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Title: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: j-f on September 27, 2013, 18:38:37 pm Hi all,
I'm working on my'74 bay window Cal look project that hopefully will go to the body shop for paint this winter. I can't make my mind about the color. Originally, it was white. It has been repainted 2 or 3 times, so I sand it to bare metal to avoid any paint reactions. Finding a nice color for a vehicle this size and shape is not that easy and I want to find something that stand out of the crowd, that is tasty and classy and that suits the Cal look theme I'm looking after. I really like this color. Do somebody know this bus or have an idea about the paint code? (https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FcNjoyf7HgM/UkW8exjiTgI/AAAAAAAACBM/j32oZ89szdo/w717-h478-no/couleur+bay.jpg) I'm also considering Toga white, (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/121931.jpg) And Granada red (I can't find a good pics right now, but I saw it in the April 2009 Volksworld issue on a variant and it also looks great... ) ;) Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: nicolas on September 28, 2013, 08:55:16 am toga white is an off-white color. see it as a grey-white (george's type34 is that color)
Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: xavier on September 28, 2013, 09:22:57 am What era of Cal Look are you trying to achieve for your bus?
70's? Green, brown, yellow... 80's? Pepermint, raspberry, salmon... 90's? Stock color... I liked a lot a green Bay on SlotMags seen this year at Volksworld. Xavier Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: j-f on September 28, 2013, 14:03:46 pm More an actual Cal look treatment, not a replica of the 70's or 80's. Plain color, no dual tone, lowered but not slammed with a bit of rake, no camper interior, updated interior but in classic style.
I already have a set of 911 6" wheels in OEM finish. I don't want to follow rules, but apply my idea of an actual Cal look bus with my own taste ;) => The less is more. Quote toga white is an off-white color. see it as a grey-white (george's type34 is that color) That's why I like it ;) "VDB"'s notchback (remember, he did the Walifornia tour with us) is the same color. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, but I never see a bay window that actually suits my view of a Cal look. So I will try to do one. ;) Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: Bryan67 on September 29, 2013, 06:40:56 am Here`s my 68. Getting the 2276 ready to go in.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/975698.jpg) Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: Bryan67 on September 29, 2013, 06:41:36 am Wow that`s a big picture.
Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: j-f on September 29, 2013, 08:43:59 am Here`s my 68. Getting the 2276 ready to go in. This is what I'm talking about! Nice one ;) Do you have a side picture to show actual stance? And how did you get it lowered? Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: Bryan67 on September 29, 2013, 20:24:40 pm Four inch narrowed beam. 2.5" drop spindles and 3.25" drop plates in the back. Tires are 185/55`s and 185/65`s.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/942464.jpg) Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: j-f on September 30, 2013, 11:36:50 am Thanks Bryan ;)
Title: Re: Color question, idea, advice for a Bay window to be Cal look... Post by: Bryan67 on October 02, 2013, 14:51:26 pm No problem.
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