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Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:59 am

color i should paint my ambo???? what should i paint my kombie? i dont know!!! eneaybody have an idea :roll: ?

Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:09 pm

What I do is go to the local paint store and look thru their books until I find something that trips my trigger. Given the size of a bus two tone is best I think with the lighter color on top. Beltline is an good place to break the colors. I like to stay away from the basic colors. Ivory is a good color for the top (I think).

Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:27 pm

Peach with green scallops! :P

Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:27 pm

What color was it originally?

Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:18 pm

i have recently gone through this same crisis.

go through your closet...loook at your favorite shirt.....what color is it???

paint the top the lighter of your two colors....

go to www.busselecta.com.....awesome site it will really help you get a hande on what you might want.....it also shows you that any colors look sweet on a VW bus...seriously

Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:33 pm

pyrOman wrote: Peach with green scallops! :P

Its Salmon Ralph.

Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:24 pm

campingbox wrote: What color was it originally? well my ambo was origanaly orang with whit top... my kombie was green and white on the top and im 12 andi have to split busses!!! but yeah thanks evarybody :D -keysar

Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:36 pm

Paint the ambo black, call it a hearse.
But seriously though, I go through this every time I restore a vehicle, and ultimately end up with the factory orig color, maybe others are braver than I...
You're 12 years old and you're struggling with these questions? You Rock!!

Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:26 pm

volksaddict wrote: Paint the ambo black, call it a hearse.
But seriously though, I go through this every time I restore a vehicle, and ultimately end up with the factory orig color, maybe others are braver than I...
You're 12 years old and you're struggling with these questions? You Rock!! well im restoring my bussesd by myself well my dads watches and if i really need help then he will help me...i understand how valuable splits are and i got myn for free!!!!both of them! from my uncle...im not close for the paint on eather of them yet but i go to bed thinking of what im painting my busses!!and i personly know lowtyp2 so if i would need help on my busses he would help to...so yeah i like the color of lowtyp2's bus so i want to shooot around that area.

Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:11 am

RINC wrote: pyrOman wrote: Peach with green scallops! :P

Its Salmon Ralph.

I'm sorry, I wasn't paying THAT much attention to it, but was that what it looked like? :?

:lol:

Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:16 am

VWMAN66 wrote: campingbox wrote: What color was it originally? well my ambo was origanaly orang with whit top... my kombie was green and white on the top and im 12 andi have to split busses!!! but yeah thanks evarybody :D -keysar

Do look in the gallery but also go to the paint store and check out what they have to offer. I spent nearly an hour looking a color books before I settled on mine. Yes, it is Chebbie "tan" but I wanted to be different. With my luck though, sure enough that shortly thereafter I saw another bus with the same color combo! :x

At least it was a deluxe and more yellow than tan but what can I do? :roll:

Good luck on your pick! 8)

Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:42 am

i went for the darker(orange) on top with my gulf petrol paint kombi. i know its normal for the lighter, less striking on top but i think mine looks just right and would have look pap the other way round.

go to the paint store and spend a lot of time with the busselecta.com to try out the basic combos then elaborate for the specific shades you want.
keep away from metallic tho, it always looks like arse :wink:

Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:56 am

edmundo wrote: i went for the darker(orange) on top with my gulf petrol paint kombi. i know its normal for the lighter, less striking on top but i think mine looks just right and would have look pap the other way round.

go to the paint store and spend a lot of time with the busselecta.com to try out the basic combos then elaborate for the specific shades you want.
keep away from metallic tho, it always looks like arse :wink: ok well i whent to busselecta.com and i came to to different colors for my 21 window kombie (and im sorry for my bad spelling im 12) the first is darkest blue on the botom and the off white on top with white bumpers and number 1,suspenion standerd rims with the thin white band,us spec bumpers,safari windows,number 1 roof rack sunroof,roof rack lader,side step,and delux trim... the second color is the darkest red on top the darkest green on bottom darkest red on us spec bumpers. number 2 suspension highth and fuch's with the thin red band tier. sunroof,number 2 roof rack with lader,side steps,spot light,dilux trim,and safari windows...so what so you think????? and i got a color for my ambo...i want a og look for my ambo so i think i want the hoel thing off white..

Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:27 am

RINC wrote: pyrOman wrote: Peach with green scallops! :P

Its Salmon Ralph.

I think regurgitate is the PC term. And I don't think it'd make a nice color for a bus...

Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:20 pm

your defiently lucky to have been given your first buses. good to see you are learning how to work on your buses at age 12.

post some pics of your buses, they may not need to be painted. if you do decide to paint i would go with the original colors, at the very least pick a color that is correct for your paticular year and model bus.

Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:10 pm

StockNazi wrote: your defiently lucky to have been given your first buses. good to see you are learning how to work on your buses at age 12.

post some pics of your buses, they may not need to be painted. if you do decide to paint i would go with the original colors, at the very least pick a color that is correct for your paticular year and model bus. thanks...im still thinking on what to paint it.........i might do og i might not.. and i will post pics... it will be a wile before ill have them but ill getem... 8)

Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:13 pm

Never knew about busselecta! Thanks for mentioning that! Does anyone know who made it though? Could use an update.

Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:02 pm

Original only!

Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:22 am

Where are you at in WA?

Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:53 pm

EvKev wrote: Where are you at in WA? battle ground...