Hey guys,
I just picked up a very plain, very large, very white Ford Transit 250 cargo, long wheelbase, medium roof, and I have to agree with the wife, its looks kinda plain, which never occurred to me that its not ideal, Lol. The wife and kids keep mentioning it and they've infected my brain with their propaganda and I'm now wondering if anyone has done any interesting treatments to the exterior of their vans like a re-spray, wrap, racing stripes, graphics?
And yes I know I could have purchased any number of Transits in whatever colors they offer but I didn't, so we can skip that discussion (please).
Here's the White Whale now, it will slowly be converted into the ultimate moto van. Well, maybe not ultimate.
I kinda like this look and think it would be relatively inexpensive to order up some stripes on the interwebs, or have a local graphics place make them for me. Maybe in dark blue, or the gray/silver look like this one. When I showed this to the wife she pointed out that my van will still have gigantic white sides with nothing on them. Dang it.
This is interesting, adds some visuals to the sides. I think I would skip the numbers, don't want to advertise that I'm carting bikes and gear around:
Another idea I had was to look into the cost of a full vinyl wrap, less the roof. Change the color to something like silver or gold, leave the top white to help out with keeping the temps down in the summer and lower the cost of the wrap a bit. A full wrap is unlikely (too many negatives, too expensive for what you get, etc), but I think I will stop by one of the local shops that does them to see what they say.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to make the White Whale less generic, I'd love to hear them, thanks. -Eddie
Ps: I should add, I'm planning on installing 30" tires soon, probably Bridgestone AT T/A KO2, for the dirt roads and fields I'll be negotiating while out riding the dirt bikes. Later if the budget allows I'd like to look into a 2" or so lift.
I just picked up a very plain, very large, very white Ford Transit 250 cargo, long wheelbase, medium roof, and I have to agree with the wife, its looks kinda plain, which never occurred to me that its not ideal, Lol. The wife and kids keep mentioning it and they've infected my brain with their propaganda and I'm now wondering if anyone has done any interesting treatments to the exterior of their vans like a re-spray, wrap, racing stripes, graphics?
And yes I know I could have purchased any number of Transits in whatever colors they offer but I didn't, so we can skip that discussion (please).
Here's the White Whale now, it will slowly be converted into the ultimate moto van. Well, maybe not ultimate.
I kinda like this look and think it would be relatively inexpensive to order up some stripes on the interwebs, or have a local graphics place make them for me. Maybe in dark blue, or the gray/silver look like this one. When I showed this to the wife she pointed out that my van will still have gigantic white sides with nothing on them. Dang it.
This is interesting, adds some visuals to the sides. I think I would skip the numbers, don't want to advertise that I'm carting bikes and gear around:
Another idea I had was to look into the cost of a full vinyl wrap, less the roof. Change the color to something like silver or gold, leave the top white to help out with keeping the temps down in the summer and lower the cost of the wrap a bit. A full wrap is unlikely (too many negatives, too expensive for what you get, etc), but I think I will stop by one of the local shops that does them to see what they say.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to make the White Whale less generic, I'd love to hear them, thanks. -Eddie
Ps: I should add, I'm planning on installing 30" tires soon, probably Bridgestone AT T/A KO2, for the dirt roads and fields I'll be negotiating while out riding the dirt bikes. Later if the budget allows I'd like to look into a 2" or so lift.
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