I lowered the rear of the van. I did an axle flip with homebuilt axle saddles. I also installed the extended shackles. After one day I put it back stock. A 4" drop on my van was still to low without a c-notch, which I will not do to this van. So the van will have still have the front lowered w...

I lowered the rear of the van. I did an axle flip with homebuilt axle saddles. I also installed the extended shackles. After one day I put it back stock. A 4" drop on my van was still to low without a c-notch, which I will not do to this van. So the van will have still have the front lowered wi...

Flipped axles on Astros will nearly touch the subframe. I had a 93 I lowered with a flip and I ended up using C1500 lowering shackles to raise it up. They worked fine but would bump the frame on hard bumps. Check this link it shows how I dropped my old van. The C1500 shackles dont have the curve at ...

I'm getting ready to lower my 2000 Astro. I'm broke, and have 2 other project trucks so I dont want to spend a a lot of money on this. I have come up with a nearly free way of lowering the back. I'm going to flip the axle, using weld on Moroso spring perches then to raise it to a 4" drop I leng...

I have a 2000 Astro with steel leaf springs. Are these leaf springs built like "normal" leafs with a centering bolt? I'm wanting to lower my van and do it with a home brew setup, before I start tearing everything out I want to know what's under the mounting brackets. I have lowered a lot o...

My 2000 American Vans conversion has a folding rear seat. If the hardware holding it to the floor were welded in you could remove 4 bolts and take the seat out. Under then van are 2 pieces of c channel with the seat bolted through the floor. In my experience (5'11") sleeping back there you need...

Yeah no rust. I bought it off a used car lot, they had just got it in that week. The car lot didnt have time to detail it before I bought it. We are back in a van because we are expecting another child, funny thing is when I was cleaing out the interior I found a HotWheels, and a clean diaper. So it...

I have posted here before, my previous van was a 95 EXT, that I did a homebrew drop on. This Friday I bought my wife a 2000 America Vans Conversion van. So far I enjoy this van more than the 95, the interior is awsome. So far I have debadged the back door, and removed the 3 gold pinstripes that enci...

I'm looking at 2002 Astro, I want to lower it 3" front and back. Is there any difference in the front end starting in 2000 and going up to 2002.

Now I have the ridicule to endure for owning 5.5 trucks, :poke: JK, I hope everything works out for you. Hopefully the rod knock doesn't turn out too bad. One thing you may want to do is check the back pressure of the exhaust. A Cat maybe bad and causing excessive back pressure. This will sometimes...

Well it's official. I prayed, did rituals to the motorhead gods and still it's bad. Over the winter my 90 Silverado developed a loud knocking. Several friends suggested a cracked flywheel or maybe a busted pressure plate. I pulled the NV-3500 5 speed this morning and everthing is intact. I started t...

your pics frustrated me so much with our winters, I decided to run out and take a pic of the same spot. let's do a little comparison... you're 93 ext vs. my 93 ext http://astrosafarivans.org/bb2/download/file.php?id=726&t=1 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/crashyyz/misc%20pics/149-4995_IMG...

SoCali, Yep I used AC Delco plugs, and lots of dielectric grease. I did the drivers side from under the van. I was glad to get it over with, I kept knocking against the shifter arm. I gave my daughter my cell phone and told her to stand beside the van and if it rolled to start dialing 911. Gotta hav...

Thanks for the compliments. Larry dont too uppity about the rust freeness of my van. I have replaced a lot of floor pans in southern cars. And my newest toy (V-8 Blazer) is rusty in the strangest places. Above the back window and I found rust last night when I took off the A/C box to convert to heat...

I have completed the most dreaded maintence item on the Astro. I know lots of folks on here has done it before and have read both good and bad reports. Mine went okay. I would rather have another root canal, but I survived. On the drivers side going in through the wheel well wasnt an option, some ge...