Azzvan

[jesus_is_alright]

Anyone know how much paint it takes to cover a SWB? also how many coats etc? I have no idea

[Numnutz]

good question,  I have to buy paint in the next couple of weeks,

I'm only guessing, but I was planing on buying (2x4ltr) or (1x10ltr) + clear coat.
I'm hoping that 3-4 coats of colour should be good enough.

[jesus_is_alright]

Cool, what color you going? gonna do it yourself or get someone else to?

[Numnutz]

I'm going to do it myself, still deciding on colour.
Originally I planned on doing it Burgundy again, but.... maybe not
I Have 2 other cars, they are both burgundy, so maybe a different colour would be a good change.

[Banksx2]

I'm going to do it myself, still deciding on colour.
Originally I planned on doing it Burgundy again, but.... maybe not
I Have 2 other cars, they are both burgundy, so maybe a different colour would be a good change.

Nothing wrong with burgundy - look left!   

[jesus_is_alright]

Looking through lots of photos of other vans and i dunno if its just me, or does my van look too high? I've done nothing to the suspension, just changed the wheels
Now my old tyres were 185/80/R14's on the front and are now 245/60/R15's and the back had 195/80/14's and are now 295/50/R15's
So the tyres are now 24mm/9mm taller (Front/Back), so i've only raised my van by 1/2 this (12mm/4.5mm) F/B

Does it look higher to you guys? Should I lower it? Can you notice 12mm higher ride height?

[Bas NZ]

Looks like we are going 4x4

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Aaron, i had the same problem, it took me 4yrs to finally work out the color, here is how i did it, this works for a show van, and might work for you. I looked at what my vans theme was going to be, stance and rake, was i going to airbrush. I looked at thousands of cars and trucks from all over the world, and then i saw an F650 truck, and the paint was a perfect match for what i was building. I then tried to photoshop it and finally about 18months ago i settled on the color, now i just need to find the money to do it.  You guys do a better job of photoshopping then me, but the idea is to combine all the things you want and see how they look. I know when i do get it finished it will blow your mind, everything will look to belong.

george.

[ben]

does rust look to belong?

[Bedfordcrazy]

depends benny, are you going for the beverly hillbillies look, yeh whatever turns you on. Actually there is a technique that is being used at the moment, you spray a coat of one sort of paint on your vehicle, let it dry, then spray on a chemical, there is a reaction and after a certain time you have a rusty paint job without the ventilation holes. Saw it on a hotrod show a while back, probably not for me, but the effect was awesome, and pricy.

george.