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special70gmc · 08-18-2005, 08:15 PM

ok hears the deal i really dont like my paint job at all i painted it myself in april ans busted my ass to get it straight enough for paint and now im so dissapointed with the color combo and style i picked, so heres what im gonna do i think........paint it flat black AGAIN!!!!

i just thought so much higher of it when it was flat, plus im goin for the bad ass look and the orange dosnt look evil enough

my question to you guys is should i go through with it? and what should i do with the style of paint? like multicolor flat/satin job od just streight out flat evil paint? tell me what you think ill include some pics of the before and soon to be look tell me what you think!! -kyle

HeavyD · 08-18-2005, 08:36 PM

I vote for plain flat black.

**tnblazerk5** · 08-18-2005, 08:37 PM

i thought you sold the truck ? or was i just thinking again

70 shorty · 08-18-2005, 08:42 PM

Don't do it! That's a damn nice looking truck as it is.

*Randy70C-10* · 08-18-2005, 09:08 PM

It looks great now, but you have to be happy with it. Do what ya gotta do.

AesC10s · 08-18-2005, 09:17 PM

Paint your truck like pick #5 but dont have the flames past the cab.

LUV2XCLR8 · 08-18-2005, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Randy70C-10

It looks great now, but you have to be happy with it. Do what ya gotta do.

67_C-30 · 08-18-2005, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by special70gmc

ok hears the deal i really dont like my paint job at all i painted it myself in april ans busted my ass to get it straight enough for paint and now im so dissapointed with the color combo and style i picked, so heres what im gonna do i think........paint it flat black AGAIN!!!!

i just thought so much higher of it when it was flat, plus im goin for the bad ass look and the orange dosnt look evil enough

my question to you guys is should i go through with it? and what should i do with the style of paint? like multicolor flat/satin job od just streight out flat evil paint? tell me what you think ill include some pics of the before and soon to be look tell me what you think!! -kyle

LOL! This is a funny post because I'm at the same place you are about the flat black. I am getting ready to paint my wrecker, and I planned to paint it a nice glossy BC/CC Black, but now I have caught the flat black bug myself. I want SOMETHING flat black, and I don't my '67 dually or my Car hauler flat, so the wrecker is the only other thing. I'm thinking of doing the rims bright red, and getting some old school looking Towing Service graphic(Haven't decided a name yet) on the door with some funky pin striping here and there.
Maybe you are crazy, but I feel your pain!

P.S. Does anyone make 9.00 - 20's in a whitewall??? j/k

**JIMs70GMC** · 08-18-2005, 10:01 PM

flat black!

Wootdog · 08-18-2005, 10:02 PM

Flat black is the way to go. I am painting my 68 Carolina Blue as we speak. I wanted it to be different. Wootdog

70c10 · 08-18-2005, 10:11 PM

Plain flat black.

shifty · 08-18-2005, 10:21 PM

Start on a new truck. That one is finished. Paint the new truck flat black!

72MARIO · 08-18-2005, 10:26 PM

I kinda like the way it looks right now.

I guess flat would be the next best thing. But why now just buy another truck and shoot it flat black and drop it ?

barn9 · 08-18-2005, 10:31 PM

Since everyone else is giving their opinion, here is what I would do: leave it like it is, but carry the orange on forward across that front fender. The flat black thing is getting a little too common for me, so I wouldn't even consider going that route, but as I said, that is just me. I think your truck looks good as it is, other than I never was sold on that front fender treatment. Be a shame to waste all that effort and good paint, but it is your truck, so do what makes you happy.

*wolfthing2000* · 08-18-2005, 10:44 PM

Flat Black, Red Wheels, Mooneye stickers, and an Indian Blanket for color.

Maybe add flame thrower exhaust!!!

brandon-n-lisa · 08-19-2005, 12:51 AM

In reply to SHIFTY............I don't know about anyone else here, but I don't care how much time or money I spend on my truck, it will most likely never be "finished"!!!!!!! LOL

Deuce · 08-19-2005, 12:52 AM

I like it the way it is. Maybe get some flaming skulls airbrushed into the front of the orange?? That would look badass!!

chevymad · 08-19-2005, 01:08 AM

Waaay back in the late 80s/early 90s I had my 68 SS chevelle painted flat black. Loved it! If I spun the tires and chipped the paint, no big deal to fix her up again. I then got a little more money and put 2 different paint jobs on it. Hated them both so much I traded the car off on an 80 stepside.. yes that's right real SS396 for a stepside pickup.. and I owed $$ on top of that. Wish I could do it all over again.

ACES · 08-19-2005, 02:16 AM

I think you should trade me trucks. Then you can paint something that needs it!

KAILUAZ · 08-19-2005, 02:30 AM

Special, I say flat black, when I saw pics of your truck before this paint job I thought it looked bad a@@!
In fact I'm going flat black myself cause I like your pics so much.

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Flat Black, Red Wheels, Mooneye stickers, and an Indian Blanket for color.

Thats what I'm talkin about, old skool!!

69 Short Fleet · 08-19-2005, 02:31 AM

Kyle. Your truck looks killer... (I don't think I'd change a thing on it). I just picked up a 71 GMC and I'm going to paint it flat black (I'm pretty sure) with a slight rake. I'm planning on American Racing Outlaw I's 10 x 15 rear & 8 x 15 fronts with chrome/billet/stainless steel accents (I sort of want to go with a 70ish look). As mentioned you shd just build another one.

Doug

camaro__thunder · 08-19-2005, 02:59 AM

My truck is going to be painted like pic#3 but with a silver Harley flame stripe between the colors inside/out, maybe clearcoat it later in life lol.

Maybe you should set these guys up for another photoshop makeover ??
I think your truck looked great with the black across the bottom though.
Or try some wicked airbrushing throughout the side that might cure you.
DO WHAT YOU WANT !

special70gmc · 08-20-2005, 09:12 AM

i think im gonna hack up the truck again and do all different things to it completely oldschool flat black red rallys mr horsepower sticker on the fender new more old looking tail lights finally install my roll cage and deffinatly lots o pinstripeing!!
thanks for all the good words i think its gonna be twice as cool as itever was! ill keep u guys posted on my progress. any other ideas i left out? i do have a old keg i could turn into either a gastank or mybe an air tank when i do bags? that might be cool give me some ideas if u got em!! thanks-kyle

BowTieMan · 08-20-2005, 06:45 PM

What ever you do dont put a hood on. It looks so mean without it.

ratrod67 · 08-20-2005, 07:24 PM

I vote you leave it. That truck is one of my favorites on this site. You need to post more pics though.

08-18-2005, 08:15 PM	#1
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	repaint time!! ur gonna think im nutz ok hears the deal i really dont like my paint job at all i painted it myself in april ans busted my ass to get it straight enough for paint and now im so dissapointed with the color combo and style i picked, so heres what im gonna do i think........paint it flat black AGAIN!!!! i just thought so much higher of it when it was flat, plus im goin for the bad ass look and the orange dosnt look evil enough my question to you guys is should i go through with it? and what should i do with the style of paint? like multicolor flat/satin job od just streight out flat evil paint? tell me what you think ill include some pics of the before and soon to be look tell me what you think!! -kyle Attached Images __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

08-18-2005, 08:36 PM	#2
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,180	I vote for plain flat black. __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"

08-18-2005, 08:42 PM	#4
70 shorty Where's my beer? Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 1,772	Don't do it! That's a damn nice looking truck as it is. __________________ 70 C10, shortstep, .30 over 250,Hurst shifted 3 spd parts hauler. Holley 390, Clifford Intake, Header, ported cylinder head, unknown bigger cam. 79 Corvette L82, 4 spd, black, red interior, headers, flowmasters, and unkown bigger cam. '03 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.0 4x4 daily driver. 165K miles, and runs great '08 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 155K

08-18-2005, 10:01 PM	#9
JIMs70GMC user # 2756 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia Posts: 4,612	flat black! __________________ 1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs 1986 K5, 350/465/208 Dana 60/14 bolt from a cucv 36" Super Swampers TSL/SX 1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears 1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now..... 1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone. 1981 K30, 350/465/205 dana 60 and dually 14 bolt. Has a G80, and a flat bed. Going to replace the flat bed. 1985 K20, 350/400/208 10 bolt and SF 14 bolt. I wonder where I can find some 1 tons. Hmmmmm

08-18-2005, 10:02 PM	#10
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,677	You gotta be happy. Flat black is the way to go. I am painting my 68 Carolina Blue as we speak. I wanted it to be different. Wootdog __________________ 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

08-18-2005, 08:37 PM	#3
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	i thought you sold the truck ? or was i just thinking again

08-18-2005, 09:08 PM	#5
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	It looks great now, but you have to be happy with it. Do what ya gotta do.

08-18-2005, 09:17 PM	#6
AesC10s Chevy truck addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Thornton Colorado Posts: 825	Paint your truck like pick #5 but dont have the flames past the cab.

08-18-2005, 10:11 PM	#11
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,857	Plain flat black. __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

08-18-2005, 10:21 PM	#12
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Start on a new truck. That one is finished. Paint the new truck flat black! __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

08-18-2005, 10:26 PM	#13
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	I kinda like the way it looks right now. I guess flat would be the next best thing. But why now just buy another truck and shoot it flat black and drop it ? __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

08-18-2005, 10:31 PM	#14
barn9 Half a bubble off! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Winfield, Ks, USA Posts: 5,588	Since everyone else is giving their opinion, here is what I would do: leave it like it is, but carry the orange on forward across that front fender. The flat black thing is getting a little too common for me, so I wouldn't even consider going that route, but as I said, that is just me. I think your truck looks good as it is, other than I never was sold on that front fender treatment. Be a shame to waste all that effort and good paint, but it is your truck, so do what makes you happy. __________________ Just call me LB. '71 Cheyenne, 402BB, hauls blondes, brunettes, or redheads.

08-18-2005, 10:44 PM	#15
wolfthing2000 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,276	Flat Black, Red Wheels, Mooneye stickers, and an Indian Blanket for color. Maybe add flame thrower exhaust!!!

08-19-2005, 12:51 AM	#16
brandon-n-lisa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Red Oak, Texas Posts: 26	In reply to SHIFTY............I don't know about anyone else here, but I don't care how much time or money I spend on my truck, it will most likely never be "finished"!!!!!!! LOL __________________ 69 C10 LWB 350CI "3 on the tree"

08-19-2005, 12:52 AM	#17
Deuce Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Calgary, Alberta,Canada Posts: 1,595	I like it the way it is. Maybe get some flaming skulls airbrushed into the front of the orange?? That would look badass!! __________________ I know what your thinking.......I have ESPN. Sometimes it's easier to do things the hard way. Fesler Built 1968 Chevy C10....Must resist the urge to mess with it!!



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08-19-2005, 01:08 AM	#18
chevymad Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: skamokawa, WA, USA Posts: 527	Waaay back in the late 80s/early 90s I had my 68 SS chevelle painted flat black. Loved it! If I spun the tires and chipped the paint, no big deal to fix her up again. I then got a little more money and put 2 different paint jobs on it. Hated them both so much I traded the car off on an 80 stepside.. yes that's right real SS396 for a stepside pickup.. and I owed $$ on top of that. Wish I could do it all over again.

08-19-2005, 02:16 AM	#19
ACES Life is a gamble Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lee's Summit, MO Posts: 796	I think you should trade me trucks. Then you can paint something that needs it! __________________ 1970 Orange CST C-10 w/350, posi, Longbed The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

08-19-2005, 02:31 AM	#21
69 Short Fleet Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 1,086	Kyle. Your truck looks killer... (I don't think I'd change a thing on it). I just picked up a 71 GMC and I'm going to paint it flat black (I'm pretty sure) with a slight rake. I'm planning on American Racing Outlaw I's 10 x 15 rear & 8 x 15 fronts with chrome/billet/stainless steel accents (I sort of want to go with a 70ish look). As mentioned you shd just build another one. Doug

08-19-2005, 02:59 AM	#22
camaro__thunder Epoxy Primer Friendly Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South of Houston TEXXXAS Posts: 680	My truck is going to be painted like pic#3 but with a silver Harley flame stripe between the colors inside/out, maybe clearcoat it later in life lol. Maybe you should set these guys up for another photoshop makeover ?? I think your truck looked great with the black across the bottom though. Or try some wicked airbrushing throughout the side that might cure you. DO WHAT YOU WANT ! __________________ My Project 69 SWB SHAVED BAGGED DOORED Last edited by camaro__thunder; 08-19-2005 at 03:01 AM.

08-20-2005, 09:12 AM	#23
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	i think im gonna hack up the truck again and do all different things to it completely oldschool flat black red rallys mr horsepower sticker on the fender new more old looking tail lights finally install my roll cage and deffinatly lots o pinstripeing!! thanks for all the good words i think its gonna be twice as cool as itever was! ill keep u guys posted on my progress. any other ideas i left out? i do have a old keg i could turn into either a gastank or mybe an air tank when i do bags? that might be cool give me some ideas if u got em!! thanks-kyle __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

08-20-2005, 06:45 PM	#24
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	What ever you do dont put a hood on. It looks so mean without it. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

08-20-2005, 07:24 PM	#25
ratrod67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 2,270	I vote you leave it. That truck is one of my favorites on this site. You need to post more pics though.

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