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• South African SERIOUS mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 02:50:00 EST
  ...They look different than the mud flaps in the Just Kampers catalogue and very different than the mud flaps from the factory on my...
• Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:34:38 -0300
  A question on mud flaps. I have an '86 Westy. The original mud flaps are long gone. I would like flaps that fit 'conventionally...
• Re: love handles and mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:37:35 -0700
  Tom, the flaps are not interchangeable and do have separate part numbers. If you like I can mail you fauxtoes of various flaps. The...
• SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Wed, 3 May 2006 10:47:40 -0500
  Hi all, Just recieved my new SA mud flaps for GoWesty and I am not too impressed. They are a thinnish plastic material - not...
• Re: FLAPS????
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:52:47 -0700
  ...FLAPS???? what is FLAPS ?? J
• Re: Mudflaps, the cost effective solution, better than stock
  Historical mailing list - Scooter061
  Sat, 16 May 1998 10:51:07 EDT
  ...I found a set of large black mud flaps, and with a little creativity, went to the hardware store, found some long metal (bendable...
• Re: mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:52:40 -0600
  I used late model Cvevrolet, GMC accessory pickup flaps on the rear of my GL, and they look great---and they mount the same...
• Re: flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:34:16 -0400
  ...flaps? > I keep hearing references to FLAPS. What is this? > > Bradley Flubacher > State College, PA >
• FLAPS????
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:39:00 -0700
  what is FLAPS ?? J
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 18:32:31 -0800
  Well, depending on circumstances, sometimes the "F" word in FLAPS gets changed from "friendly." --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original...
• Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joseph J Liasse
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:54:36 -0500
  I cant comment on their flaps but I can, perhaps, give some idea of their service. I dropped them some email one day and...
• Re: FLAPS? (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:22:17 -0700
  I choose friendly, don't you? I try to think of those other words as aberrations (so far as FLAPS go, anyway). Karl Wolz...
• Re: Mudflaps, the cost effective solution, better than stock
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 16 May 1998 02:24:06 EDT
  ...But my search has turned up nothing. >> I work for the dealer and my cost for the mud flaps would cost me about $275...
• heater flaps (not FLAPS)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 21:53:25 -0700
  Hi any list vendors out there, I've looked at the flaps that control the air flow through the heater and into the passenger...
• Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:22:31 -0800
  ...My question is...has anyone purchased a set of these? If so, what >is your opinon on them--both the mud flaps and Just...
• Re: Cheap Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:30:08 -0400
  > Mud Flaps - $65.95 for a set of 4. My part # 6881, my regular > price $100. These are the same ones I've been...
• Front airbox foam for flaps
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:11:55 -0400
  I'm looking for a source for the foam used on the flaps inside the front airbox. The VW dealer will only sell completely...
• Re: One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:59:48 -0500
  Jim- I redid all the flaps. Of the three set of rotating flaps, I'll call them bottom, center, and top. The center ones...
• Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 23:30:37 -0600
  ...mud flaps. My question is...has anyone purchased a set of these? If so, what is your opinon on them--both the mud flaps...
• Just Kampers mud flaps arrived
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:30:48 -0800
  The mud flaps I ordered from Jusk Kampers about a month ago arrived today via the USPO. Total cost for a set of 4...
• Re; SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:06:21 -0500
  Brent and fellow Vanagonites; I called SA VW, and the mud flaps, are available here! The part number's are; #996075105 front flaps. #251075055...
• Re: MMO & acronyms
  Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:57:10 -0700
  >What is FLAPS? FLAPS = Friendly Local Auto Part Store. That's funny! For the last couple of years I assumed "FLAPS" was actually an...
• flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:17:18 -0500
  I keep hearing references to FLAPS. What is this? Bradley Flubacher State College, PA
• Re: air flap question
  Historical mailing list - Jared Roy
  Mon, 6 May 1996 19:11:40 -0600 (MDT)
  I know that when the thermostat goes the flaps should be open, but my van has been heating up lately and I want to...
• Re: Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:08:39 -0400
  ...Mud Flaps A question on mud flaps. I have an '86 Westy. The original mud flaps are long gone. I would like flaps that...
• Re: Mud flap update (NOT the same as US OEM mud flaps)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 20:16:11 -0500
  > The Just Kampers mud flaps similar in shape but otherwise are not at all > like the OEM mud flaps installed on North American Westfalias...
• Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mitch A.Miller
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 23:04:36 -0700
  ...My question is...has anyone purchased a set of these? If > so, what > >is your opinon on them--both the mud flaps and Just...
• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:03:27 -0500
  ...Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem > Depending on which 16 year old, pimple headed warrior you get and what > type > tester...
• mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:11:28 -0700
  Has anybody purchased the mud flaps from Bus Depot? "Mudflaps, Genuine VW, Black W/ logo on Rear, W/HW (set of 4), 80-91...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 09:30:48 CST
  this is the info i dug up a while ago, from the bentley book and from asking the guys down at the flaps to...
• Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:47:54 -0800
  ...set of four > Mud Flaps from Just Kampers in England. > > On page 43 of their latest catalog shows a picture of these set of...
• Re: best rear brake hardware kit at flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 21 May 2018 08:52:55 -0700
  ...best rear brake hardware kit at flaps? I think Dennis had a recommendation for a hardware kit from a local chain flaps? anybody else...
• Re: FLAPS? (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:10:41 -0700
  ...FLAPS? (no Vanagon content) You are right about the FLAPS acronym. The most famous (on this list at least) seems to be Canadian Tire...
• Re: SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 3 May 2006 12:29:35 -0400
  ...experience wth these flaps? Are they more durable than > they seem? > Are the GoWesty (and other American vendors) SA mud flaps the same as...
• HELP! I did something stupid
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 23 Jan 97 11:16:50 EST
  ...Today I broke the thermostat flaps return spring. You know, the little spring that's wound around the shaft that connects the two flaps...
• FLAPS? (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:25:47 -0700
  ...If so there are no FLAPS in Vancouver that I have found. Richard Lynch 85 Vanagon [text/html]
• Re: Front airbox foam for flaps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:30:06 -0500
  ...Front airbox foam for flaps > I'm looking for a source for the foam used on the flaps inside the front > airbox. > > The VW...
• Re: Front airbox foam for flaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Barth
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:58:03 -0400
  ...Front airbox foam for flaps > I'm looking for a source for the foam used on the flaps inside the front > airbox. > > The VW...
• Re: Mud flap update (NOT the same as US OEM mud flaps)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 02:16:48 EST
  In a message dated 98-12-03 15:32:51 EST, a-markmc@microsoft.com writes: << The Just Kampers mud flaps similar in shape...
• Re: FAQ Needs Critiquing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 27 Dec 1995 19:12:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...Fournier II says: > > >Inversely, for cold weather the above should still be true as well > >as the flaps in the fan housing that allow...
• heater flap foam
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:39:30 -0400
  ...heater flaps (not FLAPS) > > Hi any list vendors out there, > I've looked at the flaps that control the air flow through the heater...
• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:56:47 -0500
  Depending on which 16 year old, pimple headed warrior you get and what type tester, you may have a good test at a FLAPS...
• Re: FLAPS? (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:46:15 -0700
  You are right about the FLAPS acronym. The most famous (on this list at least) seems to be Canadian Tire. You must have one...
• best rear brake hardware kit at flaps?
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Mon, 21 May 2018 14:33:22 +0000
  I think Dennis had a recommendation for a hardware kit from a local chain flaps? anybody else? thanks mike
• mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - EARL J SMITH
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:17:40 -0800
  I would like to put Vanagon mud flaps on Bruno but don't like the dealer price. Suggestions for alternate supply source much appreciated.
• Re: Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:20:25 -0800
  ...From my less than stellar recall, the height of the cladding looked as if they fully covered the upper-part of the mud-flaps...
• One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:31:14 -0600
  All of the heater plenum rebuild information I've run across talks about the bottom flaps that run heat out into the cabin when...
• Re: SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Thu, 4 May 2006 08:02:08 -0500
  The GoWesty mud flaps are packaged with just screws no clips and are attached by at least three screws a piece. They mount directly...
• Re: Mud flaps for 83.5
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 17:41:14 -0400 (EDT)
  ...economical alternative is the bus flaps from bus boys or Rcky mtn etc. they can easily be fitted to the vanagon, and also have...
• Re: Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 20:27:28 -0500 (CDT)
  ...What a coincidence - just >yesterday I stopped by a VW dealer because my mud flaps finally >wore out and the rubber split in half...
• Re: FLAPS? (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:09:05 -0700
  ...If so there are no FLAPS in Vancouver that I have found. > > > Richard Lynch > 85 Vanagon
• FLAPS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:57:00 -0600
  Please excuse my ignorance,What is FLAPS? Perhaps some one could clue me in to these anachronyms you all use. Dumbell(a word my...
• anybody used these Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:03:46 -0400
  Anybody tried "generic" mud flaps like these: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Plate-Style-Guards/dp/B0009N30IW/ref=sr_1_23/105-0934896...
• Pics of SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:12:57 EDT
  Go to http://www.vw.co.za/accessories/acc/ search for all and select the mud flaps. It lists the part numbers and the...
• FLAPS meaning
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 10:29:00 -0400
  >Welcome to the list! FLAPS stands for "Friendly Local Auto Parts Store". I >emphasize "Friendly", cause I guess in some instances you might come...
• Re: Help on Syncro hard to find Parts
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:08:47 -0400
  On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 01:39 PM, David Marshall wrote: > Fender flaps - do you mean mud flaps or the plastic wheel arches...
• VW FLAPS in Portland, OR?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 12:03:40 -0400
  Hiya all, Anyone know of a VW FLAPS in Portland? I need some VW specific parts, also a VW friendly junkyard would be good...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:28:03 +0200
  ...None of the 100's I saw had any sign of anything other than huge aftermarket mud flaps. PerL
• Re: Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 15:34:09 -0700
  ...Those look to be EV flaps... are they? I don't think the EV flaps are that long. They look like South African mudflaps...
• WTB Vanagon Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:22:24 -0800
  I am looking for mud flaps for my 91. Let me know if you have any. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo...