cool Don.
Roof-mounted driving lights often have a small black flat 'shelf' on the
lower forward side...
so no light gets on your windshield.

I half expected a laminated teak front air damn !

for you, that's cheating -  to use plastic from Depot Hardware.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: 2mpg reduction in fuel economy: confirmed when sporting a roof
rack.

>  My personal van (unlifted) has an aftermarket air dam.....I made it from
> Home Depot garden edging...that plastic crap that fancy landscaped houses
> use to border the Beauty Bark around their trees, etc etc.   It extends
> below my bumper and if I hit a rock or stump with it...it just bends....If
> it tears off, so what?  Does it help with fuel economy?  Probably a
> little...worth the $4 or 5 bucks it cost me and it looks almost factory...
> Fourth pic in the web album below.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/112899774170781374478/VanagonMods?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnj78ukqaPufw
>
>  Don Hanson
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> so by inference, impersonally lifting a van is ok?
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>> On 2011-12-06, at 8:42 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>
>> >  Personally lifting a van for off road clearance is silly and can even
>> be dangerous.
>>