Ok I got the fiberglass pop top and luggage rack painted today, I started painting the roof only to have the new paint pull away like there was a wax or grease on the roof. The roof had been scuffed and washed, but there still remained something that caused problems. Stopped painting the white on the roof and got more primer on. Tomorrow morning when it is cool out I will spray the white roof. By getting the roof painted and then doing the rest of the van later will allowing me to move forward with getting the tent canvas on the pop top, and getting the pop top installed. This way I can continue onto getting the sound proofing installed, and then after that the interior done.

Two weeks from now I want to take the van down to Ouray for labor day weekend. Gives me two weeks from today to get the camper done on the inside.

Otherwise, I sure love white, pure white is the way to go, contrasted with dark tint windows and flat black lower trim it will look good.








This is the sound proofing material I will be using, I have 10 gallons of this stuff so hopefully I can get lots of coverage in the van. Its a water based product that is supposed to be low oder and no VOC(since its water based). From the product information and reading around online about it its supposed to do a better job that dynamat and is easier to apply for less money. I guess time will tell how well it really does.

If anyone is interested here is the product website:
http://www.quietcoat.com/


And the reprimed roof waiting for paint tomorrow:

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Got all the upper bed stuff installed today. Climbed on up and layed down. Its been quite awhile since I climbed up to sleep there. Easily ten years. Apparently I was much shorter then because it was a longer way down!

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Van updates?

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2002 Jeep Liberty Sport (Eugene, I am the Passenger, And I ride and I ride.)
1999 Chev Astro 2WD (Green, Daily Driver)
1997 Chev Astro AWD (Grumpy "The Heep", $250 Rally Van, 335k miles, 2" lift, 31" tires)

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2006 Deep Beryl Green CRD Sport *SOLD 1/22/12*
Provent, V6 Airbox, Fumoto, Samcos, GDE ECO & TCM Tune, Euro JK TC, Magnaflow Catback
245/70/16 Destination A/T's
Boiler's Radiator Skid Plate
Jeepin' By Al 2.5 inch Adjust-A-Strut Lift, JBA Gen 4.5 UCA's (6/5/10)

Well, lucked out and found the correct carat bumper at a junkyard. installed that. Then made a headlight harness and installed the brightest silverstars autozone had, big improvement there. Yet again tried to fix the AC and was able to determine that the expansion valve is clogged. Gonna suck to replace because of the custom hacked together AC cabinet we made. Got a new drier and expansion valve ordered, should be doing that this next week. Also determined that the AC trinary switch was bad, replaced it with one from the junkyard and now the compressor kicks on like it should. Will pull the expansion valve and do another AC system flush(did this last summer when we replaced the compressor).

So hopefully the AC should be working soon, at least its holding a charge without issue.

Um, changed the oil for the first time, after 12,000 miles.

Got a second deep cycle battery, going to be setting it up on an isolator. The battery will then be used to power an electric fridge, a pretty nice upgrade over the crappy dometic.






this is a portable 12V evaporative cooler, works great in the desert between LA and colorado. Would be a poor solution to cooling in more humid climates.

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Radio antenna:


Van vs tank:

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Wow, long time no updates, getting ready to goto alaska to drive up the dalton highway:

New fridge is installed, watching the freezer temps:




Second deep cycle battery installed down on the left, new outlet wired to 800W inverter, two 12V outlets crammed into the old breaker box. New propane regulator hooked up with 1lb bottle adapter. The stock westy's have a much larger tank that mounts on the outside down low, this was used for both the stove and the old dometic fridge, since all I will be using for is the stove the 1lb bottle should work just fine.




So I used some 3/4" angle iron doubled up to make a ledge for the swivel seat:


Then I once all the welding was done I realized that I welded it in backwards.........YARG

After some correction. The seat swivels:




fridge sticks out a little further than the stock one did, but it doesn't mess up the interior space or anything:

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Some camping:

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Sam, that thing looks 100% better than when you got it. Good job.

Nice flex up on the log, too.

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2006 Deep Beryl Green CRD Sport *SOLD 1/22/12*
Provent, V6 Airbox, Fumoto, Samcos, GDE ECO & TCM Tune, Euro JK TC, Magnaflow Catback
245/70/16 Destination A/T's
Boiler's Radiator Skid Plate
Jeepin' By Al 2.5 inch Adjust-A-Strut Lift, JBA Gen 4.5 UCA's (6/5/10)

Thanks its getting there, the log was used to level the van, you can't tell but that whole site really slopes down.

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