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dark_saterday
11-20-2004, 10:50 PM
yoooooo
i got a 82 camino and i put a left wheel arch in, and bassically the whole olft quarter is bondo, and im not no pro at bodywork, the old ladie and secret gfs say black is a good colorbut black shows all, white hides, but i dont want it looking like a old polce car, what r some good colors that will hide bad bodywork and will still look cool for a solid color, im thinking
that the follwing colors will hide, tell me what u think along with ur adeded comments and suggeestions,

dark green. red, metallic silver.

what is a good color that will hide cruddy bodty work
thanx

a73elkyss
11-20-2004, 11:20 PM
Just my opinion, but I always thought dark colors showed the bad body work more than light colors. I'd go with the silver. What color is your interior? Would the silver go with it?

2-Elkys
11-21-2004, 07:30 AM
As a general rule light colors hide more then dark ones so try to stay with a light color.

If you use white you could always spruce it up with some black pinstripes and accents.

Just my 2 cents

dark_saterday
11-21-2004, 12:36 PM
maroon interior!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

87ElCamino
11-21-2004, 04:22 PM
Paint it pink. Then no one notice the bad body work.

80elcamino
11-21-2004, 04:23 PM
A highly metalic light color i.e. gold or silver will show your bad bodwork the least. These colors also don't gain much depth like black does when it's waxed.

PunkRican
11-21-2004, 04:56 PM
yeah the guy who owned the car b4 me painted it dark green. he also patched the body up extremely crappily. now i liek the green and it looks good and all(except for its crackin bc of his incapability to stop rust b4 painting) but my goodness does it show the patched bad, id say go light.

dark_saterday
11-21-2004, 05:00 PM
maroon interior with a metalic silver paintjob, what u boys say, i like that, i painted my 68 chevelle, a 68 vette color, its cortez silver,bassically metalic silver with a blueish greenish tint, 2 silver cars hmm i dont like that, but i deff think silver would look good, also it was tough wet sanding my chevelle, its not like black where u can tell where uve been.
more suggrestions people, i cant be the only young kid that did ALOT of bondo and is scared it wont be strairhgt so have to resort to a light color