Date:         Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:39:24 -0500
Reply-To:     robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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From:         robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
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I too searched some of the auto/truck sites for the other aftermarket wheel
arch extensions and did not find anything that fit the vanagon.

I would imagine that if enough of us asked a particular manufacturer they
might consider developing them.

If we can indeed find this person who was selling his vacuum formed ones,
maybe we can pool together a get an order going with this person.

Give then amount of plastic, the simplicity of the vacuum forming process
over an existing extension, the cost should only be a couple of dollars per
extension.

I was thinking of taking a mold of the wheel arch myself and see if I could
fabricate something.

If anyone finds this this ebay reseller again please let me know.


Roo-Bar/Bull Bar for the US:
As far as those ROO Bars go, I searched for those too. The company that
makes them has no website that I could find. I found lots of guards for sale
but how does one know if they would even fit? Non the less function
properly?

--
Rob
NYC/Long Beach, NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver


> Jeff if you find a link to that auction, even if it is ended, please post it.
>
> Chris
>
> On 12/11/05, Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote:
>> Somebody was "manufacturing" them and selling them on ebay a month or two
>> ago. I assume he had just made a vacuum type mold. I think the guy was in
>> Santa
>> Barbara, CA. If I recall they came through in gray plastic and had to be
>> sanded  down to remove imperfections and painted black by the buyer.
>>
>> I don't know if anybody had experience with the remanufactured units or
>> knows who was selling them. I have no real information onthe quality. Not
>> sure  on
>> the final price either--although relatively affordable I seem to remember--no
>>  where near the $1000 VW wants--seems like they went for a couple of
>> hundred.
>>
>> I throw it out there to get kicked around.
>>
>> Jeff
>> 83.5 Westy
>> LA,CA
>>