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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:30 pm    Post subject: Help with interior lights for rear compartment Reply with quote

Hi all, hoping for some help with a question on interior lighting with my 1985 Vanagon GL:

I bought the van with two missing lights in the rear compartment in the ceiling near the hatch. They look to be wired to go on with the hatch open.

Issue is I cannot seem to locate any info on what the lights look like to get replacements. The ‘normal’ interior dome lights don’t fit, and i
Cannot seem to find a description or image in any manuals / online. See pictures showing locations…

Anybody have these lights, or know where I can go to find more?

Thanks

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Help with interior lights for rear compartment Reply with quote

Those are for rear speakers for vans without A/C
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Help with interior lights for rear compartment Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:36 am    Post subject: Re: Help with interior lights for rear compartment Reply with quote

Yup, stock rear speaker wires.
I repurposed ours for added LED lighting power when I added some cabinetry to our rear interior.
If you decide to put speakers back there , do note that the original system was a shared ground speaker system, and modern speakers require a floating ground adapter if you don't run new 2 wire cabling back to the speaker location for a wiring update.



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 6:10 am    Post subject: Re: Help with interior lights for rear compartment Reply with quote

Ah ok thank you very much both, that’s great and mystery solved.

I’ve just finished adding a set of speakers in the quarter panels by the rear bench seat. Will give some thought to re-purposing these to lighting - like the LED’s you’ve used,

Thanks again.
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