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Final Opinions on paint needed!

Well my truck needs to go back to the paint shop b/c I had some clearcoat coming off, its on my roof and my passenger door. Well I'm thinking about getting the gold stripe removed and the truck be all black. What do yall think?
 
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do it black
 
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leave the gold, its rare
 
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bring the gold up to the body line. make it a bigger two tone.
 
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also list your reason why I should keep it like it is...

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with the theme you got going on.. the gold dont seem to "fit"
 
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How much are you lookin at to get the gold part painted?

i'm thinkin about paintin that part of my truck to black, its gray now
 
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one solid color and completely remove all stripeing emblems etc. the cleaner the better my 98 z71 all molding emblems removed looks alot better than all that clutter but thats my opinion
 
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I'd remove it and go black.
 
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go black..black trucks OWN :)
 
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either get all black... or paint your bumpers gold to match all the way around....
 
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gold=grandpa truck...

100% all black
 
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
gold=grandpa truck...

100% all black
Thas what I think 2, but its a pimped out grandpa truck
 
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There is too much gold for the truck. It makes a nice accent, but the two-tone needs more black and less gold.

No opinion on black/gold or all black, but to save some money, you could take advantage of the gold to apply some graphics down there. Maybe a thin/thick/thin black stripe from wheel well to wheel well and back to the rear bumper, with the RANGER logo cut out of it to allow the gold text to "show" through (thinking: Mustang GT 350). You can get the black stripe done in vinyl, saving a LOT of money over painting the stripe, or even over painting black over the gold.

Or just some smallish (2" tall) black text with the RANGER XLT logo, applied high and near the forward edge of the door over the gold (thinking: '06 LEVEL II).
 
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Make the gold silver to match the bumpers, all black would be the next best thing.
 
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I say go all black, I wouldn only buy another vehicle if it were all black.

Black vehicles are alot better looking in my opinion.
 
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hey can anyone PS what Mike said about the graphics??? I'm leanin torward Black b/c I think it will make the recent paint job stand out, to me the gold just doesn't look glossy like the black
 
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Originally Posted by BlackRanger93
hey can anyone PS what Mike said about the graphics??? I'm leanin torward Black b/c I think it will make the recent paint job stand out, to me the gold just doesn't look glossy like the black
I'm on lunch break right now, so I'll do some Photoshopping. I'll provide photos if someone can host them... mkoenig02@yahoo.com.

EDIT: I have a couple of quick 'n' dirty concepts done. Cody, Contact me via email and I'll send them to you if nobody responds with an offer to host the photos.
 

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I think this is what you're askin for
 
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I'd go all black.
 
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I say all black also. I'm thinkin maybe a billet grille to go with the chrome bumper.
 
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