what color

[Try_Me]

whay color should i spay my LWB sierra???

complete respray inside and out

thinking a blue or black but what blue and what black anyone got pics ideas colors i can look up

cheers nick

[St Jimmy]

why blue or black try some thing out of the box that new orange from ford or blackwatch green or if you have to have blue go that bright blue from holden

[droopypete]

If it is a LWB, I would turn it into a woody it would be cool as.
Peter.



PS, think of all the cool bumper stickers

"want a ride the biggest woody in town"?
"I like to park my woody round the back"
"I wish my girlfriend was as dirty as my woody"
"my woody can go all weekend"
"don't laugh my woody may be inside"
"when I grow up I want to be king dong"
" I need 33" rubbers for my woody"

[ofr57]

matt black
pearl black
electric blue
midnight blue
persian blue

[droopypete]

Hot dip gal

[muppet_man67]

I know how temping when planning to paint a car it is to try and find a color that has not been seen on a sierra, and gets ooohs and ahhs. but for a bush rig, I would keep it simple, touch ups are going to need to happen at some point so find a color that is off the shelf at your local. Plain white hides scratches better then anything.

[mrRocky]

[ofr57]

I know how temping when planning to paint a car it is to try and find a color that has not been seen on a sierra, and gets ooohs and ahhs. but for a bush rig, I would keep it simple, touch ups are going to need to happen at some point so find a color that is off the shelf at your local. Plain white hides scratches better then anything.

thats whys mine rattle can black

[Red_Zook]

did mine today...

[Jock]

Flouro colours

Flames are always cool

Yellow flames on a blue car

Example



But for the most simple and pratical get 4 litres of killrust in a colour you can also get in spray tins. Scratches are NEVER a problem ever again. You can also get killrust tinted to what ever colour you want. Check the website for detials

http://www.wattyl.com.au/default.htm

But don't forget the "EMO" values too

http://www.dulux.com.au/html/inspiratio ... ology.aspx

[Try_Me]

the car will be done professionally and baked so any colour can be done but not sure what

was thinking WRX blue with gold rims?? for a start as i am putting wrx buckets in

immitation WRX cheap version but the real 4WD

[St Jimmy]

go for it

[Turbo Tonka]

go for the rex look mate.will look good im sure but if its going to be used as a off road rig surely just a basic,flatter colour will work.I think matt black or olive like the jeeps always looks tuff for the bush.Also i think you should keep going and put the boxer in it too.

[Try_Me]

go for the rex look mate.will look good im sure but if its going to be used as a off road rig surely just a basic,flatter colour will work.I think matt black or olive like the jeeps always looks tuff for the bush.Also i think you should keep going and put the boxer in it too.

its getting done cheap like really cheap as i know the bloke whos doing it for me like little to no labour and paying for paint if u get me should cost about 1K or less to do

box at this point mmmm lol good idea funds wont do tho lol will keep it in mind tho

so looks like WRX Blue and Gold Rims with 31's for now

should have car ready in one month so will keep pics posted and will be posting doing build up soon also

[cjdeane10]

Go camo! I know i will be!

Then if (and when) you scratch it , you can just custom camo it over with any number of colours (brown, olive, green, ochre, etc).

That way you can use whatever colour is handy - and cheap.
ie - 3 different green coloured paint will make the camo look better!



p.s. I have heard that striped paint is great for zuk's!

[St Jimmy]

like thisthis ones mine

[wellsey]

Paint it with line-x tray liner.

[suzuki boy]

I like the colour of mine(like a metalic blue) And it's a stock suzuki colour!

If you want the paint code just yell out!

[Try_Me]

got quoted about 1K for the respray including booth paint etc etc i do prep work and he goes over just to make sure its all good inside and out engine bay and all

you thinks thats a good price??

[St Jimmy]

thats about the price to paint it my son got quoted 3000 + for his panel van

[Gwagensteve]

If you are going to pay money for a spray job, get the car painted in a stock colour code. Don't get anything tricky.

Personally, I would never pay money to get a car painted to take offroad. My car is Olive Drab, $80 for 4 litres, painted it myself. $130 for a spray gun, maybe $30 for thinners and you are away.

sure it's equipment enamel and will never be shiny or stick that well, but I just touch it up when I need to. Becuase mine is flat, there is no problem with touching up.

I wouldn't recommend a gloss finish for this reason - It is too hard to keep looking good.

Sierras have such flat and wavy panels that gloss paint shows up lots of small imperfections that make the car look badly repaired. Flat paint even hides plenty of panel damage.

If you are already doing the prep, then all the hard work is already done. Pick a generic colour like a colourbond code or something and just get some colour on it.

The first time you rub it along a bank you can say "at least I didn't waste a grand".

PS Boner59's camo job looks pretty good. Most camo is embarrassing because it doesn't mimic a "proper" camo- the colours or distribution is wrong.

Just my 2C

Steve.

[St Jimmy]

my camo is a mix of usa and israel pattern and is semi gloss eas y to fix up

[Try_Me]

If you are going to pay money for a spray job, get the car painted in a stock colour code. Don't get anything tricky.

Personally, I would never pay money to get a car painted to take offroad. My car is Olive Drab, $80 for 4 litres, painted it myself. $130 for a spray gun, maybe $30 for thinners and you are away.

sure it's equipment enamel and will never be shiny or stick that well, but I just touch it up when I need to. Becuase mine is flat, there is no problem with touching up.

I wouldn't recommend a gloss finish for this reason - It is too hard to keep looking good.

Sierras have such flat and wavy panels that gloss paint shows up lots of small imperfections that make the car look badly repaired. Flat paint even hides plenty of panel damage.

If you are already doing the prep, then all the hard work is already done. Pick a generic colour like a colourbond code or something and just get some colour on it.

The first time you rub it along a bank you can say "at least I didn't waste a grand".

PS Boner59's camo job looks pretty good. Most camo is embarrassing because it doesn't mimic a "proper" camo- the colours or distribution is wrong.

Just my 2C

Steve.

get what your saying but its going to be my off roader and on roader and i dont no really i get what your saying but i dont no i still like it i guess lol

and to be honest not to fussed if i scratch it car will costn me approx $3500 on road and all approx give or take a bit thats with all reapairs money spent on little things included paint job and all

im getting 3 or more coats of clear on the car so if i do scratch it i can get it buffed out

[rodw]

If you like blue, you could try the Suzuki code 1FG which is a deep metallic blue. In my case, it is teamed with a two tone paint job with Suzuki Satellite Silver (which changes its code a bit). this is a home paint job with a $150 Supercheap compressor.



This was the original colour of my vehicle, and I elected to stay with it although I am not big on dark colours (I love white!).

Rod W

[mr green]

try_me, i like your style.
it kinda rubs me the wrong way to see people spending $$$ on engine suspension tyres and all the rest of the go hard crap only to shout it a $50 paint job and call it tuff. to me it is not tuff, its rough. and its just another reason for the cops to pull you over when your driving something that looks like it got the shot coat to cover the rust for rego. i agree with the idea that sierras have flattish warped panels, but keep it a light colour and it will be fine.
a scatched good paint job will always look better than a scatched crappy flat job.


i Know i'll get shot down again like i did in another thread recently but

[St Jimmy]

the only time i got pulled over he wanted to know if i'd paint his x army rover for him as i said mine is not flat but semigloss i'm not flaming you but get your facts right by the way the camo paint cost more then most custom paints per liter . boner

[Try_Me]

try_me, i like your style.
it kinda rubs me the wrong way to see people spending $$$ on engine suspension tyres and all the rest of the go hard crap only to shout it a $50 paint job and call it tuff. to me it is not tuff, its rough. and its just another reason for the cops to pull you over when your driving something that looks like it got the shot coat to cover the rust for rego. i agree with the idea that sierras have flattish warped panels, but keep it a light colour and it will be fine.
a scatched good paint job will always look better than a scatched crappy flat job.


i Know i'll get shot down again like i did in another thread recently but

atleast that makes me feel a little better lol

[mr green]

boner59 iwas not refering to you i was making a comment on rattle can jobs for on road use

[Aerenandmel]

I vote for hammer tone

[St Jimmy]

boner59 iwas not refering to you i was making a comment on rattle can jobs for on road use

i read it wrong sorry