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Kit Installation · East of the Mississippi

We Install
Van Cabinet Kits.

Bought a cabinetry or conversion kit — aluminum or wood? Skip the freight headaches and the build. Ship it to our shop in Manasquan, NJ, and we’ll install it clean, level, and built to last. Sure beats a tent.

Manasquan, NJ  ·  Installing kits east of the Mississippi

01 — The Last Mile

The kit is the easy part.
The install is the work.

The kit shows up on a pallet and the photos look great. Then comes the part the product page doesn’t cover — and it’s where most DIY builds stall out.

The freight and the curbside hand-bombing. The rivet-nut setters and the right bits. Anchoring everything so nothing moves at 70 mph. Scribing panels to a van wall that is never flat. That’s the last mile between a box of parts and a van you can actually use — and we do exactly that, every day. Want the full picture of what a kit does and doesn’t include? Read the freight reality and the four kit tiers in our guide.

02 — What We Install

Any brand.
Aluminum or wood.

Whatever brand you chose and whatever it’s made of, we’ll make it fit and make it last. We install the full range:

Not sure what you need yet? See every supplier compared by tier — or let us help you pick the right kit before you spend a dollar.

03 — The Cost-Effective Way

The smartest path
to a real van.

Here’s the thing nobody pushing a six-figure build will tell you: you don’t need a $15,000 power system and full plumbing to live the van life.

A quality cabinet kit, a portable power station you charge at home — a Jackery, an EcoFlow — and a simple water setup get you a genuinely usable, comfortable van for a fraction of a full custom build. That’s the most cost-effective path to the road there is, and for a lot of people it’s the right one. We help you spend where it matters and skip what you don’t need. It’s all about your budget and getting the most out of it.

Sure beats a tent.
04 — How It Works

Four steps to
a finished van.

A simple path from a box of parts to keys in your hand.

01

Buy your kit

Already have one? Perfect. Still deciding? We’ll help you pick the right kit for your budget and how you actually travel.

02

Ship it to our dock

Send it to our commercial address — no residential or liftgate fees — and we’ll store it safely until your install date.

03

We install it

Clean, level, and anchored — and we’ll add a simple power and water setup if you want one. No oversized systems you don’t need.

04

Drive away finished

You pick up a complete, road-ready van — and a real shop standing behind it, fully supported after you leave.

05 — Why Us

We fit kits to real vans
every day.

We’ve been working on vans since 2020 — with the shop, the space, and the hours under the hood to install your kit the way it should go in.

250+
Vans Built
1,000+
Vans Serviced
11,000
Sq Ft · 10 Bays
2020
Working On Vans Since
Mercedes-Benz eXpert Upfitter Fully Insured
06 — For Kit Manufacturers

Make us your install partner
east of the Mississippi.

If you build van cabinet kits, your customers on this side of the country are already finding us — let’s make that work for both of us.

Installer Partnership

Your product, installed faithfully — and recommended.

Buyers search for someone to install the kit they just bought, and they land on Sequoia + Salt. We install your product faithfully and make it look its best in a finished van — and send you happy owners and real install photos to show for it. List us as your install partner east of the Mississippi and we’ll point your customers our way.

Ready When You Are

Ship us your kit.
We’ll make it a van.

Tell us the kit and your van and we’ll give you a real install quote — no surprises, all about your budget and getting the most out of it. We’re a real shop in Manasquan, NJ, installing kits east of the Mississippi. Sure beats a tent.

Or call 732-357-3483.

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