Good point about wanting to pass safety inspection. I don't think that
Oregon has anything like that. When I registered the van here, the nice
lady from the DMV followed me out to the lot to look at the van, only to
confirm that it was, in fact, a Vanagon. Satisfied, she signed off on the
papers.

Longer version of story here for the those who are pretending to work:

http://socal2bend.blogspot.com/2008/08/papers-please.html
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 8/25/2009 9:18 AM Doug Alcock wrote:

> When they fade to charcoal grey take them off and spray them black again.
>
> I don't know about your jurisdiction but in mine (Ontario) you need the
> bumper caps to pass a safety inspection --- something to do with sharp
> pieces of metal being uncovered..........
>
> I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone has a longlasting and
> cosmetically good fix for this :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     My 84 has sheet metal bumpers fore and aft. These take stupid snap-on
>     plastic ends, which after a few years fade to charcoal gray and look
>     cheesy.
>
>     One has gone missing. I reckon my options are;
>
>     A) to ignore it
>     B) to order another stupid plastic snap-on plastic end that will fade to
>     charcoal gray and look cheesy.
>     C) ...any other ideas that don't involve buying a new bumper or welding?
>     These appear to be in working order and I've never used them to bump
>     anything out of the way.
>
>     I'm leaning toward A). It's very inexpensive.
>
>     --
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>     Bend, OR
>     KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
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> http://www.dougalcock.com