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Yup, what he said. And why our Van2.0 a Promaster (on the right in the image below) will remain stock looking outside verses our "Can we have a tour of your van" Van1.0  <<< No Stealth, head room and all the trail bling my wife wanted _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ Plane Jane work van with head room > > >

If i drove a Nissan NV i would be forever single. No amount of "Candy" would get girls i know inside the van (and those words are theirs!). OK enough of the silly honesty... YMMV Cari and I took a road trip from Astoria to Hood River and back ~370 miles... She drove ~250 of it... She is so in...

Greetings, The picture i took of our PM is stock as far as suspension goes (and the typical ~7" clearance at rear axle that i'm not in the least concerned about!) I picked it up new from a lot on 9/1/2017. What i've done so far is swap the stock throw-away highway tires for a set of 5 stock...

Oh, and once you load it up with all those rolling-what-makes-it-your-home items the rear will be level with the front : ) And yes on what frater secessus said on the larger tires on the PM... but at a cost IMO. I did swap out the tires the first week (ah what's another 1K in the mod right?)...

Greetings, OK i'm going to dive in and all this is first hand i own a 2017 Promaster AND an awesome set-up-for-off-pavement lifted, modded, larger-than-stock full size Chevy AWD Van conversion... First things first, yes, the Promaster has ~7" of ground clearance because of the rear axle as seen...

we've had our fiberine top on our full size chevy awd van since it was a month old in 2010... luv it. great product. Also, Bob... i replied at your YT video on how to shine up your top... i'll also post a link (_here_) to my blog page where i do a write up on the Poliglow product we use on...

yup... we weigh it a couple times each season to make sure we are always below GVWR of 7300lbs... fully loaded we are usually a couple hundred under. Thom

Greetings and THX for the VanKudos : ) On "adhesive" ? My wife will always remember... 3M77 spray. ALWAYS suggest to your DW to wear a protective hair covering when applying. A dozen Roses, a nice dinner... and i'm forgiven (just not forgotten). The Molle Seat Back was sold since we took out...

THX and agreed. Our little slice of Soggy Paradise on the Oregon Coast has "No Overnight Parking" regs in all cities so stealth would be key (like the idea of the box van and so does wife!). One thing i'm pondering is discussing the overall plan with our current park-owner (i develop/maintain...

Greetings, Some of you may recall my wife and i live full time in a (waaaay to big) 40ft Toyhauler (actually 43ft. did i say it was way to big?). We do have our van conversion for ~monthly~ little adventures. We are very compatible (34yrs of loving marriage, empty nesters) and rarely a hug...

~7 years ago my wife and i installed Marine Hull liner/carpet on the walls/ceiling of our van. Still looks fresh as day one.

My Daughter & Son both spent ~7 years in the "Sand Box" at various Air Bases (so far) for the USAF.  Daughter now stationed in Phoenix and son at Alamogordo, they both said just about the same thing. And don log sleeves or a hoodie if it is below 70 outside. Thom

While my soul might enjoy such...My Irish Skin says otherwise : )  So i spend my time under a shade tree next to the river(s) enjoying my wife's presence, creating art or reading a good book. Thom

~55 to ~75 temp range for my wife and i these days. Since moving from the Reno area in 1986 to the PNW (and Oregon Coast since 1989) I can say my wife and i are officially "Weather Weenies". We have become so used to the lower relative temps that 55 to 75 is long sleeve shirt weather and don't...

i know i'm posting in an older thread, though tid-bits of knowledge is sharing right? I should measure the angles on our rig but i can say that we don't push it. We've never even come close to getting into trouble being mindful on the Forestry roads we travel. Measuring to the bottom of the...

since the 1500 v8's were mentioned i'll add our take (of said van) in the loop that i've shared elsewhere. Our 2010 1500 cargo van came with the GM 5.3 Liter V8 EcoTec3 L83 Engine. As i type we have just over 40K miles on the rig and it runs/looks great. We do run just under the GVW yet still...

Welcome to the forums SunNi and best wishes on any future acquisition and van-project. There are a zillion ways to do it, hope you have fun researching and discovering what works for you. Yes on the "gas increase". My wife's daily driver is a minimalist styled, yet maxed out 1/2 ton Chevy AWD...

; ) what they said My wife and i started out with "nothing in the van" (_image link_) and spent a few months getting things mocked up with simple wood framing knowing we would have a pro-shop redo the interior a year or two after using it and making tweaks. We live full time in a large 5th...

THX, my wife and i did the insulation, hull-liner wall fabric install, and headliner and original bed platform (usable wood mock-up) Used it like that for two seasons tweaking here and there before having a pro-upfitter (Van Specialties in Portland Oregon...2.5 hrs from us on the coast). They...

When our upfitter installed the fiberine top they asked if we wanted any "Attic" space...we said yes to front and rear. Lots of storage (keep it light up there though! except for the few water bottles it is primarily blankets and similar.) and also there is the added safety of keeping a good...