Grngiant
Adventurer
Long time lurker here, think it's about time to chime in with my van.
It's a 2012 E250 cargo with the monstrous 4.6. I bought the van new with the intentions of making this into a camper/travel van for the wife and I.
We bought it as a left over, and I have been plugging along for the last 3 or so years taking it on road trips to see what needed to be built to suit our needs.
To date I have insulated the van with E-Z Cool insulation from Lobucrod, added a Fantastic-Fan vent fan, 1/2 inch plywood subfloor with Home Cheapo vinyl flooring, a full size bed that runs across the back of the van, and mounted a Uniden 980 in the area in the dash where the coin tray used to live. Almost forgot the most important thing. Lula the Hula girl mounted to the dash. That pretty much covers the inside. I will post pics when it's a little more presentable.
As for the exterior I have addes Bushwacker flares, Diy rocker protection, 16x8 Vision Raptor wheels wrapped with BFG KO2s in the 265/75r16 flavor, and a 4inch suspension lift.
The suspension is my latest addition and wow, it's pretty awesome. I went with a 4" bent beam front suspension from Weldtec Designs. The install was very straight forward with no surprises. Weldtec provides the beams, modified stock radius arms (which have some pretty awesome welds by the way), and Fox Shocks. I added an add a leaf from General spring to bring the rear up by about 1 1/1 inches.
I cannot say enough about the improvement in ride. It handles big bumps and holes now like I'm riding on a cloud. I've only had it on now for about a week, and am constantly looking for bigger bumps to hit to see how it will take it. The biggest surprise was thw the ride on the highway, This thing rides like a Caddy now. I'm very happy with this suspension.
It's a 2012 E250 cargo with the monstrous 4.6. I bought the van new with the intentions of making this into a camper/travel van for the wife and I.
We bought it as a left over, and I have been plugging along for the last 3 or so years taking it on road trips to see what needed to be built to suit our needs.
To date I have insulated the van with E-Z Cool insulation from Lobucrod, added a Fantastic-Fan vent fan, 1/2 inch plywood subfloor with Home Cheapo vinyl flooring, a full size bed that runs across the back of the van, and mounted a Uniden 980 in the area in the dash where the coin tray used to live. Almost forgot the most important thing. Lula the Hula girl mounted to the dash. That pretty much covers the inside. I will post pics when it's a little more presentable.
As for the exterior I have addes Bushwacker flares, Diy rocker protection, 16x8 Vision Raptor wheels wrapped with BFG KO2s in the 265/75r16 flavor, and a 4inch suspension lift.
The suspension is my latest addition and wow, it's pretty awesome. I went with a 4" bent beam front suspension from Weldtec Designs. The install was very straight forward with no surprises. Weldtec provides the beams, modified stock radius arms (which have some pretty awesome welds by the way), and Fox Shocks. I added an add a leaf from General spring to bring the rear up by about 1 1/1 inches.
I cannot say enough about the improvement in ride. It handles big bumps and holes now like I'm riding on a cloud. I've only had it on now for about a week, and am constantly looking for bigger bumps to hit to see how it will take it. The biggest surprise was thw the ride on the highway, This thing rides like a Caddy now. I'm very happy with this suspension.
