flat black e55?!?!
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03' E55 AMG
flat black e55?!?!
has anybody done this? or seen one. please post pic. I had a little fender bender and i am considering repainting my car. if not flat black...what color should i go with..taking suggestions. also, i am getting all my wheels refinished. so i can change the color scheme on the wheels as well.
thanks for the input!!!!
thanks for the input!!!!
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i saw a matte black cls55 i believe it was at sema. anyways the car looked amazing. the wheels must be done the same to look right with that color.
regarding color change i would consider a blue/black. a deep metallic blue of some sort that comes out in direct light. but looks black otherwise. i had that color (carbon black metallic) on my m3 and loved it. or maybe a straight dark metallic blue. sorry to hear about your fender bender. hope everything works out!
regarding color change i would consider a blue/black. a deep metallic blue of some sort that comes out in direct light. but looks black otherwise. i had that color (carbon black metallic) on my m3 and loved it. or maybe a straight dark metallic blue. sorry to hear about your fender bender. hope everything works out!
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I have seen an E63 and it looked great
here is an example but you will hate your self
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/m...slr-722-a.html
here is an example but you will hate your self
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/m...slr-722-a.html
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Matte Black
I love the way Matte Black looks but I would never paint my car that color. From personal experience and painting custom sport bikes, Matte Black it a biatch.
The upkeep on this type of paint is never ending. This type of paint shows everything.... and I mean everything!!! b/c there is on gloss clear protectant on there EVERY scratch and rock chip (big or small) will show. I saying if a bunny farts in the woods and blows sand out on the road the same time you drive by... its gunna scratch.
Don’t get me wrong it looks great, for a good example look up the C63 Brabus Black Arrow. This is one of my favorite cars!!!
If you don’t go with Matte Black, and since your car is black you are going to have to stay dark otherwise you will have to strip you car down to the essentials to color match everything…. I would go with either a Black Phantom Pear or a Titanium / Carbon Grey with a black candy coat to give you a nice color change it different lights but will keep the car dark grey during the day and almost black at night. If you want to go an even darker overall look then when they are painting you car have them pull off the chrome molding and shoot it with black candy… this will give you a smoke or black chrome look.
With your wheels either Matte Black powder coat (very strong and hard to chip) with a light color pin strip to accent the size of your wheels… or matte lip with gun metal center and gun metal pin stripe.
The upkeep on this type of paint is never ending. This type of paint shows everything.... and I mean everything!!! b/c there is on gloss clear protectant on there EVERY scratch and rock chip (big or small) will show. I saying if a bunny farts in the woods and blows sand out on the road the same time you drive by... its gunna scratch.
Don’t get me wrong it looks great, for a good example look up the C63 Brabus Black Arrow. This is one of my favorite cars!!!
If you don’t go with Matte Black, and since your car is black you are going to have to stay dark otherwise you will have to strip you car down to the essentials to color match everything…. I would go with either a Black Phantom Pear or a Titanium / Carbon Grey with a black candy coat to give you a nice color change it different lights but will keep the car dark grey during the day and almost black at night. If you want to go an even darker overall look then when they are painting you car have them pull off the chrome molding and shoot it with black candy… this will give you a smoke or black chrome look.
With your wheels either Matte Black powder coat (very strong and hard to chip) with a light color pin strip to accent the size of your wheels… or matte lip with gun metal center and gun metal pin stripe.
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I love the way Matte Black looks but I would never paint my car that color. From personal experience and painting custom sport bikes, Matte Black it a biatch.
The upkeep on this type of paint is never ending. This type of paint shows everything.... and I mean everything!!! b/c there is on gloss clear protectant on there EVERY scratch and rock chip (big or small) will show. I saying if a bunny farts in the woods and blows sand out on the road the same time you drive by... its gunna scratch.
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The upkeep on this type of paint is never ending. This type of paint shows everything.... and I mean everything!!! b/c there is on gloss clear protectant on there EVERY scratch and rock chip (big or small) will show. I saying if a bunny farts in the woods and blows sand out on the road the same time you drive by... its gunna scratch.
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Matte Black
Yeah, that is why I said there was "no gloss clear" coat on the car... Matte anything paint is very fragile and shows scratches very easy.
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I have seen an E63 and it looked great
here is an example but you will hate your self
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/m...slr-722-a.html
here is an example but you will hate your self
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/m...slr-722-a.html
Looks like the batmobile. Sick car.
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Matte Black
Here is a better idea of what a Sedan would look like.
Like I have said in the past.... it is deff dope looking.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/m...attack-geneva/
Like I have said in the past.... it is deff dope looking.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/m...attack-geneva/
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Do it. I want to but I dont have the extra cash. It would look sick.
And an SL65 would be gorgeous. Matte black everything... rims, hood, "gills", rear lights, brake rotors.
And an SL65 would be gorgeous. Matte black everything... rims, hood, "gills", rear lights, brake rotors.
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It's easy Danny, just go buy some 1500 grit sandpaper
Side note the combo/contrast of flat/matte blk w/CF bits is
But notice how any imperfection is magnified a 1000 fold i.e. the hood-line on the top of grill between Brabus Flat badge seems rippled, if Clear coat was applied this would disappear
Last edited by Thericker; Oct 21, 2008 at 12:53 AM.
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These look amazing on the amg forum... . I think if you can do something like these it would look sick. I imagine it would be a pretty expensive paint job.
http://www.mercedes-amg.com/privatel...ead.php?t=2516
. I think if you can do something like these it would look sick. I imagine it would be a pretty expensive paint job.http://www.mercedes-amg.com/privatel...ead.php?t=2516
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bringing this thread up from the dead but an newly emerging popular alternative to these flat black paint jobs is done with vinyl wraps...
link to an example for those who are curious
http://jalopnik.com/396277/more-proo...-go-flat-black
link to an example for those who are curious
http://jalopnik.com/396277/more-proo...-go-flat-black
