Doing the Fixes That MATTER | Chevy Express Repairs & Upgrades

[@lancew3982]

Awesome music leading up to the lights turning on! Love the lights!

[@SlowRoamers]

Bahaha, what I didn’t show was the installation of the turbine generator to power the lights. 🤣🤣🤣🛸🛸🛸

[@SlowRoamerMeg]

“This is getting out of hand”…a most accurate description of the light situation 🤩

[@SlowRoamers]

YOLOOOOOOOO!!!!

Never!

[@ratnadipmajumdar8179]

Finally the vehicle has good 👍 lights to move on. Right direction.

[@SlowRoamers]

Stoked on it!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@chalanidissanayake1534]

Great Vedio

[@SlowRoamers]

Thank you!!🙏🏼

[@ruthjackson5378]

I can relate to upgrades. I need a few!!! Well done Alex. You rip apart, repair, film and talk all at once. Bravo!

[@SlowRoamers]

Thanks mom. Always trying to keep up with myself.🫤

[@AceRph]

It's about time that those folks showed up. And just like that 11k+ subs. Hoot!

[@SlowRoamers]

Haha, keep’em coming!

[@roaming4adventure-nt8yz]

Great video guys! Great upgrades and the never-ending battle of keeping our homes on a diet 😅 We will be keeping an eye out for ya!

[@SlowRoamers]

Thanks guys! We’ll keep an eye for you as well! It’s a big place up there, hopefully we cross paths.

[@shaunfrey7800]

That auxbeam switch panel makes life so easy. Love my 8 gang switch.

[@SlowRoamers]

It really does! Never going back to traditional switches.

[@brother_dana]

I's always such a joy to hit the road with new upgrades.

[@SlowRoamers]

I can’t argue with that!

[@InspiredByBrad]

Very interesting to watch! Helps me keep motivated to work on my van build and push towards the nomadic dream life :)

[@SlowRoamers]

Heck yeah my dude, keep on pushing! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@christiangonzalez225]

Dude you're videos was enjoyable

[@SlowRoamers]

Thanks Christian, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!🙌🏻

[@christiangonzalez225]

Watching you guys enjoying life a free can't wait for my van to be ready dude you guys expire me and my family to fix our van asp

[@SlowRoamers]

@@christiangonzalez225 heck yeah, man! Get after it, there's memories to be made!

[@IOSALive]

SLOW ROAMERS, This is great! Let's be friends and have fun together!

[@SlowRoamers]

Internet friends for life?!

[@samtomlin]

"We gotta shed some weight." Next scene: "So we're adding an outdoor kitchen set up" 😂 Loving the lights! And the supple weatherstripping

[@SlowRoamers]

Shhhhhhh. Hahahaha. Net weight reduction was definitely not as much as I’d have liked. Bruh, embrace the supple. Mmmmmmm….supple.

[@alistairjackson7658]

😂

[@gunnywill20]

Always great content and editing!😊

[@SlowRoamers]

Thank you!!!🙏🏼 🙌🏻

I'm so excited to see your journey with the new mods! The new window looks amazing!! And of course the lights -- light it up! 😂

[@SlowRoamers]

lol, but of course we’re going to the one of the midnight sun.

[@alistairjackson7658]

Really fun video, especially the light show at the end. Is that a UFO getting ready for take-off?? 😂

[@SlowRoamers]

LAZER BEAMS MAAAAN! 🛸 🛸

[@chrisgerman5699]

Love that you guys are from Quadra btw, I’m in Campbell

[@SlowRoamers]

Oh radical! Yeah, we love it up here, we’re not Quadra lifers, but intend to settle in the area some day. Thanks for watching, Chris!🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@chrisgerman5699]

@@SlowRoamers it’s the best, I’ve explored the entire island in my van over the last few years. Now it’s tear down and rebuild time. Ita going to be the AeroLander and aerodynamic partial hitop and partial boattail. Should slip down the highway nicely

[@SlowRoamers]

@@chrisgerman5699 That's fantastic! We're doing some wandering of North Island in the coming weeks. I was born in Duncan and have barely seen any of vancouver island, so I'm quite excited to do a little bit of exploring before heading to northern canada. Good luck with the build, gotta love the start of a project when there are so many possibilities.

[@chrisgerman5699]

@@SlowRoamers love the north island 👌 you should head out to side bay past Port Alice. One of the last places you can drive onto the beach and camp.

[@jimmyaugustine4181]

Is there ever enough light power!? I love it.

[@SlowRoamers]

Never! ALL THE LIGHTS!!🤣

[@vanlifeadjustments]

Very informative, especially gotta try that brake noise trick! Thank you!

[@SlowRoamers]

Ah, so you’ve got it too eh? It’s a nasty noise…

[@vanlifeadjustments]

@@SlowRoamers I hear it every now and then in my van, but I'm driving in the cement squeeze most of the time. We'll see if it gets more pronounced when I get out on some dirt in the future. The noise was like nails on a chalk board in my 05 GMC 2500 crew cab long bed, used that beast as trade in when I bought the 08 express.

[@SlowRoamers]

@@vanlifeadjustments yeah, it’s only gonna get louder as you see more gravel. It’s a slow burn, but once it gets bad it’ll start echoing off the walls.

[@tikienvy4814]

Mrs. Tiki Envy: “It’s Saturday and we need to clean the house. What are you watching?” Me: “Alex talking about the widow seals on the back of his van.” Mrs. Tiki Envy: Rolls her eyes. I don’t know how you do it. All those mods, videoing it, and editing it all too. Well done, sir! Nice choice on the floodlight music BTW. Keep up the good work!

[@SlowRoamers]

Hahaha, you two crack us up. We really love your comments. Thank you for always dropping a little bit humour and positivity into our lives. No one ever said YT is easy, I think a lot of people think it and then find out the hard way. I edited ALL day (8am to 9pm) yesterday and my dad stayed up until 2am doing the subtitles. All that after a week full of work on the van. It’s not easy, but kind, insightful and fun comments like yours make it worth it. As always, thanks for watching!

[@alistairjackson7658]

​@@SlowRoamers hear, hear! Thank you Mr and Mrs. Tiki Envy! ❤

[@dtadventure4x4]

Ha, the mosquitoes will be blind before they find you. ;-) But seriously - great upgrade with those lights. Lose the small lightbar. You don't need it anymore.

[@corinaleclerc1006]

I have so enjoyed all of your videos. We met briefly in the lab on the island (I am your friendly phlebotomist) and I thank you for the lovely videos. It lets me live vicariously through your lives. And Meg…..you make cooking and baking look so easy. And in a van!!!!! Definitely making a few of your dishes from instagram. Looking forward to more of your amazing adventures.

[@SlowRoamers]

Aww, thank you Corina. We're so glad that you're enjoying our videos and living vicariously through them. We'll continue to deliver. Thanks for watching.

[@alistairjackson7658]

Yay, Corina! I'll try to say hi next time I'm in the office. Pa J 😊

[@Nextrio1080]

You two are rocking it!

[@SlowRoamers]

Thanks Rory!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@wayoftheroads]

See ya's up there ! 😊🏔️

[@SlowRoamers]

You guys are heading north this summer?

[@wayoftheroads]

@@SlowRoamers Yes! Alaska and Yukon for August/September. So excited to go back, such an incredible place.

[@SlowRoamers]

@@wayoftheroads Oh, awesome! We'll still be up there. Planning on traveling south near the end of August.

[@chrisgerman5699]

The biggest thing for dust is to create positive pressure inside the van, a filtered vent with a fan sucking air in makes it so no dust can come in. If you have negative pressure then no sealing will solve it

[@SlowRoamers]

I’ve seen this done before, actually, it’s super cool. I’m not sure where we could apply a system such as this at this point, but perhaps in the next build that I alluded to. 😉

[@chrisgerman5699]

@@SlowRoamers it wouldn’t take much, does your factor A/C have a filter? Taking any air in from the outside will eventually create positive pressure but if your roof can is sucking then you’ll have negative pressure. Perhaps a filter around your roof fan and reverse the flow

[@SlowRoamers]

@@chrisgerman5699 I suppose we could fashion a filter for the roof vent.

[@YoutubeCrittic]

Yah only live once! 🖖

[@SlowRoamers]

So buy ALL the lights!🤣🤣🤣

[@maryk4588]

I didn’t have my glasses on & thought your t-shirt said “ALEXBEAM.” Perhaps it should! Nice job. You’ve suffered so we don’t have to.

[@SlowRoamers]

LOL! It’s my super hero name.🤣

[@thomas194907]

new sub,,,really enjoyed your video...will follow your travels

[@SlowRoamers]

Whew! Thanks for following along, Thomas! Glad you’re along for the ride.🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@reidcrosby6241]

We have a 2003 cutaway quigley ford E350. I just put F-550 cast iron rear spring mounts AND 1990s F Superduty springs. They are perfect!! I am likely going to throw a Dana S135 F550 rear diff under it. I already own it, has 3:91s and Detroit locker. The current Dana 70 just doesnt have the big brakes i want. The current running gear is from an Excursion. Front is fine (Dana 50) , but back is anemic for braking. Its mostly highway and boondocking. I am going to embrace the fat ars weight i am piling on to it.

[@SlowRoamers]

Call’er big booty Judy and get on with with it!🤣🙌🏻

[@alistairjackson7658]

😂 ​@@SlowRoamers

[@reidcrosby6241]

@@SlowRoamers BIG buuutay

[@SlowRoamers]

@@reidcrosby6241 the best kind 😁

[@MrCarpy-b2c]

good job! Now go out and have some fun!

[@SlowRoamers]

Don’t have to tell us twice!😂🙌🏼

[@birdden4x4ambulanceoverland]

That’s awesome. Man we sure could use better lights. Got me thinking. When is your launch date to head north

[@SlowRoamers]

June 17 we board the ferry to Rupert.

[@birdden4x4ambulanceoverland]

@@SlowRoamers that’s a good ferry ride. I’ve done it a few times.

[@SlowRoamers]

@@birdden4x4ambulanceoverland We're both super stoked to go!

[@grahames9228]

No excuse not to see the road at night now.

[@SlowRoamers]

Ha! This is true, should be able to see a pebble in the road from a mile away.

[@harryfatcat]

Where did you mount the nuclear reactor required to power all these lights?

[@SlowRoamers]

Bahahaha! Fusion reactor actually…runs on compost and garbage.😉

[@alistairjackson7658]

@@SlowRoamers Poopmobile! 😂

[@TerryManitoba]

Ooooh - SOOOO - she does need to shed a few!!! I've always wondered why folks buy a rig add a foot and a half of sh*t to the back (which will rattle - which will deteriorate quicker - which is heavy as F hanging further out back (propoising)- which will certainly be more prone to theft etc etc) in lieu to simply buying a rig that is a foot longer. I chose to buy an appropiately sized van (mid length mid height) with no cr*p on da back & definitely no gas guzzling roof rack. (which sucks at the least 2 mpg depending on how big of a sail you are sporting-:)

[@SlowRoamers]

👍🏼

[@SlowRoamers]

Yeah, the stuff off the back are things we don’t want inside or need easy access to eg. spare tire, propane bottle. I tried my hardest not to have stuff bolted all over the exterior the van and did pretty good considering the past iteration of the van. Meg had already purchased the van when we met so I didn’t have much say it what we drive (not that I’d change anything); however, a shorter van, in our case, is desirable as it has a shorter wheel base and is thus less likely to high centre and increases departure angle. I think it our fuel mileage issue is more to do with weight and tire size. The top is about as aerodynamic as you can get for these vans and roof rack is about as low profile as I can make. In fact, if we put the van in a wind tunnel, I’m pretty sure the majority of incoming air would go directly over where the rack is. Anyway, can’t win’em all!🤣 Thanks for watching, Terry!

[@TerryManitoba]

@@SlowRoamers Yup It's all a Compromise! Lighter - Taller - Bigger - driven by the the largest one - the $$$ kind😎

[@dogcrazyimp]

Hey Alex, awesome video as always:) Curious what the difference is between the ride height when you first installed the weld tec springs (where the rear looked really high) and now (where it looks level)

[@SlowRoamers]

Id's say they've liked settled about an inch. The van had a definite rake to it when they were first installed and now it sits level.

[@luisramirez2263]

This feels like an alien abduction.

[@SlowRoamers]

They took my brain and replaced it with a positron computer.

[@kamikazekunze]

What gear ratio are you using in your 70 series rear end? I could see where low range would be helpful, but I like the simplicity of the 2wd setup. We’ve been roaming around I our over laden 2018 Sprinter and haven’t really “needed” 4wd but we have needed the low range to preserve the transmission. We love your travels and the rig. ❤

[@SlowRoamers]

We regeared to 4.10’s which returned it back to “factory” gearing with the larger tires. The low range is what I wish we had the most.

[@ironduke333]

@@SlowRoamers Any reason you didn't go with a lower ratio like 4.56 or 4.88? Still not off road low range low with higher highway rpms? Worst of both worlds?

[@SlowRoamers]

@@ironduke333 Basically just wanted to have "factory" gearing again. With the 33" tires and 4.10's, our RPM range returns to pretty close to factory. We don't prioritize offroad travel, we like it and look for gravel back routes but ultimately we're spending most of our time on highways and need as good driveability and fuel economy as we can get from this van.

[@Tylee10]

What happened to ur antenna ? U took it off? U can always get a bullet size one makes a way better look then that long wire u see on my vehicles.

[@SlowRoamers]

Took it off. It was really annoying when we were in brushy areas, it would grab trees branches and make loud noises. We don’t ever use the radio so just took it off.

[@Tylee10]

@@SlowRoamers how can I send u a smaller one?