Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:55:34 -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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Does anyone have any experience with the Italian one for $169.00 on
the same page?
Thanks,
Jim
(whose experience with Fiats probably provides the answer, but just checking)
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tom Buese<tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> And just where did you get that replacement bumper?
>
> scroll down for all the different bumper/stupid end pieces options:
>
> http://www.oeveedub.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=oe&Category_Code=vanagon-bumpers
>
> & It looks like the oem bumpers are now $654!
>
> Pax,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
>>
>> 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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