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Big Red

Postby VCPro » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:30 am

well its been a while since I done my last van up,and for it to end up being hit by a truck! but here goes!
I got my van from the face book page for a bargain £1000
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now at this stage I had no idea where it was going or even if I was keeping it red.
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:32 am

first thing was to polish the old girl to see how she came up,which turned out to be rather well 8) so got myself on the old flee bay and ordered myself a bull bar and sun visor and boy that made a big difference!

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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:34 am

I soon found myself with no idea which direction iwas going but I found a nice picture and got a local company to wrap the bonnet and am very pleased with the overall look of it so far.
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:39 am

I have fitted a double din stereo system with hands free and rear camera along with a nice dash cam,apart from that the only other thing is ive painted the roof black, including the guttering which sets it of nicely.
I'm now working on some graphics for the rear door to fit into the window recess but am a little unsure on the wording on it,heres the designs ive come up with so far?

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with out any wording?
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:41 am

I still need to source some alloys and so far the only ones ive seen are these two

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I also need to lower it for a better stance and I'm hoping that wont be to much of a pain in the ass to do! :lol:
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Re: Big Red

Postby transitandy » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:07 pm

Looks much better after a polish and some nice mods so far m8y :) 8)
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:15 pm

yer shes coming along,just not sure where its heading on the mod side of things :twisted:

well heres the double din stereo I fitted which also has the rear camera plugged into it.
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rear camera view,need to do a little diy on it to lower the angle.
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:18 pm

heres the rear camera mounted at the top of rear tail gate
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and heres the dash cam up front,just need to wire this into the ignition rather than plugging it into the lighter socket.
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Re: Big Red

Postby RustWidow » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:35 pm

You're doing well mate, like the first set of wheels :P
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:41 pm

yer think I'm going with them to be honest,just will have to get the ride height sorted once their on as sticking with the standard 16 " wheels
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:45 pm

well not done much really but I did think the van needed something on the side just to break up all that red,now I did think some kind of stripes or ford logo but hey that's all been done,so I went with zombies !! think I should rename this thread "ford powered by the undead" :lol:
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Re: Big Red

Postby squirrel93 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:58 pm

VCPro wrote:well not done much really but I did think the van needed something on the side just to break up all that red,now I did think some kind of stripes or ford logo but hey that's all been done,so I went with zombies !! think I should rename this thread "ford powered by the undead"
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And the black roof?
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:53 pm

Yer that to,not finished that as bringing it down to include the gutter.
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Re: Big Red

Postby squirrel93 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:04 pm

VCPro wrote:Yer that to,not finished that as bringing it down to include the gutter.

Small price to pay to change the look of the van
This was my old van I done above the guttering tho
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Re: Big Red

Postby VCPro » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:44 pm

they look so much better imo
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