Date:         Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:32:23 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Smith <smitht@UNB.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Smith <smitht@UNB.CA>
Subject:      mud flaps revisited
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Hi All,

I've noticed a tendency for folks to lose all sense of reality when
confronted with a chance to buy OEM stuff cheaper than the dealer wants.
"hey what a bargoon! gotta have it."  My Syncro has mud flaps on it, yup my
girl's gott'em, great big muthas.

They are from a FLAPS, the biggest ones I could find, almost Mack truck
sized $18Cdn for the pair, with 2 little red reflectors at the bottom even.
 So big that I cut them in half then used stainless steel screws/washers
drilled through the bottom of the front jack support area. They are as wide
as the wheel well and drop down 9" below and 1" outside the body and they
work fine. One leftover was used for another flap right by the propane tank
but even lower down, to keep the valves clear.

So I ask you, why pay $118 or anything even close to that to do a simple
task like stopping spray?  Reminds me of an old posting to the list in
which a member didn't want to pay the $200 for the rear Westy carpeting and
was looking for it used. Go buy a $10 remnant in top grade carpet and cut
it to fit fer crissake, and throw it out when it's dirty.

Save your bucks for cheap OEM stuff that MUST be VW, otherwise make do, ya
bunch of prima donnas!


just a grumpy old geezer, Tim