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07-14-2021, 03:07 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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Grey is the New White
Most all RVs are painted white. Skoolies seem to prefer light blue.
But what about Grey? It is a trending color now for new cars, I am not sure if I like it or not, but thinking of painting the MH this color instead of white just to be different and 'trendy'. What you think?
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07-14-2021, 03:29 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 25
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: RE300
Engine: DT466e High Torque 258 max HP
Rated Cap: 78
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I'm fond of gray. The wife and I have agreed upon painting our skoolie a slate or charcoal gray shade when we get to that stage.
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07-14-2021, 04:20 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2,831
Year: 2007
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: Minotour
Engine: Chevy Express 3500 6.6l
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Lots of sprinters are grey.
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07-14-2021, 05:29 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Fraser Valley British Columbia
Posts: 1,047
Year: 2007
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: C7 Cat
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Love that grey, unfortunately I think on a bus you will be mistaken for a prisoner transport. Maybe that's ok and the public will stay back
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07-14-2021, 05:33 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,830
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Looks too much like a battleship on anything large, imo.
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07-14-2021, 05:53 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Danjo
Lots of sprinters are grey.
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I plan to put some 'nike swoosh' things to break it up. I was actually thinking of squares kinda pixelating, but determined it doesn't fit with rounded corner windows and hatches.
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07-14-2021, 06:24 PM
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#7
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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Do you think I would get in trouble if I put a doggy on the side of the MH?
We had a whippet actually, sweet dogs.
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07-14-2021, 07:09 PM
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#8
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,060
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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im going to probably paint the rub rails on my superior that gray.. i like it.
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07-14-2021, 07:18 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,033
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
Do you think I would get in trouble if I put a doggy on the side of the MH?
We had a whippet actually, sweet dogs.

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There's a food truck here in Philly named "Aladdin's" and they actually have the characters from the animated film painted on the side. If Disney ain't coming after them, you should be OK with your doggy.
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07-14-2021, 07:20 PM
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#10
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 671
Coachwork: Busless for now
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
But what about Grey? It is a trending color now for new cars, I am not sure if I like it or not, but thinking of painting the MH this color instead of white just to be different and 'trendy'. What you think?
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My truck is GM Greystone Metallic (I love the truck). My boat is GM Arctic White ( I love the boat). My camper is a pile of poop white aluminum-clad penalty box...
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07-14-2021, 07:28 PM
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#11
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 671
Coachwork: Busless for now
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
Do you think I would get in trouble if I put a doggy on the side of the MH?
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My oldest girl is 14 and fading fast. She will be prominently featured on my bus if I ever get one.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157674...7718574891288/
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07-21-2021, 04:17 PM
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#12
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 130
Chassis: GMC 3500 Thomas
Engine: 6.0 L GAS
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Pick a colour.....any colour. I went light green and white....but as the shop explained ; all genuine colours are more expensive than black / white or grey. Look at all new cars in the last decade.........the manufacturers are saving $50 per car ( multiplied by millions ) by not spending on actual colours .
Black / white or grey kind of has a deeply dulling ...numbing effect on society as a whole....which is also curious that it has been accepted so universally in an age when some citizens feel a mask is an attack on their freedoms.
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07-21-2021, 04:41 PM
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#13
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 55
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Don't paint it a color you aren't sure you like. Why would you?
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07-21-2021, 04:55 PM
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#14
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Huron, South Dakota
Posts: 422
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: Dodge S-600
Engine: 360 V8
Rated Cap: 66
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
Most all RVs are painted white. Skoolies seem to prefer light blue.
But what about Grey? It is a trending color now for new cars, I am not sure if I like it or not, but thinking of painting the MH this color instead of white just to be different and 'trendy'. What you think?

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IMO skoolies are all about "I gotta be me; trendiness is for sheeple." That's as mean as I'm gonna get, and I've got my own biases against gray.
If you really like gray whether it's in style or not, go for it. It's also good to seek our advice, as good paint doesn't come cheap.
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07-21-2021, 05:13 PM
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#15
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,060
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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well damn I guess me painting my Superior in the 3 colors of Black white and Grey is the wrong thing to do
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07-21-2021, 06:03 PM
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#16
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 25
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Hello everyone! I just read some of the comments about the Grey/Gray paint on a Skoolie. After I washed my bus, I primed it with 12 cans of light grey/gray spray paint and indeed, it looks like a US Navy battleship, an Airforce 1940s airplane and for sure, a Penitentiary Bus. (Smiles) however, after 2 years and rolling, I really love it BUT I have plans to paint the entire bus with paint brushes an entire landscape with hills, trees, bears and sunrise and sunset motives. Hey! Is your Skoolie and your money, just feel free and follow your guts and desires. Good luck!
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07-21-2021, 07:18 PM
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#17
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 671
Coachwork: Busless for now
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinelander2020
Hey! Is your Skoolie and your money, just feel free and follow your guts and desires. Good luck!
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Zackly, Piney!
Pick your color or colors and go for it.
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07-21-2021, 09:08 PM
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#18
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Communist State of New Jersey
Posts: 964
Year: 2004
Coachwork: IC
Chassis: CE200
Engine: T444e
Rated Cap: 27,500
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Yeeeeeaaaaaa . . . NO! If black is the absence of light (color) then gray is - about the same. If you like color then pick a color. If you don't like color then - pick black - or gray. On the other hand if you like black or gray then go for it - just benimble. Just be careful jumping over candle sticks.
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07-21-2021, 09:10 PM
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#19
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 671
Coachwork: Busless for now
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I hope to never Be Nimble!
And I do not like black vehicles or clothing.
🤣
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07-21-2021, 09:14 PM
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#20
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Communist State of New Jersey
Posts: 964
Year: 2004
Coachwork: IC
Chassis: CE200
Engine: T444e
Rated Cap: 27,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kentucky dreaming
I hope to never be nimble!
And i do not like black vehicles or clothing.
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how dare you insult johnny cash!!!!
What? What happened to my all caps????? HOW DARE YOU INSULT JOHNNY CASH????
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