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Not as durable either. My 12 year old 70W panel makes about as much power as my 2-year old 400W flexible panels. I did the flex panels for low profile. Mounted with aluminum sheets on the roof and I could just squeak into the garage. Couldn't do that with full size panels. By squeak in, I...

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ARB makes a locker for the front. Only rear option is a factory Pro-4x axle.

I would do a DC-DC for no other reason than current limitation. Lithium can absorb massive amounts of power. Alternators running sustained full output tend to not be happy and die quick. DC-DC can be used to throttle back the charge rate and make the load on the alternator a manageable...

Never run all the batteries to a common point. Unless you can get the cables the same length all the time. Voltage drop from different cable lengths will load/charge the batteries at different levels. There is a way around this. For a 3 battery setup (same applies if you have more or less)...

I have seen exactly one trailer made for the road like this. It was a horse trailer. 30+ years ago. With as much trouble as the normal person has backing a trailer, this would be unbackable. A few skilled truck drivers could do it. There have been a few attempts to make a trailer that you...

True, but it will get there faster.

Few weeks ago they were cruising through AZ, when it was 119° outside. Talked with them. December they are planned to take a little boat ride to make the jump to Antartica. Saw a progress map the other day, they are in Mexico.

If you want 200 Ah of battery, get 200 Ah of battery. Adding extra stuff to it won't make it small or lighter. The "battery station", is that the same as a "solar generator"? Add a bit of cheap fluff to a battery, call it an all-in-one solution to a problem you don't have. And spend too...

What do you mean by "pop the top"? Roof top tent? There are a lot of ways they can be installed. The normal install takes air from inside the vehicle, heats it, puts it back in the vehicle. Other will suck in outside air, heat it, push that into the vehicle, pressurize it and will need to...

We have a few trucks at work that have to get into some bad spots. Got some traction boards, and some more, and some different ones. So far the only ones that have not self destructed are the MaxTrax. Every time they try to save a few bucks and get a cheaper version, they end up as landfill...

VHB notice... Most of the stuff you find is cheap counterfeit junk. The only reliable source I have found for real VHB tape is McMaster. Having worked with the real and the fake stuff, there is a HUGE difference. Too many people buy tape that says VHB on it, have issues, blame the tape as not...

Take everything apart. Pick the best pieces from the piles and put it all back together.

It's been nearly a month, hopefully you figured it out by now. But you are missing the 7-pin trailer plug (the part the trailer plugs into) That is the vehicle wiring harness that attaches to the back side of the plug. That is a super common plug, used not only by Nissan but most of the auto...

Didn't the Z or G35/37 use that same rear end with that ratio?

So a Honda Pilot has a press in unibearing. Nearly everything else these days is a bolt in. 3 or 4 big bolts and the bearing is free of the knuckle. You can get unibearings with free spinning hubs, Ford puts them on in the factory.

The drag in the axle is from the preloaded bearings on the pinion and the carrier. They are preloaded to maintain accurate alignment during operation. The CAD removes that drag. The spider and side gears spin around, but they are fairly small and have minimal windmilling losses in the oil...

Wrap? You should see what the sun does to them around here. They look good for maybe a year. By year 3 or 4 they are roached. They can't be taken off. Can't be wrapped over. The prep work to remove a bad wrap is more than the paint job. If you want a very short sighted change and plan to...

I like air tanks. Gives surge capacity. Airing tires you can run the compressor 100% of the time. Even as you are checking pressure or moving to a different tire the compressor is running and saving that air until you get to the next tire. If you keep a head of pressure in the tank there are...

I go with the simple solution of not adding electrical loads to the frame. Most body on frame vehicles the frame only has a token ground for RFI. All the major electrical loads are either to the engine or the body, both of which sit on rubber mounts to the frame. For my trailers where the...