Ariosa, my comments.

Finally got around to all those projects that had not yet been done. US Spars finally got their act together and sent me all of the parts I ordered. The new operator / office assistant is really a Bain to customer service. I had always had great service until this order. I will now be looking at other manufacturers parts when doing my upgrade. It took 3 weeks and 6 hours on the phone to get the parts and I still don’t have the last invoice. I have finally installed a rigid boom vang and I am still undecided if it was worth the $500 it cost for all the parts. It is in and the old vang is in the locker. It was relatively easy to install, I already had the correct parts for the bottom of the vang but needed to mount the parts at the top. So Saturday it was some hand drilling with a brace and bit. The old parts came off and the new parts pop riveted into place. 

I will post a picture of the new vang soon.