I just wanted to pipe in; this summer we introduced our own Tube bumpers for
the Vanagons; go to our site and keyword search "tubebumper". I can also
send a lot more pics to anyone that e-mails me

We designed and engineered ours all by ourselves, without seeing any of
these other ones. I think the features and quality are the best value out
there, but I'm biased. ;-)

John
Aircooled.Net Inc.

> When I got my Projektwzo copies I initially wanted to angle
> the bull bar portion forward and slip a spare tire up front
> (it was for my air cooled van I did not have to worry about
> blocking the lower grille). So when I ordered the bumper I
> asked them not to weld the bulbar portion on.
>
> Before I took delivery of the bumpers I bought a syncro and
> quickly abandoned the idea of a spare up front (cooling
> concerns) but thought about angling it just for looks.
>
> I decided against it, because I was concerned about the upper
> portion of the bullbar damaging another vehicle in a fender
> bender. I pictured the bar hitting sheet metal and doing
> damage to the other vehicle in what would otherwise be just a
> parking lot bump (that wouldn't require insurance companies).
>
> In the end I decided not to angle the bar.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:57:24 EST
> >From: Bill Marshall <Willolyn99@aol.com>
> >Subject: Re: Vanagon Bush Guard /Bumpers
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> >The only one I've seen that would be worth a spit is the roo-
> bars someone
> >down-under made.  It juts out away from the front at an
> angle, so that whatever
> >you hit will be directed downward and away from the front of
> the van.  You
> >would need a tall one for a deer -- these are designed for
> wombats and roos.
> >
> >Of course, if you hit a tall moose with one all it would do
> is catch it after
> >the moose went over top of it and destroyed your van.
> >
> >Check it out at
> <http://members.ozemail.com.au/~pjlander/Bullbar.htm>
> >
> >Bill Marshall
> >85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
> >Aurora, IL
>