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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: GTI_Redpath on 27 November 2013, 16:45

Title: Matt Black GTI
Post by: GTI_Redpath on 27 November 2013, 16:45
if anyone is after one

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201307247968841/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_1_year_old/page/5/keywords/gti/postcode/ne232qb/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/radius/1500/make/volkswagen/model/golf/maximum-mileage/up_to_10000_miles/advert-type/standard-listing?logcode=ucnnp

guessing this is aftermarket, wouldnt personally own a matt black car but looks awesome!
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: GTI7me on 27 November 2013, 16:58
Well i suppose it's one way to ruin the looks of the car! I do not understand matte finished cars at all. They either look unfinished or dirty. Not a good look imo!

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Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: JoeGTI on 27 November 2013, 17:06
It's probably wrapped? Unlikely to have been resprayed IMO!
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: simonpolly on 27 November 2013, 17:25
Says night blue,was this car orginally blue ?
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: noobmonkey on 27 November 2013, 18:33
Agreed, that is odd, why say Blue, when it is Black, and why spec out a costed paint only to Matt Black it.... use it for 5k... then sell it? Too much bl**dy money springs to mind! :P

Although, kinda cute... (Wouldn't do it to mine however!) :P
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: Mark V GTD on 27 November 2013, 19:28
I like the way they say "Beat the waiting list"!  I thought the waiting list was for new cars, not ones with 5,000!!
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: JamesR27 on 27 November 2013, 20:10
It just reminds me of a black board. Don't like spoils a nice car.
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: Mike S on 27 November 2013, 22:33
No thanks ! :sad:
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: stiggy786 on 27 November 2013, 23:17
Can't buy taste.

Bit cheeky from the dealer calling it a "Black Edition" complete with capital letters like it's an official title.
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: monkeyhanger on 28 November 2013, 08:08
Looks like my dad's DBP GTD when it's accumulated 350 miles of road grime by travelling up to Newcastle from Southampton.  :whistle:
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: timslim on 28 November 2013, 11:43
On the M6 Toll on Monday, I was followed by a deep Matt black Mercedes S Class - it was so black it just made you stare at it - it was like a black hole...seemed almost as if there was no car at all!
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: monsta on 28 November 2013, 13:41
To be fair those pictures are terrible, I bet it looks nicer in real life.

One of my clients does vehicle wrapping, they've got a couple of Ford Focus RS's in there which are wrapped in a really nice satin yellow colour (trust me it is nice) which carbon wrapped mirrors and other details.

Looks really smart but not practical in real life unless you own the wrapping company and then can affford to keep changing your car colour every 5 minutes but great for car shows.
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: matchboy on 28 November 2013, 15:16
My brother once had a Porsche 911 Turbo S wrapped in white (it was originally black) - cost him a few grand I think but you would never have known it was originally a black car, they did an amazing job.  He wanted to try out a white car without actually buying one.

As for the matte look, he also had at one stage a matte grey M5 - it looked the nuts, but it was an absolute pig to keep clean, and you're constantly having to clean it for eg. bird sh!te as it ruins the paintwork if you don't get it off straight away - personally, I haven't got the time to be that attentive to keeping the bodywork immaculate so I wouldn't bother.  Also, I don't really like the matte finish on a GTI, its not the kind of car that can carry off that look.
Title: Re: Matt Black GTI
Post by: Geomets on 28 November 2013, 17:42
My brother once had a Porsche 911 Turbo S wrapped in white (it was originally black) - cost him a few grand I think but you would never have known it was originally a black car, they did an amazing job.  He wanted to try out a white car without actually buying one.

As for the matte look, he also had at one stage a matte grey M5 - it looked the nuts, but it was an absolute pig to keep clean, and you're constantly having to clean it for eg. bird sh!te as it ruins the paintwork if you don't get it off straight away - personally, I haven't got the time to be that attentive to keeping the bodywork immaculate so I wouldn't bother.  Also, I don't really like the matte finish on a GTI, its not the kind of car that can carry off that look.

Definitely. If it could, VW would have offered it (that kind of paint exist within the VAG group) at a "bargain" price :laugh: