Exterior Decal modifications?
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Topic: Exterior Decal modifications?
Posted By: AlaskaDana
Subject: Exterior Decal modifications?
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2019 at 2:44pm
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Hi! I'm LOVING our rpod but not crazy about the color of the exterior swirl colors-green,yellow. If we keep the swirl decals, I'd like to paint them a different combination of colors. Has anyone done this? What would be the best way to do this? Tape around original decals and then spray paint on top? Remove old decals first and then spray paint? What kind of paint should I use? Thanks for any help and I'd love to see photos of anyone's exterior color/decal mods or even cool murals! ------------- "Bound to cover just a little more ground" BERTHA: 2012 RP177 |
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2019 at 6:16pm
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They are decals. The best is to remove and replace with your own decals. There are many sources of decals, look at marine applications. Some have gone decal-less. Hard to paint a decal. There are sources where you can design your own graphics, I've done boats that way. ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 12:48pm
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Or, you can opt to just peel them off and have a "nude" Pod. That's what we did with the old peeling loopy decals that looked awful. Now we have a pure white Pod, like a little cloud. ------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 6:18pm
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I thought I responded to this earlier, but maybe it's a violation of some kind? I did not hear from a moderator, so I will re-post this general editorial I read a few months ago about "swoopy" designs on RVs in general (it doesn't mention R-pods at all; just kind of a guy musing on why all RVs seem to have swoops and swirls on their sides). https://www.zukus.net/rv-design-no-more-swoopy-graphics-please/ - https://www.zukus.net/rv-design-no-more-swoopy-graphics-please/ ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 6:33pm
Since I am the only moderator, and I neither saw, nor deleted any post, I am going to go with the idea that you thought you responded earlier..  Pod on. EDIT: a fellow over on the FB group, who had a Rings Pod, with failing decals, (9 years old now) Removed them and painted on new rings in colors they were more in tune with.. looks nice. .
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 6:54pm
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Posted By: AlaskaDana
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019 at 12:27pm
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What's the FaceBook group?thnx ------------- "Bound to cover just a little more ground" BERTHA: 2012 RP177 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019 at 12:58pm
https://www.facebook.com/groups/RPodOwners/ Tell Travis Furpod sent you when you answer the questions.. ------------- |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019 at 4:42pm
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Here's another option. Doing it on a 5th wheel a year ago, the cost came to about $4,000. An R-pod is a lot smaller, so maybe a couple grand? http://www.trailerlife.com/rv-gear/changing-an-rvs-stripes/ - http://www.trailerlife.com/rv-gear/changing-an-rvs-stripes/ ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |