I have sunk a couple of bucks into the sound system of my early '83 Westy.
Nicer name brand cassette head unit w/ removable face. The sound still
stinks. Road noise and ill placement of the 4" speakers in the lower front
doors by the install people. 8" Blue Thunder for low end under the rear
bench in a box designed for placement behind a GM pick up truck seat, amp,
and cross overs, capacitors on the 4"ers. Boston Accoustic 4" in the rear
stock locations. Rear overhead does not have the A/C unit. It's the stock
storage cabinet. Front 4" were placed lower than I would have prefered!
Anything heavier than elevator Kenny G cocktail jazz poop sounds horrid. No
A/C, so I have the windows down in the Arizona summers...

Can anyone tell me if there is a difference between the front door panels of
the early '80-early '83 Vanagons and the '83.5-'91's? An acquaintence of
mine has a later model and was able to install the speakers where the stock
ones were. The high dollar install clowns said that they couldn't find a
shallow enough 4"-6" to place them in the stock location. Installed to allow
for the catch-all tray on the drivers door. The existing Boston Acoustic 4"
are overdriven by the time the sound is audible while driving.
Suggestions?
-ellis\