Recently my car was vandalized. Filed my claim and got cut a pretty good check, I'm thinking about maybe repainting the entire car to a flat satin black. What do you guys think?

Here is my car now:


And here is what I might change it to:


I think if I got it painted with the flat I would for sure I have to tint the windows and get black rims for it to look complete. Here is the vandalism if you're interested:

Keyed allllll over the car. And they tore the gas cap lid off...

 

I would keep it blue if I were you but that's just my opinion

 

i second the opinion

 

Flat black just looks like a primered piece of crap, especially on a 20 year old car.

Keep it blue, cars were meant to have glossy paint.

 

I like the matte black color, but not on our cars. Generally that color looks good on mostly very organic vehicles (BMW's, Lamborghini's, Porches, etc). Considering our cars are quite boxy, the light doesn't reflect well with the color. Nice color, but I'd suggest sticking with the color you have now and redoing it.

 

I'm with those guys. If it were a race car that saw little street time the satin black would be fine. The blue on your car is pretty cool looking too.

 

I'd go back to the original color...whatever that was. Possibly the Pontiac equivalent of Quasar Blue?

 

I personaly love the black/black look with everything black......but on your car i would throw some black wheels and a dark tint and it would looks killer.I have yet to see a flat black/hot rod black on a 3rd gen that looks great.

 

Keep the blue. It looks good on your car. Flat/satin black looks unfinished.

 

Blue!

 

that blue is beautiful, don't ruin that color with flat black

 

IMO,this car you posted would be perfect except it really needs to be "gloss black" to give it a finished look.Stay blue (it looks really good by the way)or go gloss black with these wheels.

 

idk about you guys but the best thirdgen i've ever seen is the camaro in the bkgrnd , no offense if thats anyones car, just making a little joke

 

Go satin black!! everything looks good satin IMO

 

I like the blue better than the satin black. It looks so good just like it is in the picture. If you just want a black third gen then I would go with the gloss black for that Knight Rider look. Like it's been said earlier, the flat black makes the car look unfinished, or like it's waiting to be buffed out.

Take a little time to decide which way you want to go and then post some pics for us to see. In the end bro, do what you want to do. It's your car. Be happy with your choice as we will be too.

Camaro-454

 

I'd stick with the blue as well...looks much better to me.

 

blue. satin is a fad that will fade. beautiful paint is timeless.

besides, do you know how HARD it is to get a good satin job? probably the most difficult paint job to paint right and keep it looking nice

 

i'd listen to 58mark hes a hell of a painter himself

 

I'd keep it blue. You dont see many blue. What about Satin Blue?

 

coming from the guy with a blue thirdgen?

 

It's in primer right now

I do want to paint one of my 4th gens like the bottom picture though. That has to one of the coolest Late model birds I have ever seen.

 

oh well sorry if i bummed you out, and that is a pretty sweet 4th gen, however hes blacked out everything that i can see, the wheels, window tint, lights, and i dont think foofighters92 was gonna do all that

 

Keep it blue

 

blue

 

Hello FooFighters92!!

Blue!!



However, it's your car, your ultimate choice!!



If I was buying it, and you sold it to me, I'd make it Blue again!!



The Blue is HOT!! Keep it Blue!!!

 

I am picking up my car tomorrow. I will be sure to post pictures to let you guys know what I did. As far as what color...a surprise!

 

As promised here are a bunch of pictures. I honestly took your guys' advice over anyone else. All my friends were trying to convince me to go flat, but I kept her blue. Pictures:

 

awesome!

looks amazing

 

Looks great. I think you can sleep knowing you made the right choice.

 

looks good, much better than flat black.

 

I was going to go Satin Black cause I love the color. However, After talking to a few of y dad's friends that paint cars for a living they say it is the most difficult paint job to get done right. They said 8 out of 10 come out looking horrible. So I had him do mine gloss black. I LOVE IT!

 

Very nice cars !!!!

 

Take off the chain license plate frame, take off the stickers, front banner and the rear then it will look good

 

Theyre right, flat/satin black is one, if not the hardest to get right. it shows every little flaw in the underlying body work.

 

I broke out the pick-axe and shovel for this one lol. I agree it does show every little flaw,but common sense tells you that laying down black paint will show everything,so your bodywork should be flawless in the first place,right? Answer me you damn zombie! Don't look at me slack jawed like that! *shakes* I can hear some brains rattling around in there!!