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Old Nov 29, 2008
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Cool Paint colors (color combos)!

Hey. I't going to paint my truck pretty soon, and i was just wondering what paint colors/color combos would look good. Let me know.

Pics would be sweet.
 
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personally i like black with a gray two tone.. thats always makes me happy.. or red and black or red and gray.. just depends what you are into.
 
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like half and half, or pinstripes?
 
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I hate florida but Oarnge and blue are different, and look sick if u put them together the right way.
 
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dark blue and silver....

 
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like the new fx4's have two tone.. lower panel is like a grey and the truck is a black.. i like that.
 
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Purple w/ pink polka-dots.
 
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yeah dude....deff

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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
dark blue and silver....

How bout the green and red behind it!!! MMMMM.....too bad there closed or i would be going to get me one medium pepperoni.
 
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Answer this, and I can give you a real answer; What direction are you going with the truck? Up? Down? Or stock?
 
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how about "what color combos look good?" is an opinionated statement. some people like lime colors, some like zebra stripes, some like others.
 
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Im lowering it.
 
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generally lowered trucks get a two tone breakup at the upper bodyline....so...forexample.....black up to that bodyline, bright orange above it.
 
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Silver and metallic midnight blue.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2008
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
dark blue and silver....

I've always thought that that color scheme looked good on older model trucks, on newer ones, not so much.

Originally Posted by Trigger01
Purple w/ pink polka-dots.
WINNAR!!!11!!!!one!!!!11!!

Personally, I've always thought that a white truck with the lower panel silver looked the best, at least on the f-150's, never seen it on a ranger so it might look good, might not.
 
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Post up a picture of your truck.
 
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Its not lowered yet, and it has primer spots an stuff. You should see it in my profile right?
 
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Rattle can Duplicolor Grabber Green engine enamel and Black engine enamel. w00t! $150 paint job. My previous truck btw.

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How about a nice silver/blue?
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