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Quick update on the bumpers. They were mostly done but not finished - I was waiting for the winch to show up which, finally, it did. The Warn Zeon 12S is a pretty big winch and I wasn't keen on cutting out the top of the bumper to make room for the control unit so I ordered up their...

It's a mains power cut off switch that came with it. I use it when I leave the van for more than a week - say at an airport or something. I may replace that with one for using the house batteries so I can swap at camp but this is just a single cutout. Gregor

I just laid it on top of the RattleTrap and then the closed cell mat on top of that. In front I'll put carpet over it when I get around to it. I'm using an app called DbMeter Pro on an iPhone X - as a point of reference. Mostly for me it's about the changes that I record more than saying that...

I have been waiting on the winch to arrive as it was backordered for a few weeks so I upgraded to the Warn Zeon 12-S. That finally showed this week but in the mean time I finally got around to doing some interior work. Ages ago when visiting MG he offered up the seats from his old van - they're...

Thanks for shipping this before your vacation Chris! I'm looking forward to getting this on the van and I'll detail the install in my thread. Gregor

Thanks. Now for the rear bumper. Again, it comes in a heavy box - well packed. Only 8 pieces this time - or 10 if you could the recovery mounts but they're too large to fit anywhere on the bumper and I'm thinking maybe they were sent as a mistake. I may decide to cut them down and mount...

Putting this bumper together might be possible by one person but it would be pretty hard and require some serious rigging. I guess if you're a skilled Mig welder you're used to holding something up and just pulling the trigger but Tig requires two hands. So I roasted a 1/2lb of coffee to lore...

We just wrapped our morning shoot with Rev’It and I got my assistant to drive my van out of Cape Kiwanda so I could take a photo while we still had good light. The van also has a staring role in the video story we were filming so I’ll post that once it’s public. I’m building bumpers this week...

It's surprising when a medium sized, yet fairly heavy box shows up at your house from MOVE. It's too small to actually hold a bumper... My boy has been waiting for two years to get a winch. This was a big day for him even though this isn't the winch because it means the winch is coming. When...

So last week I was working with one of my main clients Rev'It! Sport on a shoot that took us all over Oregon. Two years ago on the same shoot I met a videographer that was working with us who had a 4x4 van and I was so smitten with it. Fast forward to last week and I have the van. Goal attained...

The doghouse in my van is fairly insulated already - at least compared to the rest of the cabin. My next goal for the interior is to Rattletrap the cabin up front and the side doors. Those are pretty sparse right now so I'm going to grab as much low hanging fruit as I can now. If there's time...

Well thankfully I've finally found the solution to the issue and I can't believe I didn't try this earlier on but it turns out that what the van was missing all along was... Fender Flares! Okay, so it turns out that isn't the issue but as suggested I've spoken to several experts and had...

First of all thanks for the support and all the PM's - I will try to respond to everyone. Second, I appreciate the help that MG gave me and I wish him well. As I pointed out to him a few months ago, no one wins a fight on the internet. I started this thread and all my build threads to share...

So the issue I've been dealing with is death wobble. Initially this started on our first trip when the the track bar mount started moving because the steering box was installed with undersized bolts. This left us stranded in Denver for the night until I figured it out. For the remainder of the...

Go back to post #166 and you'll see the calculations. I have 4:30's in now and having towed our 6-7000lb trailer I can say that I probably should have gone with 4:56's. The 4:30's still seem high with the 35's and if I bump the controller down to the "tow" setting it tends to keep the boost in...

Oh, god. Are you kidding? I was dying after 3 laps but laps 4 and 5 weren't as bad as I relaxed enough to ride smooth and without a lot of energy. I raced some endurance road races on a 125GP bike but even then it was with a team and we did 45 min stints. I can't even comprehend trying to ride...

I'm in 50 Am right now. Not sure if I want to do the whole season as I'm going to be spending time developing that BMW but it's a good excuse to get into shape and keep my riding sharp and on point. That race was in Eddieville near Centerville, WA. Not a fan of MX tracks but it's mostly...

So Saturday was a mad rush to get the van ready for my first race of the season. I mean, we could have taken the pickup truck but why would we want to do that when we have the van? Oh, right because we don't have any seats in the back yet. For the tricky sides I made cardboard templates and...

Funny. Now you say that and I look at the last photo and see that the tracks line up perfectly with the valley. I can't see the forrest through the trees. Yes, I'm surprised at how thin the sheet metal is. It's worked out well when there was a high spot or the fender well bulged, "Hmm, it's...

Okay, so it turns out I was doing everything wrong on the stainless front. I bought bolts too long because I wasn't sure if I'd need the length, I didn't use any lubricant and I was impatient and tried to drive them with a drill. Three strikes and your out. It has been raining the last week...