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If you are between the ages of 12 and 30 years old, it is a requirement that you remove anything that resembles chrome, paint the whole truck flat black including the mirrors, replace all of the lighting with LEDs, and if your original engine runs perfectly fine, plan on ripping that out ("swaps') to replace it with a less dependable plastic/aluminum/electronically controlled nightmare "swaps" engine, and plan on painting that flat black too, don't forget to include a "build thread" on how to spray paint everything one color. Including the rims. "22 inch minimum, your welfare wheels must also be flat black.
If you are a crazy, cranky, cantankerous old man who loves the way these things looked new, nothing says class, style and appearance than a good two tone paint job. These were the best looking trucks of the era, and the two tone schemes sold a lot of Chevy and dodge guys on thier first fords back then. And you can't get a good two tone with nice trim anymore, it really stands out.
Even a solid color with a piece of solid trim down the side looks excellent.
But please, please please.....avoid the faddish, flat black "urban ricer" look, there are dozens just like it out there, and IMO, removes every bit of character, style and identity that made these trucks beautiful.
Good luck with your decision.
Geez, grandpa. Go get yourself an old fashioned and relax. And I don't mean a drink.
This "flat black" fad that you refer to has been around for decades. They even did it with the freewheeling package on these dentside and Broncos. Flat black mirrors and bumpers.
This, in fact, is my favorite paint scheme. No one does a tri-color junkyard refugee look anymore. Here's mine. Very popular with young liberal green earth types and illegal aliens.
may have to clear coat and trade mark it.
Aaron, It's funny to see your thread from 2010 revived by an FTE article. But it is quite a coincidence that you are getting close to the point of picking a color for your new truck
Of course, you already know where I stand in this debate.
Aaron, It's funny to see your thread from 2010 revived by an FTE article. But it is quite a coincidence that you are getting close to the point of picking a color for your new truck
Of course, you already know where I stand in this debate.
Aaron, It's funny to see your thread from 2010 revived by an FTE article. But it is quite a coincidence that you are getting close to the point of picking a color for your new truck
Of course, you already know where I stand in this debate.
Ha! No wonder why this thread got dredged up.
I am indeed closer... maybe 5-ish years out? LOL. I like the colours you picked Ben. I'm still having an ongoing debate in my head as to what I want in the end. Something green, or blue, or therebetween. To be totally honest, I'm leaning on the one-solid-colour side of things.
Geez, grandpa. Go get yourself an old fashioned and relax. And I don't mean a drink.
This "flat black" fad that you refer to has been around for decades. They even did it with the freewheeling package on these dentside and Broncos. Flat black mirrors and bumpers.
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