Does anyone have any pics of their ghetto paint jobs on EK's? The paint on my car is slowly going to ****, and i've always kinda liked the flat/satin finish paint jobs. I was thinking about doing this to my car just until i can get a good paint job when I'm out of college and have a good job. My buddy has a large compressor and a paint gun, so i could probably use that and do it fairly correctly, just wondering how it would look on an ek. The closest i've seen was HALO's camo job.

but i want black like the new skunk2 ep3

 

how bout flat paint jobs in general? How did you do it? Anyone have it done correctly? aka not rattle can?

 

john deere blitz black, like 50 bux ready to spray, vw dudes use it on old beetles, just a flat black but you can wax it and stuff!!!! i think you have to get it at like a farm store or somewhere that can get john deere paint!

 

you just buy a NON GLOSS paint, and a NON or low gloss clear coat. then you probably paint it like anything else.

 

get it professionaly done if you dont know wtf you are doing
cuz then you will see the lines of spray paint
peace

 

i never dug the flat paint cars. I would just wait and get a real paint job

 

i'm not a huge fan of the rattle can job myself. I'd prefer something that looks pretty professional, however i don't have the $$ for a pro job. I do have a friend like is said with a spray gun and such, so it woudl be atleast better than rattle can.

UPDATE: I found that House of Kolor makes an additive for clear coats that actually creates a more satin/flat finish. This way you still have the protection of the clear but the look of a satin finish. I believe this is what they would have used on the skunk2 car.

 

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yeah, dont clear it.. lol, or you could just paint the car in single stage.

 

yea house of kolors makes a flattener or flattening agent that you add to clear coat. you can use that clear coat on ANY color you want to achieve a low/no gloss finish.

im very into flat black/satin black paint jobs and am going to rattle can my car soon, but i'll be doing some minor body work and sanding the paint as i spray it... i want to achieve a good job with the rattle can, if its even possible.

and the john deere blitz black paint is used by some hot rodders (the ones who know about it). search on google for the JDBB and you'll find a hot rod forum thread.

good luck!!!

 

I am getting ready to paint my DC2 with the JDM Frt end, that same color..

 

hrrrmmm.... i may try and grab a spray can of the stuff to see how it looks. Does anyone know if taking paint to a place like macco or similar would reduce the price because i surely wouldnt use any 2 step paint or even close to the expensive factory paint. that JDBB is cheap as hell!

 

you might as well grab the phone and call your local Maaco. Call a couple too, some places are better/nicer than others. You can also look for some cheap body shops around that are willing to do it. ****, find a hot rod shop or something to that effect and ask them.

Good luck

 

my beater is a da, and we did a whole bunch of body work on it and then got a bunch of flat black form wal-mart, sanded the whole car down, thinnered the whole car, than taped up everything, took out lights, etc, then went at it. I ****** love it. Will take pics this weekend and post up monday.

FLAT BLACK

 

cant wait to see it, finally someone that has vision lol, people say flat black is played out, but i think its for the serious hardcore,

how many people you know that like the gritty low gloss flatness?
i rest my case.
love the skunk2 car also

 

i say use chalkboard paint like my roommate

 

a couple pics of my favorite flat paint jobs

 

hahaha i thought it might be fun to do the chalk board for a while, but i dont wanna have that forever, and dont wann have to do the prep work twice!

 

do it....panit it that color...... hottness

 

Damn i saw a car at a show with a paint job like that. Looked clean as hell. I wouldnt mind painting my ride like that. Anyone got any info on the paint?

 

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Not to get off topic.....but was that pic taken in Mid-Town Sac? Looks like the back of a building I lived right by.

OT: The flat black jobs look awesome...but then again, I'm a hot-rodder trapped in a civic.

 

flat black never looked so good

 

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Not to get off topic.....but was that pic taken in Mid-Town Sac? Looks like the back of a building I lived right by.

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yeah it is

 

my old car..

 

more pix @ http://www.88crx.freeservers.com

 

here is my beater da