Joy,

Chris is just yanking your chain. He knows as well as most of us that you
meant the side pieces of your rear bumper.

Fender is just a guitar. =) Vanagons don't have "fenders" in the automotive
sense. The back area over the wheels is comonly called a rear quarter panel
as it is not removable. Front quatrter panel fo rhte fornt is my guess. VW
calls the area over the wheel as "wheel arches". That is the closest they
have to a fender.

<twang> <twang>

It's all Geek to me.

BenT