Chris,

You ain't kidding!  The brown stuff is crap.

I actually have one brown mirror in perfect condition and I just can't bring
myself to sell it.  For some unknown reason I treat it like a collectors
item...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:56 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n
pull

In a message dated 4/2/08 2:59:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
paullist08@GUZYK.COM writes:

> sun visor clips, rear view mirror if not rotted away
>
>

hey paul, even out here on the east coast the brown plastic turns to dust
too
LOL !!

whenever i see a brown rearview mirror i do the "thumb test"
i push on the back of the brown plastic with my thumb..  it usually just
caves right in..
for some reason the brown plastic VW used does NOT hold up to the UV rays..
black plastic does fine..brown plastic turns to chalky dust..

good luck finding a good brown mirror!!!  or brown grabhandles..or brown
window crank knobs... they all turn to chalky crumbly dust..

chris

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