I see a Corsa and I want it painted black... - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Aurora40 · 01-02-2011

No stainless anymore, I want them to turn black:

I finally pulled them off and painted them. I never thought the stainless looked right on the car, it was too shiny.

For about the last year I've been running them with temporary "paint" that was a sort of dark gunmetal with some flake to it. I liked that a lot, but it wasn't permanent and was getting pretty rough/messy.

I wasn't sure if flat black was really going to do it for me, but so far I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Hopefully it'll stay on well, I didn't want to scuff the metal up in case I ever wanted to strip the paint off.

todesengel · 01-02-2011

stealthy

tomtom72 · 01-02-2011

YESSSS!!!!!

That's it! I think they look great. I always liked the fact that the 90's exhaust tips were unobtrusive and conversely the polished oval look of the aftermarket stuff was too loud for my taste. They look great on the 5's & 6's, but not so much on a C4 IMHO. Heck it has taken me 3yrs to get used to looking at the single oval s/s tip on my cobalt!

ammrpm · 01-03-2011

I think it looks good. I did something similiar on the Flowmaster exhaust I just installed. I painted the muffler and tips black. Looks nice!

01-02-2011	#1
Aurora40 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,713	I see a Corsa and I want it painted black... No stainless anymore, I want them to turn black: I finally pulled them off and painted them. I never thought the stainless looked right on the car, it was too shiny. For about the last year I've been running them with temporary "paint" that was a sort of dark gunmetal with some flake to it. I liked that a lot, but it wasn't permanent and was getting pretty rough/messy. I wasn't sure if flat black was really going to do it for me, but so far I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Hopefully it'll stay on well, I didn't want to scuff the metal up in case I ever wanted to strip the paint off. __________________ Bob Saveland Former owner of #2517 [IMG]http://a.random-image.net/aurora40/vette.jpg[/img]

01-02-2011	#2
todesengel Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: O'Fallon, Mo Posts: 738	Re: I see a Corsa and I want it painted black... stealthy

01-02-2011	#3
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,645	Re: I see a Corsa and I want it painted black... YESSSS!!!!! That's it! I think they look great. I always liked the fact that the 90's exhaust tips were unobtrusive and conversely the polished oval look of the aftermarket stuff was too loud for my taste. They look great on the 5's & 6's, but not so much on a C4 IMHO. Heck it has taken me 3yrs to get used to looking at the single oval s/s tip on my cobalt! __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

01-03-2011	#4
ammrpm Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 67	Re: I see a Corsa and I want it painted black... I think it looks good. I did something similiar on the Flowmaster exhaust I just installed. I painted the muffler and tips black. Looks nice!