wheres the cooler for the beer? haha looks good dude

 

Awesome. Try going to an RV store for the photovoltaic cells. I think they're pretty common in that industry. And if you were thinking of off road lighting, I'm sure a big light bar would kill your fuel economy and add wind noise. Rigid Lighting has some cool setups that would fit in your grill. Keep it up!

 

I could still be a weirdo however, once this van is finished I gurantee it's gonna be a pretty badass, tow/camp/haul/utility rig.

I was talking with a friend about it today and either I'm doing the whole solar panel/battery bank thing or doing a small generator. I don't want to do both as it would be a waste. I'm really leaning towards the solar panel route though.

Haven't thought much about a grill but that would be a pretty sweet thing to figure out how and where to put one!


Just wait till I get the wheels, paint/wrap and suspension done. I haven't touched the looks department and that's the one part that I really really see as setting this thing apart and am actually excited about doing. Doing the interior was more important but not that exciting to me when compared to doing the exterior. There's a few more things I want to do inside but they are expensive and take a back seat to finally getting things done about the exterior.


I've been checking out the Diesel forums a little and these things are SOOOoooooo restricted from the factory!!
There aren't many people with diesel vans on the diesel forums but those who have them murder people all the time.

I plan on it!

Fridge is one of the last things I want to do, and it will be as part of a consol I build between the seats.

Cool deal on the photovoltaic cells, I'll definitiely check it out. And they sell light bars that fold down and/or can be completly removed, still not ideal but way better than them being up there. Bumper ones would be cool!

 

By far the coolest build thread I've seen major props man, this is/and will be awesome!

 

This is a truck site and one of my favorite builds is now a van . Can't wait to see it done man, great work so far!

 

Yeah. And there easy to make power. A five switch efi live with good tunes can make a huge difference. But i think you should do intake exaust injectors and tunes. Imo there are more noticable gains with intake and exaust on a diesel. Thats what my experience has been anyway. Those mods are basic that every diesel guy wants done. For some reason a lot never get to the injectors? Just those few things would be enough to be very surprising on the street. With enjectors and a good race tune you could easily be pulling another 350hp if you only went with hundred horse injectors. Thats very noticable . The on the fly tuning is awesome

 

If ya had a reciever hitch be easier could make it swing in close to the door and have locking pins 2" square tubing and some hinges with pins would work great

 

They also make folding removable or permanent mout led light bars that are smaller than standard and just as bright if not brighter

 

Dont have a heart attack when you see the price.. but these lights are insane..

20" E-Series LED Light Bar

 

HAHA, damn guys, that's some high praise considering some of the builds we got going on this site!!



I'm on board with all of that except with the injectors. There's a point or a line that I can't or don't want to cross with this van for reliability reasons. I have to keep myself in check or I'll end up with another project same as my truck is. I think I'd be happy with 350/700 on this van for towing purposes. I think I'm gonna let the injectors be the limiting factor on my modding. I haven't looked too much into it but from what little research I did do, nobody makes an intake for the vans so I'll just have to fab up something homebuilt which is ok. Exhaust wise I stuck my head under the van and found a sweet spot to run the exhaust so I'm actually really looking forward to doing that. It's gonna be SICK and free up a BUNCH of room for other things that I want to put under the van.

Sorry but what are you referring too? Kinda got me interested.


Heart attack has passed...now I gotta start saving for then!!