Bad ass brother

Just buy new control arms and avoid that rivet nightmare.

I have my escalade wit 6inch rough country lifkit, 2.5 shocks chevy 96 manual tranfer case complete exaust system and tuned with hptunners its so fun!! Very nice built bro!!

@ericschulte1853 have you considered swapping a solid front axle into your fantastic Safari or are you pretty happy with the role it serves now?

Hey @waroffroad. Curious if you have any suggestions for a recently bought 200 GMC Safari. It didn't make it home less than 50 miles away. It had broken a CV axle up front. shop wants to replace both, and are showing diff damage. Been owned about a week. Any suggestions for anything else that I should be aware of? We aren't going to do much off roading and I fully get that it isn't truely meant for heavy off road use. However, converting back to regular AWD isn't an option for us.

Sick rig!

That's some epic 3 wheeling action! Thanks for making this awesome vid!

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Oh? So This is What You Need To Do To Re-Engineer And Cut This Back And Hammer This Over Here! Zero Stainless! So Phase 3 We Want To Direct Your Attention To! WHY? These Vans Go 500k Miles Just Changing The Oil. This Is How You Start Fixing Stuff That Was Never Broke! And Need To Fix Stuff You Broke!

People Want GM to Make These again? They Stopped Making Them Because They Lasted To Long With Little Repair, Durable & Dependable and There's No Money In That! If They Made It Again, It Would Have LED Lights and Cameras But The Quality Would Be Re-Engineered To Fail! The Original Vans Had Junk Lines Made To Rust Out In 100K Miles and Zero Undercoating So The Van Would Rot Out. If They Make It Again It Will All Have a Best If Sold By Date. Everything These Days Is Trash! I have Owned 5 Of These Vans, All Went between 400k-500K Before Rust Made Me Sell Them! I'm In The Salt Belt Of New England! I Now Have a 1995 LT AWD With 50K Miles That I Bought With 38K In Showroom Mint Condition Other Than The A/C Leaked. I Wouldn't Think Of Changing Anything That Didn't Need To Be Changed! LEAVE IT ALONE! Change The Oil and Use Tuff-Oil! It's A Van Made For Roads! Lift Kits Rip The CV Boots So More Problems! Everything Engineered On This Van Was For Driving ON ROADS in the Snow! Making It an Off Road Rock Crawler Will End It's Life Very Fast. The Engine Will Last Forever and Uses No Oil If You Take Care Of It But The Mechanics Of This Was Not Engineered To Climb Rocks! If You Want To Make It Last UNDERCOAT IT! Change All The Lines To Stainless and Stainless Exhaust! The Rear End Diff Will Get a Wherr In Many Of These Vans So Fill It With Tuff-Oil 100% Before It Gets Warn.

If u are staying atv33 inch Meats stick a 6 lug 44 from 01 dodge.. coil sprung

Why nobody talked u out of running leafs is beyond me. Why did u handicap and punk the coil system up? U do know u can still rid those old tech leafs and simply link with dual rate coil springs. Toss 2" air bumps front and rear , bypass shocks. And u will have a Cadillac feeling rig again.

That’s an amazing build

Where did you buy the sway bar? I need to upgrade mine

Let’s talk about curtains

I really like your curtain rail idea. I have a 2wd safari my grandparents bought new. Fun vans!

Very nice 👌

Nice and clear van! What is right name of small plastick trim on fender between front wheel and door to find on ebay? Thank you.

Lovely van. Do you by any chance have the paint code? I love that shade of red.

Hey man, not sure if you still have this - My pal Dave and I improved upon an idea that had been out there - Another guy, Kai, out in the desert made a set of engine lift brackets to lift the engine and transmission back UP into the body - This gets the oil pan way up there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3WXpmSfbbGEgcU

Laser pointer, brilliant

I miss my 1989 W150 short bed, that truck could pull down a house. Nice truck brother!

Wow surprisingly capable for a POS Dodge! Great vid my man! Was that Clear Lake you were at?

What are the odds you'd be willing to build another one of those skid plates and sell it to a fellow van overlander :) ?

Do you have a link for the curtain

Nice to know that our 2000 Astro AWD has a cousin named Safari 4 x 4 that can kick rocks like this one!! Kudos to you!!!

Pretty cool.... ive got a 2002 awd, and the General A/T2s i have, in stock 215/75 rub in the front (not stock wheels, i think they're from a pickup, maybe a little more offset) I already raised the torsion bars a little, might look into the journey kit. What i really need, heh, is better gas mileage!

How big is that lift 6 inch

So would you say that removing the sway bar and cranking the torsion bars would balance the ride comfort?

My 1998 Astro 2wd got burned in a house fire this year. I decided to fix it 3 weeks ago. It's back on the road already and I have everything but the AC working. I'm getting inspired to do something like the awning and swivel seat and use it as a camper. Turned 297k this week and 21 mpg still. Down from 22-23 when just 100k on it. Changed 5 qts of the transmission fluid today.still just some paint work to finish the fire restoration. Don't think these can be killed

Smart idea with the laser. Well done. We had several Safari Vans when our kids were growing up. None were AWD but those were great vans. I used to hunt out of mine, just by taking out the seats and laying in my sleeping and hunting gear. That one looks new

What would happen if you left the sway bars connected?

I had a 1990 2 wheel drive Astro van and it got 24 MPG and ran very well!!!! it was nice looking !!!!!! GM should consider making. them AGAIN

Im sorry im lost. Did GMC make a stock 4x4?

The land rover was so outta place lmao

Great video; I just bought a '99 a few days ago that is lifted already. I'm going to grab a creeper and a handful f wrenches and check it all over along with hoses etc. Watching vids to get familiar with it all.Thanks for all the info.

KZbin keeps recommending this video i dont know why but since I'm here again I have to say I love the LGBTQ++ transfer case shift knob. Be loud and proud my friend!!! DOn't care what you're into, I'd drink a beer with any dude/chick/they who can build something like this.

Nice! What kind of jobs do you guys have to be able to do this kind of stuff?

Nice!!!

What year is this one ?

Really cool to see this van. Nice work! I'm looking for input on building my '99 safari out.

Badass. You should add a winch if you could

Great rig , need some sliders to protect the rocker panels

Did you have any issues mounting your spare tire ? Any modifications needed ?

Great videos! What LSD did you install? Joe

What did you end up picking up to replace the Astro as the offroader? Its a bummer theres nothing like it in the market anymore. And nothing else comes close to being as versatile with awd/4x4 for the space and capabilities

Woah. That is one nice van!!! I see so many poorly taken care of vehicles, seeing one that's in amazing condition is a breath of fresh air.

Mine is a 2003 2wd metallic dark red? She feels heavy and strong,,,, your 4x4 looks great 👍

savage!!