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Subject:Re: Dressing Up a Vanagon
From:James R. Wetzel
Date:Sun, 5 Jan 1997 23:42:29 -0500 (EST)

On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 gmillang@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:

> 	Has anybody done any mild customizing to their Vanagons? I'm
> looking for tasteful bolt-on dress up things like chin spoilers, ground
> effects (do the fiberglas rockers from '88 on fit the older vans?) and
> wheels. I've looked for cast wheels locally, and from the Tire Rack, but
> the best I could do were older Mercedes replica wheels (uglier than my
> current VW wheel covers) or the 5 spoke VW Weekender wheels (gorgeous, but
> $500 cdn). Any bug meets I've attended have beautiful spltties &
> breadloafs displayed, but vanagons are just plain vanilla haulers in the
> parking lot.
> 	Thanks for any info.
> 
> GARY MILLANG                         email: gmillang@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
> '85 Westy 180K km
> 
> 
> 
D&W of Germany has some spoilers and ground effects, however they are very
expensive.  Good Luck.