Hey all! This is my first post. I was invited to join this site by a member on here with a white econoline 4x4 with the diesel in it and a colorado camper van pop top(sorry bud, i dont remember your name)Long story made short, I have been a technition for about 10 years. I was introduced to the Astro at work and was impressed with roominess, power, the AWD off road capabilities. I have built MANY cars in my years of wrenching and so naturally, my mind starting started wondering...I stumbled across an astro specific web site... And within 4 months my wife and I bought a bone stock 2000 awd astro with leaking dutch door seals for a great deal. Unbeknownst to either of us, we had both secretly dreamed of camperizing a van and driving down to central America(like 2 guys 1 van). And since we are living in central Oregon, offroading and overlanding is very popular. So we sold our faithful Subaru outback and never looked back. Its has been about 8 months now since the original purchase and are loving every minute of it.
I had not heard of the place before but this site seems pretty cool and full of loads of information and resources so we would like to participate in some of the local area events. My build thread is on a different forum but I thought I would paste it up here as well for anyone interested. Thanks for looking.
So let the upgrading and modifying begin:
Already done-
6'' lift- Blazer springs, adjustable rear shackles, 3'' body lift, reindexed torsion bar keys
NP233 4x4 transfer case swap with manual shift linkage
General Grabber AT/2 31x10.5x15's
Rear U-Bolt flip kit
Rear shock mounts relocated
Flipped control arm ball joints
Skip White distributor
MSD ignition coil
LED Headlights
All new Moog steering and suspension components
CJ Front bumper
Rear bumper with swing out spare tire carrier
Bed plateform and storage
Hard wood floors
Roof vent
Roof basket
Wood walls with reflectix and insulation
Awning
Fresh water storage
Kitchenette
To-Do-
Electric radiator fan
House battery pack with accompanying wiring, isolators and switches
Solar panels
Swivel seat
I had not heard of the place before but this site seems pretty cool and full of loads of information and resources so we would like to participate in some of the local area events. My build thread is on a different forum but I thought I would paste it up here as well for anyone interested. Thanks for looking.
So let the upgrading and modifying begin:
Already done-
6'' lift- Blazer springs, adjustable rear shackles, 3'' body lift, reindexed torsion bar keys
NP233 4x4 transfer case swap with manual shift linkage
General Grabber AT/2 31x10.5x15's
Rear U-Bolt flip kit
Rear shock mounts relocated
Flipped control arm ball joints
Skip White distributor
MSD ignition coil
LED Headlights
All new Moog steering and suspension components
CJ Front bumper
Rear bumper with swing out spare tire carrier
Bed plateform and storage
Hard wood floors
Roof vent
Roof basket
Wood walls with reflectix and insulation
Awning
Fresh water storage
Kitchenette
To-Do-
Electric radiator fan
House battery pack with accompanying wiring, isolators and switches
Solar panels
Swivel seat
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