Chassis Colour

[londonsean69]

Righty ho Guys (I don't think we have any Girls )

Over the next couple of days I will be painting my chassis, although will have to repaint areas after welding in engine and gearbox mounts.

I am in a bit of a quandry regarding what colour to do it?

I have refurbed all the running gear, and that is either black or silver (Wishbones, drive shafts = Black - Hubs, Uprights = Silver).

Final colour scheme will be black bodywork, possibly with a white stripe

Should I do my chassis Black, or Silver, or something totally different?

It will be rolled on, rather than sprayed, as there are more gaps than material, with a brush used to work it right into any joints.

I am erring on Silver, so is the woman, but I only listen to her when I need something

[Bonzo]

Silver would contrast nicely with Black

Mind you, this is coming from the numpty that painted his chassis bright Red

[VladD]

I plan to paint mine British Racing Green to match the rest of the car.

[RAYLEE29]

Hi, mine is satin black and looks nice but the only reason i painted it that colour is because i picked up a 5litre tin dirt cheap from in-xcess.
Silver would look fantastic if you get the finish right but if you dont it wont
I used some upol weld thru primer on some of the chassis (its silver) and it looked lovely.
some people say gray is the colour to use because it shows up cracks
there was a simillar poll on lcb a while back and most people went for black ive seen green orange red silver white and black
If you go for anything other than black you will stand out from the crowd but make sure its for the right reasons and it fits with the rest of your colour scheme
Ray
p.s. why not do a bit silver and see if you like it? black will cover over it if you dont

[dogwood]

Mine's a redish brown...........Oh its rust,


Silver for me...

David

[Tatey]

I think i'll be going for a gun metal grey chassis with a matt black stripe down the middle. And i will be painting my chassis matt black, hopefully it should look alright.

So im voting for black.

[AshG]

satin black. thats what i have used and it touches up so well that you cant even see the touch up.

[HandyAndy]

similar comments to Ash,s post but mine is gloss black,
i too thought of silver but having seen quite a few "on the road" cars up close they soon get dirty & thought silver would be too hard to keep looking as smart as i,d like it to be .


andy

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by londonsean69

It will be rolled on, rather than sprayed, as there are more gaps than material, with a brush used to work it right into any joints.

Not any more it won't be

Just spent a couple of hours with brush and rollers. Not fun, and not very even.

Tomorrow evening, I will be hanging plastic sheets everywhere and spraying it

I've got a compressor, so might as well use the thing. I did much prefer the look of sprayed paint on the refurbed parts, as opposed to the odd couple I did with the brush.

Still undecided on the colour though, although after speaking with SWMBO, I am definitely leaning towards silver, it should contrast nicely with the black body, and if I do the stripe in a nice metallic silver.

A couple of bits of red here and there (harnesses, calipers, gear and handbrake gaiters etc.) and a colour scheme is forming in my head

[squbti]

My chassis is going to be black & the body will be rat rod flat black with 2 glossy black stripes & carbon fiber front wings
cheers