Basically I'm hoping for something to get me through for a month or two..
So the temp grille could even be missing a tooth.. The key word though is
CHEAP. :-)

All of the major sites have the stock grilles, but they're ~$80..

I might just leave it as is until I go with the SA upgrade later.. Dunno..

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tyler; I have several of those round bucket headlights. I also have a
> grill if you need one. Do you just want to borrow a bucket to get you
> through? Do you want to buy a pair? Do you want to buy a grill?
>
> Also your dent looks like a piece of cake to fix. You can get a harbor
> freight slide puller, drill it pull it and Bondo it you be surprised how
> easy that is.
>
> Jim
>
>
> > On May 16, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET>
> wrote:
> >
> > Here is the damage:
> > http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/mchineboy/library/1985%20Vanagon
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> That sucks. Sorry to hear of damage.
> >>
> >> I"m sure the collective "we" can kind of see what you mean in terms
> >> of body damage but a pic of damage would help when time permits.
> >>
> >> My guess is that at very least, you're looking at pulling the dent(s)
> out.
> >> Some say a tool like this is great for that
> >>
> >> http://www.eastwood.com/stud-welder-dent-pulling-system.html
> >>
> >> But if you have a compound set of dents at or near the headlight, that
> will
> >> be tricky.
> >>
> >> I've used Goop to repair the plastic grill but it sounds like your
> >> grill is quite damaged.
> >>
> >> Neil.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/16/16, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I was able to almost stop but not quite.. Took out the grille and
> >> passenger
> >>> side headlight. Also put a dent in the passenger side to the left of
> >> where
> >>> the edge of the grill was.
> >>>
> >>> The question I have is..
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have a headlight and grille they can part with until I can
> >>> afford the South African upgrade in a month or two?
> >>>
> >>> Also, anyone have experience pulling a dent out like this? How did you
> do
> >>> it?
> >>>
> >>> --t
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Neil n
> >>
> >> Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> >>
> >> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> >>
> >> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> >>
> >> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> >>
>