Not sure on what color to paint my 29 a roadster so throwing this out to all of you If you had a 29 roadster what color combination would you paint it I'm going to run the fenders and looking at satin black just can't decide on the rest Tinkirk/Terry Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Ok let me throw this out there , what would u think about pearl white with satin black fenders ? Terry Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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a few years ago a local guy painted is nice 34 3w buick black with a white top. people said it looked like a skunk it didn't take him long to paint it all black. if your going 2 tone go with both dark or both light not one of each, .
I'd just paint it the colors I like, not what anyone else thinks would be right! Seriously this is as personal a decision as any on the build of your hot rod. If you can't pick a color you like, just prime it!
I'm not feeling the pearl white. From light to dark, cool vanilla-khaki-golden oak-chestnut-root beer brown. This is just me and my tastes. I favor non-metallics on the older rods. A lot of folks want something brighter and flashier, and that's fine. The core of hot rodding has always been "do it your way".
I just know i want to do this only once and different colors look better on different cars than other ones Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'd say no on the white and black. It will look like a 20's cop car recreation gone bad. Choosing the paint color is one of the hardest parts of a build imo.
Satin colors are for people who can't or won't spend the time getting the metal straight. I know it is popular right now, but shiny paint is for me. I did a satin black job for a customer. He liked it , but it looked unfinished to me. He always got the comment from people , when are you going to paint your car. This or this. Ended up painting the car. We had already started work on the car in the satin picture, but you get the idea.
Maybe a dark burgundy with black fenders but certainly not white with black fenders. Maybe all black like Henry made it would nice as well.
GREEN is the new black. Green is how I'll do my '49 Anglia pseudo gasser since I've never had a green hot rod and now is the time.
Paint it all one color! Anything but satin. No metallic. Go Gloss Black or a nice shade of tan or grey or green. Again straight color no metallic.
Decide what era your car's style represents and pick a color available in that era. No two tones, that's for restorers and resto-rods. Satin and flattened paint jobs are an over used fad that's already starting to fade out.
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