Frame colors?
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Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Algonac Michigan
Frame colors?
Anyone out there with pics of their frame in any colors than basic black. I was thinking of powder coating mine in red to match the car, with suspension and steering parts in black for contrast. Any input???
This is what I have to work with...Good and solid(thank God)
This is what I have to work with...Good and solid(thank God)
Melting Slicks
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From: the land of a never ending frame-off resto-mod. May Visa have mercy on my soul.
Before I painted my frame black I thought about colors and then decided not to because of the upkeep...keeping it clean, I just don't have the time to wipe the frame down besides all the othe parts. IMHO.
Safety Car
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From: North Easton Mass
How about silver? This pic is Rust Bullet silver which is a flat finish, but a metallic silver would look great. I painted over this color with chassis black because I'm building a driver but I was tempted to just clear-coat over the Bullet.
Rick B.
Rick B.
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From: barkhamsted ct
frame colors
I got a gallon of sherwin williams lilac polane polyurethane enamel for all the running gear.
it was a RAL color code, which is a standard color book from europe.
most machine tools are painted with this stuff, so it's got to be tough.
for a ground up ultra resto 68 coupe i hope to finish before I die.
-85% jimmy
it was a RAL color code, which is a standard color book from europe.
most machine tools are painted with this stuff, so it's got to be tough.
for a ground up ultra resto 68 coupe i hope to finish before I die.
-85% jimmy
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by sly vette
that gunmetal looks good 
thanks. Anyone else out there?
thanks. Anyone else out there?
Instructor
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From: S.C.
Check out this web site http://www.corvetteforum.net/c5/richs7/index.shtml
This guy is a member here and has some of the nicest Vettes I have ever seen. Good pictures of the custom painted frames
This guy is a member here and has some of the nicest Vettes I have ever seen. Good pictures of the custom painted frames