman]

If you take your time with wrap it can look better than a paint job. My jams are done all the way through. I actually won best paint at a local show and had to explain to them it wasnt paint . Its true you get what you pay for but the fact that 500$ and a weekend for me and another guy you cant beat it. If you just want a test too see how you like it thats the route id go. My wrap is 3m and has a 7 year full warrenty. Ive drive my mr2 daily and theres not a single rock chip or scratch. Its kinda great because heat fixes any little blemish.

 

[longislandDSM]

If you take your time with wrap it can look better than a paint job. My jams are done all the way through. I actually won best paint at a local show and had to explain to them it wasnt paint . Its true you get what you pay for but the fact that 500$ and a weekend for me and another guy you cant beat it. If you just want a test too see how you like it thats the route id go. My wrap is 3m and has a 7 year full warrenty. Ive drive my mr2 daily and theres not a single rock chip or scratch. Its kinda great because heat fixes any little blemish.

any pictures?