Restoration of our good old Liteace

[hash4u]

@portage1
few cars/bikes in the family have sentimental values....
Spectra will reply better

[portage1]

In that case I under stand..hash bahi

[spectra]

@Portage
My Khaloo bought it in 1982, my cousin who was also fiance of my sister was shot by robbers in 2002. he kept this van very well. i removed some of the tapes on window panels which he himself pasted in 2002. noone of us dreaded to even think of removing them, but now we had no option but to remove the. we have been around whole of Pakistan on this and have lot of memory associations.
U will bring tears in my eyes

So practicaly, since it was not worth selling in any way, we have taken up the task of rebuilding it

[Ghuncha]

@spectra
wher are the pics of the monstor truck we saw in khadda market...lolz

[spectra]

I will post pics tomorrow

[sasifh]

will be waiting to see the finished product.

[datzburier]

Great photoshop work Timelessfahad Bhai

The Van does look nice in Light green. How about just Light green all over, and only the portion between the headlights being painted Black, like the picture on Page 15. I can't upload that picture, I tried.

[datzburier]

Now the front looks great. How about the backside.

Like they have in many latest vans and SUVs including the new Landcruiser. The Extension of Taillights. The slim, long tail lights are now outdated. The Older Landcruiser had those from 1990-1997. The new Landcruiser has those bigger Taillamps, an extension of the older model.

I think in Pakistan, you would be able to find some Cat's Eye, reflector in Red Color, to Extend the width of Taillamps. It would really enhance the backside. You can extend the taillights, with cat's eye reflectors, all the way upto 6 to 8 inches width.
Some local mechanic can figure out a way.

Just like the one's on Corolla 86. It has same tail lights at Corolla 84, but the tail lights for Corolla 86 are extended a bit longer, width wise. Looks very nice. Same is the case with Corolla 92, it uses the tailight of older Corolla 88 but extended a little longer using the extended Cat's eye reflector plastic.

[fahadullah]

@datz

xain bhai mere naam main bhai laga ker mjh ko sharminda na karain i tried the
light green
but van looks very cheap

[AsadIshaque]

@ Spectra

Interesting post we have here. Can U believe I went thru all the pages in one go to see how the van shapes up????

Keep us posted with pics on ur progress. Yes I do understand that this ride has sentimental value for you n family. Sorry to hear about your cousin.

The denter is doing a good job on your ride.

Regards.

[datzburier]

LoL, good input timelessfahad bhai. Your photoshop skills are so amazing, it makes every color look lovely. Your skills bring out the best in every project bhai, no matter what color is chosen.

Lets have some more comparisons. How about Metalic Black, a classic, color, always looks nice on Big SUVs. There is a reason why Mercedez and Cadillac and Lincoln Towncar strech Limo, Mostly choose Black for their most expensive Line Up. It makes a car look more graceful, specially bigger cars with long wheel base.

[fahadullah]

okie dooky i will try my level best
but please dont mension bhai with my name

[spectra]

Thank u asad Ishaque
I ahve put my heart and soul in this project
Datz bhayee your suggestions are very valuable and we have considered all of them one by one. Thank you for your time.

The biggest surprise at this time is this colour from Honda

This has been included as an option, what say?
Its not silver, its not grey, its something in between. Green has not been accepted despite all my efforts

[fahadullah]

yeh this is a cool
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[AsadIshaque]

You are most welcome. Now I dont want to confuse you more, but have you considered shades of maroon metallic and silver????

Cant say if youll like it as its a family van but I think it would look nice and unique.

Regards.

[fahadullah]

@datz, spectra
how about this one made it roghly coz dont have much time to do

[datzburier]

Another nice color, timelessfahad.

About my calling you or anyone brother, there is only one reason I call everyone brother here, is due to the saying of Prophet, Muhammed (Peace and Blessing of Allah be upon him), that all Muslims, are like Brothers and Sisters.

I am sorry, if my calling you bhai had offended you in anyway. My mistake. its all good on my end, I will not call you brother again.

Saquib Bhai, which color is that on Honda City. Looks like Dark Greyish Metalic....

[AkbarGr8]

i think its CANYON STONE SILVER saquib bhai, you'll have to confirm from honda.

[AsadIshaque]

@ Datz

  I think fahad was just saying that as hes soooo young (if Im not mistaken) ....maybe he expects to be called 'beta'

Lolz

 I dont think he is offended in any way and does not deserve an apology here.

[datzburier]

Thanks Asad bhai for your nice elaboration. Really appreciate it.

Its all good. Fahad is a very intelligent and talented person, as it shows from his work. Really has great photoshop skills. Keep up the good work.