Hey Frank

Where did you find those Wolfsburg crest mud flaps, eh?

Mike
87 Wolf W/E

Frank Grunthaner wrote:

> 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