Black or umm 'not black'??

[Flying Scotsman]

An update on my Nova.
Recently fabbed up a front air dam in aluminum to head toward that vintage SCCA vibe i'm shooting for...should I leave it raw (brushed) aluminum or paint it flat black?
I seem to be getting an overwhelming 'paint it' on stevesnovasite.com, so thought i'd throw it to you guys.

Chris

raw (cleared) aluminum....



and a quick P/S black...

[jy211]

if you like it raw, leave it. But if it was mine, I'd paint it

[whytry]

If you were to leave it brushed I'd try to find a way to make it still retain the aluminum look. It kinda looks likes it been primered and cleared to me in the pics. I would not have know it was aluminum if you did not say it.

I'd paint it if the picture is not deceiving...

[Flying Scotsman]

Originally Posted by whytry

If you were to leave it brushed I'd try to find a way to make it still retain the aluminum look. It kinda looks likes it been primered and cleared to me in the pics. I would not have know it was aluminum if you did not say it.

I'd paint it if the picture is not deceiving...

You are right. For some reason it does look dull in these pics - thanks to the weird light i

[Stuart Adams]

Black.

[7TSS]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

Black.

2x

[BallnRods]

Originally Posted by jy211

if you like it raw, leave it. But if it was mine, I'd paint it

I agree.

[JeffT]

It actually looks white to me in the first pic. I'd paint it black, the second pic looks much better imo.

[brownz]

Originally Posted by 7TSS

2x

x3. but thats the cool part when you own a car you can do what you want. car looks great

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

if you kept it raw i think that this would be cool..

take some scotchbrite to your bumpers and give them that brushed look to match..

that would be awesome.

but if that wasnt an option.. id say paint it black..