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11/9/2017 11:58am
Is everyone getting the medium roof and long wheel base (148) ?
is the short roof small wheel base the same size as a standard e150 or e250 was?
Cant decide which size to get, both have pro's and con's.
Also, which engine are most people opting for, the 3.5 eco boost or 3.7 normal one?
I can get a medium roof, long wheel base, 3.5 eco , 2015 with 10,000 miles for about $27k? Or I could get a 2016 normal height and length with 10,000 miles for about $22k with the 3.7 engine....
is the short roof small wheel base the same size as a standard e150 or e250 was?
Cant decide which size to get, both have pro's and con's.
Also, which engine are most people opting for, the 3.5 eco boost or 3.7 normal one?
I can get a medium roof, long wheel base, 3.5 eco , 2015 with 10,000 miles for about $27k? Or I could get a 2016 normal height and length with 10,000 miles for about $22k with the 3.7 engine....
Edit. I also found that some medium roof passenger models have a plastic floor. We pop the seats out in ours at work regularly to haul gear. The medium roof passenger makes for a perfect crew van platform.
Stock engine with tow package works well also.
Queen size bed at loading height
At sleeping height.
It goes a lot lower if the bike isn't in.
The Shop
Interior ?
The engine did take a shit at 618 miles.
I will take some pics here shortly. I haven't done much but put a seat in.
I'm not sold on the Risk Racing tie down system. I kinda wished I moved the back seat forward 4-5". Kids hate it not having windows. I gave them the choice of tvs or a window and both said window.
Wheels are tough to find since it's a weird bolt pattern.
I'm not sure about putting up a wall or not. I put up Dexter curtain so you can't see what's in there.
I bought a new 16 with a 125k bumper to bumper extended warranty and rolled over $1500 from my 15 Tundra and was $33,000 otd.
I ordered the "long" version, and the wheelbase is the same, but it has a huge overhang.
It's the worst thing about the van - scrapes its ass on every driveway.
If you want to have the 2nd row seats and then bikes behind those I would get the 148" wheelbase medium roof.
Good luck - make sure to post pics of your build when you get one!
Also who did y'all finance threw?
I originally tried buying one and my bank (navy federal) wouldn't do the loan since they considered it commercial. So went with a f250
I won't be buying brand new this time. Found the van on vroom.com
Hopefully I can finance through one of there people at a decent rate.
Anyone ever use vroom.com?
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Pit Row
I have detent pins I put through the bits that slide up/down. I just have to drill a set of holes at whatever height I want to hold the bed.
The hardest bit of the design was making the bed frame telescope, so it lengthens as you raise/lower one end first.
If it wasn't for the electrical duct on the wall, I would have made it raise to the roof. The "loading" pic is as high as it goes. But I can lift the bed frame out to get a full van back.
I usually take a trailer if I want to camp in the van.
They use like 30 different banks to shop around and get the best rate. Apparently only 3 of them would do the loan since it's commercial.
I have almost a 800 credit score and the best rate was 6.5%, then they called up the bank and got them to come down to 5.5%. My credit union navy federal would probaly had been 1.9% but they don't do commercial.
Scored a new seat out of a transit for $160 yesterday. The guy said there wasn't no mounts that they're built in to the van they came from? I bought one a year back and they came with the mounts pictured bellow ($70 on eBay). The seat looks the same, only difference is there's no big tab on the back of the seat mounts to pull up to take out?
Can someone verify if these mounts pictured will work? Also, are all transit mounts the same?
That sucks about your financing. I have a low 700's and mine rate was 2.49%. My buddy had to lie and say it was a passenger van to get his bank to do it.
So the seat has three mounts, I'll be able to access under neath for the middle and passenger mount, but the fuel tank will be in the way of the driver side one? How hard is it to drop the fuel tank? Maybe just actually bolt down the middle one and passenger side one? Lol
Dropping the tank wasn't bad but my buddy that owes a repair shop helped. I have to drop the tank again to replace the piece of steel I used for the seat and I'm
fairly confident I can do it myself with a floor jack. You only have to drop it 3-4 inches.
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