[Twinsen]

I purchased my Jeep with a few dings and scratches and have incurred another nice door ding the other day so I will be painting my beloved Jeep within the next couple of weeks and I'm having a difficult time deciding on what to go with. It is currently white, which is more of an off-white if anything. When I was looking for the Jeep, I really wanted to get it in black, so black is my first option.

However, I kind of want to do something different. So that brought up either a flat (matte) black or a gunmetal gray. So I thought I would ask you guys what you all thought. Here's an initial pic of what my truck looks like as of now. I need to take another pic though as I've added chrome door covers and black rain guards as well.

Not exactly a fan of the wheels on this but a good example of Matte Black on a Jeep...

Best example I could find of what I mean by Gunmetal...

What do you guys think???

 

[FulATry]

Primer grey is cool! When I was in high school my '80 cj-7 was 90% primer.

 

[Hummer recovery team]

if you go black, black it out and sell me your chrome lower facsia

 

[Twinsen]

if you go black, black it out and sell me your chrome lower facsia

We'll see, but I was thinking of going with a subtle chrome/black mix. So I'd probably keep my chrome pieces.

 

[Chapman89]

Would you be doing a legit paint job? Meaning, you would have the door jambs, under the hood, and less visible areas painted?

I would not do flat black, it's so played out beyond the point of being cool.

I think a cool metallic gun metal/black finish would look awesome on a Commander.

 

[jeep5253]

How about black chrome ? Betcha' nobody else has that.

 

[USMCMP]

I do not see any flaws in your paint. I have so many scratches (from the trails) in mine. I would stick with white unless you are getting a legit door jambs and all paint job that is going to cost a lot of money. Then in that case I would do Jeep Rescue Green.

 

[Matt_]

Leave it white.

And spend the money you saved on other mods.

 

[Smitty1970]

Leave it white.

And spend the money you saved on other mods.

Best advice I've heard in a long time and I make a living by painting cars.

 

[Twinsen]

Would you be doing a legit paint job? Meaning, you would have the door jambs, under the hood, and less visible areas painted?

I would not do flat black, it's so played out beyond the point of being cool.

I think a cool metallic gun metal/black finish would look awesome on a Commander.

Yes, this would be a legit paint job by a guy I know that did some clean-up work on my Infiniti.

Looks like it's neck and neck between keeping it white and going with Gunmetal. :lol:

 

[DetroitMarauder]

The matte black would look sick with your darkened lenses and just a little chrome.

 

[IamJEEP]

A two-tone of matte black and gloss black would be different.

 

[Mongo]

Flat Dark Green; a.k.a. Forest Green

Someone had pics up of a Commander repainted like that, it looked like a magazine or club vehicle.

If you go flat paint or black, something to consider for the CHROME; BLACK CHROME. Ever seen polished hematite, Black Chrome looks like it, very shinny like chrome, but has a black base, at some angles it looks silver/black, other angles like super glossy wet black and other angles like silver reflective chrome with a black base underneath.

 

[NO MATTER]

Have you considered doing a Wrap? A Friend of a Friend had thier G8 wrapped in matte black, It turned out frickin sweet! Plus if you were to get tired of that "Trend" Its easy to switch it up unlike a complete paint job?

 

[Twinsen]

Have you considered doing a Wrap? A Friend of a Friend had thier G8 wrapped in matte black, It turned out frickin sweet! Plus if you were to get tired of that "Trend" Its easy to switch it up unlike a complete paint job?

How much does something like that generally run?

 

[NO MATTER]

Id have to ask but I know the wraps on our Savana service trucks cost $1900 installed so I would guess somewhere around there?

 

[Twinsen]

I've decided I'm going to paint my sportbike the matte black first to see how it turns out and then make my decision on the truck after that. The guy is only going to charge me $250 for the bike, so not really losing out on it anyway. Even though it's my favorite color, black/yellow, I'm kind of bored with it now and want something unique (in Memphis) that no one else has really done.

 

[lekmedm]

Camel Trophy yellow with navy blue accents!

 

[Twinsen]

Update on my bike painting!

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