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Subject:Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
From:Chris S
Date:Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:06:52 -0500

I second the brown. My 84, appropriately named Hershey, is a two tone  
Wolsfburg. He lives harmoniously with colors of nature and knows not  
the meaning of walmart-blue tarp. He readily compliments most non- 
spandex outdoorsy apparrel.  He likes beige socks.  Handsome fella.

Chris.

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Dnia Feb 23, 2011 o godz. 16:55 Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>  
napisał(a):

> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com 
> >wrote:
>
>> I think the Pearl white or factory Glacier color is cool.  I also  
>> am going
>> to coat the valance and bumpers on my 91 with Rhino liner instead  
>> of the
>> factory gray/silver.  Maybe even a bra of the Rhino Liner to  
>> prevent rock
>> chips.  Just my .02
>> Michael in San Antonio
>> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>>
>>
>>
>   I really like the 'mud-brown' (a polite way to say what I usually  
> call
> it) stock color of my 84.  Why?  'Cause it is really hard to see  
> when you
> are parked camping.  It blends with just about any type of  
> backround.   This
> is  a very good thing when you are not in a formal pay camping area   
> (If you
> camp KOA or Pay RV or Forest Service/Park Service, by all means,  
> make your
> van a standout color to help you find it amongst the other RVs) ..If  
> you are
> on BLM or Forest land, on some side road or simply hiding behind a  
> Wal Mart
> for a quick nap while traveling...it's very handy to NOT have some  
> other
> passing-by would-be camper spy your bright-colored van and come cozy- 
> up
> nearby.  If you want to "be found" you can always stick some paper  
> plates to
> the trees or tie some ribbons or make a sign up...that will for sure  
> bring
> you neighbors (or help your friends find you)..Just take the signs  
> down when
> you leave, please.
>
>   Red, white, NIke-type Swooshes...Bright yellow, blue, etc....those  
> colors
> just 'draw the eye'.  Next time you are out on the road check it  
> out...I am
> currently in the desert SW.  From the top of a mountain pass I can  
> see white
> SUVs and small motor homes from at least 15 miles away, against the  
> desert
> floor.  Driving past a side road where bright colored RVs or Vans are
> camped...it's like..."hey, what wazzat? There's something down  
> there"...
>
> The Brown van?  Blends into the backround.
>
>  Don Hanson