i stripped my car and started painting it with gloss black but it comes out horrible because i can't get the gloss even. i think i might just paint the damn thing flat black, or semi-gloss black. anybody have any pictures?

 

google image search for "flat black 240sx"

 

Sizzzooo's old hatch was flat black and nice as hell, you could look for his old posts, not sure if the number of z's and o's are correct in his name though sorry. If I run across some pics I'll post them up for you.

 

thats all i could find srry

 

Looks like a chalkboard!

 

alot of people will say its played out, but i think it looks hot, a little wetsanding should even it out.

 

My car lol

 

^that looks clean. did you do a lot of wetsanding for those results? and how does it hold in the rain? mines doesnt do too good, you can see drip marks from the rain whenever it does rain

 

i would not mine doing that with mine. is it hard to get that kind if results. more info please

 

sounds like you shouldn't be painting lol. What kinda of paints are you using, sounds like housepaint lol. Did you use your flex agents, reducers, and other mixes? Is it an enamal paint, pearl, or are you using clearcoat? Paint it tought work, and if you dont know how to do it, your gonna screw it up.

 

i'm just using regular ol' flat black spray paint. and i should clear coat flat black??

 

No. Itll look funky. Use satin black. It gives a less harsh "sunbaked" look than flat, but not reflective... well heres my sexy satin black 240, phone pics, but sex nonetheless.

 

that satin looks killer, anyone use the roller brush method with rustoluem paint?

 

read about that roller brush method on honda-tech, i think someone also posted something like that here on this forum somewhere, but yea, that's a pretty cool method,,,

as for me, sigh, i need a new front bumper and fenders, and alot of free time and a place to paint,, going "super glossy jet black" 1 stage

 

Satin/Flat Black paint when done correctly on a 240 looks really good.

But thats a whole different story when it comes to Hondas....