Ive seen a cut away diagram of the "side impact bars" in a VWBusbook at Barns+Nobel. It said that these were for frontal impact as well, keeping the bar in front of the dash from deforming onto your lap. I heard that early vanagons arent as safe becouse of this, is this true? Phil 84' westy --- "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM> wrote: > I just purchased some 91 carat doors to convert my > 85 westy to power. I > have noticed a much more solid thud when closing the > door. This is due to > added insulation on the door and I think there is an > additional side impact > beam in there. I also noticed that there is an > additional seal along the > door where it meets up with the a-piller. I am sure > you can just purchase > this seal from the dealer....It must reduce road > wind noise.......The power > windows, power mirrors ( white), and power door > locks are awesome.......The > next thing would be some white factory alloys and > maybe a Hirschman power > antenna.....hmmmm? > Malibu Tony 85 westy....1.9L.....6 degrees > BTDC.......42 degrees full > advance
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