For those taller than 5'8" or 5'10" and looking to sleep sideways in your van...introducing the flares from Flarespace. I reached out to these folks late last fall/early winter about some Econoline flares and they said things were in the works. I'm fortunate enough to be in the same town as them so this is a first run/trial run/whatever you want to call it on body flares for the E-series. I am in no way associated with Flarespace, just a nearby local.
If you have a passenger or cargo van they'll be much easier to install than what I have to deal with. As you can see in the pics, I'm headed to the yard this weekend to grab some donor sheet metal to cover in where the previous windows are cut in too low. These should drop right into where the normal rear passenger windows would go.
We are allocating a chunk of the rear section of the van for bike/gear storage, so being able to sleep sideways saves a large amount of space in the main cabin. Our plan is to put a reclining sofa right where the flares go, likely on an elevated storage platform.
At a first pass, they are substantial and feel rigid while being handled. They seem to have done a good job of matching the body curvature as well. I'm pretty stoked on them. It'll take me a couple weeks to do the body work to get it all prepped so bear with me (hell I still need to wire in my welder) but it's in progress.
Pics so far:
If you have a passenger or cargo van they'll be much easier to install than what I have to deal with. As you can see in the pics, I'm headed to the yard this weekend to grab some donor sheet metal to cover in where the previous windows are cut in too low. These should drop right into where the normal rear passenger windows would go.
We are allocating a chunk of the rear section of the van for bike/gear storage, so being able to sleep sideways saves a large amount of space in the main cabin. Our plan is to put a reclining sofa right where the flares go, likely on an elevated storage platform.
At a first pass, they are substantial and feel rigid while being handled. They seem to have done a good job of matching the body curvature as well. I'm pretty stoked on them. It'll take me a couple weeks to do the body work to get it all prepped so bear with me (hell I still need to wire in my welder) but it's in progress.
Pics so far:
