kevint1022

Hey everyone, knew to the F150 forums and (semi-new) to a F150 truck! I figured this would be a pretty good place to ask for the estimation of painting over the two-tone of my truck. I know this isn't a body shop, but I figured everyone would be very knowledgeable and helpful here! I am trying to paint the bottom two-tone (the cream/tannish paint) under the doors to the color of the rest of the truck. I am not 100% sure what the official color of the rest of the truck is. (charcoal/greyish?) How do I figure out the official color? And also how much do y'all think it will be to cover over the two-tone? Thanks!

TxCustoms89

iTrader: (1)

The paint code is on door sticker then you can google the code mines YZ

kevint1022

Alright thanks. I found out mine is a T7, which comes up as a charcoal beige or (Dark Stone /Dark Stone Met./ Charcoal Beige Met.) on google. Anyone have an educated guess on how much it would cost to paint over the bottom two-tone with this color?

cajunboy2208

My guess is you will have to get the whole truck painted. If not, the odds of the color matching up won't be too great, as well as a smooth finish. If it was just a section, ie the hood or fender, it wouldn't be a problem. But as it's the whole bottom of the truck... I would say new paint job, so about 3000

kevint1022

How come you feel like the color matching would not be great? I figured it would match smoothly with the same T7 paint?

TxCustoms89

iTrader: (1)

Because the trucks paint may be a little faded from the weather versus the brand new paint but you never know my trucks spoiler was painted to match 7 years after truck was made and matches ha but it is white though whoever you go to ask them their opinion

kevint1022

Oh okay I got you. Alright thanks I guess I'll have to do some research around town and find out for myself.

GhostriderI

Age of the paint and sun bleaching of the color. (paint fades over time from its orginal color due to exposure to mother nature)

Steved13

I'd check around, a good painter, might be able to get it pretty close and then blend it (feather one color into the other so it's not noticeable).

You also might think about a new color like black, so the matching isn't crucial, yet doesn't stand out as much as the tan..

screw04

You hunt, cover it with camo. They make side pieces just for that purpose in all different colors, chrome, black, and camo are the ones I can think of but they look nice, very protective