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Is there a sticker on the axle housing with a serial number? If not, you can still figure out information about your axle by year of vehicle and shape of the diff cover. I recently talked to a salesman at randy's ring and pinion who was helpful in finding info on my axle.

You must be putting in a ton of hours. Nice looking systems!

I'm guessing you went sprinter for a crew van and looks? What wheelbase did you pick?

Wow! neet build. I'm thinking along similar lines for my family van. My vote is for riv-nuts.

The finish looks really cool and the cargo track on top of the rear drawer box is slick!

Doesn't look like it would take much trimming to fit a larger tire in the rear of the Ford. The limiting factor on larger tires is usually the front tires hitting the firewall.

Sounds like your doing a lot of cool stuff. I'm having a little trouble following your build when I click the photobucket links. The images show up as a collage and it's hard to associate which ones go with the captions. Have you put many miles on the van since you bought it? How do you like...

I don't know what your layout is but a couple of these might fit nice along the sides in front of the wheel wells. http://www.plastic-mart.com/product/5657/15-gallon-marine-water-holding-tank-94-1627wh Regarding the tall 40 gallon tank. If it's full and you get in a wreck, 360lbs is a lot of...

The shape and location of that tank make it more difficult to mount safely. It also may change the handling characteristics of your vehicle located in the far back corner. Have you considered using 2 smaller rectangular tanks?

I would think that if someone set up this suspension it would be because they were doing the majority of their driving off road and it wouldn't matter. Would be cool though to have coil preload adjusters like on a rear motorcycle suspension. Maybe even something on a gear motor so you could...

Comparing base vehicles before 4x4 option. I think it's interesting that U-Haul picked the transit over the sprinter and promaster for cargo vans. All their little cube vans have been GM and dually box vans Ford so I'm guessing they shop both manufacturers. Would be cool to see their analysis...

I like that those extrusions have a finished side. The final product doesn't look like lab equipment. How does that material compare in price to something like 80/20?

lookin good. Cant wait to see it sitting on the new axles!

Saw this today on cl. e350 camper http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/rvs/5239187494.html

What are your limitations on forest service roads? Might not take much to remedy. Concerning clearance, are you high centering the rear axle in ruts or scraping things under the belly of the van? How much do you drive offroad versus on? 5% off 95% on?

The main thing I see with your question that makes it hard to answer is that "arch" only provides a vertical dimension of a spring with no load. The stiffness of your springs will determine how much they sag when the weight of your van is on them which will also determine ride height and up...

What thickness of Ensolite are you guys using? 1/4" seems to be priced about the same as the Thinsulate.

Seen on CL Surfed past this one. https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/rvs/5234740000.html

Started a cutaway cube van build and am looking at insulation systems. Has anyone used DB Sound Control Solutions DB3 for anything? I found it while browsing acoustic batts and barriers on the H Depot web site. I'm wondering if a layer of this bonded against the body panels with a layer of...

Maybe wrap the bottom tube under the sheet metal and tie back into the top tube? Kinda like the old All-Pro 4runner design.