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Old 03-17-2011, 09:14 AM
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Question Ram 3500 paint ideas

I am at a cross roads with my truck as far as color. Its white now but am debating black or red not unlike the ultra bright Dodge Chargers. I guess I wanted to see if anyone had done anything exciting to their white trucks, ie. stripes, vinyl and such, before I pull the trigger on a whole new paint job.
 
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Old 03-17-2011, 09:31 AM
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I have a tail gate wrap on mine. And I also am in the midst of taking everything off thats chrome and replace them with black grill and bumpers etc. And red control arms leveling kit and traction bars
 

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Old 03-18-2011, 02:54 AM
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I say whatever you do, give it a "sport" look, painting body parts (door handles, mirrors, grill, etc.) the same color as the truck, but still with a little chrome accenting, it cant all be painted. And I would stick with white or paint it black. Only downside of black is its a son of a gun to keep clean.
 
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Painting all the body parts to match the color sounds good. I am thinking of a BMW frost white.
 
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Old 03-21-2011, 03:35 PM
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i say if you have a dent in the door fix it ( i think i see one) then go all black and white. no chrome. everything visible either black or white. how's that sound? i can see it
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 07:26 AM
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Lol...yes that damn dent plagues my dreams. I plan to have it fixed before i go any further. I was thinking of a BMW frost white. Can I paint over chrome or does it have to be replaced.
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 10:25 AM
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chrome can be painted over,dont feel bad about dent stopping ya from painting i need a new fender before i can paint my 12valve,im getting flames up front & a black stripe on back fender with the cummins logo & a challenger str8 hood with 5.9 cummins painted instead of the hemi srt8 thats usaully there
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 11:53 AM
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if your wanting to paint your chrome parts black duplicolor sells some stuff that will give it that kinda look of black stainless. i think that would look cool on a white truck

heck i think a old british race car style paint job would look kinda cool. it would deffinatly be different on a dually
 
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Originally Posted by bluedieselram
chrome can be painted over,dont feel bad about dent stopping ya from painting i need a new fender before i can paint my 12valve,im getting flames up front & a black stripe on back fender with the cummins logo & a challenger str8 hood with 5.9 cummins painted instead of the hemi srt8 thats usaully there
Sounds like an awesome plan friend. How do you plan to make the Challenger Hood fit friend?

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Originally Posted by rednekroper05
if your wanting to paint your chrome parts black duplicolor sells some stuff that will give it that kinda look of black stainless. i think that would look cool on a white truck

heck i think a old british race car style paint job would look kinda cool. it would deffinatly be different on a dually
I decided to keep it white, though the tail gate is a beautiful black.... Will definitely being looking into the Duplicolor stuff. Tell me about this old British race car style paint job.
 

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Old 03-28-2011, 09:25 AM
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single stripe offset to the passenger side with the cue ball numbers kinda like the old cobras
 


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