I would suggest Vinyl Decals if one wants to put stuff like that on it, but
if you have no long term plans to sell I say paint it on!
"Speedy Jim" > wrote in message
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> brassbend wrote:
>
>> I have a '73 Thing in orange. The paint is pretty good overall with a
>> few
>> spots showing a little white undercoating. Is there any particular
>> reason I
>> should keep it in the original paint? Does it have a great effect on
>> resale
>> values?
>>
>> I was thinking of having it done in Desert Camouflage, on the door I was
>> going to recreate Rommel's Afrika Korps insignia but instead of a
>> swastika
>> on the palm tree I was going to put the Lone Star flag.
>>
>> LLB
>>
>>
>
> Just in case you missed some of these sites:
> http://www.thething.org/
>
> http://www.type181registry.com/
> http://www.geocities.com/vwtyp181/index.htm
>
>
> Personally, I don't think you need to keep the orig color.
> However, I would stay away from personal statements (such as the flag or
> swastika). Just my opinion.
>
> If you're going to re-spray, prep is 99.9% of the job.
>
> Speedy Jim
> http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/


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