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Possible Cool Paint Effects - Vitara

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Possible Cool Paint Effects - Vitara

Post by icekayak »

Hey Guys,
I am curently doing some body work on my 89 Vitara JX, cos it's seen better days... and currently deciding just to touch up the areas or respray the whole thing...

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Actually it doesn't look that bad in the photo ;) But its worse in real life..


Just wondeing what cool paint jobs/effects have you seen on other 4wd's (not just suzuki's) that i could adapt for mine :) preferably with pic's

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Post by nicbeer »

If it goes offroad as what it looks like, keep it simple as it will get bashed and scratched.

If u want to redo the whole thing then go similar colour with maybe a pearl in it for effect. Black with red looks sweet

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Post by SiKiD_01 »

i would think, if it goes off road, to just respray the whole car, but use a basic, or common paint code, so you can buy pressure packs to touch up if ever you need to.

flames on a vitara?

two tone?

mettalic, 2 pak and pearl may be harder for touch ups and so on, but will look heaps better than just a flat colour.

i didnt want to clear coat over the top of mine, and i cant spray 2 pak at home, so i went for the enamel. put a bit more hardener in, and it sets and dries rock hard. you get faint scratches and so, but they come out, and its harder to chip etc. and it also came out glossy too. sorta.
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Post by munga »

i painted mine with rattlecans of hammertone paint. its the stuff you would usually see box trailers painted in, with the ripply mottled look. its dirt brown and no gloss.

perfect for a 4wd. :cool:

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Post by zuku26 »

I used a super high gloss rustoleum brand spray paint. Yellow and black. It came very good and even. Black even had a mirror finish like a factory paint job. My next paint will be with the red rustoleum mettalics line. The mettalics line comes high gloss with what looks like metal flakes.
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Post by icekayak »

Cheers for those....

My dad used to be a panel beater from a while back so he's got most of the tools still. He was suggesting i do big flames or two tone (or more) without hard/straight lines as then when (not if) you need to re-touch it the blending is easier as you don't have to do the whole panel, you can just do upto the line/area and no-one will know where the line used to goto anyway...

But he suggested find a picture of one i like and then use it as a template.. so that's what i'm trying to do here :lol:
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Post by grimbo »

I have painted mine with rattlecan Colorbond paint in a Rivergum green colour with a matt black bonnet with gloss black flames.

Then painted it rattlecan orange with gloss orange flames on the bonnet again.

Currently it is hammertone charcola with an orange GT stripe on the bonnet.

I get bored very easily.

I reckon that ghost flames look great if done well and subtley
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Post by alien »

im with grimbo - ghosted stuff rocks =)
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Post by sierrajim »

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Post by tuffsierra »

paint it camo
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Post by alien »

i swear i saw that camo zuk when i went to training at paintball one day... (in balcatta) ?!

it looked way cool!
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Post by Wesley »

Camo always looks :cool: go camo or just dont wash your 4x4 :D .
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