I realize this ones probably been beat down before...and i realize its my decision.... but I just can't decide. I want to repaint my car. Mainly because i just got the stillen kit, and theres a few door dings and dents so i figured I might as well paint the whole thing. The question is, do i repaint it stock white, or do i paint it black. Black has always been my first choice....but if i go with black, should i go with stock black maxima paint...or something else. Anyone know of a really nice looking black? Not really too hot on the flat black look tho. any input or opinions would be appreciated.

 

Go with your first choice!! You cannot go wrong with stock maxima black in my honest opinion..

 

Black, Blackitty Black Black!!!!

 

I would say white because it will be cheaper for you... if you do a black paint job then you have to get the inside of the doors painted, and under the hood and trunk and the white still looks really nice. I would get a white paint job and save some money for something that actually makes your car faster.

 

We don't need anymore black maxes... lol

 

Both!



White if you want to get away with not washing it as much

Black if you dont mind washing it (and buffing to remove swirls), but have a looking car.

 

I think both have their pros and cons.
Black = swirl marks... White = those little red/rust speckles that don't seem to come out too well. and one would think that black dirt would show up more on a white car then black dirt on a black car.....or am i way off here? but then again, ive owned 3 white cars and no black cars.....only dark green.

 

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so black vs white with stillen kits........your choice, but id go with stock black..it truely is sweet, but white is a close second place.....white would be the easiest and save you alot of money, i mean do you know how expensive a paint job will be?

 

As of now, I dont. But the body shop owner is pretty tight with my dad and has cut me plenty of deals in the past. plus i do what i can...like removing headlights,door panels and such to save on labor...usually end up with a pretty good deal in the end. I'm gonna talk to him tomorrow and see what he comes up with.

do you guys think the engine bay should be done as well? I mean how awkward would it look to have a black car with a white engine bay? and is there a logical way to do that without pulling the engine?

 

Hmm.... the engine bay would be an odd thing to paint, because like you know there is ALOT of stuff in the way... i would say that your chances of painting the engine bay black are pretty small.

 

dont leave out anything that can be seen unpainted, that makes your cars value go down hill. this guy may cut you a deal, but thats a lot of work and still gonna be alot of money. i mean a maaco job(worst ever) is gonna be like close to 1500 to get the whole thing black

 

My first choice would be Aztec Red, but I am biased

Actually, I am going to have to go with mtnbikeair on this one -- just stay with white. If you want to do something a little different, add some blue pearl to it. White with tinted windows and chrome or black rims looks hot. Plus, it would cost a lot more to have under the hood and inside the doors painted, too. If you leave them, it looks ghetto, like an Earl Scheib paint job or something.

 

Yeah bassicaly if you go black do it right and it will look decent.I do also like the white maxes.. If mine was white instead of black I would keep it white.

You could also do something else to the white,put a pearl in it or something so it is not just "white" I am putting a cobalt blue candy overtop of my black once I finnaly get all the work done.

BJ white

 

I thought about repainting my stock black to white when I first got it. But the hassle of prepping and painting door jambs, engine bay, and everything else was too much for me. Besides... Black is beautiful. Keep it.

 

I would repaint it white mainly because painting it any new color will almost never turn out that good. There is going to be white showing somewhere and it won't look right. My 2 cents.

 

With the prices 3rd generations are going for you could seriously buy a whole maxima, a black one if you wanted, for around the same price as a black paint job on your white car, providing you got a some what decent paint job.

 

i say paint it white, save the money you would have waisted on a black paint job and drop your maxima to tha flooor

 

Dude, go black if you have a good body shop in mind. If you are going the mayco route then get white. Black looks so much nicer.

 

I orginially voted for painting it black but after reading and agreeing with many posts here, I say keep it white. It's not worth the $$ imo.

 

Chris and Jason have already done that

 

i'd say go white if u're getting a stillen kit.
cuz' the only thing i don't like about a white maxima is the black bit around the bottom of the car.. once u cover it up with a painted kit, then i think it looks very nice..

 

Yeah, i am honestly starting to sway away from the black idea myself after reading what all of you have said. i would love to have black, but I think there is just too many what if's....and finding a black maxima would probably be the easier route, but i highly doubt ill find one with less then 50k on it at any rate i think i may just go with white and set it off with the carbon fiber hood. Does Fiber images still sell them....and for how much?

 

paint it both!
leave the car white, paint the doors black (or the other way around)
this way you get an old school cop car looking popo max!

 

Black on white......paint the kit black and repaint the car white,

 

You got to go black, but like a lot of people around here, I have a biased opinion

 

definatly go for pearl black ;-)

 

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BobbyD-

You know that no matter what color you paint your car, you will still suck. I'd say Black dood, you'd love it. Go get a pic in Rocky Mnt. Natl Park...I got some good car shots up there! You in town yet?

 

painting under the hood, trunk and door jambs is a pain and adds a lot to the cost of the paint job. It can be done though...

I woke up one saturday and started taking stuff off the fender wells and such and painted my engine bay in a matter of a couple of hours.

One pic here



and of course you can check out pics where I had it taped, and masked off here:

click for more engine bay paint.

 

black is deffinitely the sweetest color if you've got the money to spend on that whole paint job, go for it!

 

So what happened to your blue car then?

 

haha whatever twinky *****....I have a sweeet pick from up there...tis in my sig. Yeah, im only here till thursday tho....then its off to europe for 2 weeks.

and awsm66, ive learked around your site for a while now tryin to see exactly what you did with the engine bay. Just seems like there would be sooo much to remove out of the way to make it look halfway decent....and i guess my main concern is...if i go black...what happens the first time someone scrapes their door across mine....am i going to have the white from underneath showing through?

 

id say paint it black, mine needs a paint job, i have black streaks down my car that i CANNOT get of, is there a cheap way to remove them without re-painting???

 

Without knowing what the 'black streaks' are it's hard to tell. You might want to start with a fine buffing compound and see how that works.

 

go for something custom, like "bayside blue" from the skyline or maybe "laguna seca blue" from the m3. but if your only choices are black or white, go for black, much cooler

 

I think white looks good because you have the tint and smoked rear. But then again black would too...

 

Ok after much thought...... I still say black! That is, if and I mean IF spending the $$$ to get it one right is not a big consern. If cash is short, do the prepwork yourself and get the stock white resprayed, not as cool but but bang for the buck.

 

White all the way.

 

I'd say black looks way cool, but depends on the climate where you live. I live in CA, and drove a black Maxima for a day (rental) and ended up buying a white one, after frying everytime I came back to the black one in a parking lot. I've got a friend with black SE and leather seats, and you can't sit in it after it's out in the sun for while.

Still I hated getting white, even tho it's more practical.

 

I'd go with black, it will look much better, but I guess it really depends on the budget.