Flames painted on the hood

[demoman357]

This has been discussed before with one poster showing some nice pictures in 2006. I am wondering what it would look like to have flames painted on my new tractor that has a white paint job.

Perhaps I am attempting to "pimp my tractor", but I am not trying to ask for expected abuse. I just thought it may look kind of nice. I did see some spinner type wheel covers on a combine, and a family a few miles away has a metallic purple repaint on their Ford 8N with a yellow duck painted on top of the engine cover.

I am not going for the "hey look at me" thing since probably the only person who would ever see it is mywself. Otherwise I would hook up a 50,000 watt stereo system on the ROPS and perhaps some strobe lights.

Anybody got any ideas?

 

[mwb]

Sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy to me... I think I would stop after adding mudflaps.

I saw a concrete pumper truck all done up with flames and it actually looked alright, maybe it would work for a tractor. Do you have a Bobcat?

 

[Kays Supply]

There was a picture going around a while back of a personal helicopter with the most awesome flame job you ever saw. The picture had the helicopter landing and a firetruck waiting for it. The story was that there had been multiple 911 calls of a helicopter on fire.

 

[unclesalty]

Im in! I think flames on a white tractor would look great. I'd like to see my neighbor and his orange tractor top that. We have a little tractor rivalry goin on here.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Go to tokyo once and see the ultimate in pimping of industrial equipment. At least the lorries they use are pretty impressive.

Flame jobs take some skill to look good. You might want to consider some high quality decals...

 

[toivo1037]

Go for it, if you want it, and think it will look cool, go ahead! (From the guy who has some neon inside his boat)

Go with blue or purple flames though - more old-skool.

 

[NSBound]

You can go subtle or you can go loud!

 

[Paystar]

Or you can go welfare

 

[Ivan1547]

I never did pimp out the tractor, but I did pimp out my riding lawnmower.

Ivan

 

[ninefinger]

Bottom line...it is your machine, do what makes you happy. If someone else has a problem with it then it would appear to me it is their problem not yours. If you do it post some pics, I think it would look good.

 

[BWBrown]

I'd say go for it - might look cool.
I had an old riding mower with an onan engine, fuel pump on top of the engine, ruptured the diaphram (I guessed) on the pump, doused engine with fuel, kept running and pumping - and BURNING. Too far from water or fire extinguisher. Nothing to do but stand back and watch the old girl self destruct.

Real flames are not cool.
Good story for the grandkids though.

 

[Beavis]

Here is mine.....

 

[woodlandfarms]

And Mine

 

[hyp7]

Here is my sons truck I painted up for his 17th birthday

 

[woodlandfarms]

Wow, really well executed. Must look really nice on a white truck...

 

[hyp7]

Here is a finished pic. Its not a tractor but I wonder what my case 580ck would like painted up in fire.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

Here is my sons truck I painted up for his 17th birthday

Here is a finished pic. Its not a tractor but I wonder what my case 580ck would like painted up in fire.

Welcome to TBN!

You really did a great job!!!

I would say your son was happy when he saw it.

 

[larso1]

Here's a pic I copied from a while back of a flamed IH Cub (not mine). Just the right amount of "loudness" I'd say, but subtle enough for the conservatives. (I can't explain the down and up-thru-the-hood exhausts tho):

 

[archerm3]

Here is a finished pic. Its not a tractor but I wonder what my case 580ck would like painted up in fire.

That has got to be the best fire job I've ever seen. That's nice. Realistic looking, I esp like the black smoke effect.

 

[hyp7]

Thanks for the kind words. My son and I love driving it around it draws a lot of looks.
Hyp