Roof Paint, where does it start/stop? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

k5kev · 07-14-2008, 06:25 PM

I'm in the process of having my Burb painted, and am going with white on the roof and blue everywhere else. My question is where should the white start/stop. How did it come from the factory on a two tone? Should the white wrap all the way around the drip rail, or should the blue come up the vertical face of the drip rail?

I looked at a lot of pics here but they can be hard to see, and not to mention there are a lot of non-stock paint jobs.

Thanks for the help guys.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 07-14-2008, 08:27 PM

The blue on your truck should cover the vertical part of the lip of the roof.

Here is a picture of my son's Burb.

Jim

k5kev · 07-15-2008, 07:03 PM

Thanks Jim. That's what I thought,... and I was leaning towards doing it that way even if it wasn't how the factory did it.

MrGoodpliers · 07-16-2008, 09:13 AM

At the rear, I have seen two different ways and I think they are both factory. One is to stop it at the roof seam at the top of the c-pillar, and the other is to bring the top color down below the glass on the hatch to the bottom of the drip rail.

2nd_wnd · 07-16-2008, 02:39 PM

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07-14-2008, 06:25 PM	#1
k5kev New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 304	Roof Paint, where does it start/stop? I'm in the process of having my Burb painted, and am going with white on the roof and blue everywhere else. My question is where should the white start/stop. How did it come from the factory on a two tone? Should the white wrap all the way around the drip rail, or should the blue come up the vertical face of the drip rail? I looked at a lot of pics here but they can be hard to see, and not to mention there are a lot of non-stock paint jobs. Thanks for the help guys. Attached Images

07-14-2008, 08:27 PM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Re: Roof Paint, where does it start/stop? The blue on your truck should cover the vertical part of the lip of the roof. Here is a picture of my son's Burb. Jim Attached Images __________________ 1971 Shortbox step side 4x4, 350 sbc, 3:07 rear end 1965 Impala SS 400 sbc, Muncie rock crusher 1966 Impala SS 396 bbc, TH 400 1969 El Camino, 350 sbc, TH 350 1971 Snowplow built on a Blazer frame 1972 GMC Short bed, stepside, TH 400, 427 BBC

07-15-2008, 07:03 PM	#3
k5kev New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 304	Re: Roof Paint, where does it start/stop? Thanks Jim. That's what I thought,... and I was leaning towards doing it that way even if it wasn't how the factory did it.

07-16-2008, 09:13 AM	#4
MrGoodpliers Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Gainesville, Georgia Posts: 704	Re: Roof Paint, where does it start/stop? At the rear, I have seen two different ways and I think they are both factory. One is to stop it at the roof seam at the top of the c-pillar, and the other is to bring the top color down below the glass on the hatch to the bottom of the drip rail. __________________ We made Oklahoma a little after 3, Randy & his brother Bob & my old GMC...

07-16-2008, 02:39 PM	#5
2nd_wnd Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winston Salem, NC Posts: 310	Re: Roof Paint, where does it start/stop? here's the back of mine __________________ 72 LWB



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