Date:         Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:31:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Kyle Davis <davis_family_46168@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kyle Davis <davis_family_46168@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Chrome Plating stuff...
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Hey guys,

     Enjoyed the vanagon sighting thread, especially
the rhyming bit.  Still waiting on some of my ebay
parts to arrive.

     Also want to thank the courteous list members who
addressed all of my questions about the westy
curtains.

     Lastly, let me get to the reason for my posting
(I have to have a reason, it isn't Friday quite yet
;-)

    Been thinking about what the vanagon will look
like after I spring for some of those SS bolt
replacements from our fellow list member Roger
Sissler.

    It would seem to me like a mix up of new Euro
black plastic trim + old and classic style chrome.

     I remember once mentioning I liked the look of
the classic splitty 2 tone bus color combos and
vaguely wondered how one of those combos would look on
my westy vanagon.  I was convinced by a fellow list
member not to do that as the paint color combo on my
bus was specific to that year and model type.  I still
think the red/white or right blue/white combo would
look really cool, but I digress.

    Also, helping me with the decision to leave the
paint style alone was the polish I had purchased and
it's magical ability to restore much of the original
luster of the paint.

    But, has anybody ever done, or considered, chrome
plating a lot of the black-plastic euro trim, like the
mirrors, the front vent grills, the door handles, the
back vent grills, etc?

    As my vanagon bumpers are not totally black, I
would leave the bumper end caps out of it.  I know a
place where I can get this done.  I don't know how
much they'd charge, but what do you all think, would
that look pretty cool, or pretty lame?

Kyle

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