Overland Hadley
on a journey
I was going to say that I like the roof painted black, looks like I am in the minority. 
InssssssssVANity!!!!!!!......or ****** did I just fly to Maine to by a Sprinter!
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VanDOOM!
Not exactly. Here is the law in WA.
The maximum level of sunscreening material to be applied to any window, except the windshield, shall have a total reflectance of 35% or less, and a light transmittance of 24% or more. RCW 46.37.430
java
Expedition Leader
Yes but the rear windows are not included. Thats the max for the passenger and drivers side. (hence panel vans are perfectly legal with only the 3 front windows)
Cole
Expedition Leader
Cole
Expedition Leader
Got a coup loft packages today.
Got the climate control unit back from the repair shop. Didn't have time to install it. But it will be nice to test all the climate control functions. Will be nice to actually have control over the system instead of using a fog light switch to switch the fan on/off. Cost $77+ $24'shippong. So hope it works:smiley_drive:
Next was the Mercedes grill. Got the one with the honeycomb "gun drilled" look to it. Figure it would flow more air and look cooler.
I only had about 20min to work on this. It felt good to get rid of the overly chrome Mr. Potato Head grill and install the one that it was obviously supported to have.
I wanted to slip it in there and decide on on a few things. First, the lower trim piece is normally painted body color. I planned on leaving mine black to make the grill area appear slightly larger and more aggressive. It was nice of Mercedes to put so many stickers on it:coffeedrink:. Secondly, the hood of this van has obviously been painted and kinda poorly. The area where the Dodge grill was mounted to the hood, and the emblem are defiantly a slightly different color and have a pretty solid ridge defining the area. I'm considering doing this 1" ish tall area with black Bedliner like a "mini bra" stone guard area. Probably do the lower trim piece and this strip to match. Should link good and make the grill look slightly larger.
Any thoughts on blacking out the Mercedes emblem?
Also got my registration done today and started working on some metal door pockets with a friend. Will have pictures of those later.
Got the climate control unit back from the repair shop. Didn't have time to install it. But it will be nice to test all the climate control functions. Will be nice to actually have control over the system instead of using a fog light switch to switch the fan on/off. Cost $77+ $24'shippong. So hope it works:smiley_drive:
Next was the Mercedes grill. Got the one with the honeycomb "gun drilled" look to it. Figure it would flow more air and look cooler.
I only had about 20min to work on this. It felt good to get rid of the overly chrome Mr. Potato Head grill and install the one that it was obviously supported to have.
I wanted to slip it in there and decide on on a few things. First, the lower trim piece is normally painted body color. I planned on leaving mine black to make the grill area appear slightly larger and more aggressive. It was nice of Mercedes to put so many stickers on it:coffeedrink:. Secondly, the hood of this van has obviously been painted and kinda poorly. The area where the Dodge grill was mounted to the hood, and the emblem are defiantly a slightly different color and have a pretty solid ridge defining the area. I'm considering doing this 1" ish tall area with black Bedliner like a "mini bra" stone guard area. Probably do the lower trim piece and this strip to match. Should link good and make the grill look slightly larger.
Any thoughts on blacking out the Mercedes emblem?
Also got my registration done today and started working on some metal door pockets with a friend. Will have pictures of those later.
Belltownbikes
Observer
Black it out with plasti-dip to see if you like it. If not, peel it off and away you go. For that matter, plasti-dip a bra on the hood too. B
VanIsle_Greg
I think I need a bigger truck!
Is it weird that I actually like the silver with the maroon? Bedliner on the bottom would look good as well...
Nice work, LOVE the new Grille.
Nice work, LOVE the new Grille.
Cole
Expedition Leader
I've done a bunch of little things to the van that probably aren't very exciting. Got the heater control back from being refurbished but still don't have control over any of the functions. Which also means the espar diesel furnace still doesn't work.
Stumped on that for the moment, I called the rebuilder and am waiting on a call back.
In the meantime I realigned a few doors to kill some rattles.
Took a look at the factory 2 speakers to see why they weren't hooked up......think I figured it out:coffeedrink:
Took off the chrome semi truck front license plate mount. Figured I would just paint it black since I hate chrome. Then I ended up just leaving it off all together.
Stumped on that for the moment, I called the rebuilder and am waiting on a call back.
In the meantime I realigned a few doors to kill some rattles.
Took a look at the factory 2 speakers to see why they weren't hooked up......think I figured it out:coffeedrink:
Took off the chrome semi truck front license plate mount. Figured I would just paint it black since I hate chrome. Then I ended up just leaving it off all together.
Cole
Expedition Leader
I'd thought about that and checked the two push/pull cables that attach to the back of the unit. They seem to move fine. They move like they are attached to flaps, not free moving and not hard. I also looked around for signs of a heater control valve or similar that might not be working. Looks like I may need to dig a bit deeper.