Talk me out of painting my Nismo...or NOT?

crand002

Do flat black vinyl instead.

bezzita

You can reverse it too...!!!

Edit: Oh .. you already doing it...?!?! Cant wait to see it!!!

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imag

Agreed. I cannot believe you are doing matte black because regular black is too much work.

I *love* matte black, but it is way more work than any other paint job. If you don't take car of it, it will look like &#$ in a week. Vinyl would be much, much easier.

I hate to say anything because you're probably already committed, but I can't believe anyone hasn't said this so far...

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motoextreme

I know its a hassle but I really like the look.

I'm not following you on the vinyl, are you talking about the vinyl wraps they do for advertising on van's and such? You can actually get a whole car vinyl'd a different color? Where can I get info about that, or pics?

The black Z with black handles and wheels looks great Mike, nice job man!

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370Zsteve

Just as matte black will be a handful to maintain, I would assume that a vinyl wrap would be just as much of a handful, no?

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Mike

I wouldn't think so, as it will be much harder to scratch or get chips. It will still show fingerprints, but I think that would be the only major PITA characteristic.

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370Zsteve

Vinyl won't scratch from an errant rock on the highway? Although it has to be better than the matte paint, I agree.

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imag

Vinyl will be a slight pain, but nowhere near matte paint. Also, if it does get trashed, it's easy to slap a new wrap on that panel without worrying about color match. After matte paint has been on for a few months, I doubt you will be able to match it. It will fade and get dirty in ways you can't clean (as someone mentioned, polishing matte is... problematic).

And yes - vinyl matte is just like those advertising wraps, but with no advertising. Which also means you aren't destroying the car's resale value by applying it. Quite the opposite; you are protecting the original paint.

As I say, I love matte, but unless it's a show car, you are extraordinarily wealthy, or you want it to look like a road warrior car, it's a big issue.

15 years ago before this matte craze, I always thought it would be fun to get a Lamborghini Countach and do it up like one of the original Star Wars ships - navy gray, with blast marks and smoke burns trailing from the vents. I still think it would be a great thing to do with the right car, especially because it would be an entirely new way to do an exotic. Only certain cars work with that aesthetic though, and I don't think ours is one of them...

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