To replace the decals, or not?

[danmetallic]

So our Club Joker is having some insurance work done (after a builders van left a hefty scratch and dent down the side) and all the rust looked at over the next couple of weeks. The respray will mean us loosing the stripes down the side. My question is, shall I bother replacing them? I'll replace the "club joker" decal but not too bothered about the stripes.

[trucker]

I like 'em, I'd put put them back

[danmetallic]

Is a club joker and club joker without the stripes?

Worth noting they're about £150 quid as well.

[kevtherev]

a westy owner deciding deviate from standard



Westy nazis will be along shortly and "correct" your thoughts

[bluedirtydigit]

I like them as well put them back it finishes it off.

[soupaging]

Right... I am very new new to this...but not new to the world,,,, ahem . Lets say I was on the planet when these were born. Point of fact ahem (splitty). There are purists and there are those who want their own touch and there are those who will live in their vans.......use your van for what you want it to be for you and your loved ones, forget the purists point of view they can stripe it up when its their's enjoy YOUR VAN my friend.

[The Bobdogs]

In the words of Johnny Cash...
' I got stripes...'
Deviation will not be tolerated....stick em back on or folk might think it's an autosleepr or some other rubbish conversion....

[printmonkey]

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[thebobster]

Forget the decals AND the purists! If you can't tell a genuine westfailure without seeing decals then you should be drummed out of the Westfailure Purists Gestapo. (For those who can't tell it's a westfailure, pop a small sign in a window saying
"No Grill Is Kept In This Van EVER !!)

As has been said, the van is YOURS to do with as YOU wish !! You don't even have to TRY to please anybody else. (Just clear it with your Missus first, and you'll be fine.)

[CJH]

Is a club joker and club joker without the stripes?

Worth noting they're about £150 quid as well.

Regardless of the originality arguments either way, they look good IMO, so I'd put them back on if it were my van. Won't the insurers pay?

[AdrianC]

Couldn't give the first flying toss about originality, and I think the stripes look daft and dated. So a vote for "no" here. On top of that, I'm not convinced they do any favours for the seams they cover.

[New Kentish Campers]

Keep 'em.

Helps disguise some of the rust if nothing else

[danmetallic]

That's given me some pause for thought. Gonna have to wait for the paint, lacquer etc to cure before reapplying any decals do I'll have some time with her "naked" either way.

[kevtherev]

I tried to live with my van after it was resprayed without the stripes and customising.
After a year I gave up and reinstated them.

I guess you will allways miss them and you will want them back eventually.

[ringo]

I tried to live with my van after it was resprayed without the stripes and customising.
After a year I gave up and reinstated them.

I guess you will allways miss them and you will want them back eventually.

I'm so glad you did. It looks much better with them on

I'd certainly get the insurance to buy your stripes - and then leave them IN the van. If you do sell, and a purist moans about the stripes, give them to him (or sell them to him).

Simples.

They look a bit dated to me (but not as dated as my Florida stripes!).

Ringo