You might take a look at the rollers on the sliding door. I do not know if they are interchangable, but if they are, you should be able to improve the sliding door on your 82. You'll have to pull both doors, of course to swap rollers. Does your 82 have power mirrors? If not, you might want to swap front doors. The power mirrors are mounted using 3 bolts, while the manual mirrors only use 2. That will also make switching the body kit easier as the 88's doors will already have the skirts, and you won't have to put holes in your 82's doors.
On Nov 9, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Buffalo 66 wrote: > Hi all, > > I know there have been quite a few changes over the > years from 82-88 vanagons, and I'm in the process of > building my 82 into a 1.9l TDi. It's getting > completely stripped down, repainted, and upgraded. > > I have a complete 88 GL parts van, and will be > swapping out all the goodies like the body kit, the > interior (weekender) the brakes, suspension (actually > going to lower it w/ H&R springs and Koni shocks) > it's gettign 16" mercedes rims, etc etc, > > I'm wondering, other than the obvious, what else > should I take from my 88 and install into my 82? > > I wish the sliding door would work- the 88 works so > much nicer..! > > thanks! |
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