hey all i'm gonna be respraying my car soon and i'm after a colour which is a piano black finish (really glossy black yep i know lots of clear coat (same ammounts as a candy coat) just after a deep black colour) does anyone know of any cars which have the closest colour to this i checked out the mazda midnight black today and while it was close it was a little too blue in direct sunlight. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks ya'll

ps, the plan is to have black paint on black rims (no chrome or polished lip) with everything black including 15% tint, ex pipe powdercoated, everything lol then doin an off white interior (custom dash aswell)

why not just ask the place to do it piano black??? or if its gonna end up pretty close to a candy, why noy go a candy black? anyway apart from that, im not sure if a paint code would be available but i was sitting in a ford fairmont ghia the other day and the centre consol is a very striking piano black, maybe worth a look-see

What about the Mercedes black? I know BMs are bluish but still nice.
Also look at Jeep but I think u r right with Mazda

the technically blackest black you can get is "GM Black".

I'd heard a rumour a while back that you can't get true black as a factory color in any car, so it will have to be a custom paint altogether.

Can't remember the reason why... :shock:

Black tinter?

I saw a new Audi S6 yesterday and it was very black. Unlike the bmw next to it no orange peel too.

I'll second GM black if you need a factory paint mix. Although the rx8 black looks pretty damn black too

theres a toyota black that looks awsome
i'll get the paint code tomorrow for ya

Not keen to go black with a blue pearl?

Why not goto a paint shop and ask for the blackest black they have got, i doubt you will find a factory black that is just black. If the paint shop mixes the black they should have it listed down sumwhere what amounts were used to make the colour if you ever need to do any panel beating to the car. Seems it owuld be the easiest way

on the topic of all black cars

the other week i had a close look over of a matte black 300zx, the whole exterior was matte black including the rims, dark tint, the only things that wernt darkened where the headlights n rear lights. Looks pretty dam mean!

']Why not goto a paint shop and ask for the blackest black they have got, i doubt you will find a factory black that is just black. If the paint shop mixes the black they should have it listed down sumwhere what amounts were used to make the colour if you ever need to do any panel beating to the car. Seems it owuld be the easiest way

on the topic of all black cars

the other week i had a close look over of a matte black 300zx, the whole exterior was matte black including the rims, dark tint, the only things that wernt darkened where the headlights n rear lights. Looks pretty dam mean!


exactly the look i'm goin for but with a mega gloss instead of matte + i'll be doin an 06 charger bonnet and a little bit of body work to turn it into a euro muscle (if u dont know the look i got a few pix)

oh yeah i've already got the power for it so if anyone says its aestheticle only i can show em up good n hard

Not keen to go black with a blue pearl?

The problem with pearl paints is the colour flip, which with blue pearl is yellow/beige. Not a good look for a black as black paint job.

What about the Mitsi 380 duco black or whatever its called, looks alright to me

I'm not sure on the code, but it's also something i've been wanting to do for a long time now.. my black has a green pearl through it, and i don't really like it, it's also crappy paintwork now :P So i'd like to know how much this paint job ends up costing you, and the code you use when you find it :)

the deepest and cleanest black you can get is super deep black which is on some toyota's and hyundai's. standox and spies hecker brand paint have a special tinter for it as it cannot be made from normal tinters as they cannot get a clean enough finish. some other paint brands have formulas for it as they have different tinters in their system. however i think the standox/spies hecker tinter is the cleanest and looks the best. this tinter is also a clear over base product while others are a straight 2K application(hardener in the paint, no clear coat) giving the standox/spies hecker a clean deep look, plus the clear coat wont oxidise or fade like some 2K finishes.

hey all i'm gonna be respraying my car soon and i'm after a colour which is a piano black finish (really glossy black yep i know lots of clear coat (same ammounts as a candy coat) just after a deep black colour) does anyone know of any cars which have the closest colour to this i checked out the mazda midnight black today and while it was close it was a little too blue in direct sunlight. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks ya'll

ps, the plan is to have black paint on black rims (no chrome or polished lip) with everything black including 15% tint, ex pipe powdercoated, everything lol then doin an off white interior (custom dash aswell)

Umm.. do you want piano black, or a metallic black? :confused:

All of the cars that have been mentioned have metallic flake in them, hence why they look blueish or greenish (etc) under light.

Just go to a paint shop and pick from their catalogues.


Wow.. can only imagine how awesome a piano black would look once the orange peel is removed, and a nice LSP is put on. :D :D

Umm.. do you want piano black, or a metallic black? :confused:

All of the cars that have been mentioned have metallic flake in them, hence why they look blueish or greenish (etc) under light.

Just go to a paint shop and pick from their catalogues.


Wow.. can only imagine how awesome a piano black would look once the orange peel is removed, and a nice LSP is put on. :D :D

bingo i dont want any metallic flake i want an extreme gloss black black

the deepest and cleanest black you can get is super deep black which is on some toyota's and hyundai's. standox and spies hecker brand paint have a special tinter for it as it cannot be made from normal tinters as they cannot get a clean enough finish. some other paint brands have formulas for it as they have different tinters in their system. however i think the standox/spies hecker tinter is the cleanest and looks the best. this tinter is also a clear over base product while others are a straight 2K application(hardener in the paint, no clear coat) giving the standox/spies hecker a clean deep look, plus the clear coat wont oxidise or fade like some 2K finishes.

To the original poster,

You want to go with a solid black paint, the colours you are all describing are not blacks but pearls, metalics and FX paints.

You will be able to go to any automotive paint seller and purchase a solid black paint, there are factory solid blacks that you could use, you would just need to ensure that you are using a solid black, most are not. My Black 2003 Rav4 was a solid black, I would give you the colour code, but she got it so it's a no go.

The deep look you are after is in the paint application, this can be acheived by either using a solid black, or a clear over base. It comes down to the painter, the preparation and the money.

After the car is painted the entire car is sanded back with up to 2500 grit sandpaper wet, then buffed to the finish you have been describing.

Hope this is a help and good luck, it should look good, in a shiny kind of mad max way.

Steve

super deep black is a solid black. no pearls, no metallics. it is a clear over base to get the clean finish. it wont have any flip colour(colour on the angles or in sunlight).
for all intents and purposes it is piano black. steves rav4 is actually the colour im talking about, the colour code is 202,black onyx. i just checked the paint formula
(i have a paint program on my computer). if you get it done make sure they dont just paint it straight black tinter as it will have a brown flip to it. hope this helps.

theres a toyota black that looks awsome
i'll get the paint code tomorrow for ya
the toyota code for a sweet black is 202 it's called ink

exactly the look i'm goin for but with a mega gloss instead of matte + i'll be doin an 06 charger bonnet and a little bit of body work to turn it into a euro muscle (if u dont know the look i got a few pix)

oh yeah i've already got the power for it so if anyone says its aestheticle only i can show em up good n hard

I posted a magna a while back with a bonnet bulge from a charger, is that where you got the idea?

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42849

The guy who owns this I think said it had a charger bonnet