Paint scheme help/advice

[biohazardbill]

65 Suburban / Laying Frame

We plan on going flat black with the suburban itself, we have Coy C5 flat black wheels.

Bumpers will be painted flat black as well. Need advise on painting the grille. We have a GMC grille going in, thinking Chrome would be the way to go however finding a chrome grille or a grille in good enough shape to have chromed seems not to be an easy task. So now we are considering just painting the grille. If we paint it flat black would be overkill i think so looking at other options. White I think would be too much contrast for my taste, possibly thinking of maybe a flat gun metal grey or something of the sort.

Ideas?

[hopped up]

i think black wouldnt look right. id do white or off white. a nice contrast really helps bring the car together. but id do the bumpers to match the grill
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[biohazardbill]

you mean black grille or black burban?

[markeb01]

At one point my truck was all black. Even though it was gloss lacquer, after a while I just thought it was too much and looked boring.



I went back to white in the front both for appearance and for safety, because it can be seen for miles with the contrast of the white grille and bumper, and at the time I did a lot of driving on two lane roads.

I like the idea of gunmetal. I thought about doing my grille and bumper in high gloss metallic car paint. There are a variety of new cars that have some shade of that color to pick from. Not the harsh contrast of white, but enough color to bring out the details. Since my truck is flat now, I would still go for gloss on the bumpers and grille regardless of color. Like having chrome trim, having some shiny paint to compliment all that flat gives the overall appearance a little more zip.

[burbluv]

Mark I think we need to see an evolutionary timeline of your truck. It is incredible how much it has changed! I really think you have somehow morphed into the perfect mix how it sits now.
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[gimmy 64]

how about you have it powder coated the chrome.it looks shiny but not really chrome. i had a couple of place's quote me like $200 for grill and headlight covers

[Narxoleptic Customs]

Gloss dark gun metal grill, front & rear bumper and area between the rear taillights... Maybe even the roof and wheels....
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[markeb01]

Originally Posted by burbluv

Mark I think we need to see an evolutionary timeline of your truck. It is incredible how much it has changed! I really think you have somehow morphed into the perfect mix how it sits now.
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I sure could have saved a lot of effort and money if I knew how I wanted it to turn out in the first place. The truth is the journey has been an evolutionary education, and I’m just glad it got mostly finished before early retirement.

[biohazardbill]

Hadnt thought about nor known about "Chrome Powder Coat" so I did a little research. I found an ATV forum that talked about it. Below is a pic of some springs that were redone a red chrome to match the wheel ring. Best part is the shop that did these springs is like 15 miles from my house I will go and talk with them Monday to see what they think they could pull off.