Anyone have a photo of a black MCI102DL3?

[Scott & Heather]

I can't find one anywhere on the web. Been trying to see what an all black 102DL3 would look like.

[ol713]

  Hi; 
    I think they are rare.   
                  #1 They are hot during the summer even with air conditioning.
                  #2 They  need frequent washing.  They look dirty/dusty all the time.
                                                     Merle. 

[Scott & Heather]

Ok then. They are as rare as a unicorn.


or bigfoot

[daddyoften]

or a cheap bus.... 

[PP]

Hey Scott,
Have you tried photoshopping your bus? I use photopos pro it's a free photo editing software that works very similar to photoshop. I took a side view of my bus and changed the colors from blues and greens to reds, rusts, all different hues to see what it would look like with a new paint job. Still haven't gotten the paint job, but we sure have eliminated a range of colors and patterns LOL. HTH
Will

[luvrbus]

Check for black E models MCI not much difference in 2 I seen several of those for sale sharp looking in the black

[lvmci]

I've seen a lot of buses with rust color! lvmci...

[scanzel]

Black looks great but a lot of upkeep. Has a black 61 Thunderbird at one time looked great washed and polished but one day out and dust made it look brown. White or some variation of white is the best to reflect the suns rays and heat. Get an infrared heat gun and check out different colors in the direct sun and you will see which one is hot. I did this on my bus which has black and white and what a difference in temps between the white and black. White I could put my had on it black was so hot you could not keep the hand on very long. I once measured my tinted glass side windows on the inside in August in direct sun and it showed 135 degrees.

[lvmci]

when you grow up in the desert, black vehicle's are not the color of choice. lvmci...

[Scott & Heather]

All true. I'm never going white again. It's great, but I definitely want a prettier color on the next coach. May do some sort of graphite color. Still coming up with ideas. Black is sharp. Cliff, I have photos of the EL3 in black and its sharp.


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[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hey Scott,

My bus before the paint job.. I drove it a year in flat black.

Better have oversized A/C systems.. Sucker got real hot!  Outside surface temp on a 90 degree day
was 195 degrees. A white van right next to my bus was 131 degrees. Big difference! This is why I
incorporated mostly White into the paint job.

Nick-

[Ed Hackenbruch]

We have 4-5 shades of blue on our bus. Yesterday it was 98 degrees and i took temp readings on different parts of the bus. Highest i had was 154. On a 104 degree day i have had 184 on that same spot. We are not well insulated,( done in 83, no high tech stuff then). Yesterday on the inside in the front half with no ac on we had a temp of 113.2......white is looking more attractive. 

[chessie4905]

   I wonder if the temp reading would differ from steel, aluminum, or fiberglass.

[lvmci]

hi Chessie, I think fiberglass doesn't transfer heat as much, there is a paint with ceramic particles in it that almost eliminates heat absorption, forgot the name. lvmci...

[BeastMaster]

Aren't the President's buses painted black? My Beast is all white.

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