In the past I have changed the color on many different vehicles, and used some
discount pain companies, like good old Earl Schieb, Maaco and the like. I found that
doing much of the prep work yourself, like sanding, and removing crome, bumbers,
grill, lights made a big difference in the outcome of the work. Their paint is
avereage quality, its their prep that is really bad. They just tape and shoot. The
more you can do the better off you will be. I remember once I sanded and took
everything off a Volvo before I took it in, and when I got their I removed the
lights too. The folks at the pain shop really appreciated me doing all I did, and
maybe they did a little bit better job for me (kinda like bringing a clean engine to
a shop, the tech takes a little bit extra effort, maybe he respects the way you
treat your equipment). Anyway, I've had success taking it to the discount shops
doing it the way I did.

Ron Semko
Orlando, Florida
1984 Vanagon
1978 300D

Steve@Schwenk-Law.com wrote:

> Check out Michale Sullivan's van.  his turned out
> great.
> steve
> EMZ wrote:
> >
> >    If your looking for a near perfect job, forget it. Think of the
> > amount of interior parts, sticker in door jams, under the hood
> > parts, etc. that has to be removed and replaced to paint all those
> > areas. The entire vehicle would have to be rebuilt.
> >
> >             Eric                   86-VW4x4
> >             vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
> >             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Ron Lussier wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to completely change the color of a Vanagon?  (i.e., from
> > > blue to white?)  What would be involved?  (I figure a good-quality paint job
> > > is $6,000.  Are there additional costs?)
> > >
> > > Coyote
> > >
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> > >