paint it a brightish colour, that way when you stub your toe on it you can feel doubly stupid for not seeing it. :) alistair
On 2011-07-08, at 2:29 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Anyway folk, to wrap this thread up, I told the fellow at Hi Lift that I > was planning to re-paint the jack except where the decal was. Vintage > decal. He said he'd send me a new one. Cool. > > So now I am wondering what color to paint it. > > The van is that 1984 "ivory" color, and all the trim (bumpers, grilles, > etc.) are in black. The jack mounts in place of the rear bumper which, > let's face it, is merely decorative in nature and is further > embarrassing due to those lame black-faded-to-gray plastic endcaps > anyway, so no loss there. > > The jack's original color, which I might stay with for the sake of > historical accuracy, is stop-sign red. My son has suggested a two-tone > look, using red with gray hammertone bits. |
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