Is Flat Black played out?

[widebody911]

The paint on my 911 is thrashed, the result of countless track days, a couple of incidents, neglect, and the various injustices that occur in the course of working on it.

Is flat black paint played out? I haven't seen any mention of it for quite some time. I have a set of carbon fiber front fenders to install, and will soon have a carbon fiber roof, and I figure flat black would offset these bits nicely.

For that matter, is carbon fiber played out? You know what - I don't care:

[Jim Richards]

flat black looks like you ran out of money after applying primer.

[MichiganMat]

Its all about the application:

Flat-black Honda CRX: lame
Flat-black 911: badass
Flat-black '69 Camaro drag racer: rediculous

[widebody911]

Originally posted by Jim Richards
flat black looks like you ran out of money after applying primer.

Hell, I've run out of money before buying primer!

[Jim Richards]

BTDT

[Dutchie]

Hell, I've run out of money before buying primer!

LOL same here. Go for it Thom ! i did mine for 60 euro,s who cares what others think.

[}{arlequin]

never too much black.

[Jim Richards]

Originally posted by Dutchie
LOL same here. Go for it Thom ! i did mine for 60 euro,s who cares what others think.

LOL! Dutchie treated us to his post number "666" with this pic. Evil, pure evil man!

[Scooter]

Paint the car flat black! Paint the carbon fiber too. The look of carbon fiber has become ricey in my opinion. The fact that you know that you have the advantages of carbon fiber, but choose not to flaunt it by painting it, says that you are truely interested in the value of carbon fiber instead of trying to make an impression.

[B D]

What about satin black or a combo?

As long as it's not done with a spray can it's all good in my opinion.

[OffCamber00]

Flat black is badass. DO IT.

[MichiganMat]

I've always wanted to see a 911 in military flat green.

One of the guys here had a barn-find that came that way and it look friggin' awesome before he repainted it in some lame shiny color. Im considering going flat-green when I build my coupe-roller.

[Par911]

Flat black is tres mad max......tres chouette!!

[porschenut]

I think flat black looks horrible. It was never "played in", it has only been appreciated by a very select few. If you paint it flat black you'll probably get tired of it soon.

[mjshira]

played out? the car that started it...



I think it looks cool, and I nearly went with a matte color but am glad to have the silver.

on your car, it would look SICK!

[deanp]

I prefer a matte black over flat black. Slight sheen makes it easier to take care of than a pure flat color as well.

[RickM]

Never did care for the look.....Although Dutchies car is one of the better looking examples.

[VaSteve]

Rosewood and Crystal (uber rare) are the new blacks anyway.

[widebody911]

Originally posted by deanp
I prefer a matte black over flat black.

I didn't really think of the different 'colors' of flat black, and a satin or matte finish would seem to make sense and not look quite so rattle-can ghetto.

[mjshira]

all you have to do is look at a hotrod mag and you'll see a lot of people are into this color, just not that many with a Porsche. In my view, that is what makes it 'cool' is that it is unique and more aggressive.