bb1314

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I recently purchased some body parts for the Z (Aerosync front bumper, JP Type A sides and rear) and I'm about to have them installed and painted. My Z is silverstone. It's an 03 and never garaged. People had been telling me that the SS is extremely hard to paint match. So I'm starting to think about repainting the whole Z. I know it'll cost some money.... But I'd rather spending the extra money to do it right the first time. I am also thinking about changing the color all together to make the Z a little unique from the crowd. Then I came across this mirror chrome S15 convertible on Super Street. It's truly unique and I don't think anyone had done it. So here are the discussion questions.

1. Any idea what kind of paint this guy is using? I've never seen any chrome automobile paint like this.
2. Is the reflection on the paint US legal?
3. Would it cost me a fortune to get it done?
4. Would you do it? If so, why?

So here's the pic...

http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...jdm_tuner_car/

Armitage

iTrader: (15)

That poor, poor car.

I would imagine a paint job like that probably cost 3x what the car did.

007gt

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huge money to spend
and ... not street legal

ryanmac516

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what ever happened to that other thread that a guy was doing this, but never finished it.

LilZgirL

I believe the only way to have that chrome look is to have it chrome dipped. Lots of places do it, but it is expensive. Search for chrome dipping in your area. and hey I might be wrong too..

oclor

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Why don't you just paint it a different color that nissan doesn't make? Like green or brown or something. That would make it stand out in a good way.

bb1314

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That's not a bad idea. But I'd need a color that matches well with black rims with a polished lip.

ryanmac516

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https://my350z.com/forum/other-vehicles/170542-sweet-car-is-going-chrome-paint-pic-samples.html

check out this thread this guy never finished i think

widebody350

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Yea they have a chrome paint nowdays. I would just pick from another paint color or go to Lambo's paint catalog. I wouldn't advise doing chrome.

brandonanix

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brown or green??????? wtf its not an oldsmobile!!!!

bb1314

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lol.... I might paint it hot pink just to attract sponsors. But anyway... would gold look right with black rims? hmm...

FastZ33

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i wanan see that paint job on a z just for the hell of it

bb1314

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^ If every single member on my350z donates me a $1. I'm sure I can do it just for the hell of it.

Lets start the bb1314 Chrome Z fund raising!

drivenCSZ

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thats not a street legal paint job....so if you plan on driving it, you're out of luck. there's a certain legal percentage number of reflectivity that the paint can have. not to mention it looks retarded. just paint it murcielago green and call it a day.

bb1314

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DAMMIT!? Yea I could imagine that paint would **** some drivers off really bad at night. Not to mention it looks so retarded that it'd attracts all the wanted and unwanted attention.

creationv2

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didnt an sl or an slr have this paint job some time ago? i dont rememebr what show it was, sema maybe?

but yah th OPs pic is terrible...didnt look that bad on whatever benz im talking about was

rockinbboy

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man..can you imagine following a chromed out car in the middle of sunny day? I don't care what kind of sunglasses you got...no way you are gonna follow that car and not start seeing weird funky $hit in your vision.

as far as good colors for blackrims....well, I think you can go a lot of different ways. You want something dark? go with a specialized black color....or maybe something bright like candy apple red. I don't see too many red cars and black rims. I've seen lots of blue cars and black rims.

oclor

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He wanted to stand out, and brown or green is a whole lot better than chrome. And by the way, not only oldsmobiles come in brown or green (i don't know if they even do), check out the lambo a couple of posts bellow you.

plumpzz

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Dark Green FTW!

jtabraham

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Imagine how difficult it would be to clean a car with a chrome paint job...you would need to wipe it down whenever you touch it.