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against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 17:27
by blacky
I did a bottom half paint job on my brothers camper, I said it would be a good idea to do it in vw colour to retain some vestige of originality. Unfortunately he chose Savannah Beige, or as my mate calls it "hearing aid beige"

Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 17:38
by Budgie7
Like it, looks good, thinking of doing mine two tone, but it's red all over and want to keep the top red
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 18:01
by blacky
I also prefer two tones on camper as they look more retro, but my preference is for the bottom colour to be the darkest. So how about doing the top half elfenbein as vw call it, ivory to you and me.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 18:16
by Oldiebut goodie
Nothing wrong with that - it looks good.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 18:36
by Dazco
Looks classy
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 18:48
by Smosh
Yea, that's quite smart!
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 19:53
by jasd1978
Just personal preference, but the colour should stop at the end of the front doors. Always looks odd when there is a paint line on the front end with no natural body mouldings for it to follow. Colour looks good though.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 20:41
by blacky
I agree with you Jasd, that's why I did mine following the contours

Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 21:39
by jasd1978
Looks just the job, wish I had the skills to do my own.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 23:24
by tforturton
That's interesting....my Syncro is Savannah Beige, and it's definitely gold coloured. That looks like more like milky coffee.....
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 02 Jan 2015, 00:02
by ajsimmo
Ah, I think I see what's happened here. There's two different VW Savannah Beige colours. One is early and solid flat colour (the one you've got - L620), from the late 60s T2.
The T3 colour is LH1V and is listed as Savannah Beige Metallic.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 02 Jan 2015, 09:30
by blacky
ajsimmo wrote:Ah, I think I see what's happened here. There's two different VW Savannah Beige colours. One is early and solid flat colour (the one you've got - L620), from the late 60s T2.
The T3 colour is LH1V and is listed as Savannah Beige Metallic.
Ajsimo, well done,you made me go look at the tin and its actually Prairie Beige . Thats L378 I think, and you're right it was an early t/1 and t/2 colour If I remember correctly he was stuck over the choice of Savannah (hearing aid beige ) and Prairie (pensioner beige )
P.S. apologies to mods for posting in wrong section, I blame the festive Leffe beer.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 02 Jan 2015, 12:25
by tforturton
Whatever, it looks great. Nice job. I think the contrast is pretty cool.
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 02 Jan 2015, 13:21
by blacky
tforturton wrote:Whatever, it looks great. Nice job. I think the contrast is pretty cool.
Thank you
Re: against my wishes,my brothers choice of paint job
Posted: 02 Jan 2015, 16:22
by monster
Well done you i think it looks fab
