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• I'm a mad genius--stereo installation tip.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0700
  ...But it definitely got me thorough the hardship of running the wire up the a-pillar and to the back. Hope this helps someone...
• weekend chores
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 24 May 2010 15:11:22 -0700
  ...or so.  Very easy install, but the wiring bundle inside the A-pillar needs to be avoided.  I made a template for the holes...
• Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:12:12 -0700
  ...hole in the A pillar (Crap van, getting scrapped > soon, going to be mindful of wires in the A Pillar). > > Thanks in advance! > > -Craig...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:48:30 -0800
  ...The fender was welded at the A pillar and bottom. In the last minor collision I had with a honda that ran a stop...
• Re: audio system upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:08:37 -0500
  ...you can mount 1" tweeters where the a-pillar meets the roof.(above your head) that should take care of the front 2 channels...
• Re: light above stove
  Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:08:09 -0400
  ...I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down >>the A pillar, but can't seam to find it after that. Does...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:42:31 -0600
  ...The radius of the corners was different, so an A-pillar patch was not an exact fit and needed some fill work. Also the...
• Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:07:22 -0700
  ...removing passenger side > trim above the doors and fishing down the A pillar. > > The new unit makes great tunes, for sure. But because my...
• Re: Just wondering
  Historical mailing list - simon glen
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:52:55 +1000
  ...it is expelled through the slot between the door and the A-pillar. So, the best way to achieve a through-flow of fresh...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 3 Nov 2018 09:40:05 -0500
  ...a lessening of wind noise with the bubble wrap in the A > pillar openings and the fresh air vents. > > -Mark > > On Fri, Nov 2...
• Re: Rodents
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 23 May 2020 21:49:48 +0200
  ...And A-pillar: They are open on the bottom, and then there is a nice hole behind the dash that perfectly fits for a...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:33:49 -0800
  ...I think the A pillar base structure must be made of lighter steel, or the plastic vent cover is thicker on the '86-'91...
• Re: which adhesive for gutter trim
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:54:10 -0700
  ...s not right.(it glues to the rain gutter in the > > >>>a-pillar) > > > > No adhesive, which is the least expensive brand. ;-) > > > > I believe there...
• RE: Back and ready to go! (On GNATT)
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  8 May 1995 09:22:43 +1000
  ...whole section from about 1/2 to 3/4 up the A pillar to half way down the front of the bus is cut...
• Ventilation system questions - Aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:24:26 EDT
  ...a factory-looking block-off plate over the duct in the A-pillar (front edge of door frame). Why? Third, my van has no...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Nov 2018 21:33:19 +0000
  ...Aerodynamics? I could not discern a lessening of wind noise with the bubble wrap in the A pillar openings and the fresh air vents...
• Re: old style spotlights?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:50:59 +0000
  ...spotlights. > The kind that go through either the roof or the "A-pillar" just in front of the > door. The kind with the handle...
• Re: Deal on oil pressure/temperature gauges
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 4 Apr 2018 15:47:37 +0000
  ...set of Cabriolet gauges and installed them in pods on the 'a' pillar.  The Rabbit OP gauge is 5 bar and always ran pegged...
• Photoshop Fun??: New Bus pics!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:48:07 -0400
  ...Bulging curved fenders? Driver's peripheral view blocked by a pillar? No sliding door? 5" of ground clearance? It is a fun idea though...
• Re: Selling a Canadian Van to an American
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 28 May 2003 12:47:54 -0400
  ...that year >- look for an EPA/DOT sticker either on the "A" pillar or the engine >compartment. > >Then go read: > >http://www.nhtsa.dot...
• Re: 3m clear bra installer in the Bay area
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:29:30 -0500
  ...and right, and from the bumper all the way up the A pillars to the top of the van. IIRC the job cost $275...
• Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:37:57 -0800
  ...Should I gather that running a wire up the A pillar is a nightmare? -MB On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:29 AM...
• Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:29:38 -0800
  ...I ran my wire down drivers side a pillar and into dash. Not as neat a look. For the one I have, the viofo...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 15:14:58 +1200
  ...The diesel Corolla sedan is still rusting; A-pillars are near to perforation, and this is due to 3 rear-end shunts in as...
• Re: Gauge Mounting Options
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:52:49 -0700
  ...Didn't read the entire thread but realize that there have been negative comments on use of a-pillar for gauge installation. Can't...
• Re: Front rain gutter trip strip question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 06:11:51 -0500
  ...received a set of replacement rain gutters (the ones for the > A-pillar) from bus depot. The trim on my vanagon is silver, the...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 08:27:03 CDT
  ...the driver's position felt cramped to me, and i kept hitting my head on the a-pillar getting in) had better start gathering...
• Re: Gauge Mounting Options
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:59:00 -0400
  ...Has anyone used the VDO A-pillar mounting pods in a Vanagon? They look like a nice way of putting 2-5 gauges in...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:20:32 -0500
  ...The > radius of the corners was different, so an A-pillar patch was not an exact > fit and needed some fill work. Also the...
• Driver's side handle success and related request
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Jan 2024 17:31:03 -0500
  ...getting the holes correct and not catching the wires in the a pillar. Now that my wife has a foot injury that handle is...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:17:59 -0400
  you can also get to the relays mounted below the A-pillar by removing the instrument cluster and reaching through the instrument cluster hole...
• Re: third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 5 May 2001 22:52:37 +1200
  ...steerable fiberglass front fenders and rears, as well as probably the A-pillars and front & rear lid edges. I've been thinking about color...
• Re: Deal on oil pressure/temperature gauges
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:24:54 -0700
  ...I bought a set of Cabriolet gauges and installed them in pods on the 'a' pillar. The Rabbit OP gauge is 5 bar and...
• 97 EV differences
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:35:46 -0800
  ...I do like the changes they made to the inside: - real handles integrated into the 'A' pillars on both sides; - rear heat duct behind...
• Re: Small windscreen wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 06:58:01 -0800
  ...my mid-corner view of where the road is going....the A-pillar blocks the view when the front leg of that window baffel...
• Re: More ?s 85 GL Mudflaps/driver's step
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:19:00 EDT
  ...There are wires running up the A-pillar which you can easily short out by carelessly drilling. Thanks to Jeff (AKA Oxroad) for helping...
• front end work
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:57:19 -0800
  ...the donar van was cut generous to attach to these aproximate locations: ,at the A-pillar midpoint of the grab handle; verticall at the...
• stuff, like grab handles and courtesy lights and such ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 6 May 1999 14:30:53 -0700
  ...on the a-pillar. well, it turns out you have to be real careful when you drill holes into the drivers a-pillar: there...
• Re: Got Gas?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:50:49 -0600
  ...Ours, as I have said many times, goes to frivolous overconsumption and is a drag on our economy rather than a pillar of it...
• Old Spotlights.....
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:43:34 -0700
  ...The kind that go through either the roof or the "A-pillar" = >just in front of the door. The kind with the handle that...
• Re: Just wondering
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:05:23 +0100
  ...it is expelled through the slot between the door and the A-pillar. > > So, the best way to achieve a through-flow of fresh...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:45:49 -0800
  ...scraped on the top of the wheel > well. > > I think the A pillar base structure must be made of lighter steel, or the > plastic...
• Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:41:53 -0500
  Does anybody make an A pillar pod system for several gauges for the Vanagon or have found one another model that works?? I have...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:22:32 -0800
  ...The > > radius of the corners was different, so an A-pillar patch was not an > exact > > fit and needed some fill work. Also the...
• Demons III
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:17:46 -0400
  ...It was a light of biblical proportions, a light so intense it would not just turn you into a pillar of salt, but probably...
• Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 16 Feb 2020 17:34:32 -0800
  ...Should I gather that running a > wire up the A pillar is a nightmare? > > > -MB > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:29 AM...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 1 Nov 2018 21:15:38 -0400
  ...COM> wrote: > > Noise is also generated at the bottom of the A pillar on both sides. It is open on the bottom and funnels...
• any late-model Eurovans out there?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:35:24 -0700
  ...codes given on a sticker located on the USA drivers side A Pillar (behind the kick panel) at the height of the "central electric...
• Dome circuit wiring
  Historical mailing list - reiderikson
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:59:46 -0700
  ...I have replaced the wires from the fuse panel up through the "A" pillar and over the drivers door back to the galley lights...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:22:10 -0600
  ...The > > radius of the corners was different, so an A-pillar patch was not an > exact > > fit and needed some fill work. Also the...
• Re: Radiator Fan Turns On But Not Off
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:13:11 +0100
  ...the relay on the fuse box and the relay on the a-pillar. Raimund Bruce Nadig schrieb: > Another good suggestion. However, this too can...
• Re: VW's New Chattanooga Plant
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:24:01 -0400
  ...That 'A' pillar up front is so large it will hide a pregnant lady with a a shopping cart. Hmmm what else. Park that...
• Re: paint
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:42:10 -0500
  ...I paid (well, actually USAA insurance paid) $2,900 to have two doors, and the A-pillar replaced on my Jetta when some brilliant...
• Re: light above stove
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:49:53 -0700
  ...I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down > the A pillar, but can't seam to find it after that. Does...
• Re: Recent Car Talk Shows - re air bags
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:28:16 -0400
  ...front wheel > and did major suspension damage as well as striking the A pillar, so > they decided to total it. > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:35:05 -0500
  ...The wiring goes down through the gap next to the A pillar. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si -- For...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 3 Nov 2018 08:21:36 -0700
  ...a lessening of wind noise with the bubble wrap in > the A > > pillar openings and the fresh air vents. > > > > -Mark > > > > On Fri, Nov 2...
• Re: H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:01:15 +0100
  My LLE has the 1,5 sticker on the lower A-pillar Am 17.11.2008 21:52, David Marshall schrieb: > My TriStar has...
• Re: Rear-facing safety was: Re: WTB: Westy swivel seat swiv'ler
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:04:16 -0400
  ...The problem with the arangement you propose is where would you mount the shoulder belt on the A pillar by the window... plus would...
• Re: Seat Modifications
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:11:42 -0500
  The curtain does not use a rod, it just snaps into above the "A"-pillars and then just behind the front side windows at...