Just met with my local bodyshop about the rear panel blackout. I take delivery of the car in 2 hours 15 minutes so I had to find something to do for the morning

He said I had two choices:

1 Gloss finish: Smooth transition from paint colors and buffing / waxing would not be an issue in the future.

2 Matte finish: Nice retro look, paint transition would be about the thickness of paper, future buffing would turn it glossy and waxing could be an issue.


What do you guys think?

 

You will have another option soon--a "smoked panel" which will install on the decklid. It will cost around $60. I do not know how it will install. I encourage you to not apply paint until I get more information.

 

Please share! Where did you see this? Are there any pre-release pictures?

 

 

Matte Black is retro

Glossy Black is more of a classy look

What color car? (I might have missed that)

 

Does it cover the lights too, or just the middle section. That picture looks like it is from Xenon, is that who is making the panel?

 

Only problem with that panel for some stereo buffs is that is another piece that we would need to deal with regarding rattles, like the car doesn't have enough of those already.

If I had to paint, it would be gloss for me

 

Yeah, gloss here too, but I think I am gonna leave the area between the tail lights blue, just the center part of the hood and the spoiler will be gloss black.

 

FYI - Westrenz/3dCarbon is also releasing a Blackout panel. They are telling me it has a March release date.

 

If you paint it I would suggest a satin finish. That's somewhere between matte and gloss and should be no problem to wax.

 

Another satin here. Like the PHP car.

 

I think a matte finish looks better on yellow than a gloss to me. Just my opinion, but either way I'd wait to see what that aftermarket panel looks like. I have a honeycomb rear panel on my '01 and the matte stripes on the front of my car matches it better than a gloss finish would.

my stripes are a decal, and just wax around them

 

where can you get the rear done like that...any paint shop?

 

Has anybody thought about blacking the back out with a sticker, like they do when they stripe the cars.

 

It would be real easy to remove it if you decided you didn't like it down the road