Friends,
I've had an itch for a couple of years to do the 4th Gen two-tone treatment on my Ram 5500, with what FCA called rv match walnut brown metallic on the lower part. I've painted vehicles in my past and have done pretty good. I can actually rig up a paint booth in my shop, complete with filtered airflow. I may have to scratch it one day... gotta get my project load whittled down first. If I did, I would need to sand and paint a basecoat white on the lower part of my black hauler bed the same as the lower part of the cab of the truck as metallic needs to have the same color basecoat or it will be very noticeable. Ideally, a silver or gold basecoat would work best under a metallic paint. I built models a lot as a kid and learned all the cool painting stuff from that.
Anyhoo, sorry for getting off track as the discussion about two-tone Rams drummed up this thought.
Cheers, Ron