Duplicolor Vinyl and Fabric Paint, Volkswagen Interior Panels. 1973 VW Bus Restoration Part 9.

Another quick quality of life improvement for Lily our 1973 Bay Window VW Bus. Since we take our bus to the beach so much we wanted to make the inside slightly more livable, we decided to instal new vinyl interior paneling (to cover up a bunch of the metal and body work that still needs to be done). New panels in white would cost $1500.00, but luckily the previous owner had a brand new set of black vinyl panels he gave to us.
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After some research we discovered Duplicolor Vinyl and Fabric spray paint. This stuff works great, but it took a lot of cans to fully cover all the black. $90 in spray paint is a lot better than $1500 in new panels though.
When painting it is important to first prep the vinyl by cleaning off any dust, and wiping with rubbing alcohol to remove any grease. Do not handle the panels with bare hands between cleaning and painting.
The metal clips are also a pain in the but to align and click into the body. We used the OEM style clips ordered through Jbugs. The holes on our bus are too small for the optional rubber grommets to fit with the clips, but the clips work fine by themselves. I have heard classic ford mustang panel clips can also work, and are a bit more user friendly.
Feel free to leave any comments or ask any questions. I am happy to engage and always like to learn new ways of doing things.
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[@Dt.hope23tv]

Awesome video 📸😎 was very fun to watch ✨ thanks for sharing 🎉

[@callalilycollective]

Thanks for checking it out DThope 🤙

[@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY]

🎉Firsties🎉 Nooice! 😎 STOC

[@callalilycollective]

Thanks STOC, appreciate it 🤙

[@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY]

@@callalilycollective Yabsolutely! They look fantastic from here 🤣 How is the adhesion? Any flaking?

[@callalilycollective]

@@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY they’ve been in for a few months now (always behind edited videos) and no flakes or anything. Have wiped them down with wet paper towels, but haven’t don’t any rough cleaning or solvents on it.