I vote for the shadyboy (www.shadyboy.com).  They open
to cover almost the entire side of the van, are light
weight, are struydy and pack very small (about 1/2 the
size of most), were made exclusively for the vanagon by
a vanagoner (i think), do not rattle, handle the wind
fairly well and look real neat.  The only down side is
the stock mounting requires that you drill holes into
the roof and the sheet metal screw motuning is somewhat
crude, but there are other ways to mount them.
Steve

Charles McGehee wrote:
>
> We have an A&E Catalina by Dometic, 8' long on our '85 Westy which we
> bought at Camping World.  It was on sale;don't remember how
> much.   Installed it myself.  It's easy to use and can be removed if you
> sell your rig.  It clamps to the rain gutter.  The only problem is that
> there is no seal between the awning and the rain gutter so that when it
> rains hard it will drip between the awning and the sliding door.  That is
> irritating.  Our son has the 10' model on his '81 Westy.  In hindsight, I
> wish I had bought the 10 footer.  It covers the front door, too.
>
> Charles
> '85 Westy
>
> At 12:28 PM 6/18/01 -0400, Justin Wolfe wrote:
> >Any one out there with any awning recommendations and tips?  Any one
> >have a used one FS?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Justin
> >84 westy
> >100,000 pure breed miles