The road tripper ripper van. aka BATVAN - Yaj Yak's 2009 Conversion Van

Yaj Yak

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The back door used to have a paragraph on it. Now it doesn't. Also tried out my sweet old man Thule hitch box.

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Yaj Yak

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Still thinking about trading in everything for a bigger Dad Van?


i waffle.

ive got this van "sold" right now for about what im into it.... buuuuuuuuut it's soooo clean and minty and then what am i gaining? not like i need the added towing capacity of a bigger one at this point.

i fucking LOVE my truck, and i have an offer for more than i owe on it. but holy fuck would it be a dick punch to sell it at this point for that :rofl:
 
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Doing the jobs nobody wants to
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i wonder if my van could do something like that

fucker doesn't stop for shit

Looking online you've already got 13" rotors probably. What pads are you running? Most pads are pretty good these days but I tend to watch the friction coefficients when I buy them. The Napa Premiums I got for the wife's Cruze were GG if I remember right. Was kind of surprised.

http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~smacadof/DOTPadCodes.htm

Explanation of D.O.T. Edge Codes Located on all Brake Pads
Official D.O.T. Edge CodeCoefficient of Friction (C.F.)
@ 250 F and @ 600 F
Comments
EE0.25 to 0.35 both temps0-25% fade at 600 F possible
FE0.25 to 0.35 @ 250 F
0.35 to 0.45 @ 600 F
2% to 44% fade at 600 F possible
FF0.35 to 0.45 both temps0-22% fade at 600 F possible
GG0.45 to 0.55Very Rare
HH0.55 to 0.65Carbon/Carbon only.
O.K. up to 3000 F where it glows
 
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Looking online you've already got 13" rotors probably. What pads are you running? Most pads are pretty good these days but I tend to watch the friction coefficients when I buy them. The Napa Premiums I got for the wife's Cruze were GG if I remember right. Was kind of surprised.

http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~smacadof/DOTPadCodes.htm


Just whatever was on there. My gtp i never upgraded the calipers but did get bigger/better rotors & good pads,stainless lines, fancy brake fluid, and it stopped pretty well.just noisy.

the van is just nuts i go from it to my truck and my truck feels like a fuckin vette :rofl:
 
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Yaj Yak

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Looking online you've already got 13" rotors probably. What pads are you running? Most pads are pretty good these days but I tend to watch the friction coefficients when I buy them. The Napa Premiums I got for the wife's Cruze were GG if I remember right. Was kind of surprised.

http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~smacadof/DOTPadCodes.htm


any suggestions what i should put on this big heavy turd?

probably do it in a few weeks here.
 

Yaj Yak

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Sure seems that way. Is your van an express? I know that’s a dumb question but it’s so nice and I always think of express vans as work shit lol


no it's 100% an express. it was basically a work van before the company converts em. i think the windows are factory but yeah. the hillbilly's in indiana do the fancy-ness.
 

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