Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:20:11 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
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And just where did you get that replacement bumper?
Jim
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Tom Buese<tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
> I believe the flimsy end caps are there to break rather than the metal
> bumper or body. At $10 each to replace, alot cheaper than the $400 I
> paid for a nicely chromed aftermarket replacement bumper which was
> less than the $550+- that VW charges for an oem bumper?
>
> Better to tear the flimsy end caps off than the whole bumper? I have
> gone thru 2-3 in 7 years.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-black on black, I want my baby back
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Marc Perdue wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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