Painting car matte white

tefft19

I currently have a black 370z with mag blue forgestar F14 deep concave front, and super deep concave rear. My clear coat is pretty messed up, and it sounds like a common problem to have. Luckily for me, I am able to paint cars myself, and I have a shop to do it in. Basically what I am looking at is a 1000 dollar and 30 hour of my time paint job. Not too shabby if you ask me. However, I am curious as to what you all think would be the best color to go with? I think that a matte white with carbon fiber accents, along with a few gloss black accents would look amazing.

I'm also thinking about painting my calipers or having them powder coated. what do you all think would be a good color for that?

please note that I am going for a very noticeable look, and any extreme color ideas will not be ignored. thanks!

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Xplicit97

My suggestion us to get it wrapped.. half the cost and not permanent, therefore it wont affect resale or trade if you ever go that route.. plus if you get sick of it and wanna change just peel it and start over

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Xplicit97

So I just read the whole post.. didnt catch it was a diy.. in that case ignore the cost savings and just think if it not being permanent or affecting the value

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white_wolf

Why not sand and re-clear coat it?...then wrap it if you want a change in color. You would preserve resale, and still have a semi-permanent color change.

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Zbrah

Since youre able to paint it yourself also check out a matte balloon white, with cf and gloss black trims would look amazing

tefft19

wow. that paint is badass. I'm going to look into that.

wrapping isn't practical for me, as it would end up more expensive than paint. Plus I have always been a paint guy, never really liked wrap.

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DEpointfive0

You're going to RAPE the value by painting it a different color...

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Unique_Z

Mine's the right one, the matte one is my friend. He bought i black and changed it to matte white and sold it to another friend of mine of which live near to me.

I think it looks good with gold brake calipers, or cool colors instead or warm ones.

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Tigger

Just another opinion here...

I think that if you do a matte white, you should stay away from gloss anything. If I were to hand you my car and say do the same, I would add only dry carbon accent pieces including lip, rails and diffuser. Something about gloss on matte (when matte is the primary or highest in ratio) is just not right.

2xtreme1

what happened to your clear coat? Any pics of the clear coat failing? I have a black Z and If the clear coat started to fail really bad I would freak the **** out haha. I am totally OCD about the paint on my car.

XiP

Matte black

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luigi90210

you should use plastidip and dip your car matte white, its like painting your car, but temporary like a wrap(if you dont like it, you can just peel it off and respray a different color)

37ZERO

Matte orange would be my choice

Jasonle

that matte white looks hot!

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