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Hypothetical question...weird color idea.
What do you guys think about a Flat or Satin black '73 Carrera RS replica? Now before you all FREAK OUT on me, hear me out.
I was thinking the satin black with clearcoat.(not spraybombed like my truck ![]() A proffesional paint job with the gloss black RS decal set for subtlety. Maybe switch over to the chrome horn grills to offset the blackness. Can photoshop pull off a flat or satin black car and look right? If it can could someone photoshop a RS for me to visualize? Thanks guys.
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A friend of mine (professional painter) painted his Toyota to satin yellow/orange. It was very good looking but it was a b-itch to keep clean.
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If I remember correctly, there was a picture of a satin black car in an Excellance mag about 6 months back. It made it like a car that had not been waxed in 30 years.
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Wasn't that car spraybombed? Alot of the custom bikes now have a satin black paint scheme. It has more of a sheen than a shine. The bikes I have seen look sinister. I will see if I can find a pic of one of the bikes for reference.
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Solid slate gray from the '70 model year might be close to this effect, and it's a Porsche color.
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The 930 in Excellence is in primer, I think--and it was professionally done, and intended to look that way. I believe the "Carrera" scripts on the rockers/doors were done in gloss black.
Ducati has been doing a flat black treatment on their "Dark" versions of the Monster for a few years. It looks badass.
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That is what I am talking about!
Can someone photoshop that color onto a RS for me? Please?
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A guy here in our art dept. is gonna try to mock up a pic of my car for me. If it works I will post it.
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I would do satin black WITH metallic or metal flake in it. I think that would be really interesting. I wouldn't have my car that color -- but it's one I'd enjoy seeing at a show, etc.
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Dude - cover it in black velvet ! . . . then paint on an Elvis.
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Here is a pic of an R1 w/ a flat black paint job on it...polished frame, swingarm and wheel lips...to each his own i guess.
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DOH gotta sign up to see it.
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Satin black with all black details and interior. Tinted glass and glossy black script would look really mean. Probably a pain to keep up though and would need a real master painter to get it right and not looking like a bad diy blowover completed on a wet afternoon.
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Not everyone liked the car in Excellence, but I thought it was very cool. A well done flat/matte black car can be cool. Black accents including all black wheels.
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Depending on how you do it, it could look badass or just plain ghetto/stupid. This is what I would say, a very good use of the application:
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Wow--I'd love to see more pics of that 996TT!
![]() I think you'd want to emulate the color of a recently vaselined Fuchs center. Flat--but with a subtle glow... |
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Here are a few links that might help with the actual painting process...
hodrodding 1 and hotrodding 2
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Primer. Nice wet coat. If you don't like it , then at least it's ready to paint.
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I have seen a 40 Ford that the WHOLE body was black satin powder coating. It was a wagon and the new wood on the back was awsom looking.
As for a Porsche, go for it guy. If ya' don't love it later your not out much. Look at some early pics of Curtis A's car with the dark paint and dark R Gruppe logo. I think that is what you are getting at and it looked "Great" on his car. Randy Jones 1971 911 |
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