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• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:18:00 -0500
  ...Bumpers Scott, I think the main reason some folks want bigger bumpers is that they look better than a flimsy bumper that bends in...
• Re: RMW bumpers live - CRASH TEST
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:58:12 -0800
  ...Bumpers As much as I like the Van Cafe bumpers (on my '90 WEsty nearly nine years now) the RMW bumpers look like a...
• Re: Damaged fiberglass rear bumper... can it be repaired?
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Mon, 8 May 2000 22:52:27 -0400
  I repaired my bumper with grey epoxy from the hardware store. A teenage driver rear ended me. I never got arounds to painting it...
• Re: Bumpers - VanCafe HeavyDuty ~or~ GoWesty PlateSteel
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:18:08 -0500
  Craig are you talking about the cheaper gowesty $100ea black steel bumpers or the heavier duty $350ea plate steel bumpers. I have the heavier...
• Stock '80-'87 bumpers FS in San Diego
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:09:29 -0800
  Hi, I have a complete front bumper (with rubber bumper pieces and plastic ends) in near perfect condition and mostly complete rear bumper (minus...
• Wolfsburg bumper kit or rear black fiberglass bumper wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jon R. Williams
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:26:36 -0700
  Does anyone know where I can get a used or good price on new either Wolfsburg bumper kit or rear black fiberglass bumper with...
• Re: towing with tow bar on newer Vans
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:25:00 -0800
  On 3/5/08, thomas LaPointe <vanagonmail@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering if underneath the front fiberglass bumper on newer vans, > there is...
• Re: Bumper Replacement
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:48:29 -0800
  ...For the record, RM bumpers might look very different but they are still inspired by the PZ bumpers IMHO. Projektzwo bumpers predates all these...
• Re: [vanagon] aero to steel bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:01:02 EST
  ...The rear bumper brackets are different for the fiberglass bumpers and the steel bumpers. So you'll need the correct rear brackets for the...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:57:26 +0200
  The German tow bars are hidden behind the regular steel or plastic bumper. It replaces the standard bumper support rails with some longer rails...
• Re: Rear Bumper Needed - 1987 GL non-Wolfsburg (regular chrome w/rubber strip)(Northern California)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:55:16 -0800
  On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote: > > I managed to smash in my rear bumper yesterday...
• Fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:24:18 -0400
  I attempting to remove my banged up rear bumper to repair the fiberglass. However, there are a couple bolts on the inside of the...
• wrap around metal bumpers.Was:Re: NEW Fiberglass bumpers and s....
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:52:37 EST
  ...This gives the effect of the bumper wrapping around the side and continuing through the front door. The rear bumper in this configuration wrapped...
• Re: mounting fog lamps on a Carat/fiberglass bumper?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:56:03 -0400
  I have Hella 550s mounted to the top of the fiberglass bumper, and they don't get misaligned... except when they have an encounter...
• Re: Vanagon Rear Bumper Needed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:26:20 -0600
  Stuart MacMillan wrote: > Only a bumper made of quarter inch > thick steel channel would have prevented the $800 worth of damage Stuart, I found...
• Re: Wanted: bumper for '87
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 01:31:40 EDT
  ...i straightened lister Karl Bloss's '87 van rear bumper with quite impressive results. fyi, i also have some of the rear bumper strips...
• Re: FW: Step bumper hitch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:37:28 -0400
  ...Jeff [mailto:btlbug@bright.net] > >Does anyone know if you can drill through the bumper and attach a step >bumper receiver hitch? Would this...
• A cool pic!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:39:21 +0100
  Two Vanagons bumper to bumper, or rather bumper over bumper! One is a lowered 2wd, the other a Syncro 16". Quite a difference in...
• bumpers FS - Re: NEW Fiberglass bumpers and side moulding prices
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 03:38:40 EDT
  ...i have about 4 rear fiberglass bumpers for sale, and 3 fronts chris [text/html]
• body shop recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - mario m
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:32:01 -0700
  ...I am considering upgrading, do any volkscafe big bumper owners have anything BAD to say about those bumpers. Are there any other options for...
• Re: Painting Vanagon Fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:34:01 -0700
  ...I found a gray rear bumper to go on my van, but my van has a black front bumper. After doing some BONDO work...
• Re: driving lights in front bumper?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:44:29 -0500
  ...They provide a very secure and hidden mount which uses preexisting holes in the bodywork under the bumper - no drilling holes in the bumper...
• Re: RMW bumpers live
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:03:53 -0800
  ...Bumpers As much as I like the Van Cafe bumpers (on my '90 WEsty nearly nine years now) the RMW bumpers look like a...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:17:56 -0800
  ...Third Party Bumpers I've had a set of the Van Cafe bumpers on my '90 Westy for almost eight years now. They have...
• Need a rear bumper for an '85
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:36:59 -0400
  ...Need a rear bumper for an '85 My wife crunched the bumper. I would like to but a used one in good condition. Anyone...
• Re: bumper brackets
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:31:20 -0500
  the ones with the physically longer frame attachment point as i understand it. __________ ______ |__________\/| vs. |______\/| where "\/|" is the bumper mount side On 12/17/06...
• Re: Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:07:19 EST
  In a message dated 98-11-18 20:16:25 EST, lkchris@USWEST.NET writes: << Consider the notion of the factory rear bumper as...
• Re: Painting Vanagon Fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Yoel and Tina Crane
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:02:32 -0700
  Well, we've got a victim fiberglass bumper piece from the Vanagon we're using for parts. Got a Bondo kit and will be...
• Re: bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:37:54 EDT
  ...front bumper requires adding some tabs or spacers underneath and for the top support. i used the factory brackets for the front bumper and...
• please help - bumper bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:46:17 -0700
  hi all, does anyone has this steel tube style bumper? if you do could you please tell me what size of the bolts? the...
• Re: looking to get hitched
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:30:06 EDT
  My father made a really sturdy rear bumper that could also have a hitch attachment. We are asking $100 for the bumper which is...
• Re: bed conversion, bumper questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:47:05 -0400
  ...The same goes for the front bumper again assuming that there is the two rubber strips along the lenght of the bumper >> not really...
• Re: Bumper ideas
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:54:08 -0700
  I believe that Door #3 bumper system is a stock og bumper/roll bar/ rack? Someone help moi out here-they come as an...
• Re: bumper brackets
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:23:01 EST
  ...the longer bumper brackets? i saw > them online once but i cant remember where > thanks > jonathan > > what do you mean "longer" bumper brackets? the...
• Re: Chrome Rear Bumper Needed - (regular chrome w/rubber strip...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:08:48 -0800
  I was under the impression that no new vanagon bumpers were available anywhere. anyone ? I checked, and the cost to get one straightened and...
• Re: Bump bump bump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 18 Jun 2021 07:38:54 -0500
  ...During the first 5 miles a noticeable bump, bump sound >> eminates from the rear of the vehicle. Not sure if it’s the CV...
• Re: Front bumper(steel gaurds) on project two's page
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 18:51:01 -0800
  I would appreciate any info on the bumpers, too. There's a steel rear bumper on the T2 in the pictures. I got tapped...
• Website with potential (Auto/License Plate URL)
  Historical mailing list - rusty vanbondo
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 18:46:18 -0700 (MST)
  < http://www.mines.edu:8080/students/g/gbragalo/bump/bumpstop.html > While cruizing for micro minicar info during a rare "off" moment, I stumbled...
• Re: Black metal bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 04:06:31 +0200
  ...GoWesty has a photo of > their bumper, which I think is the same bumper as Bus Depot. > The black bumper is the regular Transporter...
• Re: After market rear bumpers?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:21:04 -0700
  ...The only difference would be the amount of damage to the bumper itself. A stronger bumper would protect the parts of the body that...
• I'll trade a hitch for a bumper.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 21:25:11 -0500
  I need a decent rear bumper for an 80 - ? vanagon, I need the bumper, rubber strip, end caps. I'll trade a class two...
• Go Westy plate steel bumpers
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:34:09 -0400
  Does anyone have experience with the Go Westy plate steel bumpers ( https://www.gowesty.com/product/made-in-usa/23578/gowesty-plate-steel-bumper...
• Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:44:58 EST
  Hey folks; I recently replaced the rear bumper on my '85 Westy with a new one (old one was a little crunched from the...
• Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:04:36 -0800
  ...So, anyone out their have a source of "tube" bumpers, "bull bars", etc. that can be used to repace the wimpy stock bumper? Thanks...
• Re: Another bumper built update
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:49:22 -0700
  Doesn't "bumper" imply the ability to bump? Fiberglass would crack and bust if you bumped into anything...or if some one bumped into...
• Re: Bumpers, Chrome v. Fiberglass
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:54:14 EDT
  ...but someone could have removed the fiberglass bumpers and put chrome ones on. but, there would be whole lotta holes left in your van...
• Re: Wolfsburg bumper kit or rear black fiberglass bumper wanted
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:52:30 -0400
  > Does anyone know where I can get a used or good price on new > either Wolfsburg bumper kit or rear black fiberglass bumper with...
• Re: After market rear bumpers?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:30:43 -0400
  On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, TJ Hannink wrote: > I would contend that since both bumpers will utilize > the same mounting points, the damage to...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon Plastic/Fibreglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:25:20 EDT
  ...You can easily mount a metal bumper on the rear BUT you will need the bumper and the mounting brackets for a metal bumper...
• Re: Rear-Ended !! / Tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 20:03:21 EDT
  ...I thought of using the inner bumper from an A2 Scirocco and use a plastic bumper from a 90-92 Jetta. It's a...
• Re: Chrome Rear Bumper Needed - (regular chrome w/rubber strip...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:36:54 EST
  ...a straightened OEM german chrome bumper is worth more than a repop brazillian crap chrome bumper.. the OEM german chrome bumpers are actually thicker...
• question regarding bra for 1990 Vanagon with fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:43:54 EDT
  Hi, I recently purchased a used bra from a metal bumper Vanagon with square lights. It doesn't seem to quite fit my 1990...
• Re: Painting Vanagon Fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:57:03 -0400
  ...I painted my rear fiberglass bumper black (looks good on my white '91) over a year ago and it still looks fresh after one...
• Re: driving lights in front bumper?
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 23:08:15 -0500
  ...They > provide a very secure and hidden mount which uses preexisting holes in > the bodywork under the bumper - no drilling holes in the bumper...
• Re: are all after market bumpers created equal?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:07:24 -0700
  On 27 Apr 2006 at 21:32, robert shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM> wrote: > I bought two after market bumpers over the winter (chrome...
• Re: Bumper-changes over the model years
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee Uzzi
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:33:00 -0700
  >Does anyone know what model year saw the change from the older chrome >bumpers with the end caps to the newer all black bumpers...
• Re: Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:14:44 -0700
  Just some random thoughts about welding up or otherwise installing non-factory rear bumper ... Consider the notion of the factory rear bumper as "crush...
• Re: in need of new chrome bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:46:36 +0100
  a new option between aftermarket ones and expensive tube bumbers would also be the new gowesty bumper. personally i like that look better than...
• Re: fix fiberglass bumper?
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 15 May 2003 11:35:58 -0500
  ...fix fiberglass bumper? Can a minorly cracked late model fiberglass bumper be fixed? And if so what the cost--realizing this depends on the...
• Re: Utility rear bumpers ?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:06:05 -0500
  How about a rear bully type bumper that wraps around the rear corners of the van? Like a later "Wolfsfburg" effect bumper? Seen any...