STEALTH VAN TOUR - Entertainment, Music Studio, Gaming with Subwoofer 

Sweet! Thank you! I hardly watch other people's build videos. Maybe 2 in the last few years. I don't mean not to support them by this either, they just don't interest me since I'm doing my own and live it!

I had an amazing innovation I haven't seen done yet and I wanted to share, but had the idea after the video was made. So you know Black 2.0 Paint? It doesn't reflect light. I was going to paint it on the sides of the window sill so no light shines around the sides of the curtains. I think this idea could help many people! I'll be testing it this week. I ordered some already! If it works, I'll talk about it in the completed van tour!

most people are not as creative as him, like me, I'm just going to copy his van

@@OutdoorsEmbrace Excellent idea. I used to look at how people made stealth MJ grow cabinets like 10 yeras ago, and many people had some great techniques for controlling "light leaks". I think black paint around the window sill would work. When I was watching your vid, I also thought that perhaps some strips of black felt or something around the window edges could be used to block light as well, 'naw mean?

@@0m3gA_o3 Not gonna lie, I will be copying Great White, but I will be designing the 2nd Generation, titled Great White 2.0

Awesome window sticker whats the name ?and where to get? Wheres your bathroom

Wonder if you cqn get sticker in black?

@alextop1850 for sure! They sell that too! I just got mine from Amazon. Just search for perforated sticker in black.

@@OutdoorsEmbrace I think Matt black is best colour for Stealth van and with black version of these stickers be good to go . Nice find! You not doing log burner in this one? The dry flush toilet vacuum sealed poop in bag seems to be best toilet. I would enclose it then have it pull out to larger room with extractor fan above when in use 🏆

This is so cool to see your entire journey, See you on the road soon!!!

Ahh, thank you!

Wait for the finished van tour too! Probably in a year or so, uggggg. It's already so livable, and I'm building it out slowly... but the final tour will have so much more than this even. I'm still coming up with ideas too. The other day, I thought of painting the insides of the windows with Black 2.0 so light can't reflect around the curtains at all coming in or out. That's my newest development, and I think it's going to help many others soon once I talk about that.

@@OutdoorsEmbrace Black 3.0 👍🚐🐕👊

Hey! So at the moment I don't think I have a full schematic drawn out, but plan on making a full electronics tour soon. It really is needed. I'm sorry I don't have it all ready yet

Thank you!

Thank you man! Always good to hear! I was flat broke too in beginning. It's not so bad, but once you get the van, everything gets better, at least for me. Life is a chess game kinda, and this is a major win in the game. Almost feels like cheating haha.

Hell yeah! I'm always so glad to hear people benefiting from my work! Thank you for watching too Josh!

@@OutdoorsEmbrace Anytime Man 😎👊

Winter: 2 to 3 comforters is amazing. Foam mattress insulates you from below. Diesel heat is great, Chinese Diesel heaters are good, $200ish. External tank can be mounted indoors if needed. Cold spots on bed while moving at all during night suck, but wrap the comforters around you and sleep on top of one partially. Bamboo comforter is good, but for the fitted sheet, do not use bamboo. It feels extra cold when moving at night. Insulation makes a huge difference, don't skimp on it. Smaller vans will keep in body heat with proper insulation. Just some to list off since you said it's your first winter in the van!

@@OutdoorsEmbrace so far I'm getting by just with blankets and comforters. I think it got as cold as -3C/26f outside and I managed to stay warm in bed.

@PrayTellGaming 100% just comforters are great! Done it myself for a few winters. I also travel to Florida most winters now too to help, but I understand not everyone can go south each time it gets cold.

​@@OutdoorsEmbraceI've seen some other videos where it was suggested to use a tent inside the van during winter for solo campers, as that would be an extra insulation. Would that have helped? I'm curious, as I liked to watch winter vans from my home in Malaysia 😅😂😂

@jov80 I personally don't think a tent would offer much insulation, but to each their own. Comforters work great though, use 3 and you can be comfy at 0 degs.

Hell yeah! Thank you! That means a lot at this stage of the build!

I'll be making a video on that music studio soon. One of my next!

Yes! I have a tour of one of these vans on my channel too! It was a gaming van that had heated floors. It is extremely efficient.

I paid $21K for the empty van. Transit vans this year are usually at least $35K. I got it extremely cheap due to it having some exterior damage, plus the last owner might have thought there was more damage than there was to components, but they just didn't understand much about the maintenance needed. Easy stuff to fix mostly. Now van has been running great no issues for over a year and a half since we fixed everything. Engine and trans seem great. Bought it at 97K miles. Last owner only had it for 20K miles, before that it was owned by a company with evidence of good oil changes. The last owner also stated he changed oil regularly. There was some evidence of this. I decided to get it since I can always learn how to fix anything on it. But like I said, been running great with no new issues for over a year and a half. In the beginning, we had to change out DPF and Cat, but the last owner felt bad and actually helped us by paying almost half for this. Other than that, there was a noise cause by a bad shock in the back, which is why I think he thought there was more wrong than there was, but that was a cheap fix and did it all myself. So boom, good van for cheap! No more odd noises. Engine sounds very strong, and structural integrity is great.

Thank you for the response

Appreciate it! Thanks!

Thank you!

Ahhhh! True! I'll put together some stuff for that. I did make one for my first van, btw! This new one I've just been enjoying so much lately, I haven't really tried to live at bare min. I'll do a bare min month and video it all though to show the possibility, plus the costs for building one too!

Haha, nah.

Hell yeah man! And wish you all the best in the future!

So far at least! So much more to come!

Very much looking forward to all the coming additions too 🙏

My favorite comment haha, thank you!

The weight is ok in the van, it's not really sagging yet as far as I've measured. I do want a cubic mini again in the future. I have a spot picked out for it if I decide to install one, but it would be the last item to go into the build.

Thank you!

I have a full video on my hidden window already! I'll link it below!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1_3IPNwgeB4.html

Thank you!!!

I'll be making the next video very soon and continue! The channel won't be ending ever as far as I'm concerned. I've just been in a work phase lately with music festivals and burns doing lots of work back to back.

Absolutely! A final tour is coming! It's Absolutely great in the cold. Even at 0 degrees, it's 70 in here (or whatever temp you want. Heater can be left on for over 100 days without refueling! Not an exaggeration.

Laundromats, as often as needed. It smells nice in here if you are wondering. Haha. Logical next thing to think :p

Content of video oftentimes trumps context. Would be cool to watch that video though just to see if you have the link.

Not technically studio monitors, but reference speakers for a car put inside a cabinet. Reference Series 6-1/2" 2-way marine speakers with built-in RGB LED lights (Titanium) But have made 5 or 6 songs on it so far and they are making the music sound great on every other speaker I test it on afterwards. I'm going to make a video soon on the music studio and show off some of the music.

It helped me upgrade to this van, which is a lot of money I didn't have when I started. This van will hopefully allow me to save thousands more! I'm currently putting money into the build though to make it a fully livable house. Look at it this way, my house is like $30K. Other people's houses are $75K and up!

Haha, oh well

To note, some people believe the opposite, that a mirror facing the bed can reflect good energy. I'm just doing it to make the room look bigger, there is only one good placement for a full body mirror in my new van.

What's your budget, and do you absolutely want to be able to stand? How tall are you?

@@OutdoorsEmbrace well right now in the off season I make about 1k every 2 weeks. Standing is not that important for me as I’m on my feet all day working. I’m 5’10

@ryanwilemon5568 Given what you said, I'd look into a Ford Ecconoline or Chevy Express, but I'm biased towards Fords haha. Don't be scared to get an older one. They last for a long time, even up to 350K miles and more sometimes

Take your car down to st pete Florida, tons of car campers. Make this a fun time of your life. Get a job down there to get back on your feet. Message back if interested and I'll give you details in a private message

Yes! Witcher is one of my favorites and I wanted it to be shown in vans haha

After it is completely done, I will make at least two videos about the entire process. One will be just a timelapse kind of video with music. The other will be a long video talking about everything from beginning to end, or at least the parts that are most difficult to figure out. It will include dimensions, layering, where to screw into, what materials, tools, everything.

Yes! I did make a video about my cubic mini specifically. In this, I talk about the pros and cons. The wood stove is sexy, but not good for long term ease of use. It's a lot of work to gather wood and then keep it going every hour. BUT IT IS SEXY! Which is why in the future I plan on still putting one in this van. I have a place picked out already! I do love a fire inside! The diesel heater, which is the topic of my next video to go out, is much more efficient and hands off. The amount of insulation I have causes it to only be on once every hour even in 30 degree weather. This once an hour for 10 to 15 minutes keeps it about a constant 70 to 80 inside, even if it's 0 degrees out. It takes such little fuel, it could literally run for over 100 days without refueling given my own set up. Without insulation, it ran constantly and would run a total of 20 days in a row before using the entire 25 gallon fuel tank. Insulation matters!

That's a good idea! I only caught it during editing and didn't want to record again haha. But yeah, maybe I'll do that or buy different type of bottle

Safe to stack multiple boards of XPS, yes! I have 3 stacked on each other on the middles of the walls. I should have shown the pictures of the interior in the video, but I definitely will show this in the future build videos. These boards have protection from mold and mildew. The boards themselves are near vapor barriers too, but not quite 100%.