From our experience living full-time in our van, mosquito screens are a MUST (if you travelled to Yukon, you know what we mean!). We helped our friends Eric and Yuka install The Bug Wall a few years back, and we’re going the same route for our own Transit van 🙂 Let’s dive in!
Material & Resources
Time
4 hours
Cost
Sliding Door: $530 USD
Rear Doors: $860 USD
Weight
5 lbs
Material
We installed The Bug Wall in our van, but both options below are excellent choices whether you are located in the USA or Canada.
Insect screens for ProMaster, Transit, and Sprinter vans. Handmade in the USA.
Insect screens for ProMaster, Transit, and Sprinter vans. Handmade in Canada.
Resources
Official installation video:
Sliding Door
We tried to come up with a chronological step-by-step recipe that works every time, but nah. The installation is iterative to find the best fit: one step forward, two steps back, readjust, then move on, etc.
Watch the video above (best), check the photos below (meh), grab a drink (cheers), and just start (required).
Degrease the seal as required, clean the work area:
A quick glimpse from inside the van:
Mosquito Simulator 3000. She’s not going through:
Do a preliminary best-fit, use spring clamps to hold in place:
Yeah that should works:
Remove the seal and insert the screen, sections by sections:
Insert included clips where there is more tension:
Make sure the seal is inserted all the way:
We added a velcro strip to help tension the screen in awkward place:
Trim the excess material all around the sliding door:
Rear Doors
We will install the rear doors’ mosquito screens a bit later, will update when we get there!
