Thanks to dogisbadob, my waiting turned into project (afternoon repost)

"Long_Voyager94" (yourenotavalidusername) 05/11/2020 at 16:14 • Filed to: rallyvan, Voyager

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Set out to make it look better in the wheel wells thanks to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

So I scuffed and cleaned everything, then laid down a couple coats of chassis black:

With that done I decided to give the calipers a little color:

That of course sent me down a rabbit hole in which I ordered my new heavy duty rear leafs, new bushings, and a new hitch for the rear.

So apparently she’ll be sitting longer yet..........

zhang72746 > Long_Voyager94 05/11/2020 at 07:31

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CalzoneGolem > Long_Voyager94 05/11/2020 at 08:56

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This is the way.

dogisbadob > Long_Voyager94 05/11/2020 at 09:03

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Looks good !

Nom De Plume > CalzoneGolem 05/11/2020 at 09:12

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I’m more than a little shocked he avoided colored calipers this long.  

Nom De Plume > Long_Voyager94 05/11/2020 at 09:14

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How long out are the “non-essential” brakes still? This is bordering upon maddening from even a casual observer’s perspective.

CalzoneGolem > Nom De Plume 05/11/2020 at 09:18

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I hadn’t considered that but that is pretty shocking consider the paint work done to this van already.

Long_Voyager94 > Nom De Plume 05/11/2020 at 09:59

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They were blue at one time years ago.......Had to replace calipers when I upgraded to the Stoptech brakes initially, didn’t have time to paint them.

Long_Voyager94 > Nom De Plume 05/11/2020 at 10:01

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They were last slated for delivery today, so we’ll see.

The really maddening part is my brakes are “non essential”, yet my grille inserts and wood grain vinyls apparently are..

Long_Voyager94 > dogisbadob 05/11/2020 at 10:01

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It’s all your fault ;)

Nom De Plume > Long_Voyager94 05/11/2020 at 10:08

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I hope they do finally show up and the repairs go well.  

Nom De Plume > Long_Voyager94 05/11/2020 at 10:09

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Now that makes more sense, lol.

Long_Voyager94 > Nom De Plume 05/11/2020 at 10:17

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If they show up today, they’ll be on tonight and I’ll drive her to work tomorrow.

Then it’s just waiting for the new HD springs and she’ll go back under th e knife.