Painting stock mirrors

[nickbain]

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

dye your tires maroon too so they match

they used to have a thing out call black majic tire spray or whatever. It was basically a spray that made your tires shimmer blue, red, gold, and I think white. Really retarded.

[billytheman1188]

Originally Posted by AJules

well they match ur tinted windows...

honestly though, I think that if you do spraypaint them you'll be unhappy with how they turn out, but if you get em professionally done, you'll be unhappy that you're out 200 dollars or however much it is. Think of all the other stuff you could do with 200 bucks

Well right now im saving for headers, but after that im going to do the mirrors. I want them to look good, and i hate messing with things on my car, cause i cant afford to mess something up So i will probably call around to diff. places and ask them how much they would charge me to get the mirrors painted. I wont be doing this for a while though, i NEED to buy headers, i will die if i dont

[pimpalero2003]

if ur saving up for headers y you worried about mirrors ?
and whats wrong with your mirrors now?

[billytheman1188]

Originally Posted by pimpalero2003

if ur saving up for headers y you worried about mirrors ?
and whats wrong with your mirrors now?

Im just planning for what im going to do....

and theres nothing wrong with them, i just dont like how they are black. Its not a BIG deal that they are black, i like them either way.

IDK how my color will look on the mirrors..... its weird, some mirrors that are painted dont look like they match good.

[pimpalero2003]

id leave them black since window trim and everything is black.

[lonnie]

I brung this thread back cause I've been thinking about getting my car painted flat black, no clear coat or gloss in it at all. I also want to change rims to either chrome black or just a gloss black no chrome lip. Tell me what yall think.

[[ion] C2]

^what's that have to do with mirrors though lol

i like gloss black cars more than flat black

[TheAftermath]

I guess if you like the SUV that Rob and Bigg drive around in their show then go for it.

Maybe it's just me but flat black looks too primer-ish to me?

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

^what's that have to do with mirrors though lol

i like gloss black cars more than flat black

Yeah I did a search and there wasn't a speciffic thread on car painting that I could find...lol Gloss is nice but I like the toughness of flat black, plus If it should ever get messed up then all thats needed is a spray.

[lonnie]

Originally Posted by TheAftermath

I guess if you like the SUV that Rob and Bigg drive around in their show then go for it.

Maybe it's just me but flat black looks too primer-ish to me?

Honestly I do like the look of that truck. Kinda like military-ish! I think it looks bad ass.

[[ion] C2]

I dunno it just looks unfinished and bland to me.

[lonnie]

Hold on let me show you some samples of other cars...stand by

[lonnie]

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Heres one let me clean out some old pics and I'll post more samples of a flat black paint scheme.

[[ion] C2]

Ya I've seen a ton of em, it just looks weird.. in NFS: MW you can use flat paint color schemes, and all flat colors look odd to me. *shrug*

[lonnie]

Here's some more samples, of course these are exotics and are in another league but I think the alero would look cool, plus it shouldn't cost as much hopefully!


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[lonnie]

If i had photoshop I would try it on an alero just to get a basic idea!

[TheAftermath]

In no ways does it look bad, I just like the glossy look on any car really.
More showy but flat black does have it's advantages too.

[surreal_awakening]

I think even on exotics flat black looks like crap. The only time the primer look works is on rat rods.

[lonnie]

Well I never said it was for everybody, all that matters if I get it done is that I like it....to each his or her own.