Gato Negro Car Bodyshop

Gato Negro Car Bodyshop Passion for classics and quality paint & bodyworks is the foundation of this company

11/09/2026

5 AM last day before our first break in 12 months and man, these past months have been incredible with trusted clients sticking with us, new partnerships over seas, new clients becoming friends almost instantly, new opportunities granted to us giving us room to expand our wings and much much further on the quality levels and all thats already in play and needs to be sculptured into a continuous flow of perfection.

Hope life and health accompanies us many years to come cause those are looking very promising indeed. Thanks to all our old and new friends for being who you are and let’s make peoples dreams come true.

08/09/2026

So, as we got so many reactions to the Meissen Blue backdate we did I decided to post this backdate all metal build we did in a collab 3 yrs ago in a own formula blue sitting between Coppaforio and Gulf blue and lighter than the Meissen blue we just did. Why post it now and not sooner? A thing called NDA and a big stack of cash😜 ( could’ve posted it without disclosing clients as intellectual property of vid and pics is a thing in NL but respecting your collab at all times is just common courtesy) prevented me to posting this and seeing the contractor is no longer in business here we are.

Base coat as usual Axalta Cromax Centari 6000, clear coat Standox Extreme clear coat as it was dead winter when we painted it.

Long journey but well worth it. Started 3 yrs ago with the purchase in France, after that she got on the waiting list, f...
06/09/2026

Long journey but well worth it. Started 3 yrs ago with the purchase in France, after that she got on the waiting list, finally came in last year. What started as a simple paintjob soon evolved into full suspension overhaul with 100% original RS components, interior reverb light edition keeping the patina in the leather, replacing the inserts filling and light coloring of faded sections, carpet was partially replaced and brushed old to tie in with the rest of the fabrics thus maintaining the original Carrera RS script on the bulkhead fabric.

Engine needed an top end rebuild as in the past it was done on the fly method so together with our good friend Porsche mechanic extraordinaire Ronald Paul, Gio did his first Porsche RS engine in house, all under the 40+ yrs supervision of El Gran Ronaldo!

Car drives like a dream, you completely forget you’re driving a 34 year old car. The engine pulls very strong, gearbox shifts like butter, brakes like it wants to break your neck and handles…o man it handles soooo good!!! We’ve driven quite the selection of RS and Gt3’s but this one takes the cake. Soon it will go to Monaco join the rest of the collection and will be enjoyed hopefully in good health.

Big thanks to all involved and contributors to a piece of this cars history, onwards we go to make more memories.

31/08/2026

Tremendous clean up with dry ice by Ayden Dean from . This E39 is not a car we wanted to water-blast completely as the aim was to do a in depth resto/mod preserving the original underbody coating and the under the hood finish as much as possible.

Sry ice blasting gave us exactly what we were looking for: no more grease, oil residues, baked on dirt and other road grime from 26yrs of German and Swedish roads use, all gone in a blink of an eye. We can now address all issues revealed and make it a almost 0km e39 540i. After our holidays we will set up the body on a rotisserie and start with the e39 M5. Same story on that one but with a 9000km base car….

27/08/2026

in house cleaning the underbody of the 540 project. Its ultra loud but the difference after a few dry ice passes is beautiful. This saves us and the clients so much time and maintaining the original look as well. It also helps identify any issues like starting rust and/or coating issue you would be able to see by simply power washing the underbody. Next up will be wheelhouses and engine bay.

27/08/2026

Take 2…unfortunately something went wrong with the carbon substrate and it pulled pinholes across the quarters. So, repaint color wise there and reclear the whole lot to not get any masking lines. Not our fault and mo need to point fingers elsewhere just fix and be done. Bumpers 1st run and so far so good.

17/08/2026

Next step: anti corrosion protection .

15/08/2026

Simply excellent example of e39 bodyshell. Almost no rust, just light corrosion surrounding jack points, other than that happy days.

So you would say epoxy is next right? No. Not this time.
Why? Because this one will be open too long as we still have to remove the paint of roof trim gutters, window recesses and other small edges.

So, this will get a up to p320 sand just right after final mask up and be treated with U3100 etch primer followed by our trusted u7560 primer. We will work from there onwards.
The reason being the the U3100 has the best rust inhibition properties of any product on the market. Even light existing rust like sand blasted panels you waited a day too long to epoxy and starts rusting? Yes even that will be sealed in and dealt with, no rust coming back.

Epoxy is nice for immediate application after the last sanding round on larger panels but not for humid conditions or longer than 1 day open time.

14/08/2026

The e39 540-546i project is taking flight. Full bare metal built, underside and wheel housings to be dry ice blasted back to factory new., engine Apina 4.6 specs with custom headers and 100cell catalysts ( no EU requirements as it will be flown out to GCC when done, KW v3 suspension, Brembo brakes and much more tech upgrades and renovations but…let’s not forget about the interior.

None other than will take care of this just as important piece of artistry.

Silver bespoke color, luscious deep brown leather, M5 looks and performance and simply a factory new car is what the wish was and .mayer and .nl are here to comply. If you’re wondering why not just build and M5? Well…the e39 M5 build will start in September running next to this one…

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