Van prep and floor build timelapse - Chevy Express

[@UncleMike702]

I dig the whole overkill vibe you went for on this floor.

[@charliewatson9581]

hell yeah, someone that shows everything. kudos man, great video

[@johndudash2579]

I thought this was done well for what the man wanted. It gave me more info for building a van floor . Thanks

[@todstrucks2919]

Very nice job! I’ll be tackling my van in about a month . You gave me a Lotta ideas. Really liking the vinyl flooring no cracks for spills to penetrate. Thanks 4 sharing.

[@oconnorp3]

That’s definitely the best floor I’ve seen so far from a self builder. Brilliant!

[@maldm004]

I've been looking at plenty of van videos and this by far is one of my favorite. Very detailed and good quality work from start to finish. It's in my saved videos now. Thanks.

[@shevy5000]

@@maldm004 wow thx, glad you enjoyed it. I just posted a second vid about the insulation/bed, and I’ll keep posting vids as I continue the build process

[@davidsdiscoveries2835]

Such a great video. Been very helpful to reference. Thanks

[@vungst]

insane craftsmanship

[@patriciaweber9832]

for somone without a clue as you - yes

[@tadashi369]

Very nice. I'm starting my first van build, and this is where I need to start. Thanks for sharing the knowledge ❤

[@UTOBEDUDE]

Excellent workmanship !!! I enjoyed watching that !!

[@mgd4622]

fantastic video. thanks for the play by play illustration, and the breakdown. salute to you bro!!!

[@haizi7179]

Thank you for this, end result looks amazing

[@wilfredolopez4768]

Beautiful job

[@mastergwaha]

the detailing nice job man

[@brentonkludt6828]

Good job man. That's quite a good bet for flooring. The metal flashing is such a good addition, I'd imagine how fucked those corners would

[@freakyflow]

I went with furring strips 1.5 And had it blown in with close cell. And a bit of shaving to do

[@r_for_rajiv]

enjoyed watching this, thanks

[@johnstapp1731]

Beautiful job!😁

[@WisdomInTheWoods]

Clean work!

[@rocket9580]

nice job!

[@1DrkVixen]

Thank you so much for this. I’m about to start my build. I wonder of you can do a video on what you will do with the wire harness that runs along the driver side to the back? Besides the lights what else are those wires doing?

[@shevy5000]

I'll probably just pull the ceiling lights off and leave the wiring harness in place and just build around it. I think the wires are responsible for the ceiling lights and tail lights/3rd brake light I considered re-routing the wiring harness to inside the upper pillar (instead of outside of it where it currently sits), but I think I'd have to cut wires to do so and it would just be a pain and not worth it for me. Good luck with your build!

[@1DrkVixen]

@@shevy5000Thank you or responding. I was able to figure it out and put it thru the metal channel like I wanted. I was even able to keep the pre-existing light.

[@shevy5000]

@@1DrkVixenoh nice! How did you put it inside the channel? Did you have to cut any wires?

[@1DrkVixen]

@@shevy5000The wiring harness is connected in 4 locations, the center light, the right and left tail lights and the top rear reverse light. The hardest part was learning how to disconnect things. It's not easy to figure out. I kept texting my brother photos and asking what part do I push to disconnect things. Once I figured that out, I labeled things so i would know how to reconnect everything. Oh and one more thing to disconnect is a bolt on each side. I think these are grounding wires. I connected my wires back before connecting these and it caused my backup alarm to sound constantly. Once I put these bolts in, alarm stopped and lights have been working fine. I used electrical tape to loosely wrap wires in a way that ensured the ones that needed to each the furthest distance, to the passenger light, kept its length, if that makes sense. I left the center light in its light brown housing. I did not wrap the chord and the lights housing to tightly to the main harness as when i was pulling it back thru, i pulled it out by itself one of the holes hat is sort of at the center of the van, as I think I'll keep it as a lighting source. I hope this helps. Since this is my first time, I'm probably not that great at explaining it.

[@1DrkVixen]

@@shevy5000no i did not have to cut any wires. For a second I thought I would have to cut the center light because I didn't think it would fit thru the hole, but it did. I think using the electrical tape is key as it holds enough but not too strong that when you need to unwrap things at the end that you can't tell. I also did not take off ALL the old tape, which i'm grateful I did not. It was easy for me to tell the difference between old tape and the new tape. The old tape helped me not get confused by so many wires. When things got a little what seemed jammed, I found pushing from the origination hole, then going hole by hole and pulling worked best. Also i used a bungee cord at the far end to pull a little.

[@elyeye81]

thank you

[@charliebunn8189]

Why make the floor removable if you’re gonna use that much lock tight?

[@shevy5000]

It’s not removable

[@Nomadbench]

Hi Where did you buy the vinyl floor ?

[@shevy5000]

@@Nomadbench flooring store in socal called prosource. It’s armstrong vinyl

[@dalegribble8115]

wont the foam insulation get squished over time since its going to be holding all the weight?

[@shevy5000]

I was concerned about that too initially, but it should be fine because the load is spread out quite a bit with the 3/4" wood on top. The foam can hold a lot of weight when the weight is distributed a bit - it's just not good with point loading which it doesn't experience in this setup

[@Radzmisz]

i wonder if it start to squeeck over time? its 5 months now... its OK?

[@shevy5000]

No squeaks. It's holding up great so far - no issues at all yet other than the black paint on the edging chipping off in spots

[@evananthonybaez]

Where can I get the vinyl and glue for the floor?

[@shevy5000]

I got the vinyl from a local flooring store, and the adhesive for it from Lowe’s

[@MikeTython369]

Awesome job. Curious what did you mount the bolts to tho? Just through the body or?

[@shevy5000]

Thanks, there were threaded holes already built into the metal floor (for the factory tie-down hooks) Those holes are what the bolts went into, after removing the tie-down hooks

[@MikeTython369]

@@shevy5000 ahh ok, interesting. I have an Express passenger van and currently dealing with the dreaded seat rails and don't have the tie downs like yours. Trying to decide what direction to go with the floor. Love having the windows but these seat rails are brutal to deal with in a passenger model!🤦‍♂️ But thanks for the response and awesome video! 👍

[@shevy5000]

@@MikeTython369 thanks man! Ah gotcha..I imagine if you wanted you could just drill a hole and put a bolt through and thread a nut on from under the van? Or could just skip the bolts and rely on construction adhesive, and as far as front/back movement the floor should be held in place by the wheel wells etc. Just won't be held downwards in the event of a rollover or something Good luck with the build! I've seen plenty of passenger Express conversions so there must be different ways people go about it

[@211986michael]

Sharp

[@BertoCuevas1983]

What year is the express

[@shevy5000]

2016

[@fred-n6f]

how not to do it

[@jeffwolf8018]

I would have rather you seen you use marine-grade plywood than OSB... Of course the price is substantially more but the quality and length of the last is also far longer under much worse conditions.. and your floor always takes the most abuse..

[@shevy5000]

I used advantech instead of marine ply because it should be less prone to warping over time. Keep in mind the advantech is different from traditional osb, which I would NOT recommend using

[@EnclaveDesigns]

Advantech is better

[@patriciaweber9832]

way more then even needed... you got some problems bro... thats simply stupid

[@jimmiejjwalker]

i think that " stupid " is little harsh , but yeah overkill. nice job though

[@patriciaweber9832]

foam was stupid idea. plywood wrong type and size you should go with engineered 1/2 in with glue directly to the metal. this is very good glue you used. wasted time for having less room for your head.

[@markhopkinsphoto7257]

What foam are you referring to - the insulation? Why not plywood?