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I'd like to have a better idea what these bumpers look like - there different than the Carat bumpers aren't they..... Don't think those brakes for 15 inch wheels will fit unless you have 15 inch wheels. I have heard that the side rear glass windows of SA vanagons are different - that they won't fit german made vanagons - which is a pity because they can open theirs (good for the heat.... - now I always think of Africa as being hot - but SA is closer to the south pole than the Sahara - so I don't know....). What I'd like to know is can the blinker covers of the German made vanagons fit the wrap around lower grill of the SA vanagons.....? I would put projectzwo clear blinker covers in them.... So the SA bumpers are plastic??? The Carat where fiberglass.
>From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> > >Will wraparound plastic South African bumpers fit an 84, does anybody know? > >My 84 Caravelle has a stainless rear bumper with the small black plastic >break-off endcaps; I want to remove the aluminum bullbar, which will leave >me bumperless at the front. > >I have the opportunity to get new RSA bumpers at very low freight cost, and >need to know ASAP whether they will be possible to fit without major >modification. I assume that I would need the RSA mounts; will these fit the >German fittings? Will the bumpers match the body shape? > >I know there are body differences between the German and RSA T3s, but the >only one I know specifically is that in the RSA vans the rear air intake >grills are part of the stamped quarterpanels, unlike the screw-in plastic >grills on the Germans. Someone said that the side windows are deeper in the >RSA vans, but perusal of photographs doesn't lend me to agree. > >At the same time I just might go for 15" front discs and stubs (if I can >get my contact to procure used items...he's very reluctant to do this), and >definitely the grills! > >Andrew _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. |
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