old_
old_ Reader
8/28/16 3:13 p.m.

So I just bought a 1st gen sienna van from a co-worker for $500. I love the van, runs great. We just took it on a 1200mi trip and it didn't skip a beat. It needs nothing mechanically. Only problem is it's probably the most boring looking vehicle I've ever seen. It needs a bit of flair so I was thinking a nice wood grain vinyl would do the trick. I need help choosing a color and pattern. I want to use wood grain shelf liner (or something equally cheap). Looking at Amazon there are tons of colors and patterns. I'm not sure what to go with. The van is a denim blue with silver/champagne bumpers and lower cladding. Looks like this

WildScotsRacing
WildScotsRacing HalfDork
8/28/16 3:19 p.m.

You'll never need a woody driving that thing around...

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
8/28/16 3:37 p.m.

I think you can get good automotive vinyl wrap in woodgrain look.

You might just put the wood on the lower cladding covering the silver/champagne between wheel to wheel. This will also hide rust if needed and or work like paint protection.

Considering the remaining champagne color bumpers, I might choose a light wood like birch.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
8/28/16 3:49 p.m.

A respray would make your $500 car a $2000 car. I like the blue, just add Contact Paper with pinstriping above and below..

scottdownsouth
scottdownsouth Reader
8/28/16 3:51 p.m.

I thought you were looking for a woody ...wagon. .

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
8/28/16 3:53 p.m.

Sample of wood low on the body rather than center.

JtspellS
JtspellS SuperDork
8/28/16 4:03 p.m.

XLR99
XLR99 Dork
8/28/16 4:13 p.m.

Around here, camo seems to be the new woodgrain.

I think it looks fine as-is, but I'm kind of curmudgeon-ish and boring. Maybe some bigger, less 90s-tastic wheels and a small drop to make a VIPish look, but not so low you lose load carrying ability.

Huckleberry
Huckleberry MegaDork
8/28/16 5:03 p.m.

This is so much less interesting than I was thinking it was going to be and I came in with pretty low expectations.

petegossett
petegossett UltimaDork
8/28/16 5:48 p.m.

I'd just use that home/craft project technique where you put down 2-colors of brown & drag/wiggle a tool through the wet top coat to create the "grain".

Wall-e
Wall-e MegaDork
8/28/16 6:17 p.m.

See how much extra auto type vinyl is. We did shelf liner on my friend's truck and it shrank and peeled in about three months. I trimmed it with wood grained foam molding from Home Depot attached with liquid nails and that held up pretty nicely.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
8/28/16 7:44 p.m.

Skip the woodgrain. Wrap the silver part is dark blue plaid vinyl.

Stealthtercel
Stealthtercel Dork
8/28/16 7:48 p.m.

To quote an early novel by Len Deighton, "There was a moment while we were all alone with our thoughts."

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltimaDork
8/28/16 8:36 p.m.
Woody wrote: Skip the woodgrain. Wrap the silver part is dark blue plaid vinyl.

I would have expected that out of flightservice

Woody
Woody MegaDork
8/28/16 9:09 p.m.

I probably should have cropped that down. I really did just start off searching for patterns of dark blue plaid and tartan. I swear!

Stampie
Stampie HalfDork
8/28/16 9:22 p.m.
Woody wrote: I probably should have cropped that down.

No ... no you shouldn't have.

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