I painted a '77 Westy  a Jeep color, Lapis Blue (looked almost purple depending on the light) and it didn't hur t the value at all. I did it inside and out, since the original color was that butt ugly "Marigold" (aka school bus or taxi yellow) I thought it looked great (my apologies to those that like "Marigold!) Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> Of all the things you can do to customize and personalize a van, I
> think
> that changing the color is the toughest to undo. You can lift it,
> convert
> the engine, swap headlight grills, etc. etc. All these can be undone
> and
> shouldn't hurt resale if there's a purist involved. This comment about
> changing the color comes up, but I have not heart any testimonials. Is
> there anyone who has actually suffered a loss due to color change? For
> me,
> some of those green ones are simply beautiful......not sure, but I
> would
> like to hear from real world events....
> Gracias,
> Miguel
> Miguel
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 8:00 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> > In a message dated 4/13/2013 2:48:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > monkey_lips@YAHOO.COM writes:
> >
> > ps  thinking bed liner along bottom foot and then baby blue or
> > kermit green
> > rest  of the way up allll the way over the westy top (currently
> >  white)
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> > sure! go for it.. as long as u never plan on selling it again, that
> > color
> > scheme sounds like a winner :)
> >