Re-spray inspiration

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Re: Re-spray inspiration

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High tops are even better when you tie in the top to the van.. like mine :D

used to look like this

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but not anymore

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Looks good

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yes, same situation, got an orange/grey interior so want to reflect that, this is what its like at the moment, 3 weeks of hard graff, many more to go me thinks, complete strip down, every bit of rust sorted... welding done
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could go safe, this is what it was like
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or do something abit different?

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You can paint a GRP Hi top with metallic paint. It will highlight imperfections. I prefer the all one colour look.
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kevtherev wrote:High tops are even better when you tie in the top to the van.. like mine :D

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I've said it before, but I really like that :ok

It's the imagination and inspiration to "get" a "good" design that I find hard :roll:
Kev's obviously not got that problem :ok
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