I'm wondering why not make new ones out of sheet metal rather than cardboard?

Todd
'88 Westy

Brian Doss wrote:

> I was watching to see if anyone came up with a pattern to make new
> deflectors, but didn't see a post saying so.
> By the way, I have learned to respect German engineering, although the
> aerodynamics of the Vanagon, let's be honest, is somewhat questionable ... do
> these cardboard things really do that much? Mine look like year old pork
> rinds, and I doubt my bus would miss them much if the cardboard gnomes
> snatched them away in the night.
>
> Regards,
> Brian Doss
> '88 Weekender, Queequeg