To follow out the SO BAAD window tint, adjustments to the stance was a step that had to be taken. Turning to the masterminds of Crazy Customs, the Van was about to lay figgitty flat on 20’s! In doing so, the front suspension was tossed aside and replaced with a set of Bell tech spindles, a set of Firestone air bags and Sway Away 2” shocks. Along with this set up, they would also have to fabricate a custom front crossmember to get it to lay down. There are some people that tear stuff down and replace little things here and there, then you have the crew from Crazy Customs. While having the rear torn apart, the thought was “why not screw with the drive train?” With this in mind, a Camaro rear end was put in to replace the stock unit. Along with this, Auburn gear limited slip with Richmond 4.10 ratio was installed and 3’ Aluminum drive shaft by Oceanside Drive-line in Oceanside CA. With the change out of the rear end, you might as well change out the stoppage. To do so, stainless steel rear disc brakes and Earls Performance steel braided lines where added to the mix. Now was as good of time as any to finish laying the van out by the use of a chrome 4-link along with Firestone airbags and Sway Away 2” shocks. In order to get the van up and down, electric solenoids and a Firestone compressor all provided by Air Ride Technologies was installed. Before the crew from Crazy Customs could get the undercarriage at the correct height, on the ground, the gas tank had to be cut and sectioned. This task was performed by Mike Roll Welding.  
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  Having the stance hooked up to new levels of low, Craig had to make sure the engine was up to par. After all, if it can’t be driven, how are people going to see it? With the Van needing an extra little oomph, Craig chose a 1997 Chevy tune port 350 to put power to his new rearend. Knowing that there were endless possibilities of engine upgrades that could be added to this particular engine, Craig decided to bolt on just a few. While in the hunt, Craig decided to turn to the professionals at Borla to acquire hot jet coated headers along with dual Borla mufflers. To finish off the exhaust and to let the engine breath, 3” diameter piping was put into place along with a CGS Motorsports high flow converter. To insure the engine gets kicked at every gear, a Jet performance 4LGEO transmission was installed. And to keep it to cracking at every turn of the key, Optima batteries where installed. To continue the quest for happiness, Craig thought it was time to screw up the van’s curves. In doing so, the front clip went through a few modifications. The guys at Crazy Customs first got there hands on a Chevy full-size front bumper and sectioned it to fit its new home, adding a license plate box just to make things legal (yeah right). The next step was to shave the corner lamps and mold the Trenz grill shell to the fenders.
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