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Fidostudio
CAMM Pro
Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
 |  Subject: Making tails flat black  24th August 2011, 9:27 am | |
| Any clue how to make my shiny black smoked tails more of a matte (flat) black??? I think it would tie in better... |
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Shawn1112
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Location: Hater Proof
Posts: 8657
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 9:49 am | |
| Cant be done in vinyl?
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Fidostudio
CAMM Pro
Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 9:54 am | |
| Had my guys at Extreme do it yesterday and it looks like crap. I peeled it off. |
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Hypnotiq
CAMM All-Star
Location: Lake in the hills , IL
Posts: 1137
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 10:16 am | |
| use VHT and dont clear coat them... lol. shit turns matte caulky |
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jontoad
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Location: Naperville, IL
Posts: 3436
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 10:53 am | |
| Matte black tails are ugly. They look like someone cheaped out on the clear coat or can't paint for shit. _________________  2006 black /SRT//8/12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time) 2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM |
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Fidostudio
CAMM Pro
Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 11:47 am | |
| Ahhh, but they would match my trunk blackout better. It would look like all one piece them...No?? |
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Fidostudio
CAMM Pro
Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 1:26 pm | |
| | jontoad wrote: | | Matte black tails are ugly. They look like someone cheaped out on the clear coat or can't paint for shit. |
Scratch that, you're right Jon...I found my old tails that I VHT'd and sprayed them with a matte varnish and put them on the car...YUCK!!
Gloss is better! |
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Shawn1112
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Location: Hater Proof
Posts: 8657
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 5:31 pm | |
| Jon has a good eye for that kind of shit! I have taken his advice a few times.
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HemiMag
CAMM All-Star
Location: Chitown Burbs,IL
Posts: 2784
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 8:10 pm | |
| How about painting the tops and sides colormatched ? |
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Fidostudio
CAMM Pro
Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 8:35 pm | |
| Thought about it...I may do that eventually. I worked out my issues and came up with a solution that balanced everything on the back. Painted exhaust flat black and then added a gloss black SM emblem in the middle so the emblem ties in with the tails and back window...must be an artist thang
I've been in the process of removing or painting anything that isn't blue or black so there is no chrome whatsoever left...looks killer. |
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Shawn1112
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Location: Hater Proof
Posts: 8657
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 8:42 pm | |
| What did you paint your exhaust with? Hopefully a high temp paint or header paint.
If not you are asking for major trouble, even a fire. I'm not bullshitting either
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Fidostudio
CAMM Pro
Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 24th August 2011, 8:44 pm | |
| High temp engine paint... |
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Shawn1112
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Location: Hater Proof
Posts: 8657
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 6:21 am | |
| Pics???
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Fidostudio
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Location: Mt. Prospect
Posts: 776
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 9:03 am | |
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Hypnotiq
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Location: Lake in the hills , IL
Posts: 1137
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 11:03 am | |
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HemiMag
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Location: Chitown Burbs,IL
Posts: 2784
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 11:11 am | |
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Shawn1112
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Location: Hater Proof
Posts: 8657
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 3:21 pm | |
| Pics of the exhaust you painted??????
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liljoejoe54
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Location: Chicago
Posts: 3769
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 3:30 pm | |
| | Fidostudio wrote: | | High temp engine paint... |
You might want to remove the engine paint and replace it with header paint. Im not sure if you know Bullish but he painted his headers with engine paint and they caught fire. Luckily he was able to die it out really quick. The engine paint is usually good till 500 degrees and the exhaust can get hotter than that really quick. |
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Shawn1112
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Posts: 8657
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 5:53 pm | |
| Thats what I was talking about
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liljoejoe54
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Location: Chicago
Posts: 3769
| | Subject: Re: Making tails flat black 25th August 2011, 6:05 pm | |
| | Shawn1112 wrote: | | Thats what I was talking about |
Yeah its pretty fucked up aint it? I just found out about it a couple months ago, I knew he had a fire but didnt know it was from the paint until recently. |
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