What should it be painted?

[thirdstreettito]

I have an 88 4x4 Suburban, it's my daily driver, but I cant figure out what to paint it. What color(s), solid color? two tone? Graphics? Candy? metal flake? Pearl? I really want it to look good but not have to be maintained like crazy and it cant be really expensive. I'd say a $500 limit on the paint itself. Thanks, Bradley

Here is a link to it: Project Polar Bear - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

 

[TAZ]

Looks pretty cool the way it is now.
But, what I would probably do is a 2-tone using a couple colors that I like. Those have nice bodylines to work with. Possibly a black and another color. If you put black on the top surfaces, it tends to make it look heavy (which is cool).

Nice 'burb though!!!

 

[TAZ]

By the way, I'm a member of that forum. I hang out in the 60-66 forum along with the paint and body section every once in while.

 

[thirdstreettito]

I though I recognized your name, and not just from Looney Toons. lol

The truck was originally blue, but the chief that owned it got a $200 crap paint job put on, he was terrible at masking stuff, didn't take ANYTHING off, and the clear started coming off after 6 months. And the guy thought bondo was like sex, you do it everywhere. I will unfortunately have to get a bodyshop to do some patch panels where this guy put bondo to fix rust, as I do not have a welder, nor do I know how to weld. The truck looks good from 40ft+ away, any closer and you know it was a $200 job.

I like ALL colors, that's my problem. Plus, a suburban is so big, too much of the wrong color will be overwhelming. I love old school heavy flake, but I dont know if it would look good on this thing. I dont have the kind of money to paint the whole truck just to find out it is too much of the color. Ugh, decisions, decisions.

 

[TAZ]

Yea, you end up paying for a bad paint job the next time around. Lot's of cleanup on the trim and stripping of the paint.
I wouldn't suggest a metalflake job as there are quite a few steps involved in doing this. Plus a ton of materials. You'll easily go over $500 on this....that is, if you went with a 'true' metalflake job. Not just a metallic with a coat of smaller flake over it.

 

[thirdstreettito]

I would do it the new school way, not the old school of dusting flakes over the paint. I would do a black basecoat, then do my clear with 3 parts dark blue flake 1 part black flake. That way I get a darker blue, nobody seems to make a real dark blue.

 

[shahjashua0]

firstly select a paint based on your choice and my advice is approach a designer for the design of the painting he will tell u better about this