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CAMO
I want to do a cheap and easy cover up on my 4x4 daily driver, no body work!
Looking for Ideas, please post pics of your Camo trucks!
I really like digital camo, was looking at digital camo vinyl sheets but just too high.
would need 30 sheets at $33. each Vinyl Wraps for any type of Vehicles or Sports Machine - PowerSportsWraps.com
Here is my truck.
Looking for Ideas, please post pics of your Camo trucks!
I really like digital camo, was looking at digital camo vinyl sheets but just too high.
would need 30 sheets at $33. each Vinyl Wraps for any type of Vehicles or Sports Machine - PowerSportsWraps.com
Here is my truck.
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I was gonna go digital too... but with paint. Decided against it cuz of the laborious masking it would have involved.
Heres' my rig wearing Krylon's camo paint series - black, brown, olive, and tan. Mirrors are from an early 90s Ranger. I have since blacked out the chrome door handles, gas caps, and emblems using Duplicolor's "Black Chrome" paint system - basically, it's black candy and a clear coat.
I painted the grills' leading edges silver, then masked off it off with 3M 1/4-inch fine line tape, and then shot the returns dark charcoal. The wheels are painted with Rustoleum Hammerite bronze to provide some contrast against the tires.
Heres' my rig wearing Krylon's camo paint series - black, brown, olive, and tan. Mirrors are from an early 90s Ranger. I have since blacked out the chrome door handles, gas caps, and emblems using Duplicolor's "Black Chrome" paint system - basically, it's black candy and a clear coat.
I painted the grills' leading edges silver, then masked off it off with 3M 1/4-inch fine line tape, and then shot the returns dark charcoal. The wheels are painted with Rustoleum Hammerite bronze to provide some contrast against the tires.
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Thanks. I used about 16 cans.
I'm not happy with my tailgate and plan to re-shoot it. My tip is to shoot an area, then stand back about 15 feet, squint your eyes, and see how it fits the scale of your truck. You'll want randomness. Remember, camo is supposed to break up the body lines and panels. I had the fender off and shot it as a test... Then I put the fender under a large oak tree on a sunny day and had a hard time finding where the fender edge was... to me that spelled success.
The camo in your pic is more of an Alpine scheme. It doesn't snow here where I live so it wouldda been weird for me. For MO, sure!
The Germans in WWII had some awesome and unique camo schemes for their tanks and sometimes airplanes. Google it and check 'em out.
EDIT: Oh, I also shot the interior sides of the bed so the camo is maintained if the rig is seen from a higher elevation... just being methodical. My next step when the weather warms up enough is to apply a bedliner like Herculiner or similar product.
I'm not happy with my tailgate and plan to re-shoot it. My tip is to shoot an area, then stand back about 15 feet, squint your eyes, and see how it fits the scale of your truck. You'll want randomness. Remember, camo is supposed to break up the body lines and panels. I had the fender off and shot it as a test... Then I put the fender under a large oak tree on a sunny day and had a hard time finding where the fender edge was... to me that spelled success.
The camo in your pic is more of an Alpine scheme. It doesn't snow here where I live so it wouldda been weird for me. For MO, sure!
The Germans in WWII had some awesome and unique camo schemes for their tanks and sometimes airplanes. Google it and check 'em out.
EDIT: Oh, I also shot the interior sides of the bed so the camo is maintained if the rig is seen from a higher elevation... just being methodical. My next step when the weather warms up enough is to apply a bedliner like Herculiner or similar product.
Last edited by HIO Silver; Feb 4, 2011 at 10:57 PM. Reason: Added mo' info!
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