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Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:29 pm
by Aussie Stig
Thought this might be of interest. Sort of looks like MX-5 Titanium, only meaner.
So new nobody has worked out whether to spell it 'matte' or 'matt'.
http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and-re ... ds_polish/
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:43 pm
by JBT
How many ugly sticks has that car been hit with
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:49 pm
by Lokiel
These Velosters actually look quite good in the flesh, I saw one before I knew about them and was quite impressed (apparently they're gutless though so you'd want the turbo version).
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:45 pm
by hks_kansei
Lokiel wrote:These Velosters actually look quite good in the flesh
They actually look quite nice.
But then again, in real life I'm not looking at a distorted wide angle view of one while lying on the road (why did the photographer choose that view!?)
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:52 pm
by Locutus
i thought these looked interesting online, but rather ugly in the flesh. different strokes...
Aussie Stig wrote:So new nobody has worked out whether to spell it 'matte' or 'matt'.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/matt
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:33 pm
by Mr nanotech
All I think of is this
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:50 pm
by zero00
The Veloster, well it looks good from behind but the front kind of has a 'cheap' look about it! I was having a coffee at the BP Southbound a few weeks ago and a couple pulled in so I was talking to them, they had had it since 2011 and I didn't know they had been around that long, bought it in Bundaberg
As for 'matte', a few weeks ago at Lakeside there was a matte black Porsche Cayenne [or however you spell it], checked the rego label and it was a 2004 model - didn't impress me!
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:07 pm
by rossint
"The Veloster matte-finish paint is currently only available in two colours - Young Gun and Petrol"
Who names these colours?
I saw a matt black Carrera GT in a Porsche showroom in Stuttgart, looked incredible.
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:10 pm
by NMX516
JBT wrote:How many ugly sticks has that car been hit with
It fell from the top of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:58 pm
by bootz
Nobody is particularly interested in the paint, so I guess it is a passing fad.
Maybe MX-5 owners just love to polish their babies.
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:56 pm
by Mr Sexy
It's the bogan guys who go to bunnings and buy 50 cans of the 2 dollar spray paints and paint there commowhores or vans may black who ruin it! Some cars can suit and others do. My old metal work teacher had a series 1 rx7 painted in Matt black, the thing looked evil!
On the other hand that Hyundai looks like a fish!
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:48 am
by Kev05
Perhaps the color is not suitable on cheaper car but it looks sh!t hot on a LP700-4. - It's yours for a cool $850k.
ps. pictures courtesy of Carsales.com website.
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:49 am
by the_darkside
Matt is English, Matte is American.
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:24 pm
by Carbon Demon
Matt vinyl wrapped Mazda:
Re: Matt is the new Black
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:38 pm
by Aussie Stig
That's rather impressive. because if you get sick of the matt the vinyl can be peeled off.