Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:52:30 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
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Well, yeah, my memory of how they attach is certainly dodgy -- "missing
altogether" is probably more accurate. But I do recall that the fit and
affixing method didn't impress me.
This one is missing from the front because I probably brushed a rock or
something last weekend while exploring local campgrounds. No telling where
it is. So if I was gonna get replacements the idea of using Krylon plastic
paint to tart them up in some color other than black (van is ivory and
black, so I'm thinking hot pink might blend real well) is an attractive one.
I've got one rear cap less than three years old with a crack, probably
from being brushed against something like a rock, also.
The stupid things are still fragile little pieces of crummy plastic, just
itchin' to be wiped off again. The way I drive, anyway.
So my bumpers were powder-coated black, and it really doesn't look
half-bad with end caps missing.
hot pink end caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink end
caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . .
How's a girl to decide?
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 8/25/2009 11:16 AM Kim Brennan wrote:
> #1, they aren't just snap on. I'm pretty sure there is a nut (13 mm) to
> attach them to the sheet metal bumper, and a screw to attach them to the
> body of the vanagon.
> #2 Krylon makes a nice paint for plastics. You can get it spray cans,
> and color them however you want.
>
> On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> My 84 has sheet metal bumpers fore and aft. These take stupid snap-on
>> plastic ends, which after a few years fade to charcoal gray and look
>> cheesy.
>>
>> One has gone missing. I reckon my options are;
>>
>> A) to ignore it
>> B) to order another stupid plastic snap-on plastic end that will fade to
>> charcoal gray and look cheesy.
>> C) ...any other ideas that don't involve buying a new bumper or welding?
>> These appear to be in working order and I've never used them to bump
>> anything out of the way.
>>
>> I'm leaning toward A). It's very inexpensive.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
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