Two tone or solid

[philo_beddoe]

Yeah, ever notice of ALL the photos whether on this forum or any site or even car shows and cruise nights, it is extremely rare to see a 73-87 100% factory truck? It is very difficult to get that look. (Of course no offense to anyone with a custome chevy, because many are)

[79SierraGrande]

I'd go two-tone all the way. Never even a choice for me. Two-tone looks awesome. I wish they still painted them like that on the new stuff today. One solid color is too drab and boring in my opinion. Just my two cents.


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[philo_beddoe]

Yup 2 tone all the way!  Kinda like this

[Engineer]

OP-

Deluxe two-tone on the '73~'80. IMHO, solids look yuck on the '73~'80.

Now '81~'87('91) can be either but with some color restrictions. Any solid looks good on a 81~87(91). Two tones are a little harder to pull off. Black over charcoal like some 89~91 Blazers is awesome. Dark blue over white, yepper. Light blue over silver or white. Ok. Red over white, yeah.

Tan ONLY if it is solid. The ugliest trucks on the road are tan and red two tone. Followed by tan and white. As bad is tan and black. If you must do a tan two tone use gold as the primary and tan as the accent.

To summarize, 81~87s look best in solid paint. (See my build thread) 73~80s in the deluxe two tone.

[AZ87V10]

My 87 is the deluxe two tone. Light Blue Metallic on the top, bottom, and inside; Frost White in the middle. I love it and think it looks great! I've always been partial to the two tone paint schemes on these trucks regardless of model year! My dad had an 82 K20 that I grew up with that was two tone copper metallic with tan on the roof and below the trim molding. I love that color combination! I say go two tone all the way!