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Detroit, 4:15 PM
Sun Nov 29
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This thing looks like Serious Business.
09/23/09
Also, Porsche would like "NOT STOCK" Written in a large god awful font across the windshield.
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Because the GT-R hasn't already fallen off the radar of douchebag car buyers.
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I still prefer my matte-blue concept better
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I'm not a huge fan of matte paint jobs. I thought the gold matte was kinda pretty, but I like your blue better.
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I wonder how hard it is match the finish on a matte-black car if a spot repaint is needed. I would think the slightest variation in paint texture would stick out like a sore thumb. While I don't know an awful lot about auto finishes, I do know that in expensive pianos, a scratch in a matte black finish is almost impossible to repair invisibly. Gloss finishes are much easier to fix, simply because you can polish the repair to a matching high gloss.
09/23/09
I laughed out loud after reading Super Moose's comment - I had a '75 M/C in high school that had primer black & red on it - no blower though :(
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Having not yet seen one up close, I'm with you on wondering just how tuner matte finishes are maintained. A matte surface is provided by imperfections in the surface texture; these imperfections typically would trap all sorts of grime and dust and be a royal PITA to clean. And as you pointed out, doing a paint-match for a repair would necessitate not only a simple color match, but "texture match" as well. A standard paint finishing process removes imperfections and thus provides a gloss finish.
I really should research this, it's actually an interesting problem once you think about it. There must be a surprisingly simple solution.
09/23/09
Expensive old things have a patina; cheap new things are shiny.
Matte black is not "played out."
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A GT-R is not old, therefore it does not qualify for a patina. It is expensive, and therefore should not poseur with Model T paint. "R" badges and exclusive bodywork and quantity do not equate stealth, for these things bring attention. Stealth is the primer/bondo zubaz worn by the beater that just blew your doors off.
Carrying the design? Yes, I agree with you there: matte can really bring the subtle beauty out.
But let's have some imagination. Black, as you so eloquently stated above (and I really agree with you), is a proper state of being that, as the Marines say, needs to be earned, not given.
These new tuner rides can use all the matte they can get cheap by the crate. But try something other than black for the change.
Or buy the shiny GT-R, and through proper hoonage, Jalop TLC, or the passage of time through which legends are carved in stone, allow it to earn its matte-black credentials the proper way.
09/23/09
No one sinlge formula ever matches every variation that comes from factory. And thats why paint repairs require skill. Although, it could help to ask the AVUS Performance what specific brand and product of paint they use for this GTR.
Hope that helps.
One huge issue with the GTR's was matching that sivler that came out originally. It was applied with an electro static system that basically no body shop can reproduce because they dont have the electro static robotic system used at the factory.
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I maintain my respect and adoration for all new cars with matte finish, and I wish more mainstream cars had it as a choice.
I mean, the Home Despot has house paint in every kind of sheen imaginable...why can't you get an Accord in eggshell?
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For what I assume is a steep asking price for what are rather mild modifications, they couldn't have had some wheels made with custom backspacing?
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FML
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