Black Cherry?

UNKNOWN_370

If you want BC to look good. Keep it clean and waxed. dust makes it look like shyt brown and purple. Meguairs ultimate detail spray after washing and waxing will make sure the colors look deeper and more expressive as well.

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rjm4u

I saw this thread has been around a while thought I would share my reasons for wanting BC...I just bought a BC roadster and it was because it had the options I wanted and it has a black top...I am not hating the burgundy top but I just never liked coloured tops other than black on any car...there were several cars in my price range available some were less expensive but had the burgundy top...I didn't get burgundy seats although I think they look great in the BC ...I did not buy new so I couldn't necessarily choose every option...I am in my 50's so I guess that bolsters the age theory because I like the yellow, blue and red Z's but I thought it would make me look like I was having a mid life crisis...I have been having a mid life crisis for the last 20 years but I just don't want it to show so bad...black is nice but common and I have had black cars before and it got boring...I just sold a silver car so that was out and I think the graphite looks too BMW sorry graphite owners no offence...my boss drives a beemer that colour and we park beside each other just wouldn't seem right LOL...I like white but my father has a white T-Bird roadster...I guess my point is we all make our choices for our own reasons and if we all had the same taste they would ony have to make one colour...not too sure my wife would choose this colour but I told her you spend more time inside the car so it is more important to like the inside colour...I like the fact that the colour changes in different lighting I have had several cars that did that and always got nice comments and questioned on what colour the really was....when people would ask me what colour my car is I would have to go look if I wasn't standing beside it LOL... metallic paint with more than one colour will do that...but the main reason I wanted BC is because it is the closest colour to my old 240Z and I am nostalgic that way...enjoy your car whatever the colour... it's a great car!!!

blackcherry20

^^^^need a pic of the newest acquisition too rjm

I originally wanted white but the bc i bought called to me when i saw it in person...grows more on me everyday... <3. I am 50+ too and IT IS NOT a mid life crisis, its a "i can afford it tired of boring hondas lets have fun commuting i finally have time for a hobby" car

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Haboob

Well, I consider mine a quarter-life crisis. That's my justification for buying it! "Because I can." or "Because I wanted to" doesn't seem to fly with some of my friends.

Akmcmahon

I am a dude and own Black Cherry and I love the color. But, like someone else mentioned, you have to keep it clean to really appreciate it. It looks more brown and purple when dirty. But when it's clean, the color gets richer and deeper and takes on a luster like you wouldn't believe. It's the coolest thing about the color, it shifts depending on the light. At night or low lighting it looks black. Which was my first choice. But in sunlight, the highlights look spectacular. I get a lot of compliments on the color. I do think it could be more towards the red spectrum so it was less brown. But love it as is.

scope22

Honestly, black cherry is a color my grandma would like...

blackcherry20

you must have a really cool grandma
You get any of that from her?!

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LiquidCrewZ

It's something different then anything on the road, chicks dig that and will think it's hotttt

MacCool

In the two years I've had my Black Cherry Z, I've found that it will go toward the red end of the color if the finish lacks depth and if there is any significant swirling or marring in the clear coat. When I polish it up as per Junkman/Adams and slap on a good paste wax like Americana, it gets a deeper and richer color and goes more toward black.

Akmcmahon

Great pics! Now that's the deep, rich look we're talking about. Hard to argue with shots like that. Simply beautiful.

MacCool

Thank you. Having had black cars in the past, I knew when I got Black Cherry that it would take a lot more work to keep it looking good. They look beautiful if you get a lot of depth to the finish, but IMHO, swirling and micromarring on those very dark colors just really impairs it's appearance, more so than on lighter colors like white or silver and wax alone just is not going to do it. My wife has a Murano Platinum in Sapphire Black. Same deal, and the reason I upgraded my Porter Cable to a Flex polisher. Wax alone will just not give the depth of finish that a dark color needs to look good. Has to be polished IMHO.

The OP's car is apparently new. Most dealer pre-delivery "detailing" is a joke. There is tons of railroad or road contaminants or acid contaminants on the finish from sitting outside (needs claying) as well as only the most superficial of paint prep. They typically run it through their machine car wash, wipe it down with an old bath towel, throw on a coat of some kind of Walmart paste wax and call it good. When you go to pick it up, they have it in their "delivery area" with carefully arranged lighting. As soon as you get it out into the sunlight, the car doesn't look nearly so good. IMHO that is NOT the recipe for an optimal appearance, especially of a dark color. If the OP bought the car used, then maybe that explains the lack of depth in his photo. IMHO, one shouldn't judge appearance of a dark car until it's been paint-prepped according to optimal paint care standards.

I will say that finish upkeep of a dark color can be laborious, but most people know that and definitely should take it into account before buying that particular color. It takes me a good 6 hours to wash, clay, polish with Porter Cable, apply sealant, glaze, then Americana (hopefully less with the Flex polisher). Fortunately, once polished, you don't need to do it again for awhile if you take good care of the finish (two-bucket wash, blow dry...IOW prevent micromarring). If you can keep the clear coat swirl-free, it's usually just some glaze and Americana every few weeks and the Porter Cable only has to come out twice a year. I do find that machine polishing the nose and front is the best way to get rid of bug damage.

Akmcmahon

The dealer I bought mine from unfortunately left me with a spiderweb of swirls in the paint. Car also had some permanent paint damage where the chains in the freight truck had apparently rubbed or smacked it. I've tried to get the swirls out, but some are just too deep unfortunately. Can still get it to look really good with lots of depth, but some angles make me cry.

psibrr

3 color blindness quotes:

Q1: Some 10 million American men—fully 7 percent of the male population—either cannot distinguish red from green, or see red and green differently from most people.

Q2: Evidence from opticians is that about 10% of the male population who have been tested have been found to have some kind of defect in their ability to distinguish between colors, but the percentage is much lower among females.

In some cases the defect is caused by a defect in the function of the person's eye rods or cones of his retina, and in others a defect in the nerve cells in his brain. Full color blindness, where everything appears monochromatic is extremely rare, believed to affect less than 0.1% of humans.

Q3:
Red-green (Caucasians) 8%
Red-green (Asians) 5%
Red-green (Africans) 4%
EQ
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So, lets filter out color attitudes first by color perception issues.

Next, remove from consideration those with fears of others that represent the opinions of ignorant, provincial, dogmatic, biased, prejudiced, and or the juvenile. Course, if one has to work or associate with such, there is risk of vandalism, ostracism, beatings, ridicule, bullying etc., the 'deliverance' syndrome; that's too bad but you gotta do what you gotta do to survive the zombies, I guess.

Finally, consider the psychological; some abhor complexity. I was at dealer for oil change and a woman was buying another nissan; she stated she didn't like BC because it had no definite color; actually said something like 'I don't don't what color it's trying to be', or, 'I don't know what it is' ..

Some have a need for simple, basic primary colors: Red Yellow Blue ..
Others will accept some of the complementary Orange, Green,

Now purple, which in an earlier posting I indicated that the dominant color is a purple based on a plant used in a traditional, medieval, pre-synthetic industrial chemistry age, is also not a spectral color, it does not appear in the colors produced by the sun going through a prism. Purple is not indigo, nor violet.

After one year with the BC 370z sp, I think that for the BC, more than most colors, needs to be polished and clean, and have dark tinted windows, more so than (mag) black, which I had in previous 350z for 4 years.

I have had the darkest legal tint applied several months ago: 17% rear, 28% side, 90% on windshield with a 17% vlt 5" top strip, and it makes the color stand out more, more contrast than the light green plastic layer (safety element) in the stock laminate windows, naturally. ( Cooler inside too, as IR and UV are blocked to a large degree with these newer materials. )

Personally, I like gunmetal gray, brilliant silver, and the midnight blue overall, but at the time of purchase noticed how the BC does look black in shade ( and gray days) but glints in sun with the deep purple shades. Due all the curvature on the Z, one won't usually see much of the body 'light up', just small areas, which makes them stand out. Remember too, sunrise/set color is warmer -more red,orange- than high noon, thereby moving the color hue around the color wheel and adding more complexity.

Most people, even neighbors and co-workers, didn't notice the 'new car', some took a month or two to realize it was not black! The policewoman who ticketed me around 7.30pm EST DST some weeks back in town -I was ill, exhausted too after 15 hour day and a bit heavy on the pedal- denoted car as black, too.

So, give BC a break, admit all color is an aesthetic privilege for those with working eyes and un-corrupted attitudes, though many colors are special, all have their preferences which change -at least- with each car buy.

I enjoy seeing any clean, polished, and detailed car, especially cruising at 135+.

Take your color test here:
Ishihara Test for Color Blindness | Color Blindness

MacCool

Have you tried machine polishing using a standard compound progression, such as what Adams Detailing (for example) recommends?

Haboob

Was able to pass each plate on that test. Def. not color blind!