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Cold Steel
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| j_dirge wrote: |
Has anyone modified the Vanagon sliding door to run on something similar to what is used in modern Minivans?..
Door "automatically" slides open/closes and latches on a push o' the button?.. nice and quiet like?
Thats a mod I'd like if it were feasible... |
Thats funny you said that about the door. I hadnt heard that noise in about 10 years and it was music to my ears. Same with the door locks. |
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j_dirge
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| crystalcabot wrote: |
| j_dirge wrote: |
Has anyone modified the Vanagon sliding door to run on something similar to what is used in modern Minivans?..
Door "automatically" slides open/closes and latches on a push o' the button?.. nice and quiet like?
Thats a mod I'd like if it were feasible... |
Thats funny you said that about the door. I hadnt heard that noise in about 10 years and it was music to my ears. Same with the door locks. |
My Westy is manual everything.
I don't mind the sldiing door sound...
Not at all... execpt during the sleeping hrs at a campsite.
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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tozovr
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thewump
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Pretty cool if you ask me
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That's awesome unless you, say, want to be able to get out when the door is open.
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joetiger 
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Somebody needs to weld their front doors shut so they can jump in like Bo and Luke.
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| j_dirge wrote: |
My Westy is manual everything.
I don't mind the sldiing door sound...
Not at all... execpt during the sleeping hrs at a campsite. |
Ummm...that's why you walk through to the front pass. door: 'click'......'click' is much preferable at 4:30 am!
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