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"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 08/04/2014 at 14:23 • Filed to: None

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I didn't know the stripe wrapped around the front.

It's currently the nicest looking part of the van.

I've never seen it without that big ugly piece of black plastic. It looks nice without it.

505Turbeaux > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 14:27

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looks like next purchase is a gallon of refrigerator paint for some touch up

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 14:28

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So when are you going to bag it?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > 505Turbeaux 08/04/2014 at 14:29

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Touch up might be an understatement. More like repaint the entire thing. Paint's peeling on the roof now ._.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/04/2014 at 14:30

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The laundry list of thing that would come before bagging it is about a mile long.

RazoE > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 14:31

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You must do this.

Do not post again until you do it.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > RazoE 08/04/2014 at 14:32

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Oh.

God.

No.

Never. Nevernevernever.

505Turbeaux > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 14:32

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prime candidate for a roller and some thinned out rustoleum. Hopefully save dat stripe too. Hell I did my Vanagon like that

RazoE > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 14:33

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you misspelled "oh hellz yeah, please direct me where to buy parts"

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > 505Turbeaux 08/04/2014 at 14:34

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I have this idea that eventually I'm getting it painted blue and having the stripes redone in silver, get some silver steelies to match it with some white-lettered tires. And an LS3 to complete the package.

Maybe just some white rattlecan paint for now.

505Turbeaux > RazoE 08/04/2014 at 14:35

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oh hellz yeah, please direct me where to buy * steal* parts

totally fixed that for you

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > 505Turbeaux 08/04/2014 at 14:50

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I apparently pissed off a kid I barely know when I saw his porcelain-colored Ford Explorer Ltd. in the parking lot and commented to the friend who was with me that it looked like an old refrigerator.

505Turbeaux > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/04/2014 at 14:55

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haha someone was feeling hard about his Exploder? Typical. There can only be one...and it is an early 5.0l, standard, 2wd, 2 door sport. Then it can be any color, I just want one so bad...

Takuro Spirit > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 15:18

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DAT STRIPE

My parent's Astro had a wrap around one too (hard to tell in the pic) since it was a Rockwood conversion. All silver underneath the stick on stripes, and the hood was peeling like mad after a few years like yours.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Takuro Spirit 08/04/2014 at 15:54

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I rarely see any of the older Safari/Astros without peeling paint. They must've changed their paint process when they updated them.

Bandit > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 16:00

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Wrong. Take a rattle can, mask off the gold stripes, and paint the van satin black. Instant awesome. You now have a Trans Am themed van.

Takuro Spirit > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 16:09

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GM and Chrysler and others were trying a water based(?) paint I heard, and that's what caused the peeling. It didn't stick to the primer, so it peeled off. I had a Neon that had the same issue. The Astro got so bad the whole hood looked like a patina'd rat rod.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Bandit 08/04/2014 at 16:46

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This is a much better idea.

Bandit > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 16:48

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Satin black van, black painted chrome, black steel wheels, window tint, gold stripes. It would look so bad ass.

Dsscats > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/04/2014 at 19:02

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Your next ride:

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/4578808441…

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Dsscats 08/04/2014 at 19:06

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All that work and I bet it has the stock engine.