murdering out - would you?

[ingenieur]

I'll admit, I did once 'murder out' a car... but I got it for free as a non-runner and I painted all the trim and lights black and tinted the windows and lowered it as well. But it was for comedy reasons, not because I thought it was 'cool' or whatever.

Look at the state of this Merc: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225019687013

It would be so much better if it hadn't been what I consider ruined.

[anonymous-user]

You’re right, it looks absolutely terrible. There’s a chap up the road from me done similar to a new Range Rover Sport SVR. He’s a middle aged white bloke who wears a suit to work. It’s tragic.

[whp1983]

No…. I can see attraction if you’re a yoof (we all do that) but not now I’ve grown up

Some look good as a static moody photo but in real
Life all look awful

[996Keef]

Looks alright to me, at least the lights aren't smoked.

Easily reversed if you're in the market to buy

[w00tman]

Utterly dreadful

[TonyRPH]

Never mind the "triple black", the last MOT failure was shocking.

[M.F.D]

Lose the limo tints and that's actually ok IMO.

I cannot chrome trim in black cars though.

[James_33]

Drug dealer spec.

[0ddball]

I had no idea what murdering out was, but considering its something the innit bruv types would likely say, I knew it would look ste. Stereotyping works.

[Ussrcossack]

It should have eastern European plates

[Nickbrapp]

I have never seen it look good, I just don’t get the appeal of all black, it’s tragic but I prefer light colour cars


It’s always a bit small town drug dealer, on a old A3 TDI or a 1 series

[The spinner of plates]

Looks crap and a bit try hard imo

[donkmeister]

That's Mick Jagger's old car isn't it? The order form was simply:

"I see an E-Class and I want it painted black.
The windows wheels and trim, just make the whole thing black..."

I was going to ask if the owner is a goth, but then I remembered even Marilyn Manson's Lincoln Continental hasn't got blacked out trim.

[AC43]

ingenieur said:

I'll admit, I did once 'murder out' a car... but I got it for free as a non-runner and I painted all the trim and lights black and tinted the windows and lowered it as well. But it was for comedy reasons, not because I thought it was 'cool' or whatever.

Look at the state of this Merc: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225019687013

It would be so much better if it hadn't been what I consider ruined.

That is utterly gruesome.

I'm not a fan of black wheels at the best of times, but when the OEM's were originally silver, 1,000 times no.

Same goes for the chrome trim. Painting it black just removes all the character and detailing. Just no.

[Jimmy No Hands]

Going against the grain here - I love it.

[Muddle238]

Black on black on black is a bit unimaginative in my view. Painting/wrapping everything black just makes it look like a drug dealer jelly mold, which weirdly some people aspire to.

However, black when kept clean and with an appropriate amount of chrome or brightwork can be a very classy thing, IMO. I just don’t understand the attraction to “black packs” from manufacturers where everything ends up being blacked out; it just makes it look like a base spec car where you get plain black plastic instead of any form of brightwork.

[Clarkedontgo]

Guy I work with paints the wheels black on every car he buys, even a f 430!, he genuinely thinks it looks better and thinks everyone else is wrong , he’s middle aged

[ChocolateFrog]

ajap1979 said:

You’re right, it looks absolutely terrible. There’s a chap up the road from me done similar to a new Range Rover Sport SVR. He’s a middle aged white bloke who wears a suit to work. It’s tragic.

I wonder if I saw the same car the other day, just waiting at the lights for the parkway junction of the M1 in Sheffield.

Every bit of it was black, not a fan.

[smokeey]

No.

I definitely wouldn’t use the phrase “murdered out” either.

[ingenieur]

Here's another one. Newer model but it's been for sale for ages and probably will stay on the market a while longer: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374095369951