What did YOU do to your van today?

[jlrftype7]

[mcarlson_sb]

We replaced the bulb of the map light with a dollar store LED cupboard light.
The map light has been broken since we bought the van. The casing was in two pieces and the bulb missing.

Finally got around to super gluing the plastic bits and upgrading it a bit.
The LED circuit is constant current so it works fine with the van's 12v system.

We made sure to do the upgrade in a 100% reversible fashion just in case someone in the future really wanted an incandescent bulb there again.

The cut red bodge wire was an attempt to bypass the reed switch used to turn on/off the LED. But we miscalculated, not realizing the switch was normal closed (closed = LED off). Noticed that mistake after everything was attached, so rather than take it all apart we just cut the wire.

Before

[kiltedhiker]

Oh Man! The sharks are circling my Mefro's. Right now I plan to keep them. Be hard to ship with the KO2's on them anyway.
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1989 Syncro Westfalia (bought new) sold
1990 Syncro Westfalia sold
1990 Syncro TinTop

[dhaavers]

^^^ Fine then...

Anything changes, call me first!

- Dave
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86 White Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
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[jlrftype7]

[jlrftype7]

Although warm right now, really warm for us in early November, it was time to install the Snow Tires. I tried 3 different Rustoleum Silver paints tonight for rim touch up.
The 2X Rustoleum Metallic Silver was actually pretty close, a bit too much flake in the paint, but for a quick touch up, not bad actually. The other two were too grey or chrome.
I’ll order some other Silver Paints next week like Argent Silver to try.
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- also long gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle, my wife's first car= yep. still long gone....
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto

[andy52]

added the 2WD sticker

[kirtfitzpatrick]

Installed a fuel pressure gauge to the factory fuel drain pressure test fitting.

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@tintopcamper
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[Steve Arndt]

[mcarlson_sb]

My wife is recovering the front seats.
It was time

The van has had cheap one-size-fits-all covers since we bought it.
But recovering seats was a scary project. It turned out to be much easier than expected.

First time we've tried this and it was basically free.
Pretty happy with the results.

After

Before

[dhaavers]

^^^ Better, indeed...MUCH better...

- Dave
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86 White Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
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[mcarlson_sb]

My wife tweeked the pattern a bit (will update the first one soon).
But we now have an updated matched set back in the van.

I love that the patterned vynl is from an early 1980's table cloth my wife's family used when she was young.

[mcarlson_sb]

Finished the denim blinds. Now a full set.
The last ones were for the sliding door and I'm very happy with how they turned out.

[jlrftype7]

Washed and waxed the Vanagon. Finished pairing a Tire Pressure Sensor system for the Vanagon that a friend gave me as a gift.
It works , reads pressure and tire temp for each tire.
Solar cell for power or micro USB . Still debating on where to mount the unit on the dash.
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- also long gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle, my wife's first car= yep. still long gone....
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto

[4Gears4Tires]

I really like the idea of roll up curtains. I think that makes for a cleaner stowaway.
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'87 Syncro
Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition

[mcarlson_sb]

[thefalconer_88]

First vanagon forum post:

I masked the westy for its last section of paint. Spraying later today. Pastel white.

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1968 Neptune Blue Double cab
1971 Chianti Red Westfalia x2
1985 Westfalia
1964 so-22 shell
Wanted: 1971 westy sliding door curtain.

[mcarlson_sb]

[mcarlson_sb]

Removed the front windshield to take care of rust.
I got lucky and there are no holes.
So, this will just be grind away the rust then prime and paint.

I was able to use a dremel wire wheel to cut through most of the rust.
Vacuumed it up with the shop vac and it's looking pretty good already.

I doubt I'll be so lucky on the back.

[mcarlson_sb]

Grinding grinding grinding.
Getting rid of rust around the windshield.

Before and After