So I Want To Paint A Car Flat Black

I only picked flat black because it's cheap and seems to be a popular thing to do to BMWs. My goal is to make this rolling piece of 1994 hideousness all one color so I can sell it. Surprisingly, it runs great, but I only wanted the 3.91 limited slip differential for my car (98 323iS 2dr/manual) and now that I've got it, and I put the open diff back in the ugly four door, I need to dump said ugly four door. So I ask you, what's the cheapest path to an all-(flat) black paint job? Rattle cans? Roller? (looks like the current paint was applied with a wet duck's ass, so that may be an option, too)

M030 wrote: (looks like the current paint was applied with a wet duck's ass, so that may be an option, too)

You owe me a keyboard from all the Pepsi I just shot out my nose. Thanks.

MCarp22 wrote:

M030 wrote: (looks like the current paint was applied with a wet duck's ass, so that may be an option, too)

You owe me a keyboard from all the Pepsi I just shot out my nose. Thanks.

Me too, 'cept it was French Silk pie that hit my keyboard.

M030 wrote: I only picked flat black because it's cheap and seems to be a popular thing to do to BMWs.

And we can only hope that fad dies soon. Personally, I'd do anything but flat black.

Bedliner if you have the balls.

Red Plasti-Dip rattle cans

Tractor supply implement paint. 30 bucks a gallon.

M030 wrote: seems to be a popular thing to do to BMWs

Don't forget the stretched tires!

I vote camo-you're halfway there already!

Wrap it?

Either sell it as is, or do a decent paint job. Not many people want a poorly painted car. I'd rather see what's underneath

M030 wrote: I only picked flat black because it's cheap and seems to be a popular thing to do to BMWs. My goal is to make this rolling piece of 1994 hideousness all one color so I can sell it. Surprisingly, it runs great, but I only wanted the 3.91 limited slip differential for my car (98 323iS 2dr/manual) and now that I've got it, and I put the open diff back in the ugly four door, I need to dump said ugly four door. So I ask you, what's the cheapest path to an all-(flat) black paint job? Rattle cans? Roller? (looks like the current paint was applied with a wet duck's ass, so that may be an option, too)

Obvious solution is a squid fed duck with a dry ass for that flat black finish. Go for it and post pics.

mr2peak wrote: Either sell it as is, or do a decent paint job. Not many people THAT COME HEREwant a poorly painted car. I'd rather see what's underneath

Most average people couldn't care less as long as it's one color. Walk around a used car lot sometime.

Check and see what this months special is a Maaco.

Wrap or plastidip.

We got a Toyota land cruiser in the shop that was done in a metallic grey bed liner. They did somthing to make the crinkle very fine in texture. It looks killer.

Maaco it up white, E36 M3 paint work is harder to see in white, and then you can sell it to more than flat brimmed kids.

For a quickie respray with good results, try rustoleum satin black shot with a cheapo harbor freight gun. A splash of acetone will thin it just enough. Two qts should be plenty.

I'd roll semi-gloss white Rustoleum.

If you just want to sell it (and for cheap I am assuming) then Maaco or Plastidip sounds like the best route. I've never seen a rattle can job that looks good so I'd suggest either of those. The person that buys a beat up BMW probably lacks the common sense to know better and doesn't have much money anyway.

In reply to Junkyard_Dog:

Precisely! I only want $500 for it the way it sits. The two tone has been keeping it from selling and the sides are already semi-flat black. I'm looking to spend less than $200 making it all one color in the hopes of getting somebody to give me $$700 for the finished product. I'm $1460 into this BMW project and I'm trying tto build the other car (98 323iS) into my first Challenge contender. That car has been auto-to-manual swapped and is now fitted with the 3.91:1 LSD rear that was originally in the two-tone turd we're discussing.

I would definitely go with a vinyl wrap. If not, Rustoleum spray paint looks pretty good when applied correctly.

If you go rattle can, do one panel at a time and be patient.

Tractor enamel is tough paint. Gallon is cheap, easy to thin out on a paint gun but you are not able to multi coat at once or it will run. You'll need 3 days for 3 coats and clean the gun out well before hand. Test spray on something else first. They do sell Tractor paint in spray cans. I've used Farm and Fleet and Tractor Supply and like Farm and Fleet better (but I do not live by one any longer).

You can change the texture of roll on bed liner with how you apply it. A roller will be rougher, the more so you keep rolling over what is applied. If you use a brush and "blot" it on in light coats, the texture will be a little smoother and much more even. Be sure before applying that it's sanded down/roughed up good so it doesn't peel in a couple of years from the sun. Learned this the hard way.

If I go with spray cans, how many cans of paint will I need to do the whole car?

rattle can flat black works out pretty well, since it doesn't show up imperfections in prep/application like gloss coats do. My GT6 is rattle-canned black and gets plenty of complements as long as you don't look too close....