I'm pretty sure I'm going to murder out my car as soon as I get it. Black on Black, everything. Does anyone know someone who's done this to any car? I'd like some tips.

What's cool about the 3, is the fact that the lights are already blacked out, just not the glass. My friend does bodywork and auto paint and can seriously do amazing work with a spray can. So I think I'll have him do the rims. The car is already black, so nothing to do there.

Since I'm doing this, I also wanted to paint the emblems black. Do they come black already from a website or something? And if I decide to take them off to leav them off, will they leave holes?

Please help me out! =]

Thanks,
Casey.

 

To do it properly...it's got to be matte (flat) black.

Been watching Rob & Big?

 

i think that is the stupidest thing ever to paint a car flat black. Looks literally like someone took a can of spray paint and painted there car. I could understand like on Rob and Big him doing a mopad or Big's Pinto...but a Mazda 3...a pretty expensive car...nah. Stick with the basic car paint schemes...no flat black...please...save yourself from embarressment

 

i like the idea...but NOT flat black...just ALL black...like Rob's first SUV

 

flat black looks like black primer..

 

i like semi-gloss black if it is kept clean, but flat black is way too plain. semi gloss actually catches light and glosses a little.

 

yeh flat black would be ridiculous, why not go with red on everything u were gonna paint black so it would go with the interior better?

 

I decided to get the dark grey one. I'm probably going to match the wheels to the exterior, and add black and red accents. Like, the Mazda3 Badge, I'll paint black, with a red "3". Then, all of the mazda logos will be painted black. Should look nice when I'm done, but I'm worried about the removal and replacement of the emblems. Is there a forum I can get a link to that has tips for this?

 

we have a whole group of guys (maybe 5 or 6) over on the torontomazda3 boards who have 'murdered out' 3's.

black cars, black rims, black badges, blacktint.