How do you decide Roll-Cage Color?

Recently came accross this question.. how do you decide if your roll-cage should be black, white, silver, body color, etc.? And wanted to see others opinions on this. I'm aiming toward a street car, not a real race car replica.

I personally dont like any other colour on a roll cage other than chrome/silver or blue.

White looks plastic, and most other colours i think look cheap and ugly.

But thats my 2 cents. :)

i think they should always be silver

Honoturtle.....listen to the wise one. If your making a drag car, do silver (track only i mean) stree/drag car black(most cages are illegal here, that's why the one in my cutlass is black, funny can save your life in a roll-over but is illegal, go figure) drift car (body color) or you can use any color you like, but that's the way I do mines. and I use Evergreen .100 styrene rod to make them, 5 in a pack for 1 buk can't be beat. just have to make you a jig for one side and you can bend your main hoop from one piece using the jig.

You can really use any color on a self-installed cage. Semi-gloss black, gloss white, and silver are popular colors. But, in all truth, matching the cage to the body color, or contrasting it to the body color and the interior are also good choices.

However, when you're doing a replica of a 1:1 car, then research is the only route to determining the correct color.

all 1:1 cars i see with cages are either painted body color (with a different color for the padding around the driver) ... or are a chrome/silver finish ...

when a car is being built .. the roll cage is normally one of the first things done ... and then the car is painted once all of the body mods and structural bracing/welding is complete ... (a bolt in style cage is a different story) ...

all 1:1 cars i see with cages are either painted body color (with a different color for the padding around the driver) ... or are a chrome/silver finish ...

when a car is being built .. the roll cage is normally one of the first things done ... and then the car is painted once all of the body mods and structural bracing/welding is complete ... (a bolt in style cage is a different story) ...

I think that's about it..nicely said, too :)

Silver does sound good! But, I'm going for gunmetal this time around.

I like to see them done as body colour or a shade that is close to the body.
On racing cars this can apply to, but they can be done black or silver

my opinion is silver

I never do mine just silver, or black or something. I always paint the interior, then sit there and think about what colors would look good in there, and if I can't really get a picture in my head, I start to draw.

I do mine the color of the car.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p2059fafa53e49eb53db9e2dceacc3249/fbd463fc.jpg
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If the car has stripes or an accent colour, paint the cage the same colour as that to emphasize it. Works best on silver/orange cars I reckon.