Chevy & GMC Vans

4-5" Overlandvans lift, except with stock torsion keys in front, not the Overlandvans lift keys. 255/70 R16 Kelly Pathfinder ATs.

















Man, whatta photo hog...

LiftedAWDAstro wrote:Brandon...AWESOME looking van!

Thanks Dean, It's still got nothing on the SPB!

T.Low wrote:Wow, Brandon, that Astro van is drop dead gorgeous. Well done!

Thanks, It has its issues, blemishes, and rust starting in places.

WVKayaker wrote:Nice looking stance! And altogether nice looking van!

Thanks

9dawgs wrote:Wow, great looking van! Can you submit some closeup pics of the fender trim on the front & rear?

Thanks, I will get some close up pics of the trimming I did. That part is not too pretty and also not finished. I had to remove more because of the wider wheels. I used a sledge hammer to move the inner fender walls back by the doors and rockers. It was alot easier than cutting it out and fabbing up new pieces. I cut the molding using a utility knife, I wanted a cleaner cut than using a saw. I am going to open up the rear a little bit so it matches the front better also. I have to figure out something with the sliding door also, it hits the tire.

Washington is such a beautiful state. Mom lives out on the Olympic Peninsula. Thanks for sharing. Oh...and great looking camper you have there.
Brandon, I had the same issue with the slider hitting the tire. The only solution that could come up with is to remove the center of the wheel, reposition it and reweld it back in. I had to move the center 1 1/2 inches to get enough clearance.

Nice pics Tom!

here is my 95 astro 4x4 it has a s10 tcase in it... as for lift is got a 3 inch body and the tbars toped off about 2inchs the rear is a home made spring pack that gave me about 5-7 inches of lift.... as for tires i have 31 11.5 15s on it a little triming in the front nothing out back .... must say guys nice looking vans ... thanks

Regal

Nice looking van regal. I dig those swampers! Woohoo!

Awesome regal!

WVKayaker wrote:Awesome regal!

Definately one of the gnarliest!

crash wrote:97cargo... did lose the use of the slider with the wheels sticking out that far?

Sorry for the slow response. My slider does indeed hit the tire. I had measured everything before buying the tires and they cleared no problem. Then I started my lift, HD springs in rear and spindles up front. I did the rear first and mounted up my test wheel to check clearance and it was about 1" from the tire, PERFECT! I was happy, giddy, rolling on the greasy concrete with tears of joy.

Then I put the spindles on the front. "That's odd," I thought to myself, "the front seems wider than the rear." So I whipped out the measuring tape and measured the track width. Sure as shit the front was 3" wider than the rear! Mother F'er! It looked too strange to keep that way so I bought some 1.5" wheel spacers for the rear, NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DAMN DOOR WOULD HIT THE TIRE! That fact didn't become a reality until I had the rear tires installed with the spacers and I was opening the slider to throw my toolbox in the van. #-o

Someday, somehow I will take care of it. It slides across the front of the tire a few inches then sticks. It opens further if my tires are ArmorAll'ed up. It also opens all the way if I forget the door is pressed against the wheel and I back up!

If it were not for the spacers it would have an inch to spare.

Love seeing the new additions to the "Lifted Group"

97CargoCrawler wrote:

crash wrote:97cargo... did lose the use of the slider with the wheels sticking out that far?

Sorry for the slow response. My slider does indeed hit the tire. I had measured everything before buying the tires and they cleared no problem. Then I started my lift, HD springs in rear and spindles up front. I did the rear first and mounted up my test wheel to check clearance and it was about 1" from the tire, PERFECT! I was happy, giddy, rolling on the greasy concrete with tears of joy.

Then I put the spindles on the front. "That's odd," I thought to myself, "the front seems wider than the rear." So I whipped out the measuring tape and measured the track width. Sure as shit the front was 3" wider than the rear! Mother F'er! It looked too strange to keep that way so I bought some 1.5" wheel spacers for the rear, NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DAMN DOOR WOULD HIT THE TIRE! That fact didn't become a reality until I had the rear tires installed with the spacers and I was opening the slider to throw my toolbox in the van. #-o

Someday, somehow I will take care of it. It slides across the front of the tire a few inches then sticks. It opens further if my tires are ArmorAll'ed up. It also opens all the way if I forget the door is pressed against the wheel and I back up!

If it were not for the spacers it would have an inch to spare.

Notch out the inside of the door of the door at the bottom

my god...........


All these 4inch plus vans are killing me. All I wanted was a 2inch to give it a better stance but now, all these pic's. Must fight.... not to buy.... a bigger lift ](*,)

I just watched your slide show. Awesome! I'm really interested int eh top conversion. It looks so stock when closed.

LaGrasta wrote:I just watched your slide show. Awesome! I'm really interested int eh top conversion. It looks so stock when closed.

Thanks LaGrasta. And thanks for the nice words, guys.
Here's a link to an old thread from when i first got the top in early Sept. My only regret is that i didn't order it before I even bought the van; I did some awesome trips while waiting all summer for it.

I had built a little fold out sleeper to use before, but don't need it now that we have the top. So now i am going to desing a Westy-like interior, hopefully this winter. Its stock at the moment.

My friend (with the SPortsmobile) said he'd take shots of my interior with his wide angle lense, I'll have to have him do that some time soon.
Cheers.

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stomp13 wrote:my god...........All these 4inch plus vans are killing me. All I wanted was a 2inch to give it a better stance but now, all these pic's. Must fight.... not to buy.... a bigger lift ](*,)

Dude, don't fight it. Just give in to the dark side. I had the 2" lift on my '99 but quickly realized it just wasn't enough...Now I would love to go 6" and drop in a solid axle for 4x4 conversion. It never stops...the only thing stopping me is the $$. I think it's a sickness but I can't figure out the name yet. Probaby something Greek like "modifikidous" or "liftingitus".