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no1udknow · 02-10-2015, 03:01 PM

hey everyone, I found this image of a photochopped paint job and it was black and red, so I photochopped it again to meet my monochrome palette. just wondering what you think. I personally like it, but lots of folks tell me it's too much?

Marty68 · 02-10-2015, 03:07 PM

looks good to me but i thinki would like it better if it was done with black on top and a DARK charcoal lower with the flames bein a "ghost pearl"
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**67 cst swb** · 02-10-2015, 03:08 PM

But, you have to do the truck to match a cool paint job. You can't have a bunch of crap quality elsewhere on the truck and expect a nice paint job to save the people from laughing at you.
Its about the whole enchilada, not just the sauce on the top.

no1udknow · 02-10-2015, 03:27 PM

I agree cst. Just trying to plan ahead, purchase paint etc. I definately have a lot of other work to do still, but I am inching in progress.

BugzC10 · 02-10-2015, 03:46 PM

DO IT!!!

alsriv2 · 02-10-2015, 03:50 PM

That is a sharp looking paint scheme there. If your truck can stand up to the expectations of what is under that paint, then go for it.

GRX · 02-10-2015, 05:23 PM

Not a fan of crab claw shaped stenciled flames at all, but those are not too bad since they are swept long.

ElKotze · 02-10-2015, 06:32 PM

I always liked flame jobs, I just don't know if they would grow old pretty quick......

Hubscrub · 02-10-2015, 07:10 PM

I like flames but I like the multicolored old school type, my wife is a flame freak she had them on the last two trucks she owned. but it looks good to me.

WarMonger · 02-10-2015, 07:14 PM

I like it, but once you do a really really nice paint job, you start getting afraid to park it places. You end up being on of those guys who parks 90 miles away so you dont get a door ding. I do like the paint scheme though.

aod92 · 02-10-2015, 07:27 PM

I think it looks nice, but simple paint jobs are timeless. I would hate to paint something like that, spending all kinds of money and regreting it a couple years down the road.

SS Tim · 02-10-2015, 08:10 PM

Classic "gloss" black is timeless and hard to beat. Plus the money you save could add to the fun under the hood.

Mock1 · 02-10-2015, 08:18 PM

These are all true and honest comments, but its really gonna set it off if you do the flame scheme throughout the truck. Have you ever done a paint job? Dont mean to question your skills if you have just wonderin.
I have, and I hated all the freekin work. Three solid weeks, 12 -14 hours a day. $3000. It was awsome, for about two months. Drivin, loadin on the trailer, wrenchin on it, racin it, bugs, bird crap, slingin rocks at it with the weed whipper, all just trashed the paint.
They say hind sight is 20/20, I did it just to say I did it.
If thats what your into and it makes you happy, go for it.

Chucks72Longbed · 02-10-2015, 08:27 PM

I'm not a big fan of flames but I never thought of monochromatic. I think it looks great. I would do it if I wasn't just building a daily driver. Thanks for posting it.

View Poll Results: DO you like it
Hells yes! it's bad@$$	13	35.14%
it's cool but not my thing.	21	56.76%
Noooo... their all gonna laugh at you!	3	8.11%
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02-10-2015, 03:01 PM	#1
no1udknow Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sacramento,California Posts: 696	Paint poll hey everyone, I found this image of a photochopped paint job and it was black and red, so I photochopped it again to meet my monochrome palette. just wondering what you think. I personally like it, but lots of folks tell me it's too much? Attached Images __________________ Built not bought! My dad always tried to convince me HEI was pointless! Welding is a lot like sex, you don't have to be great with the rod as long as you thoroughly prep the surface and your good at grinding My build : 68 C10 Short Bed Conversion

02-10-2015, 03:07 PM	#2
Marty68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: west coast, Wi Posts: 534	Re: Paint poll looks good to me but i thinki would like it better if it was done with black on top and a DARK charcoal lower with the flames bein a "ghost pearl" .

02-10-2015, 03:08 PM	#3
67 cst swb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 2,281	Re: Paint poll But, you have to do the truck to match a cool paint job. You can't have a bunch of crap quality elsewhere on the truck and expect a nice paint job to save the people from laughing at you. Its about the whole enchilada, not just the sauce on the top. __________________ My Trucks: 1967 Chevrolet Short Wide Box 327 TH350 9" w/3.90 gears paint will be White - Current Project 1967 Chevrolet Custom LWB 283 TH400 3.73 Posi, no-AC, no-PS, no-PB, bench-seat, small-window - mostly orig driver 1967 Chevrolet CST LWB originally a 327 TH400 3.73 Posi AC PS PB, had Buddy Buckets, Small Window - parts truck 1967 Chevrolet CST LWB, 283 MT 3.73 had Buddy Buckets, Panoramic Window - parts truck 2001 Chevrolet 3500 2WD Crew Cab Dually 8.1L Allison White

02-10-2015, 03:27 PM	#4
no1udknow Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sacramento,California Posts: 696	Re: Paint poll I agree cst. Just trying to plan ahead, purchase paint etc. I definately have a lot of other work to do still, but I am inching in progress. __________________ Built not bought! My dad always tried to convince me HEI was pointless! Welding is a lot like sex, you don't have to be great with the rod as long as you thoroughly prep the surface and your good at grinding My build : 68 C10 Short Bed Conversion

02-10-2015, 03:46 PM	#5
BugzC10 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Rose Hill Kansas Posts: 1,351	Re: Paint poll DO IT!!! __________________ 1970 C10 Short Stepper with 71/72 front clip.

02-10-2015, 03:50 PM	#6
alsriv2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formerly MD and San Diego, now loving life in Arizona Posts: 1,636	Re: Paint poll That is a sharp looking paint scheme there. If your truck can stand up to the expectations of what is under that paint, then go for it. __________________ Alan 2012 Ram 3500 Dually Crew Cab 6.7 Cummins 2014 Palomino Columbus 340RK 5th wheel '69 Chevy C10 396BB

02-10-2015, 05:23 PM	#7
GRX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: MD Posts: 1,937	Re: Paint poll Not a fan of crab claw shaped stenciled flames at all, but those are not too bad since they are swept long. __________________ 1969 c-10 Step Side Long Bed. I-6 250cid = = 1969 Pontiac GTO hard top. 400, 4-speed.

02-10-2015, 06:32 PM	#8
ElKotze Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Southwest Kansas Posts: 306	Re: Paint poll I always liked flame jobs, I just don't know if they would grow old pretty quick......

02-10-2015, 07:10 PM	#9
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Paint poll I like flames but I like the multicolored old school type, my wife is a flame freak she had them on the last two trucks she owned. but it looks good to me. __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

02-10-2015, 07:14 PM	#10
WarMonger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 818	Re: Paint poll I like it, but once you do a really really nice paint job, you start getting afraid to park it places. You end up being on of those guys who parks 90 miles away so you dont get a door ding. I do like the paint scheme though.

02-10-2015, 07:27 PM	#11
aod92 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Plainfield il. Posts: 643	Re: Paint poll I think it looks nice, but simple paint jobs are timeless. I would hate to paint something like that, spending all kinds of money and regreting it a couple years down the road.

02-10-2015, 08:10 PM	#12
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,503	Re: Paint poll Classic "gloss" black is timeless and hard to beat. Plus the money you save could add to the fun under the hood. Attached Images __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

02-10-2015, 08:18 PM	#13
Mock1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Gray, Ga. Posts: 183	Re: Paint poll These are all true and honest comments, but its really gonna set it off if you do the flame scheme throughout the truck. Have you ever done a paint job? Dont mean to question your skills if you have just wonderin. I have, and I hated all the freekin work. Three solid weeks, 12 -14 hours a day. $3000. It was awsome, for about two months. Drivin, loadin on the trailer, wrenchin on it, racin it, bugs, bird crap, slingin rocks at it with the weed whipper, all just trashed the paint. They say hind sight is 20/20, I did it just to say I did it. If thats what your into and it makes you happy, go for it. __________________ I just gotta get out here and do it, why? Cause nobody will do it for me...

02-10-2015, 08:27 PM	#14
Chucks72Longbed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sedro Woolley Washington Posts: 86	Re: Paint poll I'm not a big fan of flames but I never thought of monochromatic. I think it looks great. I would do it if I wasn't just building a daily driver. Thanks for posting it.



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