View Full Version : Buying new truck.. What is best color?
bigcarl64
01-24-2011, 07:34 PM
I have a quad LI for install and I'm wondering what is the best color to get for minimizing LIDAR reflection?
Popeye77
01-24-2011, 08:34 PM
From what i have been reading. BLACK but the huge chrome grilles our trucks will kinda negate the color. Pleny of surface area to bounce off of. Just my 02, mines dark gray but the big nice shiny grill makes good target. I wouldn't think they would have to worry about hitting the license plate
Woodscolby
01-24-2011, 09:15 PM
Black is the best color to reduce your targetable range with LIDAR. You can deal with other colors and still be very well protected though as long as you mount the heads ideally. Where are you in Texas?
bigcarl64
01-25-2011, 04:39 AM
I'm in the Houston area. I like the new 2011 Dodge Ram Sport edition. No chrome and color matching painted bumpers in front and back.
DrCoke
01-25-2011, 06:21 AM
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sx4dude2013
01-25-2011, 08:55 AM
NO BLACK! it will be dirty 24/7 :(
I'm in the Houston area. I like the new 2011 Dodge Ram Sport edition. No chrome and color matching painted bumpers in front and back.
Weren't you at the last Houston Jammer meet? I'm bad with names. Anyway, with that LI quad, any color would be fine. My Dodge Ram is silver with a big chrome grill and I JTG'd everything. By the way, I'm running a LI dual.
bigcarl64
01-25-2011, 11:32 AM
Yes I was at the one in 2009.
erickonphoenix
01-25-2011, 12:08 PM
If you use a jammer on a large truck be really careful about how long you jam. Large trucks look really suspicious when they put E-01 errors up.
Won Hunglo
01-25-2011, 07:13 PM
Get a good jammer & color is not a factor.
Stealth Stalker
01-25-2011, 10:08 PM
Get a good jammer & color is not a factor.
^ This.
Also, when speaking of least susceptible colours, we are speaking theoretically only. In actuality, colour of the paint itself is not nearly as big a factor as the composition of the pigments used. There are dark paints that reflect more IR than lighter paints because of composition. Consequently, don't count on colour choice to make a huge difference. Pick whatever colour you like (except for chrome), and protect it with the best available jammer system.