The next big thing: Repaint the Van

[E-350]

Originally Posted by JWA

Next time someone questions why body shop charge so much we have an idea from this post. Too many don't realize how much labor is involved in "just squirting a little paint". "

Sadly when I owned my body shop that was often a question---did almost no work for people with that mindset.

Yep, I’m with you for a proper color change! I’m totally with you!

Easy way out would have been to just repaint the bad spots in the same color. Then sanding the whole body down to bare metal would have been replaced with scuffing the affected areas.

[E-350]

Starting to assemble…

[Lilnuts2]

Will be very easy to find in a big parking lot lol.

Looks great!
And thanks for the write up and documentation.

[E-350]

Yes, will be super easy! :-)

I’m really curious how the color looks like out in the wild. It’s interesting how the color impression changes with the light. Sometimes it feels like super bright and shiny, sometimes it’s “just orange”.

[86Scotty]

I haven't caught up on this thread, or really any threads, in awhile. Looks Sweet!