Restoring a cab w/ no sideart available...

jow

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Specifically Toobin'. Mine has great sideart, and the CPO is flawless. My issue is that the Gators are missing. What's the proper way to do this? If I take the vinyl off and replace it (while adding the gators) the new vinyl wont match the old vinyl on the sides of the cab. I cant strip the whole cab and replace the vinyl because there is no sideart repro'd that I know of. Should I just bite the bullet and replace the white where the Gators go, and hope it doesnt look like ass?

Thoughts?
 
what do you mean they wont match?

If I strip the vinyl from the sides of the CP w/ the gators, the white will be way brighter than the vinyl on the sides of the cab. I guess its not that big of a deal beings the sides of the CP that would get replaced would be so small.
 
Jow's issue is having to replace the white vinyl under the gators and making sure it matches the rest of the cab it seems. To get around that, take your white vinyl and go buy a can of 'antique white' spray paint and just lightly dust the vinyl with it. Just enough to yellow it just a touch to make it blend better. I did this in the past a number of times on white vinyl sided games where I would have to repair the bottoms.
 
i just got a very clean toobin too, no gators. Left side sideart is missing 1/4 of bottom and right side. I did just order a nice flatbed scanner too, so i can start scanning artwork. oh by the way Prok, maketrax is scanned and being vectorized for you right now too, should have it to you soon!
 
Jow's issue is having to replace the white vinyl under the gators and making sure it matches the rest of the cab it seems. To get around that, take your white vinyl and go buy a can of 'antique white' spray paint and just lightly dust the vinyl with it. Just enough to yellow it just a touch to make it blend better. I did this in the past a number of times on white vinyl sided games where I would have to repair the bottoms.

prOk hit it on the head. Very good advice, and I will do this. Unless someone is planning on reproing the side art? If this is the case, I can wait to do the whole enchilada :)
 
i plan on scanning my artwork. Left and right sides are identical, just mirrrored.
 
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