I am getting my truck painted in a couple of weeks. The truck still has the same factory black paint. The question I have is that I want to use a pearl color but I haven't seen that many trucks or hot-rods that use it. I have heard that on a black truck, the pearl paint will show up too much and it will look bad. I was wondering if yall have seen or used any kind of pearl paint that you like? If not, what color of paint do you think I should go with? Thanks in advance.

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97 Ford F150 XLT Supercab, 4.6 liter Triton V8 auto, 4X2, short bed, Hard Tonneau top, BugSheild, Trenz billet grill and bumper, Flowmaster dual exhaust, Trenz F150 emblems, Kenwood 2 Din cd\cassette deck with 4 mid. Boston Rallys, Belltech 4"/6" drop, Belltech Nitro Shocks, Billet Specialties 17" Eliminator rims fitted with BFG Comp. T/A ZR 255/50, clear turn lenses, clear tail lenses, K&N Generation II, billet antenna, tweed carpet bedliner

 

since you have black already on that nice looking truck of yours why don't you have it painted with "mystic" or those other color change clearcoats....go to www.houseofkolor.com

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-97 F150 FLARESIDE XLT REG.CAB.4X2 PACIFIC GREEN/GREY INTERIOR
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-MODS-
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-GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES
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[This message has been edited by ROUSHFAN-1 (edited 03-15-2000).]

[This message has been edited by ROUSHFAN-1 (edited 03-15-2000).]

 

RoushFan,
Thanks for the website. I am thinking about doing that now. If yall have anymore paint ideas let me know this week so I can get back to the paint shop. Thanks again.

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97 Ford F150 XLT Supercab, 4.6 liter Triton V8 auto, 4X2, short bed, Hard Tonneau top, BugSheild, Trenz billet grill and bumper, Flowmaster dual exhaust, Trenz F150 emblems, Kenwood 2 Din cd\cassette deck with 4 mid. Boston Rallys, Belltech 4"/6" drop, Belltech Nitro Shocks, Billet Specialties 17" Eliminator rims fitted with BFG Comp. T/A ZR 255/50, clear turn lenses, clear tail lenses, K&N Generation II, billet antenna, tweed carpet bedliner

 

The chameleon paints like the mystic from house of kolor are great, but a little expensive at around 350 bucks a pint.


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Chris Thomas
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1998 F-150XLT Flareside STX Sport Package, 4.6L Auto 3.55 Oxford White/Gray interior, Factory Anti-theft system
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Audio: Kenwood Truck speakers with 10" woofers, Rockford Fosgate and Alpine Amps, Ford 10 disk CD changer
Future Mods: 20" rims and tires, True duals with Supertrap tunable mufflers, Superchip, Supercharger, Jacobs Ignition, and whatever else I can think of!!!



[This message has been edited by Chris Thomas (edited 03-16-2000).]

 

This is a first. The guys at the paint shop talked me out of painting my truck. They said all I really need is a good compound and wax on the paint and it should look like a showroom truck. But I think they really didn't want to mess with my truck so I am going to look some where else.

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97 Ford F150 XLT Supercab, 4.6 liter Triton V8 auto, 4X2, short bed, Hard Tonneau top, BugSheild, Trenz billet grill and bumper, Flowmaster dual exhaust, Trenz F150 emblems, Kenwood 2 Din cd\cassette deck with 4 mid. Boston Rallys, Belltech 4"/6" drop, Belltech Nitro Shocks, Billet Specialties 17" Eliminator rims fitted with BFG Comp. T/A ZR 255/50, clear turn lenses, clear tail lenses, K&N Generation II, billet antenna, tweed carpet bedliner