A pop top is reborn

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Re: A pop top is reborn

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syncrosimon wrote:Many hands make light work!!!!!

Always fancied having a go at glass removal, now i think I will. Cheers.

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jed the spread wrote:
syncrosimon wrote:Many hands make light work!!!!!

Always fancied having a go at glass removal, now i think I will. Cheers.

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Hey Jed ....... he said glass REMOVAL ...... not installation !! ;)
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Getting there looks a bit plain due to no decals but I can't make my mind up what ones to use. I dont like the original ones so am thinking silver same as my old van, what do you think?

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Silver stickers are fine but the problem is the colour, white westies are so last year and you can't see the stickers

Black and Red Sikas are what all the cool kids are driving these days :lol:
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looks good rob, the mefros and tyres make all the difference in my eyes.

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would go for the black stickers better contrast methinks maybe try photoshopping it ?
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looking nice lhd:) or a mix black/silver

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xriss. that looks really smart on the white. yours???

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nopes lee not mine
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Did the original Syncro stickers come with the gap where the 2WD filler cap goes, or is this due to being replacement stickers?
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That style are for the early models, usually Aircooled.
We are just looking at making them at the moment.
seems weird that the originals don't fit properly around the indicator, we have the quandry of do we make them fit properly or do we have them so they don't fit like the originals?
The originals were also screen printed rather than layered vinyl, and the real ones have a textured finish, not the usual smooth vinyl. :lol:
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Oh, and personally Rob, I think it looks nice plain with no stickers, even without the syncro and 4WD badges.
The AT's and the Mefros tell you all you need to know, you need to wire up the fog lamp into the standard van lights, that thing below the bumper looks gash and won't last 5 mins off road!
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Simon Baxter wrote:Oh, and personally Rob, I think it looks nice plain with no stickers, even without the syncro and 4WD badges.
The AT's and the Mefros tell you all you need to know, you need to wire up the fog lamp into the standard van lights, that thing below the bumper looks gash and won't last 5 mins off road!

That was me being lazy.
I just lifted the whole bumper off my old van, the fog light is not wired up and is due for removal. The previous owner had run a wire to the lights but it didn't work so will have to look into how to get that working.

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jebiga41 wrote:
oh ckeck out my towbar cool eh
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Part 4 of Syncro Shopping has now been added, feel free to leave a comment etc. Rob hasnt seen it yet either :lol:

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