Date:         Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:01:03 +0000
Reply-To:     Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bull Bars
Comments: To: mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM, abertarelli@GMAIL.COM
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3" is too big anyway on a vanagon.  I'd gladly trade my 3" ones for some
smaller ones.  Aircooled doesn't make their bumpers.  They get them from a
company in Florida.  Mine has the manufacturer's sticker on it.

Here is a local company with some cool stuff.

http://www.rockymountainsusp.com/Tub_Bumpers_DA.htm




>From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Bull Bars
>Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:50:07 -0700
>
>As I understand it (if I really do) after talking to John at aircooled.net,
>it's the cost of the 3" pipe bender that is so prohibitive. Not many folks
>own these and that's why when you get into the 3" dia. things get
>exponentially more expensive. 2" a different story altogether. Fairly
>common
>and most steel fabricators have these and can do special projects fairly
>easy.
>
>
>
>Bob Stevens
>'87 Westy Syncro
>"Passion Fruit"
>
>
>>
>> >
>> > I am a ambitious do it yourselfer and was thinking about trying to
>> > make a set of bull bars for my van.  I have all the tools to do this,
>> > but before i start my trail and error learning method I was wondering
>> > if thier was anyone in the boulder-denver area that has a set on thier
>> > bus I could look at.  Maybe aircooled.net or van-cafe.  Could meet
>> > somwhere buy you a beer or something.  Let me know.
>> > Adrian

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