Thread: I need some paint ideas for my T frame...

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I finally started working on my 27 T coupe again.....I got all the brake lines ran and am just about ready to take everything back apart to paint the frame. Im just going blank as to what color to go with. I plan on painting the body a satin black so I thought I would accent it with a color on the frame. There is NO chrome or polish on any of the suspension either so they would need to be color coordinated also. I was thinking of doing the frame in an orange (more of a yellow orange, not like a hugger orange) But what should I do the front and rear axles in? Then the question of painting the radius rods and steering and tie rods.....I already painted the engine my standard and favorite, Yellow. I'd really like something a little different, but not gaudy......Or should I just go with the old tried an true gloss black frame and just color paint the suspension parts.......I only wanna do this once so help me out with some ideas fellas!!......

Just a thought how about an emerald green, yellow engine, satin black body.
That would be different, and all three should go together. I could not get the emerald green that I was thinking about but if you could imagine a darker green. I'm not so good at the paint as the others are maybe they could give you a better idea.



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Richard

I have no imagination, so my vote goes for black......either satin or gloss.

Don

Thanks for the photochop! Of course the body is channeled over the frame since that picture, but that gives me a good idea of how it would look with the frame and suspension parts painted all the same color.

I like the yellow of the engine. You could do the engine and the frame , then do the suspention in the black, or maybe add yellow to a few more parts.

WOW!.....that yellow sure does POP! ....I really hadnt planed on painting the body, but that sure does look good!.....

I would also recommend a darker green, on the first one. The color combo is too similar to a John Deer scheme.

I really like the lighter color on the body. Rule of thumb for many years, in the paint biz is "if you want something to visually disappear, paint it flat black". I think the light color on the body makes it a much more noticeable car.

Wow, that yellow really looks good!

Don

Denny, that looks great.

Richard

Go with the yellow it lookls good!

Here is one from Billetproof I liked.

Don

I did mine black to set off the chrome, stainless and aluminum that I have on the car. I also didn't know what the final color was going to be ('07 Mustang GT Venetian Orange)

I like that minty green one too!....I guess Im gonna just hafta rethink this whole satin black body idea....guess Ill paint the frame a nice shiney black so Ill be able to come back later on and ask you guys what color to paint the body!!... Thanks guys, for all the input!

Picking a color is the hardest decision we make in building a car. I find myself sitting in traffic looking at every car around me to find cool hot rod colors.

Being that you have more of a '60's theme going on with your T, you have more choices than if you were doing a '50's themed car. No matter what color you paint your T it will look great. (I've got a gallon of PURPLE that I'm not doing anything with. )

Don

Black??? Don't people every get tired of plain old black for frames??? IMO black loses a lot of definition compared to lighter colors. It does make chrome and aluminum stand out, but for me that's a bit too much of a trade off... Why not do the frame itself in body color, then the suspension pieces in black if you have to have some black on the car. Guess I'm just tired of black as THE color on hot rods......