Matt black touring-update-seats and steering wheel, page 10

[munky30]

Give in to the desire... you know you wanna

ps; Cliffy, title has been edited so as not to offend you

[munky30]

It wasn't me officer. Some kid in a corsa was doing a burnout and I parked at the end of his tyre marks.... Honest

[maxfield]

Corsa could of flick tar up on yout ew paint work

Burn it

[Ziggy]

Good work sir. Gonna have to do my other car at some point...

[dom-1984-320i]

Filth mate, pure filth.... I like it!

[munky30]

Wow! I must have done something right if the chromians are complimenting it.

Cheers folks.

[pnd]

why didn't you just cover it in waxoyl same effect and anti rust too! Ideal for nightwork I bet its almost invisible after dark.

[cliffybabe]

ps; Cliffy, title has been edited so as not to offend you

im pleased u have changed it

I am going to chrome ur car when im down ur neck of the woods in july

[aceraf]

I have to say....that looks awesome!!!!

I'm really impressed what it looks like...considering a £25 budget!!

Hats off to you....it really does look good....

some black tints would finish it off....!!!

[OBs]

Wow! I must have done something right if the chromians are complimenting it.

Cheers folks.

You deffenatly need chrome in your life.

Joe that does look spanking, Im sure I can find a way to get rid of the 'Patchiness' for you... Is it aerosol then?

At first I thought It was the reflection of the lights casting a shadow on the body (Stripe) I was going to say it would look

Liking the sign writing / stripes really finish it off...

You need to dig that filler out... Weld a plate in there (Pm me for a 'Tramp' solution)

OBs

[OBs]

Number plates

Relocate?

[munky30]

The stripe disappears at certain angles, I'm very pleased with how it came out. Once I had it masked up I had to fight the urge to do the stripe in white but I'm glad I did.

Its all done from aerosol cans, two coats, 13 cans. I'm guessing to sort the patchiness it needs a spot of wet sanding with some very very fine paper?

I know the filler isnt the ideal way to do it, will probably crack the first time I slam the boot but me and welders would be a dangerous combination.

You have pm (well you will in a minute)

[munky30]

Number plates

Relocate?

My thoughts exactly.. would love an entirely smooth boot with no number plate recess but I cant imagine it would be easy/cheap.

Not sure about the front one though... not really anywhere to relocate it to... actually the same goes for the boot... where would I put it?

A tempting solution is black and white plates, but I dont fancy getting pulled every ten minutes.

[dom-1984-320i]

Wow! I must have done something right if the chromians are complimenting it.

Cheers folks.

haha, am not chrome purest at all mate, i just happen to own one. As long as it's an E30 and looks good am happy fella!

[benjy]

Tints and smoked lights, along with all black borbet a's are on the cards.

I was goin to suggest that!!!! Likin that two-tone stripin tho ;)

[munky30]

Tints and smoked lights, along with all black borbet a's are on the cards.

I was goin to suggest that!!!! Likin that two-tone stripin tho ;)

Now do you see why I want to paint the dish black too?

(still no bloody cheque btw, will be calling them this afternoon to hassle. Your wheels are very important to me and will be paid for as soon as an operator becomes available)

[OBs]

My thoughts exactly.. would love an entirely smooth boot with no number plate recess but I cant imagine it would be easy/cheap.

Boot might look to plain... How about smaller ones as found on bikes? (Not square)

A tempting solution is black and white plates, but I dont fancy getting pulled every ten minutes.

Tom with the 318R (Was at the meet) had his held on with black velcro strips

Or! Them 'No plate surrounds' you can get that screw to the bumper and unclip from the bottom...

PM replied (In a min)

[daimlerman]

Do you have to drive with your lights on all the time,so that you can be seen?

[SamE30]

I like!!

[320Touring]

looking good munky, but you missed a bit

[choppa7]

uber cool munky!

I want to remove all traces of chrome from my 316 and join the darkside!

I'd been looking for pics of matt black cars to see what they looked like!

Couple of questions for you..

Did you do the paint work yourself?

Did you just use "normal" spray paint?

What method of priming did you use?

Did you use and sort of laquer post painting?

How did you do the roof?

Do greasy fingerprints make messy marks?

That is all

[maxfield]

Munky go black and grey plates.

MY dad had his on for about 3 weeks and only got pulled once, slap on the wrists and £30 the police got him on 4 things aswell

My dad has done velcro too, it's quite effective.

Go for it

[munky30]

Did you do the paint work yourself?

Yup.

Did you just use "normal" spray paint?

Hycote Acrylic Formulation Matt Black. (rattle can, £1.50 a tin, 'normal paint')

What method of priming did you use?

800 grit sandpaper all over. Matt black is essentially the same as black primer so no need to prime it.

Did you use and sort of laquer post painting?

Nope.

How did you do the roof?

I'm a short person, but my car is very low I just stood on a box at the side of the car and reached.

Do greasy fingerprints make messy marks?

Yes. But all you need is a damp cloth and a towel to wipe them off.

Do you have to drive with your lights on all the time,so that you can be seen?

No lights, but I scared the sh*te out of some poor woman today. I was parked in a shadowy part of a car park, started it up as she walked past and I dont think she'd noticed it, poor girl nearly jumped out of her skin.

MY dad had his on for about 3 weeks and only got pulled once, slap on the wrists and £30

Seems a bit pointless then.... 4 weeks of it looking good with black plates isnt worth £30 imho.

Tempted by the velcro idea though so I can have 'show plates'.

[OBs]

Munky your car needs a mat black single wiper up front

No really!

I think it would look more

[choppa7]

Cheers for the replies Munky..

One last question, would you be offended if I copied?

[spook]

a proper goth chariot munky
get some white wall tyres
i like it , well done
wanna buy some autoglym

[spook]

infact, that car looks cool as xxxx

[snoops]

liking the stripes!

[Jhonno]

looks evil, i like

[munky30]

Munky your car needs a mat black single wiper up front

No really!

I think it would look more

Funny you should say that, I was thinking about it while I was masking up the scuttle panel.

Never really been a fan of the single wiper thing as normally they're slightly off centre, but the e30 wiper hole would line up perfectly.

Spook - white walls.... hmm... I dont think its old enough to carry off whitewalls... maybe if I put some red outline scallops on it..

Choppa - Not at all, the more matt black there is in the world, the happier I am. I'll be doing Haths tourer in a while too



Cheers for all the compliments guys

[tailoutcharlie]

im really bloody tempted now, i need to get some rust done and fancy a cheap respray. from white to matt black mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[DRIFTBOY]

Diaaaaaamn!
What a slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!

I feel like going and rubbing my car back down with a brillo pad and leaving it like it!

I can't wait to see some pics with 'blacked' headlamps, that will finish it off for me!

An IS front lip spoiler would look mean to, in my opinion.

Nice work dude!

Martin.

[munky30]

If you have a garage to use I'll happily come and give you a hand, in exchange for beer.

Haven't really thought about how it would look on a saloon... could look pretty damn cool.

At this rate they'll have to make a matt black section on the zone

[munky30]

Diaaaaaamn!
What a slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!

I feel like going and rubbing my car back down with a brillo pad and leaving it like it!

I can't wait to see some pics with 'blacked' headlamps, that will finish it off for me!

An IS front lip spoiler would look mean to, in my opinion.

Nice work dude!

Martin.

I want an IS spoiler... and se skirts, possibly a breyton rear valance too, just to bring it all a bit lower.

[tailoutcharlie]

I want an IS spoiler... and se skirts, possibly a breyton rear valance too, just to bring it all a bit lower.

you can borrow both of mine if you wanna make some moulds for some replicas...

in exchange for helping me 'rat' my saloon