How To Build YOUR VAN in 10 STEPS - From START to FINISH (2025)

okay if you clicked on this video it's because you have a van conversion project in mind

[Music] you probably already started you have a van you have plans you have ideas and I realize

that with people in your position you mainly have a lot of questions those questions will

be answered in the next 10 minutes because I am outlining the 10 main steps that are basically

structuring all of the 23 last conversions that my father and I did they are broadstrokes about

how to approach a conversion project so if you are watching this and you feel a bit overwhelmed

by all the information on uh out there on the YouTubes well follow through it's super easy

to follow it's generic information and at the end of every section you have a cheat

sheet reminding you of the main questions that you have to ask yourself to move forward with

your project [Music] i see a lot of people just jumping in and looking at nice vans and saying I

want to do this I want to do that my question is like great but what are you going to do with the

actual van is it a weekender is it because you're going to live in it full-time is it because you're

transporting mountain bikes to the mountain every now and then so ask yourself what the

van is for and more precisely ask yourself how many people you need to sleep how many people

you need to sit do you need to cook in there do you need water how much storage is required for

your equipment are you carrying sports equipment do you need a shower what is the van for would

be your first step even before starting to look at vans on marketplace so you can basically just

you know draw a bed in the back a dinette in the front blah blah blah the sink is going to

go there basic rectangles on a piece of paper and make sure you all agree on what goes where

the main thing I would like to underline here in this second step is if you're looking for a used

van you're going to need someone to check out the van whether it's full or empty and if it's

full you're going to need to inspect quite a lot of things you need to check who built

it with what kind of expertise what kind of warranties what kind of time frame what kind

of techniques because I've seen a lot of builds on the roads right now that are quite dangerous

i mean they're on the verge of exploding because the propane tanks are not properly installed if

you want something new whether it's an empty cargo or a full decked out camper van well

you have a lot of options but what I noticed is the delays for deliveries are still quite long

we're still talking about a few months before you get your camper van so if you're looking

for a camper van in June 2025 a new one you're going to have to go with what's in the parking

lots already and usually the parking lots are full of pre-ordered vans for other people in

the window right there you have my Japanese truck so if you buy an old truck you're going to need

you know additional inspections vehicle updates reparations some vehicles are going to need rust

proofing soundproofing etc so when you have your vehicle in your hands and you start cutting holes

etc before doing anything make sure your van is in proper working order

[Music] you just got a brand new truck and you're super excited about it first thing

you need to do is cut it there are operations that you just can't do once you start building

the inside like cutting holes for the fan cutting holes for the windows cutting holes

for the back windows cutting holes for the water outlets first thing you need to do is

kind of make sure you're on board with what you decided in the first step meaning what is the