Hi I work at a body shop and was wondering if I should repaint my car nbp the paint is starting to crack . Was wondering if there are any matte black tl ? What would you guys think ? Or should I just go with oem color ?

 

paint cracking already ? what year is ur car ?

I would stay OEM but a ton of folks like matte black....also look into NBP with more blue flakes LOL

 

I think someone did matte black but then they wrecked their car like a week after? I dunno this was a couple years back so memory could be a little hazy lol

Do it and post some pics lol

 

I think i saw one for sale on ebay once, it also had the ron jon body kit. IMO it looked but if you like matte black then go for it.

 

 

i think you should choose a more classy color than matte black

 

I dont like matte black on anything not Lamborghini

 

Thanks Joe...was trying to find that thread with Matte Black TL...LOL

 

Not feeling Matte black.

 

Not for me.

 

I think matte black iS sex lol but that's me what other colors? Was think nbp with more blue .

 

but thats because youre 21.

if you're going to do a full color change, why not choose a BMW color, or a lexus color?
that lexus white is the business.
the BMW blues are the sex!!!!!!!!!!

 

what about that blue color?. i cant think of the name. But every morning i see a 07 TL type S in that color and i think it looks great.
Also what about matte white? thats something you never see, it would give you a unique look

 

kinetic blue pearl...

my black paint is cracking too...have to look at it really closely to see it.

 

either get nbp with extra flake/pearl, or get black with gold flake. that is so much more vibrant in the sun

 

that matte black look like it came out of a spray can.....


thats Matte Black

 

+1, not to mention the notorious swirl all over the car.

 

a detail can fix those swirls

 

Nay to matte black but what about WDP? or the Lexus Pearl White?

NBP w/ a lot of blue flakes would be nice as well..

 

rootbeer

 

That matte black GTR is sexy as hell. Not really a fan of it on a TL though.

 

Love it....


Do it....


It will really stand out.....

 

do satin black

 

That's because it's SATIN, not matte.

 

^ i doubled checked the picture of the TL it is Satin black lol, man thats ugly


Here is another good example of Matte done correct, the Homie David of VIP Modular! House of Kolor Kandy Red w/ Matte Clear

 

that bimmer is nasty

 

Matte is more of an exotic car color....you need to be heavily modded to pull it off....else u will come across like a civic dx hatch whose clearcoat chipped....

 

Not a fan of matte black cars at all. They look like chalkboards rolling down the street.

 

True story

 

The owner of the art gallery next to my work has a matte blue Maserati. It's so sex

 

a dude locally here is doing that to his m3, got the idea from that car. He's doing it himself with a help from a buddy. It's his winter project

 

definitely stick with factory color, as keeping the matte black clean is a pain in the ass and as others have stated it looks like a cheap paint job out of a can.

 

I love the matte black look. I say do it.

 

What does ur car look like?

it won't look bueno on a 100% stock car..

 

no to matte......i like the nbp with blue flake, i think i mite do that i am looking to get a spray done next year

 

awesome!!! be on the look out for that Wagon, it was supposed to be on air for SEMA but because of time that never happened.

 

yum yum

 

Definately looks better on exotics, but then again its an exotic so it looks sexy no matter what.

I would say no to doing it on a TL unless its something heavily modded. Like Eric (ACCURATEin) could probably pull it off if he wanted.

 

i thought about doing matte black awhile back. none of the pics i saw looked any good.... so i decided to go with a white but then when i was at the paint shop i looked at the color chips for pearl white and there was soo many choices. so i went with the first color on that pallet and it was white lighting, pearl white with gold tint. I'm pretty happy with it, you can tell that its not wdp and it pretty much still looks factory so i would say go with a factory color.

 

Matte black on TL looks like you are trying too hard