Help me choose a paint color\design!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

simthizzle · 06-26-2012, 10:14 AM

I paint for a living, and I am stuck on what to do to my truck! What do yall think? I can do pretty much anything myself. Dont know what to do; Crazy paint with flames? Soilid color with a bunch of metal flake? Racing strips? GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS!!! PLEASE!

simthizzle · 06-26-2012, 10:19 AM

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DAN66 · 06-26-2012, 10:50 AM

FLAKE! FLAKE! FLAKE!

simthizzle · 06-26-2012, 11:11 AM

Ya I was thinking a candy red with a bunch of Metal flake. Dunno tho. Here's a boat I just did. It has a bunch of flake looks sweet. You can't really see in the pic to well tho.
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simthizzle · 06-26-2012, 11:12 AM

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duallyjams · 06-26-2012, 10:26 PM

Well since it's a drag truck you could do a 60 theme with scallops and gold leaf lettering or put the flake on it so it looks like it's peeling up out of the paint.

piratexpress1369a · 06-30-2012, 12:36 AM

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i love those flames

corvettejim1968 · 06-30-2012, 12:43 AM

i always say you cant go wrong with an original paint scheme like baby blue with the white cab. something like that would look great on that truck.

markeb01 · 06-30-2012, 02:03 AM

Since all my personal cars and trucks have been black, my first answer is always gloss black! But I’m also one that appreciates white over blue or white over turquoise. Those make the truck look like a hot rodded/customized stock truck. But since your truck is so radical yet subtle, perhaps the paint should be as well. Classic and traditional root beer brown, candy apple red, or some shade of purple would look spectacular, with or without pearl, metallic, or flake added.

**aerotruk63** · 06-30-2012, 08:35 AM

Stock colors are eternal. Your truck would never go out of style yet have the viewer looking at what's been done to the truck mechanically more than the body. A patina'd look would be my preference as it would compliment the attention to detail of the mechanical system. Makes it look even tougher!

06-26-2012, 10:14 AM	#1
simthizzle Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: newalla, oklahoma Posts: 87	Help me choose a paint color\design!! I paint for a living, and I am stuck on what to do to my truck! What do yall think? I can do pretty much anything myself. Dont know what to do; Crazy paint with flames? Soilid color with a bunch of metal flake? Racing strips? GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS!!! PLEASE! Attached Images

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simthizzle Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: newalla, oklahoma Posts: 87	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! Posted via Mobile Device

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DAN66 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 92	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! FLAKE! FLAKE! FLAKE! __________________ '66 "Wrong bed" (Long stepper) 350, 4-speed '66 Shortbed Stepside, 350/TH350 www.instagram.com/d_ray_pinstriping

06-26-2012, 11:11 AM	#4
simthizzle Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: newalla, oklahoma Posts: 87	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! Ya I was thinking a candy red with a bunch of Metal flake. Dunno tho. Here's a boat I just did. It has a bunch of flake looks sweet. You can't really see in the pic to well tho. Posted via Mobile Device

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simthizzle Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: newalla, oklahoma Posts: 87	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! Posted via Mobile Device

06-26-2012, 10:26 PM	#6
duallyjams Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Deale Md Posts: 4,663	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! Well since it's a drag truck you could do a 60 theme with scallops and gold leaf lettering or put the flake on it so it looks like it's peeling up out of the paint. __________________ James 63 GMC V6 4speed carryall 65 chevy swb bbw V8 auto 68 K20 327/4 speed, buddy buckets 2002 GMC CC Dually Duramax 64 GMC lwb 3/4 V6 4speed SOLD 66 GMC swb bbw buddy buckets SOLD IG duallyjams The only thing that stays the same is constant change!

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corvettejim1968 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 946	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! i always say you cant go wrong with an original paint scheme like baby blue with the white cab. something like that would look great on that truck. __________________ Hand Made Factory reproduction A/C vents text or call 602-361-6421 Website for A/C vents https://coolc10.com/

06-30-2012, 02:03 AM	#9
markeb01 Senior Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Posts: 8,356	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! Since all my personal cars and trucks have been black, my first answer is always gloss black! But I’m also one that appreciates white over blue or white over turquoise. Those make the truck look like a hot rodded/customized stock truck. But since your truck is so radical yet subtle, perhaps the paint should be as well. Classic and traditional root beer brown, candy apple red, or some shade of purple would look spectacular, with or without pearl, metallic, or flake added. __________________ My Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444502

06-30-2012, 08:35 AM	#10
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: Help me choose a paint color\design!! Stock colors are eternal. Your truck would never go out of style yet have the viewer looking at what's been done to the truck mechanically more than the body. A patina'd look would be my preference as it would compliment the attention to detail of the mechanical system. Makes it look even tougher!

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