Actually, I had been irritated by the lack of mudflap symmetry for some time
(early July '82), and finally did something about it last year after the lower
half of my mudflap broke off. Firstly, I had located a supplier of mudflaps
for the Vanagon out of the UK who shipped me an excellent set of both front
and rear (with Wolfsburg crests) mudflaps complete with mounting hardware for
about $30 per set. I'll have to check details later if you are interested. The
flaps are very heavy with the sidewall ridge the same thickness as the
original, but the actual thickness of the replacement is about one half the
original. I then removed the original flap from the body sidewall and
dissassembled the lower metal frame. Using my trusty Dremel tool, I cut away
the roughly broken portion of the original, and trimmed away one half of the
flap thickness under the metal frame. I then cut and shaped the left front
replacement to exactly set into the relieved area in the original assembly. I
cut and shaped the side ridge to smoothly flow to the original upper section.
I then filled-in the open gaps after riveting with Bondo rubber bumper repair
compound, polishing the result after curing. Finally, I mounted the right
front and the rears. Net effect is quite clean, but I am still disturbed by
the different look from the drivers side to the passengers side. A few weeks
ago I pulled a broken flap off a junker and will probably fashion a right side
front version in a few weeks.

Frank Grunthaner