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Old Jul 28, 2009
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what color should i paint my truck

i wanna know what color you guys think i should paint my truck and im prob gonna put black rims on it so yea im stuck between black or white
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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Pictures pictures pictures!

The main difference between black and white (Minus color obviously)

Black needs to be babied to keep looking good.. dirt shows hardcore, and swirl marks suck..

White is much much easier to keep looking good, but its the hardest color to match up in case you ever need to touch anything up.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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White ftw
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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OXFORD WHITE FTMFW
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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its purple now
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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Dont listen to these guys. Black is where its at. Sure its hard to keep clean, but when its all shined up, its the best color EVER!!!! Plus white makes your truck look like you work at Autozone lol
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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Plus white makes your look like you work at Autozone lol
wrong, every vatzone ranger ive ever seen was an XL single cab.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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at our advanced we used to have a single cab xlt they got rid of it cause it drank gas lol
 
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Black, or maybe white with DSG rocker panels.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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Red, white, and CHROME!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009
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go black
 
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ok i think im gonna go with a white on top and then black rocker pannels like a to tone kinda
 
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Black, or maybe white with DSG rocker panels.
x2 White with DSG rocker panels
 
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x2 White with DSG rocker panels
Cause I know what I'm talkin 'bout.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009
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as soon as my engine swap is done im haveing it painted and ill post pics when its done and i think an the dsg thing im gonna do herculiner
 
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Why is it that noobs can never use PUNCTUATION.!,?:;??????
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009
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Black, way sexier and plus it gains 10 horse.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009
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the only way I would go with black is if it was matte black, I wanted to do matte black on my truck but its just too expensive(if you want it done right) but otherwise white for sure...looks better and stays looking clean wayyy longer than black
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009
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i think you should do silver and bed liner

like this
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that would look bad on a gen 3, go YZ
 
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wrong, every vatzone ranger ive ever seen was an XL single cab.
So do you work at vatozone then?? haha
 
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Originally Posted by nate_g_2003
So do you work at vatozone then?? haha
no, but the pepboys i frequent is RIGHT next door to it LOL
autzone's customer service is terribad, i went in the other day looking for something and i asked the vato and she says "oh i dunno somewhere over there" and went back to talking to the other vato
 
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white is right
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009
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Trust me black is a pain in the *** to maintain. I used to have a white car, much easier to keep clean and little scratches / swirl marks don't show up as bad.

I'd go with red if your gonna do black rims.
 
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