The comments on fading etc. of upholstery are clearer to me now. i.e. even with the doors shut, sunlight gets in. Speaking of which..... Links below are from what is purported to be a low mileage original Westy for sale in AZ. It has the same fabric as mine, but in better condition so is likely closer match to the OEM fabric BD shows: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/4806029.jpg http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/4806028.jpg ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1427705 Neil. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > The colors represented can really vary depending on your computer monitor, > the lighting used in the pic, etc. Things will look bluer if photographed > in cool white fluorescent lighting for instance. My feeling is that the > brown is nearly not as bad as Mr. Blackwell might fear. > I also disavow brown, but I have seen that color in sunlight, & it is > probably one of the coolest Westy fabric colors made, or maybe that was a > late Bay window Westy? > You must remember that the 70's were browns, orange, bright greens, etc. > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ-"black is black, I want my baby back" > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Aristotle Sagan > <killer.jupiter@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The new replacement one seems too Blue for your interior. The BD one >> seems too dark.
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