sprm715 : Paint Opinion Help

Paint Opinion Help
Post by sprm715 on Jul 29, 2006, 1:52am

I am in the process of finishing my m715. So far I have made it into an extended cab shortened the bed 14 inches for the extended cab. Put a f350 drivetrain. 4 wheel disk brakes and it has the 5.4 out of the ford. It is riding on the michelin 46 tires. All the fabrication
will be done next week. Ran out of Welding gas tonight and am shot for the weekend. No one fills tanks on the weekend. With all that said I am thinking of painting the truck the new jeep emerald green and rhino lining the bed and flat fenders and rockers. My wife will be cruising to the store here and there with the kids and she likes the color. My two military buddy's are in paint battle one says tan the other says OD. Thoughts? Its not the ordinary m715 and it straight as an arrow on every side. I also have a fiberglass hood with a 3 inch cowl on it. Give me your thoughts on Paint colors.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by jeepistdougiowa on Jul 29, 2006, 2:02am

No shiney colors...LOL

I dunno, Warwick's looks darned good with his paint scheme, but i tend to side with the tradtional OD green.

Oh, and don't be talking about that many mods and not post pics....it's just plain rude!

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by tacomainoh on Jul 29, 2006, 2:05am

Yeah, you're gonna need pics or one of us is going to ban you.



Shiney colors just look weird on these trucks.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by sprm715 on Jul 29, 2006, 2:22am

Here are some old shots when I was fitting it together. I will snap the latest photos this weekend. These are about 2 months old. All the sheetmetal work is done now and very straight I cut the extended cab off 3 times until I was happy the way it looked. You can get a rough idea from these shots.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...anek/wheel.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...manek/side.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...anek/front.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...manek/tank.jpg

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by tacomainoh on Jul 29, 2006, 2:28am

Looks good so far!

Nice use of tank.. Bronco??

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by sprm715 on Jul 29, 2006, 2:33am

1998 suburban 42 gallon.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by tacomainoh on Jul 29, 2006, 2:36am

oh, nice!

I'll have to look into one of those for my Burb...

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by snuffy on Jul 29, 2006, 9:04am

Holy Cow!!!

Last time I saw a tank that big, it was attached to a LAV!

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by beast on Jul 29, 2006, 11:36am

If you want it shiny, build a J truck. Anything built from a M-series needs to be done in O.D.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by robertcowan on Jul 29, 2006, 12:16pm

what have you done to your cab ????

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by sprm715 on Jul 29, 2006, 3:48pm

Those are old pics when I first started to test fit to see what it would look like. I added a total of 23 inches to the extended cab.
The wife was not thrilled the truck only sat 2 and we have two small kids. So she told me to look at a tj. I said I will just turn this
on into a extended cab. I put it all in photo cad and showed her how it would look and here I am.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by k8icu on Jul 29, 2006, 5:20pm

You can always add flatner to the paint of your choice. So to keep the wife happy and make the truck look right you could get the new green your talking about and flatten it so that it looked like some shade of cammo green....:) Personnaly I'd painted 34079 flat forest green.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by bigwheelbob on Jul 29, 2006, 6:37pm

I did one in Hunter Green a few years back, and it looked great, even with the new OD top.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by binfordm715 on Jul 30, 2006, 3:13am

We'll let you go semi-gloss, but no shinier, 'k?

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by bbm715 on Jul 30, 2006, 12:56pm

With that much talent displayed in your fab work I think you've earned the right to paint it any d**n color you want!! (I'd still vote for the Marine green myself)

How far down does that tank go past the bottom of the frame? Very cool.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by sprm715 on Jul 30, 2006, 2:30pm

I forgot to add it will have a dump bed. I am waiting on motor for my pump.

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by twodogs on Jul 30, 2006, 7:27pm

Love that stretch cab! That will make a world of difference.

Re: color choice - the jeep Sahara YJ's were offered in a semigloss sand (common) and semi-gloss OD (rare). I think it was a '91 model. 50 year Jeep commemorative, maybe? A friend of mine had one in OD and I always thought it was a good looking color. The sand was nice, too.

At the risk of much abuse, I should point out that they were METALLIC semi gloss colors.

Fire in the hole! (I'm ducking behind my desk now.)

Re: Paint Opinion Help
Post by only1jp on Jul 30, 2006, 10:37pm

flat black looks very ominous on these trucks, tinted windows and a black canvas top...... downright intimidating.......