Project: Chevy Van G30

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installing the running boards

picking up the parts at the airport Zurich
Abholen der Bestellung am Flughafen Zürich

At the end of November me and my Van-buddy Lukas (G30 4x4, see picture) picked up our huge order from Summit Racing at the airport in Zurich.

I ordered 2 mufflers (because it's 4x cheaper than in Switzerland) and running boards:

Unpacking, reading the manual, starting to work...

So, you have 1000 parts in your hands and don't know what part goes where. Ok lets read the manual...

American manuals are great. I've already seen this during the installation of the retro-look MP3 player. Americans are do-it-yourselfers. You just can't order well-fitting parts. Again, many holes and angle plates were delivered. It often says "use the most suitable parts for your vehicle," or "adjust X and Y to your vehicle." The first sentence was the absolute highlight, it was like: bend the plate over your knee to the exact fitting of your car".

Advantage of this technology: it is simple and fits on Ford and GMC vans and pickups from around 30 years!

 

ok, make it fit your car...
ok, make it fit your car...
don't need the front mudflaps anymore
don't need the front mudflaps anymore

installing the brackets

On the driver's side we screwed the brackets into various carriers. On the passenger side, we did not have much luck, but because of the sliding door the boards had to endure more.

After read the instructions again we directly attached the brackets to the body with sheet metal screws. We fixed that afterwards on the other side too.

 

Drilling holes in the carrier
Löcher in die Träger bohren
First bracket on the left
Erste Halterung links
bracket on the right, cutted too long sheets
Halterung rechts, vorstehende Bleche abgeschnitten

fenders

The front fenders needed to be customized a lot. So we first used a cardboard model like we used to when installing the checker plates.

first test with cardboard model
Mit Kartonmodell üben...
then the real thing...
...dann das Original bearbeiten.

finished

After 2 afternoons we have finished the work.

custom fender at the front
angepasster Schmutzfänger vorne
knee-fender at the back
Kniebieger hinten