Kyle's Astro Van Gets a Backup Camera and Custom Bumper!

[@SylxTV]

Dope Seeing Kyle go from needing Dan to help him set up the welder and give a him a few pointers to going full solo cutting out brackets and welding his own stuff up.

[@InternetRambler]

Kyle low-key the most interesting *[Hoonigan]* 👀

[@ajtendick]

day man for sure!

[@Joeyw6991]

I feel like Jamo gave you the most NY advice ever 😭🤣 “hit it with a hammer” 😂😂😂

[@jamespalmer7629]

That's what we call percussive maintenance!

[@danielmatthews9354]

Hamma😂👌

[@darquille]

"Hit it with a hammer." - Jamo Also, good on Scotto for sell the Opal. It is a cool car, but it looks like just another headache.

[@GucciSocks.]

I bet if you look hard enough at Kyle's face, you can see his beard grow.

[@Onewheelordeal]

Seems like a pretty doable time lapse

[@susanneskadetsinnverdilsek5901]

Hes more fluffy than mochi

[@RamosDominicano]

I paused the video, and I could still see Kyle's beard growing

[@tonyoellerich8]

Get a plate behind the "bad Astro" wire in some LEDs and tie into the brake light.

[@robertc49]

make it so you shift into reverse it lights up white.

[@JakePalmer13]

It's settled. We need need to see a beard grow off between Kyle and Dan 🤷‍♂️

[@BigBoiChunkyy]

Kyle has to be my favorite person at the donut garage. Love how he just diys mostly everything and you can tell he enjoys working on his van so much.

[@unavailable8681]

Kyle: Can't weld a bash bar for safety reasons. Also Kyle: Welds trailer hitch for use on public roads. 🤣

[@Stanislaw365]

Daaaaamn look at Kyle welding and shit! Proud of his progress!

[@lisab3396]

Loved watching all the vids on this Astro Van Conversion. I would like to add my two cents if you allow me. On the window motors, I discovered years ago that the motor gear grease works it way up the motor since they didn't install a seal. The grease gets on and around the brushes and commutator and thus creates a temporary insulator and prevetion of electricity operating the motor. Simple long term fix is as follows. Remove motor from door. gently pry side retainer tangs away from plastic connection. Gently pull plastic end and motor out of the body/casing. Using contact cleaner or brake cleaner to spray off all the grease around the brushes and commutator. Let dry and re-install and bend the tangs back into place. Motor will work again for years!

[@jtru8077]

Kyle is hella dedicated to hoonigan g big respect 🙏 #thankyoukyle

[@xotic8617]

Awesome job but don’t know how much I would trust the strength of the tow hitch..

[@FuttBuckerByMutt]

I’d trust it towing 3 thousand pounds, but not a lot of tongue weight

[@elijahherman]

Lol he didn't say he was going to tow with it. Just bike racks

[@Finnspin_unicycles]

@@FuttBuckerByMutt Well, I've seen tow hitches rated to 2000 pounds that are substantially more beefy. Everytime the trailer is braking or accelerating there is more load on the hitch than the tongue weight should ever be.

[@m_akos567]

Statically the bumper holding half-U arms are the weakest link.

[@FuttBuckerByMutt]

@@Finnspin_unicycles I've seen people tow wayyy more than 2000 pounds on hitches that are rated for only 2000 pounds. He's going to be fine. He said he was going to use it for bike racks anyways

[@abreezy2796]

im just going to go out and say it kyles van is probably the best diy build videos on par with mcm when it comes to do ability

[@slobaru7094]

All i could think about was kyles mustache garage garage moment lmao. Ty for inserting that!

[@dustinkaviani]

I dig how Kyle is getting into building his own stuff.

[@PuFFerTV98368]

Great job working on your on rig Kyle. Hanging out watching people build cars all day you must be learning so much. I like what you said about chill working no pressure. Hurry up rush, making mistakes and soon it’s not fun anymore. ✌️bro.

[@chuckmontecillo9620]

Yes, let's see an episode of Scotto working on the Opel. :)

[@jokeurmind6665]

Love the Reese hitch but you forgot your chain hooks!!!

[@snarkytomboy]

Just bought a 95 Safari to make a road trip camper Gambler 500 rig, so loving van content like this!

[@Manuda]

Great Work Kyle. nice one.

[@davidring2438]

love the van Kyle and I hear that if you do a 350 swap with TPI injection it will fit under the stock cowling

[@drewmania6034]

We all love the van stuff, Kyle, keep it comin!

[@jkken1]

Good job man! Nice to see you do some fabwork

[@jason454ss]

Glad to see you test the motor before you installed it.

[@ChooZCcivic]

I feel like Kyle's stuff is a pretty good place for a lot folks trying to learn. It's a different pace.

[@lincolnwaters6585]

Kyle is the most underrated fab daddy in the shop!!!

[@Andrewlang90]

Hey Hoonigan, give Kyle a raise. It’s sad to see him act like everything is ok when we all know he’s homeless living out of his van.

[@bobbymulwee7641]

Yes more van videos! Is there build videos on the van?

[@brycemorgan2381]

Kyle with welding skills getting things done how much help look how far he's come

[@gattsudon]

ngl Kyle u look hot w just handle bars, keep it!

[@jadajada405]

the opel is sick , my dad had one when i was a kid, so yes more content on the car please

[@MrTheRisingtide]

I love that van great job Kyle, keep up the amazing work. You are a very radical dude

[@roverlandertn]

We need more Kyle/Van content on the main channel. Love watching his progression in learning all of this shit.

[@garlicbutter1906]

Look at Kyle all checking to see if that window motor actually works before mounting it. The man's a natural.

[@pleasefucku1]

I've been waiting for astro van stuff for so long, thank you!!!

[@ljphoenix4341]

This build is so wild, I love it. When it's eventually complete, you should vroadtrip up to Chicago and go Off-roading with Gingium and his EJ20 swapped lifted MX-5/Miata 👌🤙

[@pgmurray76]

Hell yeah. That was a good day's work for sure! I like the direction which the Bad Astro has taken.

[@Itsa_Mea]

Look at this farm boy go! Great job. I guess Dan taught you well.

[@Spin-N-Out]

It's cool to see how you're the only one in that shop actually learning and growing from Dan. You've made alot of progress for sure keep it up!

[@Project10sec]

Loving the can vids. Keep them coming. Kyle seems like a nice guy

[@quadsquadfamily7484]

Good shit Kyle from over here in Wisconsin. The van gets better and better every time you get some time to get at it. Props bra.

[@ScrizzDubb]

Kyle you should put LED lights behind the bumper and light up that BAD ASTRO, maybe red ones tied into the brake lights? Looks rad bud

[@oswaldohipolito8400]

the legend kyle at work , fave hoon hands down!!!!

[@andreash8698]

Nice video as usual, Kyle!😎 Great to se you using the Wellington skills tought to you by none otter than Dan himself👌 Tour plasmaskills aren`t forgottem, bit I Think you should`ve written ASTRO SURF - the Astro Van isn`t bad😉 Looking forward to more videos from you and on the Van progress🤓

[@MullnerFab]

Kyle a few short videos ago was not a garage guy now look at him. Awesome man!

[@becomeraptureready]

Kyle looks smokin with that stache!

[@rexmedina4561]

Hey Kyle, more van AND corvette stuff! Come on man!

[@dongambino7921]

Kyle is the ultimate Hoonigan Shredditor💯

[@amondavis]

I love the vein content you are showing us and teaching us different things that we could do with our vans and I appreciate it

[@mitchtemple6487]

Sweet job Kyle

[@jamespalmer7629]

I haven't seen an Opel since i was in Iraq. They were the most common taxi cab. They would take off the trunk lid, so you could fit extra people sitting in the trunk!

[@gasratzcustoms]

Nice work Kyle! Love the van!

[@recruit_life0715]

Astro-Glide is more fitting. Jk love the van vids Kyle

[@kamikazefish9032]

You can use the old bumper plate as an exterior sun visor

[@cac428]

Love that beautiful van footage.

[@gafrers]

Yay for more Kyle. It has been a while.

[@MrBazuzi]

The van is dope dude! We need more!!!

[@1slotmech]

Kyle, you need to add safety chain hooks and a couple of gussets to tie into the upper bar. The safety of traffic behind you depends on it, dude. Otherwise nice upgrades!!!

[@yesimhuman]

I was expecting a skate montage when Kyle said "cut to a montage"

[@EdwardAlcala]

Finally I’ve been waiting for an update on this man!

[@Dadmoves49]

Nice traywor hitch Kyle! Lmao KEE KEEEEEE!

[@Ian.G256]

I have some tips for that weber 38, If you guys are having issues with tuning the opal. The stock jets are likely not calibrated for your application. They haven't updated the stock jetting in 40 years, and today's fuel doesn't hold up. Buy a jet kit, it will help trim up your fuel. Also that carb is extremely sensitive to the float being set wrong, and it is common for it to be out of spec from the factory. Your needle drop should be about 2 mil, and the float should top out around 44 mil from the gasket surface.

[@heyzoos-cgr9369]

It's a SOLEX carb. Cool content Kyle :)

[@Ian.G256]

The one they installed is a weber 38 DGES. You can tell because it has those 2 synchro gears on the throttle shafts. Sucks for them though, they will have to remove the carb everytime they want to swap idle jets. I would be amazed if they got it to run right without having to change jetting.

[@Heyitdave]

Kyles videos are dope!!

[@jeremyrains7688]

Kyle's the only man I know of who looks normal after shaving.

[@thomasdavis5]

Yes, more van stuff!!

[@jeremymann8930]

Just an idea, wire the camera to the reverse lights so it comes on when you put the van I reverse. That's how my wife's van was done, worked awesome

[@williamknott7566]

i actually love opel content. my father has a ‘74 1900 wagon that we’ve been working on for the past 2 years

[@KINGxSLASH]

Hey Kyle it would look dope with some led strips behind the bad Astro plate so at night it would be illuminated

[@johnvanderbeek7535]

Rad van content dig it! wuld also like to see opel content those old opels are cool rides.

[@damionzuniga3627]

Throw some LED lights behind that bad Astro bumper for some hot boy points 😎

[@andrewfletcher9958]

Kyle is v chill

[@jf_the_bicycle_mechanic]

Yes please more OPEL content 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@JasonJones-sv1xe]

I love the Kyle videos.

[@fataxe1]

add another bar that mounts the top of that hitch to the frame. that's a lot of moment load for those little bolts and the already bent bars. you can put the bar behind the sign too so you don't have to modify your cover plate.

[@Milkdud_42]

In theory he could have just wired it into the back up light right?Cause when he would but it in reverse it would get power then no power when driving

[@stephenhauer9055]

Yep, pretty much

[@kerncod22]

Fuck yea!!! I absolutely "love the van stuff"

[@Scoots1994]

Love the Opel Manta

[@jessewhite4897]

The banana hammer and kyles van need a merch run

[@tall_caleb]

I hope Kyle doesn't forget to weld mounting/hook locations for the trailer chains! Safety First!

[@dattepo7534]

Damn Kyle ! Learning how to weld? Fucking nice dude !

[@dbugs58]

Like the Astro your doing what I want

[@leighharron]

Finally!!! The Manta gets some air time!

[@stevenh2781]

I like the van stuff but It also want to see you're working on the vett.

[@JE-tz4sh]

Anyone else catch the picture of the mini drift truck on the plasma table computer background ? Good work Kyle !

[@skelbagz]

You need to backlight the words Bad Astro so everyone will know.

[@ajayborkar1788]

Yeah like integrate the reverse light or regular lights into it.

[@signlsirchir2156]

Bad steering bad brakes bad suspension, brad astro indeed.

[@1970HondaCL100]

The cream always rises to the top!

[@Hemi24]

i like kyles build progress the most ..

[@heinebjrke8971]

Love the van❤

[@gregorygranillo2227]

It’s funny watching guys that kinda know what they are doing trying to explain what they are doing

[@amondavis]

I love content every single car that has ever been made I want to see more content from every single style and brand and manufacture of cars

[@karlclements7642]

Kyle is wholesome. 🤜🤛🍻

[@stevemccann8314]

Love the van content! Would've liked the Bad Astro plate welded on the back side of the bumper bar, but it still looks awesome Any plans for the drivetrain? The Astro is on the S10/ Blazer chassis soooo...... LS swap? 2JZ swap?

[@raymondsanchez6829]

Loving the van !!!

[@tylerboomhower4460]

That sure is one bad astro 🤘

[@emacdaqt350]

Dope kyle

[@SwagFlap]

Learned more about car building in this one vid than i did in 3 seasons of build and battle xD

[@alexelrod242]

But he didnt use a single sledge hammer?!

[@peterkeller7357]

You should add a light to illuminate the bad astro at night

[@Likethetacosauce]

You need to put a contrasting color behind "bad astro". Like some yellow plexi glass or just a piece of metal painted whatever color.