With the shop messing up on my lower control arm assembly and me not taking it back in right away, the inside of my front tire wore down to about nothing. I had been thinking about purchasing new rims and figured since I needed new tires, I would go ahead and purchase new rims as […]
Category: exterior
Surprise Empowerment
Even with the cold today, I would love to be in my kayak on the river. However, not having much luck find others willing, I took the opportunity to work on the vehicle that actually gets me to the river. I will be the first to admit, working on a vehicle is a pretty intimidating […]
Ventline Vanair Roof Vent Install Video
I know I barely touched on installing the roof vent on my previous post. When I installed my second vent, I made sure to document it so hopefully if you are intimidated by the process, this can help you. It took approximately an hour for me to install once I gathered all the materials. Here […]
Spraying the Van
A friend of mine had sent me a post a while back of someone spraying their entire van with tintable bedliner and I recall seeing another kayaker having that style on his truck. After a fair amount of research, posting on forums, etc., I decided to pull the trigger on a black Rapter bedliner (link is […]
Exterior Overhaul
I am working on finishing the exterior of the van so that I can start on the interior. I wanted to get bigger tires and lift the van. I didn’t want to go crazy and wanted to go with the simplest option. I decided on a 2″ body lift so that I didn’t have to […]
Custom Roof Rack: Part Two
Long lull in blog posts; I blame my full time job! Anyway… To the point, here is the final part of the van’s custom roof rack; the roller. This is what I was most excited about. It is pretty sweet. You prop a boat up on it, go to the back of the boat, lift […]
