Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:59:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
In-Reply-To:  <4A9440FE.9040505@gmail.com>
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You know, you might be better off investing in driving lessons . . . ;^)

In any event, those endcaps are a piece of cake to install; probably
take 10 minutes or less . . .  One of the easier things one can do to
enhance the look of their van . . .

Marc

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Rocket J
Squirrel<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>