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Old 08-26-2011, 05:47 AM   #1
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Lightbulb Hilux paint recommendations?

I've got a hilux body sitting here and a rogue elements drop bed kit and I'm trying to decide what color to paint it. Bed will of course be black. Not going to be an extreme build - bobbed bed, scx chassis, and a nice set of 1.55s or 1.9s...haven't decided.

I really like tan but there are so many tan builds it's crazy. My next thought was orange or maybe flat black but I've seen several of those as well.

Dark brown maybe?

Recommendations?
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Old 08-26-2011, 08:28 AM   #2
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Well, If it helps, Im painting my 4 door hilux robin egg blue, with some white steelies... I think, but I have a call to make before I decide on my paint completely
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Old 08-26-2011, 09:33 AM   #3
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I just finished a Hilux with a REC drop bed. I went with Tamiya TS15 blue, polished it out with micro mesh & then dull coated it. I really like the way the dull coat looked, gave it a faded look on the polished blue.

I posted some build pics of the bed assembly on tamiya crawlers if your interested:

http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...-a-Hilux-today



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Old 08-26-2011, 09:50 AM   #4
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lol - blue is out for sure. The only color used more than tan is blue.
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:39 AM   #5
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Beige.
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:51 AM   #6
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how about some tamiya candy lime green?
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:55 AM   #7
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Olive Drabb FTW
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Olive Drabb FTW
yea it looks good on a yota, my akyota build is olive drab.
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Old 08-26-2011, 11:33 AM   #9
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I've got some olive drab sitting here...
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I've got some olive drab sitting here...
Heres a pic of the akyota w/ olive drab.


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Yeah I've been going through the hilux pic threads to find out which colors have been used more than others. Olive drab isn't too common...nothing like blue or tan.
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