Recent content by JasKolp

So like I mentioned before, winter 2021-2022 was a huge bust for making money. I had Covid in January which quickly turned into laryngitis, stomach issues, fatigue, ect. Fortunately during the time I was sitting in my apartment hoping that next week I'd be able to go to work, I watched videos...

Sorry for the lack of updates, the only thing I've done to the ML this year was repaint the hood because the garbage clear coat I put on it didn't like snow being scrapped off of it during the winter. The reason I haven't done anything this year is thanks to long covid and barely being able to...

Thanks!! Yeah I'm kinda surprised with how nice the counter tops came out. A similarly sized and shaped counter top would have probably been 5x what I paid for the materials lol.

Shortly after I arrived to my BLM park ranger job, I continued work on the trailer. The job would end in October 2021, so I only had about 4 months to finish the trailer into an actual conversion that could be used as a camper. The first thing I did was decide how to build the bed. I ended up...

Hello! So I've mentioned/shown my trailer a few times in my ML build thread and figured I would create one for my trailer to show how I've built the trailer out. There's a few reasons why I decided to go with a cargo trailer conversion versus something else. Cost was the main factor; most...

Nice! Thankfully my squatting was fixed with the newer springs + spacer, and better weight distribution in my trailer. Eventually I'd like to put 33's on my ML, but I have other things I want done to it and the trailer before then.

Glad its fun to watch, but I don't make much money lol.

I haven't done much to the ML since the lift. My season ended in October and I've barely worked at my current job due to a late start and then being sick. Here's a comparison picture of the rear lift:

Here's a video I put together of the process of installing the longer bolts on the coilovers and installing them on the ML.

Its been awhile since I updated the status of the build, but I got the new coilovers with lift spacers installed! The whole process took some management, lots of time, and knowing someone who could weld. But it was well worth it as I gained about 1.5-2 inches in the rear! Plus there's only...

Wow! That looks like a major lift on it! Looks awesome!

Nice! I would like to get some long travel shocks on the front eventually. Good to know what's out there!.

Last weekend I went to a local (well, 2.5 hours away one way...) junkyard and pulled a set of rear coilover springs from a 2005 ML320. I ended up buying an impact gun to get them off...I should have bought one ages ago. Originally I was thinking about taking the coilovers to a shop with a new...

Yeah, on my trip out here I did have the spare and the carrier in the trailer and it was still squatting a lot. I'm planning on getting a new receiver that has the ball lower so the trailer is more level as well, but that'll be after I get the rear lifted so I know how large of one to get...

I'm in Idaho now! I took a seasonal park ranger position with the Bureau of Land Management and have been here for just over a month now. The ML320 did fantastic on the trip out here towing a cargo trailer, and the only thing that worried me was that my rear springs are too soft (which I knew...