Solutions
Getting in is one question. Driving it is another. Here is everything we build and everything we fit.
01 · Mobility conversions
The Sidewinder RAV is built in our own Chilliwack shop, not shipped in by a dealer. So the warranty is ours to honour.
Published Sidewinder Chrysler RAV specifications. Overall height varies with wheel size and tire pressure.
Build time depends on the van and what goes into it. Ask us for a date on yours.
Checkable, not claimed
Rear entry
Designed and built by us, in Chilliwack
Floor dropped 10 inches so you ride in the chair. Manual ramp out of the back doors, 1,200 lb.
Side entry
Fitted and serviced by us
Northstar in-floor side-entry conversions. The ramp slides out of the side door, and the van kneels at the kerb to flatten it.
Lifts and custom floor plans
Laid out with you before anything is cut
Room to stand up inside, a powered lift instead of a ramp, space for a chair plus cargo.
02 · Hand controls
A conversion gets you into the vehicle. Hand controls put you back behind the wheel.
They work the gas and the brake with your hands instead of your feet. We're an authorized Sure Grip dealer and we fit them to your reach and your grip.
Not everyone needs a van. An ordinary car will often take:
What else fits depends on the car.
Not every answer is a van. Some leave our lot with controls instead of a conversion.
A platform lift on a full-size build, fitted in our Chilliwack shop.
03 · Wheelchair & scooter lifts
Not everybody stays in their chair for the drive. If you transfer to a seat, the question is how the chair gets in.
Loads the empty chair or scooter into the back at the touch of a button.
Raises the chair with you still in it, into a full-size van.
Bruno
Wheelchair and scooter stowage lifts
Ricon
Mobility lifts and equipment
Mobility Networks
Folding platform lifts
Installed and serviced in our own shop.
Capacity decides it: a power chair can weigh more than twice what a manual one does. Tell us the make, model and weight of yours and we'll confirm what is rated for it.
Work out which lift fits04 · Restraints & tiedowns
Securement holds the chair, and the person in it, still if the van has to stop hard. A wheelchair is not a vehicle seat.
Wheelchair and occupant restraint systems
Manual tiedowns we use in every Sidewinder RAV build
Automatic docking securement
Holding the chair down and holding the person in are two different systems. Every Sidewinder RAV leaves with Sure-Lok manual tiedowns and a Q'Straint occupied wheelchair restraint system.
Ask about securing your chair05 · Commercial & fleet
A taxi, a care fleet or a school route runs all day, on a schedule that can't absorb a vehicle being off the road.
We build those to order on full-size vans. Order more than one and they come to the same layout, so a driver trained on one is trained on all of them. Transport Canada authorizes us both under and over 4,536 kg, so a fleet build isn't limited to minivan platforms.
Loading a chair over and over, in the rain. Securement has to work for one driver alone.
Many chairs, many drivers. Build every van alike and the training carries over.
Student transport, where securement and paperwork both stand up to inspection.
Fleet enquiries go to our production manager, not a general inbox. adam@sidewinderconversions.com or (604) 792-2082, Mon – Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm.
Contact
Come by the shop and bring your chair, or just start with a phone call. Either way you'll be talking to someone who can answer the question instead of taking a message.
