As I understand it, I have syncro flares on my new van. I'm a bit
reluctant to remove them for models as they appear to be really on
there, glued, bolted and all.

I was sent a single flare to see if if could be done, but I was not sent
the other pieces for set up.

The one single flare I received is a thick, solid piece and appears to
have been injection molded, given it's thickness. I don't think it lends
iself to vacuum forming becasue of the thickness required.  There are
available today casting plastics that were not available when those
flares were made. soI think it is doable, if a full set is available for
modeling. But I think vacuum forming is out.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

robertmstewart wrote:

>Ben,
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>This type of fender flare looks like it provides great protection to the
>wheel area...
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>It would be great if we could replicated them with the vacuum former.
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>Rob
>NYC/Long Beach, NY
>88 Wolfsburg, Silver
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>on 3/12/06 3:06 PM, BenT Syncro at syncro@GMAIL.COM wrote:
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>>On 3/12/06, robertmstewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
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>>>Saw this on a link from a Samba ad, thought some of you might find it
>>>interesting....
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>>>Multivan Front Fender Flare
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>>>http://vw.t3.free.fr/vds/lle/lle/int/DSCF0014.JPG
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>>Rob,
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>>These look like what is sometimes called the "post office" arches as
>>they were available for the Bundespost (German Postal Service) T3
>>(Vanagon) Transporters. These are the same arches I was talking about
>>replicating last month. I have a set of good used ones I bought from
>>German Ebay. The are differentiated from the Tristar arches in that
>>they have a larger wheel opening. They look very similar to the Syncro
>>16 arches except they do not require cutting of the regular US-spec
>>Vanagon wheel wells. The front 2/3 portion is pop-rivetted to the door
>>whilst the rear section is attached to the body.
>>
>>BenT
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