Decals

Hi all, I'm new to the motorhome ownership and as such just bought a 1998 Excelsior on a Ford Transit, which, after a very good clean should be ok, what I'm after is a bit of info on the Decals on the van, has anyone replaced the fading and old Decals with new, and if so, was it a difficult job removing the original or is it best to leave it to the professionals. I live in Leeds, so if anyone has had them replaced by a professional I would be great full for the address or email, as a side line can you still get a tap and vanity unit for the bathroom as he's looking a bit tired, after 20 years though, he's not that bad.

Also there's no books at all about the work-ins of any of the systems i.e. water, gas, zig unit etc. so anyone know where I could get a copy of ANY! workings of the van, not been anywhere yet, only got him Friday so looking foreword to giving him a ride out this weekend to the coast, thanks all.

Hi. I removed the decals on my previous vehicle, a 1998 Duetto. I reckon it took around 16 hours in total. I removed the top layer VERY carefully with a heat gun. The remaining sticky residue was removed with a great deal of elbow grease! I tried various substances including white spirit, and proprietary sticky stuff remover but eventually found that WD 40 did a good job.
I bought different width stripes from eBay and stuck the narrow ones onto the wide ones indoors before applying the whole to the vehicle. It can be done with a lot of time and patience!
I'm sure your other questions will be answered soon by other members on here. Good luck!

Are there not vehicle graphic companies around Leeds that could copy the old ones? I have only done this for boats but it is possible with modern technology to get a very close match and the cost was not be that great.

Maybe a bit far for you, but I left my van with this company for a few days and they replicated every graphic on my van, removed all the old tired ones and applied the new shiny ones.
All for £260, a bargain I thought.
Al.
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