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FTE Legend
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From: northwestern Ontario
Do you own this
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FTE Legend
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: northwestern Ontario
That's what attracts me to it, it clean and simple looking just like to see more.
Cargo Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Valley Center, California
Beautiful Truck - I like clean and simple.
We build racing seats. The simple black seats are the hardest because they are bare-bones. They show any small flaw. The crazy seats with all the wild colors and logos don't get examined as closely.
The Wife once told me that a high-quality black dress costs a lot more than some Frankenstein garment that hides all the mistakes....... A quality machine just "is"..........
We build racing seats. The simple black seats are the hardest because they are bare-bones. They show any small flaw. The crazy seats with all the wild colors and logos don't get examined as closely.
The Wife once told me that a high-quality black dress costs a lot more than some Frankenstein garment that hides all the mistakes....... A quality machine just "is"..........
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,159
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From: manitoba
i think i left droole markon the fender! beautifull!!! wanted to originally paint my truck flat black but decided against it, it to me just does not look finished and if i`m gonna put in all that work ito it i might as well paint it in colour. flat black, set of steelies and white walls!, o.k i`ll quit drooling!!
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Lavergne, Tn.
To me this truck is perfect. It looks great and the owner won't have to worry about a high dollar paint job everywhere he drives it.
This truck is also perfect, but for me, I would be afraid to drive it to all the places that I might want to go. I wouldn't even want to drive it in the rain.
I've had my share of garage queens and I don't want another. Even though my 55 has had a lot of radical changes, I intend to keep it fun and it will wear suede paint, with a shiny paint job on down the road......maybe......maybe not.........
Andrew
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Cargo Master
Joined: Aug 2008
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Maybe its just me, but I think it's more of a mental block than anything. I struggled with that for a while after I painted my car, the fear of it getting scratched or damage. But when I spent some time thinking I realized the majority of my time was always in the body work, I remember saying "I don't know why they call it painting a car, all I do is sand!". I had been debating on weather or not to use a candy on my '56 (to be) because I wanted to use it and was afraid I might not even use it like a truck ought to, in the end I realized the only difference is a little money in paint and an extra hour in the booth. If it got damaged it be almost exactly the same amount of work and effort to fix than if I left it in primer.
But its a weird mental block, I still struggle with it from time to time. I think it has something to do with not wanting something pretty get damaged, ha.... then again if it was a show-end paint job, just the fear of having to sand that much again...
But its a weird mental block, I still struggle with it from time to time. I think it has something to do with not wanting something pretty get damaged, ha.... then again if it was a show-end paint job, just the fear of having to sand that much again...
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: manitoba
i`m getting a bit closer to the paint stage but can`t decide what to do with colour!! flat black with a set of wide steelies or mags?? bright orange is something that keeps coming back to me, bright yellow?? this is the hardest part of building this truck!
Cargo Master
Joined: Aug 2008
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Check out the picture on this guy's site, it shows the difference:
Custom Paint | Pearl Paint | Candy Paint | Metal Flake | Faux Finish | Temperature Change|Paint for your Hot Rod, Chopper, Home, or Business!
But, lol, I know exactly what you mean, I spent FOUR years determining the exact color I wanted to paint my car and effect.
