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• carat vs GL bump stops.
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:47:25 -0700
  I just sold a set of Carat springs and the buyer informed me that the Carat bump stops are shorter than the GL version...
• Re: Vanagon bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:32:44 -0800
  ...Go-Westy has some new bumpers coming out, havn't seen them yet, forgot to ask to see them when I stopped there last...
• One More time - The Sliding Door Bumper Stop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:15:11 -0500
  ...Sliding Door Bumper Stop Description: Stop PN 251 843 876 Illustration 107 Item 10 in the ETKA CD Approx. $3.95 @ Camelback VW, Tucson...
• (F) I'm having too much fun - TOTAL vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:32:42 -0700
  ...OH what a lovely bumper. I can't stop! off comes the radiator grill, the headlight grill. prime, prime, paint, paint, paint. OH what...
• Re: (F) I'm having too much fun - TOTAL vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:54:57 -0700
  ...OH what a lovely bumper. > > I can't stop! off comes the radiator grill, the headlight grill. prime, prime, paint, paint, > paint. OH what...
• Re: Driver's Door Window
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:20:47 -0500
  I have power windows on my 87, but I think the setup is the same as to the "stopper" or "bumper." Mine was missing...
• Re: Rantworthy '85 Westy ad?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:11:22 -0500
  ...through, stop, get out and close the gate, and drive on. Sheep and goats can walk over cattle guards. Hence, the bump gate. Stephen...
• Cutting bumpstops on lowered 88 2wd Doka with H&R springs
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:58:09 -0700
  ...At the suggestion of someone who had similar set-up in his Westy I went about to cut the bump- stops on my front...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:00:53 -0400
  ...It still clunked until I hit a nice bump in the road - the noise stopped. Once in a while the noise would re-occur...
• Re: Damaged fiberglass rear bumper... can it be repaired?
  Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
  Mon, 8 May 2000 08:05:42 -0600
  ...I told them to stop work at $200. He called me 3 days later and said 'your bumper is ready'. Man was I impressed...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:37:49 EST
  ...to stop. The damage amounted to the left rear corner of the van going bye-bye. The left end of the bumper was flattened...
• Looking for '68-'72 bumper at BBTA
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:33:16 -0400
  Subject says it all, if anyone is going and has a rear bumper for the same they would part with please tell me. I...
• Re: anybody got the thread count for a shock bolt handy?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 03:15:17 +0200
  ...The spring may fall out, as the upper bump stop sits inside the shock. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Reminder - Sliding door stop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:14:17 -0500
  ...Right at that point there is a little slot cut out of the metal of the post that accepts a small urethane bumper stop...
• Kia beats up Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:28:23 -0500
  ...The bumper on my Vanagon folded up like a straw and didn't stop until it gouged the paint on the body behind the...
• "Zwo" Bumper$, etc
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:13:40 -0500
  ...BodyKit: $1737 (spoiler, side skirt, and I think both bumpers) Ouch! Now I can stop vanta$i$ing and just keep covetting. -- Regards, David...
• Air Lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:21:32 -0600
  ...Do later models have this bumper or is there a bigger gap between the rubber and the stop? If the air bag goes between...
• Fender Bender, got lucky
  Historical mailing list
  21 Mar 97 06:11:38 PST
  ...Seems that we had met exactly in the center of the drive, exactly bumper to bumper, same heights of bumper, parallel to each other...
• Re: Cutting bumpstops on lowered 88 2wd Doka with H&R springs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:11:53 -0400
  ...Note that there are 5 disc-like rings on top of the > sleeve. > Those are your bump > stops. I cut two rings off then...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Sep 94 02:13:42 ADT
  ...for loosening, as your bumper will flex some, after a every few miles first, then at each gas stop if you trust it. Motorcycle...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:12:25 -0800
  ...to stop. > The damage amounted to > the left rear corner of the van going bye-bye. The > left end of the bumper > was flattened...
• Re: Need Read Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:35:51 -0700
  BenT, I think perhaps you're giving too much of the blame for your bumper woes to your neighbors. If you could really attribute...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:44:29 -0600
  ...The Vanagon isn't made out of tissue paper like the late model garbage, and a solid bumper(s) would stop a lot of...
• Re: Almost rear-ended by inattentive drive
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:21:33 -0700
  ...The most likely bump from behind will be in stop and go traffic (much of the time here) while someone is texting. I just...
• Re: Front shock dust cover bumper
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:26:42 -0500
  Neil, you can get the dust cover new (we have access to them) however the bumper stop on the top of the front shocks...
• Re: favorite bumper stickers
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 05:17:00 -0500
  ...mine is 24 meters long." I was stopped in a traffic jam behind this truck. Two old ladies were next to me and as...
• Re: Thanks and advice for top (safe & sound) cruising speed
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:40:28 +0800
  ...at 70mph, some at 75mph and too much in stop and go-bumper to bumper post-Daytona 500 traffic on I-95. I don...
• Re: Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:57:53 -0700
  ...forward during hard stops before, and the big interruption to approach/departure angles with the T-bupers. The flat steel bumpers are a big...
• Re: Need Read Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:12:59 EDT
  ...Heck, Stan, those rear bumpers don't even come perfect from the factory. You must live in a rural area. Otherwise you wouldn't...
• Re: Kia beats up Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:45:53 -0800
  ...The > bumper on my Vanagon folded up like a straw and didn't stop until it > gouged the paint on the body behind the...
• Re: Front Bumper-Bent From The Factory?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:28:13 -0400
  Matt Drew wrote: > * Is the needle on anybody's BS meter buried? The needle on my meter is bouncing against the stops. I never...
• Re: Fiberglass Bumpers (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:55:23 EST
  ...something since he stopped responding to my > p-mails. So, does anyone else know where I can get a fiberglass bumper. I just > need...
• Re: Fiberglass Bumpers (again)
  Historical mailing list - Montgomery Groff
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:45:05 -0800
  ...something since he stopped responding to my p-mails. So, does anyone else know where I can get a fiberglass bumper. I just need...
• Your thougs on 3" LED lamps at the ends of my van-cafe tube bumpers. The birth of Gronski Lights
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:39:38 -0400
  ...During stops or turns the high setting will be engaged. Front Bumper (Facing Rear) Lower Tube: Dual function white lamp: This lamp stays off...
• Your going to love this!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:52:40 -0500
  ...The young girl behind me couldn't stop and Boom! Not agian! Bent up the bumper and the body under the bumper. I havn...
• Re: Drip Tray "latch" to keep up while cooking
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 29 May 2010 21:29:13 -0700
  I use the scotch-bright backed sponge that doubles to wash dishes to stop the rattles. Don Hanson On Sat, May 29, 2010 at...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:40:47 -0700
  ...greater range before the stop prevents further travel. To the passenger this feels like stiffer springs because larger bumps can be absorbed before the...
• Re: SUV bashing link correction
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 18 Sep 1999 18:53:20 -0500
  ...say > creeping and stop speed. maybe so ... but even more reason to watch what you're doing in bumper-to-bumper creeping traffic. and...
• Re: Hung in the middle (where else?) - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 May 2002 08:38:31 -0500
  ...Styrofoam bumper covered to urethane skin, many cars have it. I'd rather see everyone that gets speeding tickets, stop sign tickets and other...
• Re: Should I buy '65 crew cab?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 03:24:03 -0500
  ...Does it run well, stop well, turn well? How much is it? Good bumpers, vw symbol? :)
• Eeeek! Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 01:31:41 -0700
  Traveling down from Tahoe this weekend, in the mad bumper-to-bumper traffic, I had to make more than my share of panic stops...
• Re: Front shock dust cover bumper
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:55:27 -0800
  ...Beside that metal bushing and the dust covers being thrown away > for some reason, the upper rubber bump stop thing is usually still fine...
• Heater blower issue from a different perspective
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:07:39 -0500
  ...blower motor stopped working in my '86 GL. The strange thing is, occasionally it will start working if I hit a bump in the...
• Re: Bump bump bump
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:13:46 -0700
  ...and I switched to General Grabber when BFG stop making them in 14" size. BFG make their tires in off road in mind so...
• Re: Your thougs on 3" LED lamps at the ends of my van-cafe tube bumpers. The birth of Gronski Lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:18:49 -0400
  ...During stops > or turns the high setting will be engaged. > > Front Bumper (Facing Rear) Lower Tube: Dual function white lamp: This lamp > stays off...
• Ignition Switch Help!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:37:49 -0700
  ...I bumped her and drove for quite a while, when I stopped, nothing. Bumped it again and got home and shes still not starting...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:31:31 -0700
  Thats actually a great idea, then you could just hot glue the PVC to your existing bumpers! In the end, 99% of the ppl...
• Re: Front-End Squeek
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 17:19:55 -0500
  ...My 85 did the same thing, the shop put some oil on some rubber bumpers/stops under the front end and it stopped.
• Re: crash damage, Van front end
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:28:53 -0600
  ...locked- about 30 feet into a stopped truck in front of me. The impact mashed the bumpers, buckled the rear panel below the tailgate...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:54:49 -0600
  ...It still clunked until I hit a nice bump > in the road - the noise stopped. Once in a while the noise would > re-occur...
• Re: Bumper Stickers
  Historical mailing list - dvdkng1958
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:33:55 -0500
  In the last month on two occasions I have had people stop behind me who were talking smoking and trying to drive. How could...
• Re: Need Read Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:21:07 -0500
  ...I bought an 81 Westy with a trailer hitch, the bumper was missing. I removed my 83 bumper to put on this 81, I...
• venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:53:15 -0700
  ...Just after I stopped the second time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, thwack!. The damage was minor, a broken bumper on...
• Re: Dumb Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:41:23 -0700
  ...do the ole push on the bumper test. you kneel hard on the front bumper ...to compress the suspension about 3 inches or whatever...
• Re: spare tire mounted on front of watercooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:30:33 -0500
  ...to stick out beyond your front bumper, it could > be illegal in your state. David & list, When stopping distance is critical, having the spare...
• Vanagon got smacked :-(
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:05:06 EDT
  ...The rear bumper is bent pretty badly, and contacts the rear apron. The bumper contacting the apron caused the apron to bend ever so...
• Gittin Hitched
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:29:12 -0800
  ...I stopped buying hitch systems after I bought one, so I don't know if he has them right now. In essence the bumper...
• Re: venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:29:34 -0300
  ...Just after I stopped the second > time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, thwack!. The damage was > minor, a broken bumper on...
• twanging/creaking noise in front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:27:38 -0500
  ...Today, while everything was quiet for the most part, whenever I would go over a sudden bump (e.g. parking lot speed bump) I...
• Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:47:28 -0700
  ...I know that the stock vanagon steel frame bumper does most of the stopping power, but a bull bar should help out a little...