Powdercoating color? Help me choose

[Cknight199]

Alright I'm in desperate need of picking colors for my single turbo kit. Here is a picture of my truck, and my turbo kit. I'll also be getting my front crossmember powdercoated so there will be a little bit of color behind the grill.

Truck color is silver birch

 

[BLACKMAX1]

Well, going off your truck color and being what you already have. Aren't your wheels black? So if you wanted to go with that theme, a textured black would look good, you could even add a little bit of silver to the black. But it could look a lil plain in the engine bay. Maybe silver birch tubes and a black housing? My truck is black and all my tubes and compressor housing are candy green, stands out and meshs together well.

 

[minerigger]

ive got orange on my 366 kit and it pops. my truck is also silver birch:thumb:

 

[Cknight199]

ive got orange on my 366 kit and it pops. my truck is also silver birch:thumb:

Mind posting a pic?

 

[ThebigGids]

Gold!

Idk what colors are you looking for? Any ideas you have?

 

[minerigger]

The truck and the kit.

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[Taylor-34]

Pepsi blue always looks good with silver birch.. My fav. Color is purple so the candy plumb would be an easy decision for me...

 

[moparkxracer]

I think a shade of maroon would look good. I did that and silver vein on brackets and compressor covers.

 

[Cknight199]

Well I think I have decided to keep the color of the red in the pic, since it matches my batteries, etc. I'm going to get my other piping colored the same red and then have my turbo cover powdercoated. My only question it I want to get my compressor housing smooth so there are no cast marks and no logos on it. I've never polished something like this so any advice?

 

[moparkxracer]

You have to sand the casting marking down to get it smooth, then sand with 320, 400, etc to 1000 wet. Then use a polishing wheel with red, white and I like to use the green compound to finish it up.

 

[Cknight199]

Well I said screw it and went with my guy and picked illusion orange and a blue with silver base coat for a deep blue look.

 

[Cknight199]

I lied. I can't decide

So here are the options.

What is getting coated:
-Turbo kit
-Turbo
-Cooling stack brace and support
-Upper radiator hose thing
-driver side hood brace
-Battery brace
-Coolant tank (comes aluminum)


1. Red piping, with a polished turbo. Same red color as I currently have now on my intake. everything but the turbo would be red.

2. Blue and chrome piping, everything blue but the turbo and coolant tank would be chrome.

3. Blue and orange piping, turbo piping would be blue as well as the coolant tank. Everything else would be illusion orange with a little bit of a flake in it (candy orange looking)

4. Blue and green piping, same as #3 but green instead of orange.

5. blue and silver piping, same as #3 but silver instead of orange.

here are some pictures for reference on the colors I like.



Ive ran these colors through my head and cannot come to a conclusion...

 

[matt78]

Candy red, im partial.

 

[NinjaMax]

Check out wsmithduramax, he's a member here..his looks f'n cool!

His thread (hope you don't mind Wes)
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57501

 

[Lb7_Katie]

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[Hot COCOAL]

Why not just PC everything in polished ceramic, no color just shine

And for the parts that don't get hot, have you thought about hydro-dipping?
There is some really insane graphics available for Hydro-dipping and most places shoot the parts in clear to protect them, it's just like paint!

 

[Lb7_Katie]

Alright I'm in desperate need of picking colors for my single turbo kit. Here is a picture of my truck, and my turbo kit. I'll also be getting my front crossmember powdercoated so there will be a little bit of color behind the grill. View attachment 34379View attachment 34380

Truck color is silver birch

Just do orange! the Color i ordered from Prismatic is awesome, its called Illusion Orange, you can do a lime green flake in it. (starburst flake is what i believe its called). The color is awesome and changes with the light.

 

[joe@HSPDIESEL]

There's a lot of familiar colors in here!

This is our current favorite, we had it done to match the newer trucks Ruby Red.

 

[TROJAN366]

^that was what I was thinking Joe. Maroon with a polished charger and coolant reservoir would look damn good.

 

[Lb7_Katie]

There's a lot of familiar colors in here!

This is our current favorite, we had it done to match the newer trucks Ruby Red.

Looks awesome!


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