Your Truck, Prepped for the Camper
Suspension, tires, wiring, armor, and power — everything your vehicle needs to carry a Four Wheel Camper safely, comfortably, and for the long haul. Built in Vista, CA for how you actually travel. SoCal local or cross-country customer — we'll get you in and get the work done.
The Truck Is Half the Rig
A Four Wheel Camper can add 1,000 to 2,000+ pounds to your truck. On stock suspension, the wrong tires, or without the right electrical setup, even the best camper will beat your vehicle up, sag the rear, and leave you stranded miles from pavement.
Getting the truck dialed before the camper goes on is the single most important thing you can do for long-term reliability, handling, and safety. It's also the work almost no other FWC dealer actually does in-house.
That's what this shop exists for. We've been building and living out of trucks for a decade. Every rig we sell leaves here set up for the miles ahead — not just the showroom.
Why It matters
Truck-Side Modifications
Everything here is vehicle work — suspension, steering, power, lighting, and structure. Designed to carry a camper, handle forest roads, and run reliably off the grid. Full consultations with Basil on every build.
Cab Electrical & Switching
Switch panels, relay boxes, brake controllers, auxiliary power, USB/12V ports. Clean wiring you can work on in five years without needing a flashlight and a prayer.
Blue Sea · Switch-Pros
Auxiliary Lighting
Ditch lights, light bars, reverse lights, and camp lighting. Properly wired, properly aimed, and controlled from the cab. We'll also rewire the ugly stuff someone else did.
Baja Designs
Storage & Cargo
Bed drawers, roof racks, fuel and water storage, organization for the truck side. Built for gear you'll actually live with for weeks at a time.
Decked · Front Runner · custom
Suspension & Ride
Carli Suspension and ADS shocks, tuned for your loaded weight. Leaf spring packs, helper springs, airbags, sway bars, and alignment — matched to the truck and camper combo.
Carli · ADS · Bilstein · Alcan
Wheels & Tires
Sized and load-rated for your rig at full travel weight. Real conversations about tread, load range, and pressures — not just what looks good
Method · BFG · Toyo · Nomad
Bumpers, Armor & Recovery
Buckstop front and rear bumpers, skid plates, rock sliders, and recovery points. Warn winches integrated cleanly with the harness done right.
Buckstop · Warn · ARB
Heads up: Not every mod here is right for every truck. We'll tell you what's worth doing, what's not, and in what order — based on your rig and how you travel.
“Basil and his crew helped me build my perfect SoCal rig. He installed a full 2.5″ Carli pintop system on my brand new 2024 Ford 6.7 F-250 Lariat. I love the ride both on and off the road. This has enabled me to experience places I would never have attempted to visit with a stock truck. Thanks Basil.”
2024 Ford F-250 Lariat · Carli 2.5″ suspension build
Stock Platinum to Baja-Ready — A Full Vehicle Build
A customer rig that started as a stock 2024 Ford F-250 Platinum and came out of the shop as a dialed long-range overland build. Carli suspension, 37" Nitto Ridge Grapplers, Summit Expedition flatbed tray, Buckstop front bumper with a Warn 16.5ti winch, Switch-Pros controls, Starlink, and a lithium system managed by Redarc — plus a fully-loaded FWC Hawk+ flatbed camper. Built to tow dirt bikes to Baja, camp comfortably for weeks, and still drive like a Super Duty should.
Request a Consultation
Tell us about your rig and what you're trying to build. We'll follow up to start your build — no commitment, just a conversation about what's possible.
Buying a camper too? We can plan the full rig — truck prep + camper order + mods — as one coordinated build. Everything arrives and gets installed together.
Prefer to email or call? That’s fine!
Phone - 760-996-5764
Email - FWCSD@BasilsGarage.com
