Greg Karl is right about this. If you are positioned so that any light from a passing vehicle will be reflected back to them by our reflectors...It is the same as putting up a billboard saying "Hey, Over here!" Vanagon's don't have especially prominent reflectors, but it is worth a thought. Maybe dirt on them will diminish the shine, but not completely. My SO hauls a horse trailer with the Semi-truck reflective tape on it....Now that stuff really stands out...visible at night from about a mile away, and with a very wide reflective angle...Not something I would put on my van if I planned on camping. Don Hanson On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote: > Hi Karl, > > That sounds like a lot of trouble. I find that if I simply wash my van > as infrequently as possible the reflections are considerably reduced. > > Happy Trails, > > Greg Potts > Toronto, Ontario Canada > 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" > 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap) > 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride) > www.pottsfamily.ca > > BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 12-14th, 2011 > www.busesofthecorn.ca > > > > On 11/11/2010 11:43 AM, Karl Wolz wrote: > >> Keep in mind, even in a camo colored brown van, to park in such a way that >> your reflectors don't reflect. >> >> I usually pull off the road, then pull off the side road, then get behind >> a >> tree or some such thing. >> >> Karl Wolz\ >> > |
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