This hack was a lot of fun. I saw another vanagon that had one of these and I just HAD to have it. I ordered this bottle opener from a company called Homebrewers Outpost and we were in business. We painted it, and then installed it.

I get so many comments about this little hack and it works great!

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Probably the coolest hack we’ve tried is the green lights over the AC controls. All Vanagon owners know there are no lights for the AC controls. We got some LEDs from Radio Shack and my brother somehow managed to wire them in.

We removed the controls from the dash, drilled some holes and inserted the LEDs. The picture isn’t so good but believe me, it works very well.

Now when we drive at night the A/C controls are illumniated and it looks like it should’ve always been that way.

I tried to take a better picture without the flash that would show the illuminated lights, but it didn’t really work. Sorry.

UPDATE: Here is a better picture…

Because I want to use my laptop in my vanagon, we picked up an accessory plug and installed it next to the table in the back. Perfect!

First we drilled the hole and fished the wires

Final Result

I bought a center console from Wal-Mart which appears to be the same one that GoWesty sells for $100. I paid $39 or so. I popped it in the van but it wasn’t very stable…so we added some weight to the bottom.

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The instrument cluster was fairly dirty so we decided to rip it apart. Using a little brush we were able to clean it up a bit.

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After purchasing the Vanagon we had to clean it up. The seats were very dirty so I had them steam cleaned twice. Here are some pictures:

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