a decent paint job includes 'windows out' for sure.
but the whole van doesn't have to be gutted.

most paint jobs are not that good actually.
I can count on one had the truly 'very good' repaint jobs I've seen, ever.

the bedliner stuff..I don't mind 'some' of that..
but when it's up the side too much ...
not for me.
I like to see that whole side down to the bottom on the sides, in nice
paint.

on a 91 GL I have ..
which I might sell one of these days...I like the fiberglass bumpers
just fine..but not the side gladding..
I took that off.
somehow that van looks longer and skinnier than say, an 87 GL.

On 3/10/2014 8:42 AM, Marc Perdue wrote:
> Chris,
>
> No, not blind. I saw that and wouldn't do it on mine, but I like the color
> just the same. I am going to paint my van and was considering a complete
> color change. It seems that, in order to do it right, however, you'd almost
> have to gut the van first. My comment about seeming to have done it right
> wasn't about the rhinolining, nor about any potential rust, which none of
> us can see, but about the fact that they seem to have done the painting
> right, having done the entire door frames, etc.
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 11:13 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>    In a message dated 3/9/2014 9:38:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> mcperdue@GMAIL.COM writes:
>>
>> I was thinking the same thing about the color; whoever painted it seems to
>> have done it right, at least from what few pix are there. Beautiful!!
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>> are you guys blind? someone rhinolined the rockers and quarterpanels of
>> this van... hideous!  the rhinolining was probably done to cover up rust
>> and dents or bad bodywork...  buyer beware!!
>>