Hot rod black or not...

ugh - I can't stand the flat black trend. Even if your car is multi-colored, the blue with the factory-type stripe showing still looks a lot better than some rattle-can looking flat black paint job. Don't waste your time or $ - your car will turn a lot more heads as it looks now, compared to a beater-looking, spray painted, flat black car.

IMO - flat black jobs don;t look good on muscle cars - save that for the hot rods. Flat black should only be used, IMO, in factory-type paint schemes that originally used it - like an A12 lift-off hood.

BTW - if I saw your car driving around, it certainly would get my attention - I think it's a nice looking car - even with the black fenders.


I am not a fan of rattle can flat black paint jobs.. I have seen plenty of those.. saw a couple at the Nats that way.. but also saw a few painted properly... I am kind of torn.. I do like the look of hot rod black, but... lol.. any yeah I still get looks when people pass the Dart.. but to be honest, I am not building a car just so people will look at it more.. When I started this project, I never intended to build a jaw dropping, 100 point show car.. If I remember correctly, my original goal was to build a cool looking cruiser that sounded good, and would break the tires loose if the urge struck... So far IMHO I have accomplished that already... I just want it to look a little bit cooler LOL