i did a rattle can job on my 86 a while back and really liked it. im gonna do my 84 soon but i cant decide what color i need some ideas. so lets see em, pics of any of your vehicles

 

I did the hood, front fender, and roof of my truck with Duplicolor flat black paint and primer.

this was before the paint




and after




it came out ok, but it definitely looks like a cheap rattle can job. I'm just glad it looks way better than it originally did. I haven't had it on more than a few months, so I can't really speak on its durability yet.

 

Here is mine, I tried to match the paint as close to the original as possible but I didn't do a very good job, it ended up being more of an orange. I'm still trying to decide if I want to keep it or not. Only the front fenders and hood are this color (I had to replace the fenders due to rust and the hood had several dents in it). If I decide I like it i'll of course finish the truck with it. Its krylon banner red from wal-mart.

Fenders and hood primed:



Fenders and hood painted:

 

i havnt done mine yet but i have a choice between olive drap, looks good but has been done to f$@4#% death. or some crazy green color that will make me stand out lol.

 

you should do the olive drap that would be awesome!

 

The '86 black paint must be made with some kind of self destruct ingredient. My '86 runner has the same wash-away black paint.
I've painted the hood, valence and wiper tray with acrylic enamel in the factory code.
The roof, and upper areas around the doors/bed/tailgate are still oxidizing and washing away.

 

same with my 84.. not quite to that extent but same problem as you can see here on the hood, roof, and parts of the quarters i think its the surfaces that recieve direct sunlight constantly

 

Hey man could do you me a big favor and get me a pic of that skidplate setup on your front end with your 2" body lift on? I believe its DOWNEY right? I was going to get one, and I will be doing a 3" BL soon and wondered how it would look, thanks! Sorry fer jackin' yer thread Alex..

 

here it is before the body lift


and here its is after the lift


As you can see, the Downey bar looks a bit funky after my 2" body lift. Moving the stock front bumper was a big pain after the body lift, but that was because the previous owner rear ended someone. I don't want to deal with the hassle of messing with the Downey bar, so I'm just going to leave it as is.

 

If you have a spray gun and a compressor it would be cheaper to go to Tractor Supply and get a gallon of tractor paint. They have alot of colors I did my bug last year . If i new how to post a pic id put it on her for ya.


Not sure if that works....oooh it worked