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Vehicle Equipment & Service

The under-seat diesel heater and equipment from working around the van.

Vehicle Equipment & Service from My Build

My Chrome Vanguard Rear Guard: the Assembly Attempt

0:30 · The chrome rear guard, packaging and supplied hardware before assembly. Video by Steven Smith. Caption text.

I bought this rear bumper guard for my 2023 Ford Transit 250 high-roof extended van and planned a black bedliner finish. My first job was joining the brackets to the guard. The holes did not line up during that attempt, so the session ended with me comparing the instructions and considering a return.

Vanguard VGRBG-1116-0830SS Rear Bumper Guard Project

See The Rear-Guard Purchase Record And Options

The Black Horse Spartan 17FT20MA Grille Guard Project is a separate project.

My Front Grille Guard: Mounts, Center Section and Finished Front

This project began underneath the front bumper of my Transit. I removed the splash guard, recorded the broken driver-side clip and exposed mounting areas, then showed the support at the front license-plate position. I left the bracket connections loose for alignment before tightening them.

My Transit on ramps with the black center grille-guard section installed before the outer headlamp wings
The fitted center section before the outer headlamp wings. Photo by Steven Smith.
Driver-front three-quarter view of the completed black front grille guard with headlamp wings on my white Transit
The completed front guard and headlamp wings. Photo by Steven Smith.

Black Horse Spartan 17FT20MA Grille Guard Project

My Transit’s Stock and Replacement Wheels

The wheel-and-tire change is part of my 2023 Ford Transit 250 high-roof extended build. I photographed the van in the shop with Method boxes beside it, the removed original assemblies inside the cargo area, and the black Method MR701 wheels and BFGoodrich tires after installation.

Removed original silver steel wheel with the stock tire’s 235/65 R16C marking visible.
Original setup: the removed silver steel wheel and its tire’s documented 235/65 R16C marking.
Installed black Method wheel and BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A tire on my white Transit.
Installed result: a black Method wheel and BFGoodrich tire. Still from my after-installation walkaround at 00:18.

Watch My Tires and Wheels Project

Tires & Wheels: My Transit Transformation — 1:42. Video by .

These photos connect the equipment category to one actual job on the van. Follow the wheel-and-tire project in the build diary overview alongside the other recorded build stages.

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Method Race Wheels MR701 Project

BFGoodrich KO2 tire product view
Vehicle Equipment & Service

BFGoodrich KO2 Tires

I fitted BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A tires alongside the Method wheels on my Transit, and my purchase records identify the KO2 model. The recorded LT255/70R16 load-range E 120/117S specification is also readable in my later rear-wheel photograph.

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