Well after all the help, I have decided to keep it black, should I keep it the original black or is there a better make/shade.

 

Cheers mark

You gotta be joking, who makes your decisions at home when you paint the walls fella, cos what we like is our choice, what you like should be influenced and liked by you.

 

Theres a Zillion Blacks, look at cars on the street and carparks etc that are black and pick one, it's what and most others do when choosing paint.

smithy

I was just looking for other peoples ideas, I want a good shine and thought people might know what shade is best for good results bud.

 

and to be honest the wife picks the colour for the walls lol

 

Mark

Then i'd ask her to pick what shade black you want for your car :tongue_smilie:

smithy

onyx black is my favourite . its got a bit of metal flke not ott and very nice shine when clean :)

Boy Oh Boy, we are going to let the woman take over the world at this rate.

 

Oow gotta go, missus wants her feet rubbed!!

 

Mankind will never be the same again. lol

onyx black is my favourite . its got a bit of metal flke not ott and very nice shine when clean :)

 

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just as an idea of what it looks like - i had it on my old vectra when i had a respray and i will probably get the Zed done in it aswell, looks mint in the sunshine :D

lol not rubbing her feet like draw the line at that, better run along and ask her what colour to paint the z lol

 

Mark

cheers Batan, thanks for the help.

 

Mark

Just don't paint it matt and you can't really go wrong.

cheers bud,

 

Mark:-)

Seriously though, Nissan did the zed in 3 types of black iirc. GL1 was a Gloss black (no longer available from Nissan) and was used up to late '93ish. This was replaced by KH3 Gloss black that was a slightly different shade to GL1. There was also a metallic black but I cant remember what code that was or if it was JDM, USDM only.

HTH

Thanks mate, this was the type of info I was looking for.

 

Cheers bud

Thanks mate, this was the type of info I was looking for.

 

Cheers bud

 

Your welcome mate :thumbup1:

Seriously though, Nissan did the zed in 3 types of black iirc. GL1 was a Gloss black (no longer available from Nissan) and was used up to late '93ish. This was replaced by KH3 Gloss black that was a slightly different shade to GL1. There was also a metallic black but I cant remember what code that was or if it was JDM, USDM only.

HTH

 

The vast majority of Black Z's are metallic black - code 732

 

The GL1/KH3 is rarer and I personally prefer them over the metallic, which although it has a nice pearl affect under the sun the Plain black looks a lot darker/deeper shade of black without all the flake in it.

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Thankyou for the code mate much appreciated.

 

Mark

If it were me I'd probably be boring and stick with the original colour; if only just to avoid complications in future (eg, the VIN plate has the colour code if it ever goes into a bodyshop again at some point...).

 

But I reckon the best black is Mercedes Obsidian black. My old SLK was that colour and it looked superb when it was freshly polished on a sunny day......

 

......plus PhilP had one of his ZXs resprayed in that colour and believe me, it's awsome in the flesh!

 

Richard:thumbup1: