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Subject:vanagon accessories, upgrades, cool ideas, etc
Date:Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:36:44 EST

upgrades for my '84 Wolfsburg Ed. Sunroof Van (w/ A/C) w/ 80k orig miles 

-S.A. quad light grille & driving lights 
-Hella Vision Plus DOT Legal H4 headlamps 
-Projektzwo lower grille driving light setup 
-complete fiberglass bumper/rocker trim setup from a Carat 
-front bra 
-front chin spoiler from carat 
-dual hi/lo horns from an audi 
-goofy musical horn (plays a bunch of different tunes, dont ask me- it was on 
the van when i bought it) 
-Carat alloys (may move back to 15" or 16" Audi rims (had them on there 
before) 
-power mirrors 
-power windows (maybe, i have the doors from the Carat..still its nice to not 
have to worry about window motors going bad) 
-SA vanagon mudflaps 
-Vanagon only sunroof air deflector bubble 
-Thule roofrack 
-VWOA OEM Vanagon 1/4 length roofrack (similar to the old bus ones, but 
actually made for the vanagon) 
-westy side windows w/ screens (came w/ wolfy package) 
-rear hatch "Jailbars" (came w/ wolfy package) 
-S.A. "Microbus" emblem 
-trailer hitch 
-complete Carat interior (jumpseats, side table, sofabed, etc) 
-kept the middle seat floor tracks in there 
-rubber front vanagon OEM floormat from a '90 NON-GL Vanagon 
-CB radio 
-triple gauge cluster from '82 audi 4k installed in center heater vent cover 
-OEM Vanagon acessory dash cupholder 
-flip out K-mart cupholders on each side of shift lever and on inside of pass 
front seat (a-la-carat style) 
-padded grey leather, adjustable (adjust front and back) headrests from a 
Merkur Xr4Ti (they fit right in!!) 
-carbon fiber shift knob :<) 
-fire extinguisher inside of sliding door, and under rear seat 
-rear hatch screen (part of wolfy package) 
-snap on curtain set (part of wolfy package) 
- nylon webbing net affixed to back of sofabed seatback to keep loose stuff 
from sliding around rear area 
-rubber cargo floor mat from '90 NON-GL Vanagon 
-console box for between front seats from 76 westy reupolstered in grey 
velour 
-drivers side door pocket mounted on pass side doorpanel (back so glovebox 
can open) 
-parcel tray from '80 Transporter (they didnt have a glovebox) trimmed to fit 
around steering column and mounted on drivers side 
-tach/digital clock (part of wolfy package) 
-OEM vw vanagon foglite switch 
-grey rubbermade plastic bins to keep my tools/Bentley Antifreeze etc in 
(whatever wont fit under back seat) bunjeed to rear seatback 
-power inverter from westy mounted under sofabed 
-speakers mounted in carat side panels 
-flourescent overhead light from carat 
-front table pivot mount off of drivers seat pedestal (from westy) 
-swival mechanism installed on front pass seat 
-quick release seatback hinge pins (so i can spin seat around to face 
backwards, then lay the seatback on the dash to recline it) 
-machine gun turret that fits over sunroof opening (just checkin to see if 
your awake) 
-westy propane tank installed underneath to fuel portable gas grille or 
whatever 
-Fuba antenna mounted on roof 
-dome light over front pass door
-drivers side grab handle
- openings to access dead space under front seats (like others have done) 
-rear shoulderbelts from '90-91 van 
-S&S �sport exhaust system 
-Audi 5cyl turbo engine conversion (dream) LOL 
-or more likely golf Inline 4 conversion (but hopefully not for a long time) 

anyway... �just some of my ideas/mods. 
chris 

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