Chris,

I've seen plenty of vans with the black cladding. It's a weird texture,
matte but with some tooth to it.

I got a back corner bumper replacement and sanded it for prime and
paint; there was no color below it.

Jim

On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Todd Olson wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> Thanks for the note. You would know more about regular van seats then I
> would. I know more about Westfalia's. My motto is, "If I can't live in
> it
> then I don't want to drive it!" Thanks for bringing that to my
> attention.
> The bodykit was black before I purchased the van. I looks original to
> me. Is
> it not?
> Wishing you many miles of smiles!
> Todd Olson
>
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>> Date:    Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:10:01 EST
>> From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
>> Subject: Re: FS: 1989 Vanagon Wolfsburg Carat MV-  Blue - On ebay
>
>> actually thats not a "carat MV"  its a 89 wolfsburg...aka "Bluestar"
>> interesting in the writeup, you make no mention of the diagonally
>> striped
>> seats
>> which were unique to this model only.   nice looking van tho..    why
>> did
>> you
>> paint the bumpers/bodykit black?
>
>> chris
>
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