Suggested upgrades for 2001 Ford SMB

[vandiesel]

Webasto webasto. I live for the snow camp and that little heater is amazing. Love the aux solar idea and agree why the hell park in the sun. I second the sienna seats.

[BrianW]

Best upgrade I did on my 1998 was to upgrade the front brakes and suspension to a 2012 setup. Ford significantly upgrade those parts in 2008+.

A nice double-DIN stereo and improved speakers were nice, too.

Personally I’d put the money into updated mechanicals for a 2001 van over interior stuff.

[rob_gendreau]

Originally Posted by BrianW

Best upgrade I did on my 1998 was to upgrade the front brakes and suspension to a 2012 setup. Ford significantly upgrade those parts in 2008+.

A nice double-DIN stereo and improved speakers were nice, too.

Personally I’d put the money into updated mechanicals for a 2001 van over interior stuff.

Yeah, I'm doing that. Rebuilding stuff and replacing things early in some cases. Aside from the seats, nothing inside really grabs me. If anything, might decide to take some stuff out (amazing what rattled loose from the nether regions of the van on last washboard run). Might still need the new refer too.

My front brakes and such were upgraded when I converted to 4x4, and did even more work there recently when I replaced the ball joints. Might look into some work on leaf springs though, as that might improve things, especially since I don't do as much offroad as before.

Thanks all.