Here’s a nice console I ran across at The Samba. I wonder if this guy would consider making these and selling them?

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This is an awesome Vanagon Subaru conversion. Jealous? The interior is clean as a whistle with new, matching upholstery. The exterior looks equally as clean. I love the blacked out wheels with the color to match.

We’ve been carrying our EVDO data card with us so we can get online in the van, but that didn’t seem like a Vanagon Hack, so we decided to get a more permanent WiFi solution in the Vanagon. As you can see in the video, we wired the outlet to the stereo for on/off capabilities.

More pictures after the jump…

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We decided to put a few cup holders around the front area of the Vanagon. We ordered them from GoWesty, and put some in beside the shifter, and on the side of the passenger’s seat. Now we can carry drinks for everyone in the van.

Around the shifter

Below the passenger's seat

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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