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Yeah if the car manufacturers are gonna start selling trims that do all the really scary stuff for you (like cutting a hole in the roof), and basically include
by somehnacct3757 4y ago
Yeah if the car manufacturers are gonna start selling trims that do all the really scary stuff for you (like cutting a hole in the roof), and basically include that work as part of the car financing, it should lower the difficulty of a DIY conversion and make it a more reasonable option.
- shkkmo 4y agoI think the bigger deal is that these are using stronger parts that are better rated for the really rough roads that these get taken on. I doubt most DIYers are buying a new vehicles to convert. This will probably be sold directly to professional converters.
- jaxtracks 4y agoActually a good number of us DIY folks do buy these new. We can do a conversion, live in it a couple years and then flip it when we're ready to do another build for nice profit. I bought a brand new AWD transit two years back and cut two 14" vent holes in the roof on day 2 of ownership. The used market is just wild enough to make buying new make sense, and clean ownership history makes resale easier. There are lots of people doing what I do.
- olyjohn 4y agoAre they really using stronger parts? I haven't seen what is beefed up in any brochures, articles or press releases. They mention a 3.5 inch lift, and some 30 inch tires. That's all I can find. Can't find a single other thing that makes this "off road" worthy other than a bunch of useless black cladding. This is probably as beefed up as an AWD Rav4 is vs a FWD Rav4.