For some reason, I'm thinking that it wasn't actually rubber, but it was a paint-product that gave this 'rubber' effect. Can anyone confirm?

I was just wondering what a black 'rubber' car with various gloss accents would look like!

Thet were a foamy sort of rubber that would soak up water and make the tailgate smack you on the back of the head when you were trying to put a small fridge freezer in the back.

it was a foam rubber i painted one silly me it flaked off in weeks .

They had very similar ones on the tailgates of MK3 Capris too - definitely some kind of rubber which, if I recall, was almost impossible to clean successfully - especially when they developed a seemingly inevitable light covering of moss....

Ahhhh... all becomes more clear - ta!

Any other matt black paint types?

you could always use Blackboard paint, then you can alter the look of your car day to day with some coloured chalk

Cool!

I'm now thinking about the matte black paint on Aprilia RSV-R's...

or how about that matt black paint on those old lockheed bombers that remained un-detectable on radar!!!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird.jpg/180px-

[Edited on 4/9/08 by AndyGT]

[Edited on 4/9/08 by AndyGT]

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Originally posted by owelly
Thet were a foamy sort of rubber that would soak up water and make the tailgate smack you on the back of the head when you were trying to put a small fridge freezer in the back.

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saw a porsche 911 gt3 rs at the ring with matt black paint. Think ferrari also have matt black, probably expensive.

Matt black paint as used on tanks around Europe
http://www.anchorsupplies.com/paint.htm