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94touring
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Joined: October 24, 2020
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Location: Oklahoma - OK
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:47 pm Post subject: Showing off my bus color change |
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I've had this Brazilian for a few years at this point. The paint on it was a 10-15 footer, mainly due to severe orange peel. Plus, I didn't care for the vinyl striping, or the dark blue roof for that matter. Finally found some time to tackle this thing. Spent a handful of days removing vinyl, prepping, and masking. There's no previous metal work to speak of that I was able to find, aside from a small floor section repair and an area on the right rear lower quarter panel, which was a bit shoddy and had more filler than I'd like. I redid that spot and had a couple minor dings to deal with. This is Marina blue and just an off white that matched the existing white. Decided to leave the roof rack off and opted for a 4x6 lightweight trailer to haul gear and a vespa.
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viiking
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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That is really beautiful. I love it!
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94touring
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Location: Oklahoma - OK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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Deggi Mirch
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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| You really got that right, looks beautiful. |
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frenchroast
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Joined: October 13, 2019
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:49 am Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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| Looks great! Like the mini, too. |
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94touring
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Location: Oklahoma - OK
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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| Looks great! Like the mini, too. |
Have a few! In fact I almost went with Speedwell blue pictured on this one shell I did up. Very similar, slightly darker. I have a bug in Marina blue that needs a restoration, so I kept the bus in the VW color code family and have paint leftover to do the bug eventually.
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94touring
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Location: Oklahoma - OK
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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Here it is back together and ready for camp season.
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clockworkbox
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Location: Williamsport, PA
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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That looks great! What paint did you use?
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94touring
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: Showing off my bus color change |
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| That looks great! What paint did you use? |
Thanks! I've been using TCP Globals base/clear urethane on the past several paint jobs. Shot the rear bumper in their single stage urethane, which I was pleased with as well. |
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