Good point.  I guess I would probably start = thinking about a clear urethane film protectant if I lived in such = adverse conditons...  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick Reynolds [mailto:russellkai@hotmail.com= ]
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 10:05 AM
> To: bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM; = vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] bra or no bra?
>
>
> That bit about taking the bra off when it rains = is cool for
> Santa Barbara
> boy, but what about those of us who live in the = Northwest, a
> region often
> cited for a preponderance of = precipitation?  Do we, too, take
> the bra off
> with every rain?  Or just not use = one?
>
> Keep it real - Mick
> '91 Carat - Mr. Sniffypalms
> Lake Stevens, WA
>
>
> From: BRENT CHRISTENSEN = <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
> Reply-To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN = <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] bra or no bra?
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:38:49 -0700
>
> Jiminy Christmas, What kind of person puts a = bra on a car and
> then leaves it
> there for several years?????!!!
>
> Kind of defeats the whole purpose of the bra, = IMHO.
>
> I love the look of a bra on the Vanagon, and I = think it
> really helps keep
> the front looking nice.  I take mine off = whenever it is
> raining, and every
> time I wash the car, I pull the carpets and = wash them and the
> bra with a
> stiff brush and some Simple Green.  I then = apply a UV
> protectant to the
> outside of the bra when I re install it.
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
>  > Of Sean Garrett
>  > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:26 = PM
>  > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>  > Subject: Re: bra or no bra?
>  >
>  >
>  > When I bought my 80 Westy in Dec 99 = I removed the bra and
>  > found a line of
>  > rsut all along where the leading = edge was. 1-2 inches wide
>  > and across the
>  > entire front. This is in Arizona = too. If you live in a
>  > climate that receives
>  > rain I would plan on removing it at = least every 8 months
> and waxing or
>  > protecting the van nose paint job = somehow.
>  >
>  > SeanG
>  >
>  >
>  > >From: Andrew Stiles = <astiles@AMAZON.COM>
>  > >Reply-To: Andrew Stiles = <astiles@AMAZON.COM>
>  > >To: = vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>  > >Subject: bra or no bra?
>  > >Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 10:42:01 = -0700
>  > >
>  > >I have heard different opinions = about this... my vanagon's
>  > front is getting
>  > >all beat-up from rocks, and I am = wondering if I should get
>  > one o' them
>  > >bras?
>  > >I have heard some say that they = are no good...that rocks
>  > still get under
>  > >the
>  > >bra, then get stuck there = scratching away? What to do?
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >thanks!
>  > >Andrew
>  > >90 vanagon gl
>  >
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