pick me a pint colour!!

[chevy_mud_84]

ok guys time to paint my truck!! i have an 84 chev shortbox stepside... give me some ideas of what to paint it...what looks good what doesnt... different paint designs things like that, even some pics of other ppls rigs for some ideas. thanks.

 

[1985_K5_Silverado]

ok guys time to paint my truck!! i have an 84 chev shortbox stepside... give me some ideas of what to paint it...what looks good what doesnt... different paint designs things like that, even some pics of other ppls rigs for some ideas. thanks.

Flat black is always spiffy-looking.

 

[zeroz400]

Fire engine red!

 

[bigbluesuburban]

This is a really personal choice. I am a huge fan of the RATROD look. Satin Black with Red or White pinstriping. And if you do it and I don't like it I didn't waste the paint on my truck, And if I do like it, hey, your in Canada so noone will say, "Hey I just saw a truck with a paint job just like that" So it's really just win/win for me.

 

[chevy_mud_84]

ive got black rims if that helps with some ideas.

 

[1985_K5_Silverado]

ive got black rims if that helps with some ideas.

Here's a pic of black wheels under a flat black K5, and it looks great. It's for sale (not by me), but it might give you some ideas for your own.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170249

 

[NoReGrEtS]

flat black all the way!!!!

 

[colbystephens]

here's flat black w/ black wheels.

http://web.pdx.edu/~colbys/poser%20shot.JPG

here's the hood with the stencil laid in place. i don't have any pics uploaded to the web w/ the final paint job on the hood. i cold post an attatchment, but since you're not a member you can't see it.

http://web.pdx.edu/~colbys/phoenix%20hood.jpg

 

[Citizen Rider]

This is a really personal choice. I am a huge fan of the RATROD look. Satin Black with Red or White pinstriping.

Agreed! Some white pinstriping may be coming soon

 

[NoReGrEtS]

what aboot pink its the new black

 

[Chevy305]

I vote against the flat black paint jobs done in the backyard. Here is a picture of my truck:





I vote not for white, but for a two tone of bright corvette red and black with all black wheels, mirrors, grille, and bumpers. With everything very shiny

Oh, and if I repaint, I will probably stay with white, but add black graphics.

 

[Cmoe]

From the movie "Hooper"

Or their was Rocky's truck from The Rockford Files..

 

[beater_k20]

I vote against the flat black paint jobs done in the backyard. Here is a picture of my truck:



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I vote not for white, but for a two tone of bright corvette red and black with all black wheels, mirrors, grille, and bumpers. With everything very shiny

Oh, and if I repaint, I will probably stay with white, but add black graphics.

shiny is all well and good for a truck that wont get "used" like most of us do here. once you start beatin it in the rocks, and in the woods, you get trail stripes, and they look terrible on shiny paint. at least with a flat paint, or rattle can, they're easy touchup.

is your frame bent? it sure looks like it,

 

[johnathan]

Agreed! Some white pinstriping may be coming soon

What kinda paint did you use?

 

[Chevy305]

shiny is all well and good for a truck that wont get "used" like most of us do here. once you start beatin it in the rocks, and in the woods, you get trail stripes, and they look terrible on shiny paint. at least with a flat paint, or rattle can, they're easy touchup.

is your frame bent? it sure looks like it,

No, frame is sound, it is just a 1/2 colapsted body mount.

 

[Citizen Rider]

What kinda paint did you use?

Rustoleum professional flat black paint.

 

[78Suburban]

Agreed! Some white pinstriping may be coming soon

VERY, VERY nice! Did you mix up the rustoleum from a gallon can and use a spray gun? or did you use spray cans? If you mixed it, what ratio of mineral spirits did you use?
thanks,
James