Date:         Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:13:50 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: spoiler vs. spare tire release
Comments: To: Oxroad@aol.com
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In a message dated 6/2/06 8:39:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Oxroad@AOL.COM
writes:


> In need of far less ground clearance I'm retrofitting a spoiler to the
> front
> of my 83.5 westy. How do the models with spoilers deal with the spare tire
> release pull tab? On my bus the plastic pull tab is perpendicular to the
> ground
> and reaches straight forward, but will soon have to be bent out of the way
> to  allow for the spoiler. The pull tab is flexible plastic so it will bend
> without  much resistance like the Democrats, but it will also become
> unfunctional
> once  bent. (I can take no responsibility for any political comparisons you
> may draw  from the second half of the sentence.)
>
> Thanks,
>

i put a stock vanagon late model chin spoiler on my 84 and had no problems
with the pull release for the spare tire.  there is a slot in the center spoiler
section for it to poke thru.

chris
ps: bush sucks :<)