I went the other direction.

When I ran new wire, I went up the windshield pillar, ran the length of the
van above the "headliner" in front and thru the vent space above the slider
straight into the a/c cabinet where the speakers are. I should have run an
extra pair for eventual subwoofer, oh well. It really wasn't that
difficult. I found it easier to go down from the roof into the pillar than
up from under the dash, but both ways work. I've got extra speakers running
up the passenger side, cb radio antenna running up drivers side. It's been
some years since I did this, so details are fuzzy, but it only took a
couple hours do to the whole run from radio to rear speakers.

steve
'85 westy
kent, wa

At 07:03 AM 03/21/2000 -0700, Karl Wolz wrote:
>Pull off the heating deflector and push your wire down through the rubber
>boot which holds your heater hoses.  Zip tie it along the bottom of the van
>and then go up through the back side of the cabinet at the rear of the van.
>You're then inside the AC housing and pretty much home free.  As I recall, I
>did mine from the other direction, but either will work.  You'll obviously
>need to drop the spare tire for this.
>
>Karl Wolz
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg" <yeff@EARTHLINK.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 9:40 PM
>Subject: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86 Westy?
>
>
>Greetings Volks,
>I'm looking for Tips on the easiest most simple way of running new speaker
>wire to the rear speakers on my 1986 GL Westy
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>Greg