Zinc-plated steel sheets extensively used in the automotive industry, particularly on body parts which are usually produced by stamping processes, such as deep drawing and blanking, are known to often cause flakes and powdering and consequent adhesion onto the tool when used without heavy lubricants. With heavy lubricants, strong degreasing agents must be used, which is detrimental to the environment. Accordingly, in an effort to achieve deep drawing of zinc-plated steel sheets either with a very light lubricant or, better yet, with no lubricant at all, various deep drawing dies, including those coated with amorphous hard carbon coatings such as DLC (diamond-like carbon) and WC/C (hard amorphous hydrogenated carbon), were subjected to a tribological test using a ball-on-disc tribometer, as well as to a field test. These amorphous hard carbon coatings showed excellent performance in terms of basic tribological properties. Furthermore, the results of the field test, in which the work material was deep drawn with no lubrication for 5000 operations using the WC/C coating, showed that even with no lubrication the coating can effectively reduce the chance of powdering that can cause surface damage or wrinkles over the cup product, thereby prolonging the die life.