Every hole you drill in your van is a potential rust birthplace. We don't want to birth any rust in our beautiful metal can homes! So, Rivnuts / Plus Nuts / Rivet Nuts / Cross Nuts are a way to cut wayyy down on the number of holes drilled in your van.

Additionally, they prove to be a far stronger mounting point as opposed to drilling directly into the metal of the van given the larger contact surface inside a Plus Nut for a screw as opposed to the tiny contact surface of a screw drilled through the van.

Read the walkthru here: https://www.storiesfromtheroad.life/v...

Lay's Pringles: https://amzn.to/2E52ifa

Plus Nuts (I've used about 150 so far but if you plan ahead where you want to mount, you could get away with 100 maybe): https://amzn.to/2Fe3jSr

Extralong Plus Nut Tool (Extra long is a must with these^ plus nuts): https://amzn.to/33UioDb

If that^ tool is out of stock (as it was for me), you can buy this tool (https://amzn.to/2PPkmMC) and order the EXTRAlong mandible directly from the manufacturer (a "1/4 20 extralong mandible compatible with Tool 1442" manufacturer site: https://www.astrotools.com/)

Hanger Bolts (I'd get 16, I only had 8 and it was a hassle): https://amzn.to/30Zo3pL

EZ Cool (I have just about used one roll of 200spft): https://amzn.to/3bcCBWk

3M High Strength 90 Contact Spray Adhesive: https://amzn.to/3fts4H3

Music from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...

My van is a 2019 Ford Transit 150 Medium Roof with a 148" wheelbase.

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