A Custom Build may be a personal "styling" statement, making the car look unlike any car as delivered from the factory. Custom Builds are distinct from hot rods. Additionally, a street rod can be considered custom. Paint was an important concern. Once bodywork was done, the cars were painted unusual colors. Transparent but wildly-colored candy-apple paint, applied atop a metallic undercoat, and metalflake paint, with aluminum glitter within candy-apple paint. These took many coats to produce a brilliant effect. Customizers also continued the habit of adding decorative paint after the main coat was finished, of flames extending rearward from the front wheels, scallops, and hand-painted pinstripes of a contrasting color.