Installing Underbody Storage | Skoolie Conversion Ep. 23 | Adam & Steph
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2022
- We came up with a pretty clever and easy solution to mounting underbody boxes on your skoolie! No reaching for pesky hardware in tight areas! This week we show you exactly how we installed our underbody storage boxes. Hope you enjoy it!
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Just gotta say thanks. Watched your vidio last night and put mine intoday with this method. Worked pretty slick.
Glad it worked out! 😊
You may need some rust spray paint for the bottom of the bus. People that struggle to put storage under their bus will love the suggestion you did here Adam. Peoples' backs will thank them!
We grinded all the loose rust off and cleaned it up as best we can and sprayed it with an undercoating.
I would have made "L" shaped angle iron "Hinges" bolted to the frame.
I did like the cut outs you did, very nice indeed.
We use "L" Brackets to bolt tool boxes on our oil delivery trucks, Not one ever came loose.
Wow, you guys are amazing with your ability to come up with unique solutions to this build. The under-storage boxes look AMAZING! So factory appearing and match the bus perfectly! SO NICE, Great work! So happy for you both!
Thank you so much! We always try to find the right way to do something, we never want to half-ass a project and have it show. We love how factory these boxes look with our bus, super happy with the turn out! Thanks for commenting and supporting us! Means a lot!
Slick install.
You 2 are a bunch of dorks !!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you guys rock, keep the energy going, cant wait to see what else is in store for this bus, and FYI, the paint job is on point, hope to meet you guys out on the open road some day, till then, keep it going !!!!
She dumped him.
Simply genius
As I've said before, cost comes in more the dollars. Buying those boxes pre-made, and on sale, saved so much time and effort, it was more then worth the money. As usual you figured out an ingenious way to get them installed and look like they were always there. Also being heavier duty then what you would be able to do yourself I think makes them even more valuable. They look fantastic. Another project well done!
Your build has been really fun to watch and the vids are fantastic, and really clear on how to get things done. And if the inside never gets done, then we'll be able to watch you not get it done for a long time to come. Sounds like a win all around!
Wow thank you!!! We appreciate you joining our journey and commenting on our videos! It means so much that you’re enjoying what we put out, and the validation on our choices is great reassurance for us! We’re glad we picked these up while they were on sale! $250 off each box! Huge savings! We can’t wait to continue to share our build with you but we also can’t wait to hit the road and share our adventures!!!
@@AdamandAtlas You're very welcome! You two are fun to watch and you do really good work!!
Love watching y’all’s channel! Going to use your fabrication/mounting idea for my black/grey water tanks
Thank you! Would love to see how that turns out for you!
Hey Adam, I work with metal a lot, I build metal furniture and metal tool boxes, I can say for sure that you're fix it solid. I think you will never have a problem with the install you did. Top notch sir.
Thank you so much!! It’s nice to have that reassurance!
Looks seamless! Love the look of them, plus bonus storage. Making use of every inch! :)
We sure are!! Thanks Kaitlyn!
Ok... I think you should just come build my bus. Lol. Looking great
Hahah thanks!! Right now we’re looking forward to being done but I’m sure a few month after finishing we’ll miss the building stage of this journey together!!
Smart buy, smart install guy's. Adam, i would run a light into each box while you can get to the back of them and you haven't insulated yet. Just a thought.
Ohh great idea! Thanks!
The first thing I thought was “I wonder if they can fit inside the box” and then you did! 🤣 Adam I think your explanations are great! I do the same thing when I start talking, I always look to Gavin to explain it better lol. The boxes look amazing!!
Em I think you could probably fit perfectly inside, us and Gavin I think are a little too tall 😂 watching that clip back of me trying to explain for adam, I’m really not even that much better LOL I think we got the point across though 😅
@@AdamandAtlas I can’t wait to hide in one some day 😏
Thanks for the video guys. I’m actually looking at my bus trying to figure out how to do it.
Hey! Awesome! Thanks so much for your comment. If you have any questions, shoot us a message on Instagram! We’re always happy to help :)
@@AdamandAtlas thanks y’all I’m still a bit intimidated of the job lol
Looks awesome 👌
Thank you!!
Those boxes (and the whole outside of your bus) look so amazing! Seriously, you guys are doing everything so right! 😄 Also, Adam you cracked us up when y'all were in those boxes at the end 😂 We're excited for y'all! 💚
Hahaha we gotta keep more of our personalities in our videos! I feel like we’re strict on ourselves to keep our videos to the point on how to do things but we gotta loosen up every once in a while!! Thanks for watching! We’re excited for you guys to see what we got planned for our interior!! 💙
Beautiful install and wise choice.
Thank you!
This is what Riv Nuts are for :). I do have to say though. Pretty smart idea
Rivnuts are a great solution for adding a mounting point for a lot of applications! but because of the stresses of holding up the boxes, id stick with welded nuts just because they cant pull thru.
Well done! I appreciate your attention to detail and the time taken to create these videos.👍🏽
Thanks! We love making these videos and sharing the way we do things on our build! We appreciate your support!
bus coming on now guys looks great with them boxs love the way you fixed boxs to bus keep videos coming
Thank you! We will!
Great idea welding the nuts to that bar. Thank you for sharing this!
Now I want a box, ha.
Thanks! Hope to see you try it out!
Great job - and with 15 screws per box you will be able to carry a whole ton in each ...
Great job! You came up with a nice idea to easily mount the boxes. I need to redo my actual underbody boxes so I might take inspiration from you!
Thanks buddy!
great vid. thanks for the inisght! going to mount mine the same way! Cheers
Best of luck! 🍻
Very inspiring - we've been doing vanlife and recently attended Skooliepalooza, and have a new respect for skoolies as well 😃
Keep up the good work you two!
Awesome! Thanks so much! We can’t wait to attend skooliepalooza next year!
@@AdamandAtlas highly recommended. We met so many awesome people and made new friends in Skooliepalooza 😀. A few Canadians as well in the crowd.
You could also mount these boxes with structural rivets which would make for a more simple install. Either way, this looks so awesome! 🎉❤
Love the build guys and an inspiration to me and others. Well done.
Just a note guys please be careful. I noticed 2:38 no mask and others where powdered debris may be generated.
My belief is a DIY loses its savings if you pay for a mistake (especially your health) later on.
Be safe and happy to see the eye and ear safety but please respiratory safety is a must especially (gases on paints and powdered dangers) and gloves (especially chemicals where our pores can absorb).
Thank you for the videos guys!
Seamless install and a great place to hide some bodies! Love your work!
I would highly suggest you secure those storage boxes with wrap around metal straps, so it you hit a bump the storage boxes won't fall off.
They are very secure. They will never fall off lol
If your going to use Grade 8 nuts and bolts , aircraft quality, because of their strength. You may want to consider what will be happening to the bottom on that mild steel box with maybe a hundred pounds of stuff bouncing up and down as you go down the road. Support the bottom.
The massive spacers we made distribute the load onto the mild steal and prevent it from deforming. They have been holding hundreds of pounds for the last 2 years and they are still like new.
wow great job as always !! what size box did you buy for the fuel tank side of the bus ? I have the same bus and i am soo copying you it looks amazing :P
We got a 36x19x19 box to fit behind the fuel tank!
Amazing job! How much was the sale price? I may keep an eye on it if it goes on sale again.
They were $250 off original price!!!
@@AdamandAtlas oh wow! Definitely going to keep my eyes on them if they go on sale again. Thanks
the smaller versions of these are on sale right now for $199 each.. super tempted to buy them. I can fit (2) side by side like y'all have but in the rear of the bus
How far away from the tires would you recommend installing these? You have a pretty good distance but I think we would need a bit closer to fit the 2
@@UsPlusaBus if you watch our “kicked out” video, we installed the other underbody box closer to the wheel on the other side of the bus. If you’re putting it behind the wheel, maybe a little further? And maybe cover it with rubber or something, it’ll get a lot of heat from rocks.
@@AdamandAtlas thank you!
it's been a year just wondering how this held up I have installed a bunch of underbody boxes and never had any luck without some kind of support from the bottom. do like the seem less look though.
No problems at all!!
Lots of space under the bus, mine will be for wood storage.
That’s an awesome idea!!
That bus is way way in the red zone on rust, probably rot too. can't be any rubber bushings left.
Tossing the instructions was funny, but l wonder if the part you missed was on the instructions? You might find out??
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There was a bracket we could have bought that was listed in the instructions, but we like doing things the hard way. Plus, our custom bracket solution is stronger and more theft resistant
Who is the maker of those boxes
We bought them at princess auto! Link is in the description of the video :)
I mean something other than cabinets. The underbody of the bus is very rusty, I think you should try to get rid of this rust first. Otherwise, all your hard work will be wasted. But still, good luck with your work. Ben dolaplar harici bir şey demek istiyorum. otobüs ün alt karoser i çok paslı bence siz ilk önce bu pastan arınmak için çalışın. yoksa yaptığınız bu kadar emek boşa gider. Ama yinede emeğinize sağlık kolay gelsin.
Hey! There’s a couple shots in the video of adam grinding the rust off and painting it with a rocker guard paint. What you didn’t see was 5 hours worth of grinding the rust off over head, hence why Adams face is so dirty in a lot of the shots, we thought we’d spare the viewers with that footage. Have a great day!
Looks store bought. Dang...!
Thanks Clyde! We love how factory they look with the bus!