JJ0063’s current steed - Life of an impulsive car owner [N47 CHAIN GANG]

[JJ0063]

Also, do I paint the steels this colour? 

[Noel Tidybeard]

10 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Also, do I paint the steels this colour? 

HELL YES!

[JJ0063]

7 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

HELL YES!

I think so too. Now to try and find out what colour it is as I don’t want bling gold.

[High Jetter]

Vanlife!

[JJ0063]

Ordered some shortened gel plates but they sent me full width 4D plates so I told them and they sent the correct ones. 
 

Now I’ve got both! I’ve always run shorter plates in the past on other regs but I’m not against either side by side so when the v5 turns up and I can put them on, I’ll have to just see which suit the van better. 

[RoverFolkUs]

I vote yes to painting the wheels that colour as well! Not normally a fan of whacky paint jobs but I think it looks fairly apt

The plates are pretty fitting as well, "yuk" with the green colour?

Those wheels look like a titanium/bronze sort of gold to me?

[JJ0063]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I vote yes to painting the wheels that colour as well! Not normally a fan of whacky paint jobs but I think it looks fairly apt

The plates are pretty fitting as well, "yuk" with the green colour?

Those wheels look like a titanium/bronze sort of gold to me?

I literally want to order the paint now but I’m very conscious that I don’t want proper gold wheels, I want that darker kind of goldy bronze colour and it’s proving difficult. It seems graffiti paint is an option but there’s a million shades and you can’t really get a true feeeling from a square image of what it’s supposed* to look like! 
 

The plate was one of those impulse buys, any T5 plate seems to sell for £500 odd, I just found it amusing that rather than just T5 ABC it actually says something, and it’s also apt that the van itself probably goes against the hardcore T5 enthusiasts rules being a bit of a rat!

 

EDIT:

Fiat 750 marron volciano is nearly there just a bit dark

[Noel Tidybeard]

yhat fiat wheel looks da secks

[High Jetter]

22 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

yhat fiat wheel looks da secks

Hairnet's hacked your a/c?

[Noel Tidybeard]

tired and cant be bothered to edit

[Matty]

9 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I literally want to order the paint now but I’m very conscious that I don’t want proper gold wheels, I want that darker kind of goldy bronze colour and it’s proving difficult. It seems graffiti paint is an option but there’s a million shades and you can’t really get a true feeeling from a square image of what it’s supposed* to look like! 
 

The plate was one of those impulse buys, any T5 plate seems to sell for £500 odd, I just found it amusing that rather than just T5 ABC it actually says something, and it’s also apt that the van itself probably goes against the hardcore T5 enthusiasts rules being a bit of a rat!

 

EDIT:

Fiat 750 marron volciano is nearly there just a bit dark

Ohh I don't know, I'd reckon that looks near perfect.

[JJ0063]

Right I’ve ordered 4 cans of Graffiti paint in what I think is about the right colour. We’ll soon see!

[JJ0063]

Plates on, now it doesn’t look old and shit, just shit!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Looking smart. Is the paintwork colour olive drab? May be slightly darker, looking at it again. 

Selling it yet? 🤣

[tom13]

7 hours ago, Matty said:

Ohh I don't know, I'd reckon that looks near perfect.

I like the wheels black but Matty is right this is the best colour. Darker towards Bronze is better, lighter just looks more like gold.

[JJ0063]

10 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Looking smart. Is the paintwork colour olive drab? May be slightly darker, looking at it again. 

Selling it yet? 🤣

It’s satin Nato green

Mrs JJ said if I get bored and sell, she’s having it and selling the fiesta 😂

[Dick Cheeseburger]

3 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

It’s satin Nato green

Mrs JJ said if I get bored and sell, she’s having it and selling the fiesta 😂

Fair enough! It certainly looks a good one to have as a keeper. 

[Matty]

38 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

It’s satin Nato green

Mrs JJ said if I get bored and sell, she’s having it and selling the fiesta 😂

Has she started advertising it yet? 🤣

[Westbay]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Plates on, now it doesn’t look old and shit, just shit!

Looks very smart, waiting to see wheels in new colour .👍

[JJ0063]

Well that didn’t go to plan. Graffiti paint was completely the wrong colour 😂 might just pop to Wilco and see what they’ve got on the shelf

[RoverFolkUs]

Ahh! Caramac! Lovely* 😂

[Matty]

33 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Well that didn’t go to plan. Graffiti paint was completely the wrong colour 😂 might just pop to Wilco and see what they’ve got on the shelf

How many coats is that JJ? Is it worth chucking another on and seeing if it darkens?

[JJ0063]

1 hour ago, Matty said:

How many coats is that JJ? Is it worth chucking another on and seeing if it darkens?

Nah it was awful, nowhere near the right colour. 
 

Went to Wilco and got Ford “Tibetan Gold” it’s still not right but I can’t be arsed for now, I’ve done all 4 but will very likely do it again or just go back to black. It looks better in person than in photos though in all fairness 

 

[Matty]

3 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Nah it was awful, nowhere near the right colour. 
 

Went to Wilco and got Ford “Tibetan Gold” it’s still not right but I can’t be arsed for now, I’ve done all 4 but will very likely do it again or just go back to black. It looks better in person than in photos though in all fairness 

 

Looks alright that pal. Miles better than the black when you put it against the green. Even if you try another shade I reckon its the right idea

[Dick Cheeseburger]

9 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Nah it was awful, nowhere near the right colour. 
 

Went to Wilco and got Ford “Tibetan Gold” it’s still not right but I can’t be arsed for now, I’ve done all 4 but will very likely do it again or just go back to black. It looks better in person than in photos though in all fairness 

 

I quite liked the black but the second coat of gold looks pretty smart. I thought all the Wilkos had closed though? 

[JJ0063]

4 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I quite liked the black but the second coat of gold looks pretty smart. I thought all the Wilkos had closed though? 

Wilco not Wilko 😉

https://www.wilcodirect.co.uk

[RoverFolkUs]

You know what, I think they look ok, they might grow on you?

[JJ0063]

I really don’t think it works, mainly because of the tyres. The T4 I posted a pic of is on low profiles and banded steels, this with big tyres just looks a bit weird. Think I’ll just black them again tomorrow.

[Noel Tidybeard]

can you get some dark lacquer- thats what honda did with the wheels on 10gen civic

[JJ0063]

That’s something I can look into actually, good shout. 
 

It’s slowly growing on me. It really does look better in person weirdly. In pics it looks very shiny and bright but it’s actually darker and more subtle in person.

I am a bit obsessed with this van. It’s slow, old and ratty but compared to how I felt about the T4, this is brilliant.

Still a bit weirded out by the whole waving and talking thing when it comes to VW’s. Driving to Thetford today a classic beetle waved at us, on the A11 another T5 overlook me, pulled alongside then him and his wife were waving like mad at us. Stopped at KFC for lunch, sat eating it in the car park and a bloke walks up and just says sorry to disturb but love the plate and love the van.

I think I just need to get used to the fact that it’s a bit of a cult and I need to embrace it. Might buy a foam hand to wave. Fuck it.