| See how others have completed their conversions! |
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| Olancha Dunes, CA |
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This is a 2005 E350 with my conversion kit. This is the setup that 95% of my customers go with. 4" lift, 285/75/16 BFG A/T tires on stock wheels.
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| This is another 4" lift with 285's. Van is a 96.
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| Dan's 2000 E350 was done in his driveway! Another 4" conversion.
A couple years ago I purchased a diesel E350 van with 186,000 miles on it. I was very happy with it, but I really wanted a 4x4 van. When I checked into converting it I found that nobody was willing to touch such an old van. I thought that I was out of luck until I saw Chris' kit on the Thunders Garage site. Even though I had NO experience working on cars I decided that it was a project I wanted to undertake. It made sense because my tires and transmission were already showing signs of wear and I would have to replace them anyways. Over the past year I've had over 200 emails to Chris asking for help and he responded quickly and nicely to each email. I also ended up buying the brake lines, shock mounts, rims, and springs from him (he always ended up getting me a good deal on them). I finally got around to replacing the transmission last week (which was 9 months and 15000 miles after I did the axle swap), and Chris was just as helpful as he was in the beginning even though he wasn't making any money off it. The dealer where I got the transmission from was so impressed with the kit that they are looking into offering it to their customers who want van conversions."
Thanks again for all your help -- Dan
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This van is running the same lift as mine, 8" springs front & rear. The van was already 4wd, with a Salem Kroger conversion. His conversion had the shackles at the front of the spring, which causes a harsher ride. My kit enabled him to lift the van, and get the shackle where it should be. Here's his testimonial:
My first 4x4 vehicle I ever owned was a chevy 4x4 van. After years of use and abuse I had to let go to van heavan. All my vehicles after that was all 4x4's specificly cj5's and old military jeeps but knew I was wanted get another 4x4 van. I couldn't afford a new van so I found a second hand 4x4 van converted by Salem kroger. Just like with the chevy it has the sliding door and When you open the sliding door it would hit the wider offroad tires. So just like with the chevy, I wanted to lift this ford van high enough to clear the tires when you open the sliding door. But this time around, I couldn't find any shop willing to make my lift springs. That's when I started looking for other options and found chris's web site. I learned from building jeeps from the ground up, that it took alot of my time fabricating parts, chasing and ordering parts from the mainland. So when I found chris's site he had everything I needed. It was a one stop shop for me. He had every thing I needed to do conversion. So it was a no brainer, I ended up buying his hanger kit, brake line kit and front and rear spring kit. The nice guy chris is, even hustled for a cheaper shipping cost to Hawaii. A couple if weeks later, I got all parts and installed everything in one weekend. Chris, thanks for all your help and quick response to all my questions again.
Aloha, Abe
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| John's van is an example of how I've outfitted several Quigley 4x4 vans. We installed a rear ARB air locker, Detroit True Trac up front, with 4.11 gears & Mag Hytec diff covers. To help the van breathe, we installed an RBP 4" exhaust system. Bilstein shocks all the way around, as well as Toyo MT's with American Racing Teflon wheels. The front fenders were trimmed like Vanaconda to make room for the 285's. Here's what John has to say! ----
I had Chris Steuber work his Magic on My 2003 4x4 Ford 7.3 E350. When I bought the van with only 23k on it !!, it had a simple Sportsmobile Kit done on it. I wanted it beefed up a bit with wheels, Tires , lift, gears, Lockers and Exhuast. That required some fender modification not to mention the Exhaust fabrication as well..Plus installing the Lockers and Nice new Diff covers as well to aid in Oil Flow. I met Chris and Liked him right away. Very Good Guy and super professional all the way. I told him what I had in mind plus my Budget issues for this project. He did my Van in two weeks time. No Problems at all. I highly recommend Chris for any kind of Job not just a Mechanical one like he is so awesome at. He is a Great guy and he is great at whatever he does. He just happens to be great at all things 4x4 especially with the Vans. If you read this please understand, If you choose to have Chris do any type of work for you, You can be assured that you will be in the Best hands possible for whatever type of job he is doing. He knows his "stuff" for sure.
John Flanagan - K9guru - Flano's Adventures, Vietnam.
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| Tory's van has the 6" suspension lift on 35" tires. Tory is representing Oregon!
(Testimonial coming soon)
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| Nick's van is under construction, almost ready to go! This bad boy has 4" front springs, and a 3" body lift. I'll post more pics once he's done. Nick is located in CA.
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