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Old 06-26-08 | 09:03 AM
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sparkling black pearl paint?

I'm currently in the process of painting my car (by bigislandsevens) and debating on 'sparkling black pearl' or 'brilliant black'. I've seen brilliant black before on several rx7s but the only sparkling black i can find is on the mazda CX9... has neone used this paint yet? Pics?
Old 06-26-08 | 11:20 AM
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My wife's '94 Geo Prism is a metalic/sparkly black!

Black does look good on these cars, except for that it tends to hide it's best design feature—the tailights. A lttle metalic might provide some contrast, and metalics in general tend to show off the curves of the car well.
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Get Obsidian Black. It's the new color from the R35
Old 06-26-08 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ptrhahn
My wife's '94 Geo Prism is a metalic/sparkly black!

Black does look good on these cars, except for that it tends to hide it's best design feature—the tailights. A lttle metalic might provide some contrast, and metalics in general tend to show off the curves of the car well.
ya have any pics of the Geo?
Old 06-26-08 | 04:28 PM
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Get Obsidian Black. It's the new color from the R35
Is that also the Mercedes color?
Old 06-26-08 | 05:48 PM
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Peter and Gordon, the OP has an FC so I don't think the door handle or tail lights are quite as much of an issue for him.

I'd go with Brillian Black over anything "sparkly"...
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I was looking at using Toyota's black sand pearl or or GM's black Raven. A problem with metallics I find is that a plain black will have more reflection over a mettalic. Part of what makes me like black is the fact that it's so mirror like, but I wouldn't something just a little one off if I'm dropping the money for a new paintjob. There's a Kandy/Candy Black that's been released by Alsa...I'm really curious to see what that looks like in person.
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I was looking at using Toyota's black sand pearl or or GM's black Raven. A problem with metallics I find is that a plain black will have more reflection over a mettalic. Part of what makes me like black is the fact that it's so mirror like, but I wouldn't something just a little one off if I'm dropping the money for a new paintjob. There's a Kandy/Candy Black that's been released by Alsa...I'm really curious to see what that looks like in person.
I hear ya, it doesn't get much better than a black with a real nice reflection/shine to it... IDK, brilliant black might be the way to go, kinda wanted to do somethin different tho...
Old 06-26-08 | 08:24 PM
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aston martin has a nice metallic black
Old 06-26-08 | 08:30 PM
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After much debating, I had my fc vert painted the factory black color back in like 2003 and havent regretted it. Search my username and 'vert' to see some pics.
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Sparkling black? hmm, most def brilliant black which is just plain black will look very nice but overall black is the worst color to maintain. I've seen black metallic on a few cars its nice.
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