I actually heard they are the hugest pain in the butt to maintain?

 

It's single stage, just like every single stage job; you just don't add any gloss.

As for care, they are easy in that they don't scratch easily, but hard in that every little touch creates a mark. They're super hard to dry uniformly. Most guys with flat black bikes actually just use windex on them. I think Harley even recommends it, heh.

 

With the BASF paint there IS a gloss you just don't wet sand and buff.

 

I really dislike the flat look. It looks unfinished. Why would I want a nice looking car that looks undone. I don't get it.....I guess I don't have to get it.

 

cause it makes the car look mean as hell!

 

Mean is okay but there are other ways to give the car a mean look. I prefer my car to look cool. A flat black Porsche isn't mean. It's less sporty. A flat black Ferrari is less exotic. A flat black Benz is less teutonic. I don't get it. I really don't get this fad bandwagon. Most of us have similar tastes but we're waaay off on this one.

 

i love flat black, but only on certain cars. i especially like when they're flat black and metallic too. i saw an F430 flat black with metallic in some places. like places that u had to look at twice. a few times i was like "wo wait, it's shiny there" and then i'd look again haha thats hot though.

my favorite color right now is the color scheme of that Lambo Reventon. sexy.

 

Flat/matte carbon fiber on a Zonda

 

^^^ OOOH!

That's nice!!!

 

oooooh yess.....that is VER VERY nice...

 

I can't wait to see how you guys acts when bellbottoms come back. I can see it now.........long lines to jump on the newest/oldest fad.

 

Thats not a flat black zonda. Its carbon fiber, its the lighting. Look at the fenders and parts of the hood. Its the zonda F. Perhaps with a BASF satin clear however.

 

If you look at my post I never said it was "flat black."

 

I see nothing

show me more satin paintjobs