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metropoj
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| MsTaboo wrote: |
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| For my lack of vanagon knowledge (not to be sarcastic), what is the purpose of the 2WD decal? Obviously the 4wd makes sense to let people know it is a 4wd capable vehicle. Was the 2wd decal ever from the factory? Im just curious why the 2wd would be used. |
Never from the factory. It was dreamed up by wannabe posers. 
Thanks Baru16 for the Tristar decal file! Now we need one for the Syncro Tristar. |
Wouldn't a Poser would be the guy who stuck the 4WD sticker on their 2WD ?
Someone I guess just liked the look of the 4WD sticker idea but didn't have a Syncro ( or need one ) ..... |
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MsTaboo
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| metropoj wrote: |
| MsTaboo wrote: |
| cmarino929 wrote: |
| For my lack of vanagon knowledge (not to be sarcastic), what is the purpose of the 2WD decal? Obviously the 4wd makes sense to let people know it is a 4wd capable vehicle. Was the 2wd decal ever from the factory? Im just curious why the 2wd would be used. |
Never from the factory. It was dreamed up by wannabe posers.
Thanks Baru16 for the Tristar decal file! Now we need one for the Syncro Tristar. |
Wouldn't a Poser would be the guy who stuck the 4WD sticker on their 2WD ?
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True, but the 2WD sticker still gives the fake look of the "cool" Syncro. 
To be really honest, the Syncro is the 2WD, or 3WD if locked (unless you have a front locker in which case then it's a 4WD!) the regular Vanagon is a 1WD. 
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Tobias Duncan
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The more I think about it, the more I must have a custom sticker on the luggage rack.
WESTPHALIA would be cool but maybe even FURTHER or perhaps TARDIS
Does anyone have the full alphabet in that font? |
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syncrodoka
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| Does anyone have the full alphabet in that font? |
It isn't a standard font so the answer is no. |
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Bills85Westy
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| Is there any way you can make the Birth sticker on the passenger door. It's the black one with Westfalia-Werk. |
I agree! I would love to figure out a way to redo ours.
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I just bought a (close) reproduction from Meister Werks. He only has Silver & White, but it was close & good enough for mine.
http://meister.us.com/
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imdbui
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:04 am Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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Reviving this thread to try to get an updated link? If someone can share the files with me I will mirror a link from my Dropbox as well. Thanks.
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CampWesty
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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At this point it doesn't seem like anyone will be sharing. There's too many people that make money off of selling decals now. See above for just one example. I can't really blame them, though, as many (all?) of them had to create the font from scratch which is very time consuming, at least from my experience.
Maybe if someone could track down baru16 he could re-share the files in a more permanent fashion?
EDIT: Originally misquoted which user had linked the files.
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imdbui
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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| CampWesty wrote: |
At this point it doesn't seem like anyone will be sharing. There's too many people that make money off of selling decals now. See above for just one example. I can't really blame them, though, as many (all?) of them had to create the font from scratch which is very time consuming, at least from my experience.
Maybe if someone could track down baru16 he could re-share the files in a more permanent fashion?
EDIT: Originally misquoted which user had linked the files. |
Wow has it really come down to that? Well that's unfortunate to hear. I was hoping for the files to edit into other phrases. I'll share what I came up with for my college team. Go beavs!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0y40AdK572CSS1qampDVTR1NmRvLTFzQkloSzFnd2NzWGVN/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0y40AdK572CVklnc0s1My1pUkFiMkc5dThzMFJreUtnRDlz/view?usp=drivesdk
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syncrodoka
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| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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All you guys SHOULD be noting credit to the OP in your links since he actually went through the trouble of creating them.  |
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jimf909 
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True, but the 2WD sticker still gives the fake look of the "cool" Syncro.
To be really honest, the Syncro is the 2WD, or 3WD if locked (unless you have a front locker in which case then it's a 4WD!) the regular Vanagon is a 1WD. |
Oh man! In my flu induced sillyness, I so want a 1WD sticker for my van. When I add the locking diff in the future I'll upgrade to 2WD.
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llilibel03
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| MsTaboo wrote: |
True, but the 2WD sticker still gives the fake look of the "cool" Syncro.
To be really honest, the Syncro is the 2WD, or 3WD if locked (unless you have a front locker in which case then it's a 4WD!) the regular Vanagon is a 1WD. |
Oh man! In my flu induced sillyness, I so want a 1WD sticker for my van. When I add the locking diff in the future I'll upgrade to 2WD. |
Agreed. 1WD would be classic. There is also a blog called "63mph." I would love a 63 mph sticker because that is my van's happy speed. Actually 45 is nirvana. |
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baru16
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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WOW!!!! I got married about 3 years ago, had a baby, bought a house. Unfortunately sold my Jenny.
This thread reminded me of why i loved my Vangon so much. Now i have to start looking for a replacement.
I still have all the original files and even better i made much more. Will be uploading files soon.
BTW not cool you guys didn't give me credit for the files... But it's ok...
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CampWesty
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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| All you guys SHOULD be noting credit to the OP in your links since he actually went through the trouble of creating them. |
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BTW not cool you guys didn't give me credit for the files... But it's ok... |
Surely I'm not included in these broad brush strokes? I have not touched the page since I created it, and it literally links back to this thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6148079#6148079
If that's not considered linking to a source I'm not sure what is.
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WLD*WSTY
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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A slanted and solid (not outline) "syncro" can be downloaded from https://www.brandsoftheworld.com/logo/syncro-4wd-0
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outcaststudios
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Decal Files!! :) |
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haha i just 3d printed a new 'transporter' logo for mine, didnt want to wait. its temporary till i find a good one at a swap.
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