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

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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motoextreme

Really appreciate the feedback bro. I'm going to try and find cars that are the way wrapped. Would be a great fix.

The car is set to go in for paint next Monday but its my buddies shop so he doesnt care if I show or not as he's doing it for cost.

I'll take a look tonight from home, thanks again.

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imag

No worries - good luck! I just don't want you realizing in a month that the matte looks like crap and essentially needs a repaint every few months to keep it looking good. That's the other nice thing about vinyl - if it ever looks bad, you can at least take it off. Try that with paint

As long as you know what you're getting into and your options, it should be all good...

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