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• Re: FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars PICS
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:33:32 EDT
  For those who requested a photo of the $395 rack, go to: http://ebay1.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_98ccfcc012555da506475c7d3f692bab/i-1. JPG Thanks...
• Re: ARB bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:53:04 -0500
  Echoing other comments...I'd like to see a prototype or mock up before sending my money, but if I like the looks, I...
• Sway Bars Pics are now on the Web...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 26 May 2004 15:43:04 -0700
  I put up a small web page for those that want to go to the following link to view the pictures. http://members.cox...
• Re: Sway Bars Pics are now on the Web...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 26 May 2004 15:48:44 -0700
  I put up a small web page for those that want to go to the following link to view the pictures. http://members.cox...
• FS - Yakima highrise tower racks
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:58:07 -0800
  2 ea used Yakima 66" bars and 4 ea high rise towers that fit a Vanagon Westy. $135 plus shipping from California Gary 707...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Mark E Ingles
  Fri, 08 Jul 1994 17:37:50 CDT
  ...I recently had my rear torsion bars adjusted on my '77 van. The guy over-adjusted them so the rear end was slightly "jacked...
• Can Yakima rack from Jetta/Golf fit Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 2 May 2001 06:08:10 EDT
  ...has the roof clamps and the attached roof bars. There is also a box with bike mounts. I don't know anything about them...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 11:52:14 -0700
  ...s legs againts a giant SUV??(one like the projectzwo bull bars)-the projectzwo bumper mounts OVER the steel vanagon bumper, so that would...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Roof top Racks
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:34:36 -0600
  There was a time when Yakima charged the same for the 72" bars as they did the 48" ones... I guess times, they are...
• Re: troubleshooting tiico noise/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 01:38:09 -0800
  ...Back when the Vanagon diesel was introduced her in 1982, the engine support bars were mounted with rubber ends. These ends allowed the bars...
• Home made bike rack solution
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:41:37 -0700
  ...I decided to custom make some cross bars and got all of the parts from Lowes for about $30. The bars and feet were...
• Re: Looking for info on Thule setups for late model vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:51:07 -0700
  ...http://www.thule.com/en/US/Products/BaseRacks/Feet/300%20Gutter%20Foot%20Pack.aspx with the 58" load bars. If you have a pop...
• Re: Bull Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:53:53 EDT
  In a message dated 7/17/98 9:42:09 AM, forstag.1 wrote: <<Appreciate a "steer" in the appropriate direction!>> get it?! don...
• Re: front brush guard/bull bars? who makes them for fiberglass bumper
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:23:14 EST
  Peter B at Tiico sells them, they bolt on under the bumper, on the frame. www.tiico.com/prod02.htm Bill Marshall 85 GL
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:24:55 -0600
  Heck, why stop there? Use PVC and paint it black. John What about exhaust pipe. Would this work? If so you get a muffler...
• Re: Drivetrain Movement Question. Video.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:50:01 -0700
  ...83 DV bars and mounts are the good ones. Sometimes the brackets need to be moved on the bars ...not a big deal. scott...
• Re: Roof Rack ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:02:48 -0500
  ...I've put a a good 300 lbs on two load bars with the high rise towers > and had no problem. Did it many...
• Re: luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - J
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 16:07:19 -0400
  ...We adapted a Yakima mount, and had it permanently attached to the poptop, then I throw the bars on it when I need them...
• Lookin' fer pictures
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:19:46 -0600
  Looking for pictures of brush bars, nerf bars, etc, that go on the Vanagon. Also looking for just good pics of any vanagon based...
• removal of bumper
  Historical mailing list - Matt Caputo
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:05:11 EST
  i had a bumper made similar to the projectzwo bull bars.if anyone who has put an after market bumper on,please contact me...
• Re: Vanagon bull bars/brush guard vote
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 19:34:02 -0800
  Mr Ken My election is the number 2 "Mad Max style".... Bush Guard. Ramon Celaya Syncro 86 Westy Wolfburg 87 I4 (Not yet but...
• Re: vanagon rear hatch jailbars on ebay.de
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:48:11 -0700
  ...Are the so-called Jail Bars decorative only, or do they have some function? Based on the picture on eBay.de, I have to...
• Re: Vanagons in the news...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:54:33 -0600
  On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:37 AM, Robert Keezer wrote: > ..With chrome bull bars and three fog lights! > Note the Syrian military truck...
• How does the Eurovan hood latch release
  Historical mailing list - Tam Woodrum
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:45:17 -0400
  ...Also, what weight oil is recommended? THANKS - from Barstow, CA
• Re: mechanic says NO to bars leak
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Wed, 25 Sep 1996 04:55:17 -0400
  ...The owner/mechanic at a garage here who has worked on VWs a >long time emphatically stated that bars leak should NOT be used...
• Re: Bull Bars
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:37:05 -0800
  ...Sounds like 'roo bars. > >In California I believe they're illegal. (If not, they shoudl be >IMNSHO.) Reason is twofold: > >1) We have no...
• Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:01:56 -0400
  ...Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Hey Matt,> > Just wondering what the...
• Re: third brake light and curious
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:47:26 -0400
  I am going to get one of these light bars and install it so I will let you know how it turns out with...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:01:56 -0800 (PST)
  Sglw@aol.com writes: > > can't you adjust the splines on the rear torsion bars. It looks easy in the > manual, but coil springs...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:31:09 -0600
  ...s legs againts a giant >SUV??(one like the projectzwo bull bars)-the >projectzwo bumper mounts OVER the steel vanagon >bumper, so that would...
• 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: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:34:01 -0800
  ...Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars? I can second that, two dinged wheel well arches, would love to cover them...
• FS Vanagon Jail Bar Center Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:42:42 -0800
  I have a nice center bracket for vanagon jail bars. $25 shipped. Enjoy your day! Tom Boyd meyra21@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo...
• Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:18:13 -0800
  Dana, there are 2 different sets of carrier bars, depending on the model of tranny. You are using 1982 bars with a 1983+ type...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 30 May 2015 06:32:10 -0700
  ...AM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com> wrote: > The skid plate and bars are not currently mounted on the van but I'll look > for...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 18:25:50 -0600 (CST)
  > Sglw@aol.com writes: > > > > can't you adjust the splines on the rear torsion bars. It looks easy in the > > manual, but coil springs...
• Re: ARB bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:29:39 -0600
  I'm sure ARB would make a much better designed bull bar than the psuedo-Projekt2 bars. IMHO they look boring, heavy and decrease...
• Re: bike racks.. Any home made solutions?
  Historical mailing list - thetrans
  Thu, 14 May 1998 10:33:30 -0400
  ...Any other home brew systems out there? I have a Thule system for my Jeep, but the bars aren't really strong enough for...
• Re: Clam shell question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:56:02 -0800
  ...When you change the door, you need to change the bars above the tire as well as they too are different. When you see...
• Pyros
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 19:48:14 -0400 (EDT)
  ...bit envious, T So I took a match to a piece of Bars Leak..... nothing, nothing at all , a little smoke ... I think. OK
• Re: Bush Bar Source
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  22 Jan 97 12:09:59 EST
  >Does anyone know of a source for bush bars* for Vanagons? check out: http://econwpa.wustl.edu/~samid/bus-stuff/MSch and get in...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 25 May 2004 21:08:50 -0700
  So INYHO, the Addco front bar adds an even greater measure of control than with just the rear bar alone? Robert K 1982 Westfalia...
• Vanagon Sighting in Jersey City
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:16:33 -0500
  I saw a very nice Grey Syncro with Bull bars and a spare tire carrier On Washington Blvd. in Jersey City, NJ today at...
• Rhino Bull Bars...,
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:28:21 -0800
  Can anyone and everyone please send me pics of Bull Bar Bumpers.., interested in seeing all the colors out there, all the different types...
• Re: Bars Stop Leak... Pros and Cons for "slight Head leak"
  Historical mailing list - G Challis
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:44:54 -0700
  ...08:52:09 -0700 From: Mark Johnson <makhno19@COMCAST.NET> Subject: Bars Stop Leak... Pros and Cons for "slight Head leak" I'm trying...
• Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:39:48 +0000
  ...83 and newer diesel carrier bars It's the one Greg use to miun the Boxeer engine on our Doka. On Wed, Jul 15...
• Re: SOUTH AFRICA! I'm going back:who wants goodies????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 01:06:36 EST
  ...But it depends on the logistics (size, shipping costs, etc.). >> Boy I sure would like to have those factory bull bars on the front...
• Re: brush guard/bull bars for vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:19:20 -0400
  ...brush guard/bull bars for vanagon??? Jordan, There just happens to be one for sale on the SF Craigslist. Here's the ad: MSDS...
• Re: Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:16:44 -0700
  On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Oxroad <oxroad@gmail.com> wrote: > I mean if I can find the metric electrical tape...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:50:12 -0800
  Hiya! I posted the bars that aircooled.net has for sale a couple weeks back. I'd take a look at them as they...
• Kayaks on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:28:28 -0800
  ...Those slide out devices on the Yak bars are kayak loaders/boat loaders. Pensioner
• Re: My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:13:55 -0500
  I've used the ADDCO rear sway bars on many Vanagon's with great success. The mounting brackets could be better designed. I have...
• Re: Looking for Westfalia roof rack recommendations
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:23:35 +0000
  ...All, I'm very happy with my Yakima #300 gutter mounts, $76.50, with #LB65 load bars, $31.50. They are installed on #542...
• Re: Large parts transport from SF to SoCal to SF available
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:35:03 -0800
  ...speaking of brush bars.. check out Roo Bars on Aussie Rigs .. some have a whole cage over the front end ....from bumper to roof...
• Re: third brake light and curious
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:45:37 -0400
  ...http://www.realtruck.com/led_light_bars/R110B5530CS.html http://www.realtruck.com/plasmaglow_firestorm_scanning_led_tailgate_light_bars/R141806P1C1T.html http://www...
• Re: [W] head gasket leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 15:38:42 PDT
  ...I have personally used Barsleak for the last 40k miles. I have no idea what price I'm going to pay as a consequence...
• VW Vanagon Bull Bars on eBay
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:35:23 -0400
  I doubt they'd offer much protection at speed from anything but they still look cool. Not mine, usual disclaimers: http://cgi.ebay.com...
• Bike Rack
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Wed, 21 Aug 1996 11:33:46 -0700
  ...I first took a standard Thule roof rack with aero feet (instead of rain gutter feet), and attached the bars VERTICALLY to the back...
• Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:22:57 -0400
  ...I used the liquid Bars Leaks, about 3/4 the recommended dose for >> caution's sake, and have been dry ever since (now at...
• Re: Riddle me this: question about dropping a radiator
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:39:30 -0500
  ...BTDT > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> Start at the rearmost end of those bars...