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The Mahindra Thar 2-door has been out for a couple of years now and anticipation has been high for a 4-door version. Mahindra released the 4-door today (it's Indian Independence Day BTW). The 4dr model isn't called the Thar, it's called the Roxx. I'll let the intro video and photos speak for...

I used my tailgate-mounted bike rack today to bring my bike from storage to the house (until the garage is done, I won't have a place to store it at the house), and it occurred to me that while I've posted photos of this design before, I never posted a video showing how it goes into place. The...

I haven't worked on any design ideas for Overland Outfitters in quite a while but recently they asked me to do a larger first aid bag for them, something that could be used for advanced first aid in the wild or used by first responders. I'm suggesting they do a version of their Tactical Tool...

Summary Like all Auxbeam lighting products I have tested and used over the years, these lights are well engineered and they are built to withstand the environment underneath a vehicle. They're easy to mount (depending, of course, on where you decide to mount them), and easy to wire. All...

Controlling the Lights and Effects The included remote control is very small (3 1/4" x 1 1/2") and functions very well for turning lights on and off and selecting colors. It's an infrared device, so needs to be pointing at the lights to work, which probably limits its usefulness while driving...

Initial Testing To verify that everything worked properly and to learn how the various options and controls work, I connected everything on the floor of a spare room and powered the system with my benchtop power supply. They lit up right away when I pressed the "On" button on the remote...

The control unit has power connections and two feeds for the LEDs - presumably one feed for one side of the vehicle and one feed for the other. Each LED unit has two connections; as I said they're intended to be daisy-chained together, one after the other. The lights come with mounting...

Review: Auxbeam Rock/Underglow Lights I spent some time with my friends at Auxbeam last November at the SEMA Show and one of the new products they had on display was a set of rock/underglow lights. Lighting up the road below the Jeep with lots of colors and effects isn't really my style, but...

The traffic you were in was 3 1/2 miles long, I clocked it. Glad I was going the other way. This is our last trip north to Elmira. The movers arrived yesterday and finished the packing, today they'll start loading. The move is going so quickly because of all the trips I've made since...

Since we took possession of the new to us 200-year old house in January, I've made at least one trip per week transporting things from the old house to the new place. Most of these trips have been with the JKU but plenty of them were with the LJ or the pickup, depending on what I needed to...

Dan, I don't disagree, but my use of the extra space is more about space management than extra payload. When in expedition mode, I like to keep lesser-used/lighter things in the box on the roof than cluttering up the too-small cabin. About being under-sprung, I definitely agree with that...

I find the extra space very useful when I have the RTT on top. In this LJ photo I've got a plastic bin mounted on the rack extension and I store lightweight items in the box. The plastic box worked out very well, so I got a larger but still lightweight aluminum box that's just about the full...

Wouldn't the same reasoning apply to the Land Rovers as well?

Why is it that there are no racks on Jeeps that overhang the windshield? I think they can be very useful, providing more space for storage especially when you're carrying a roof top tent. A few Land Rover examples: A few years back I built an extension for my rack; on the LJ it overhangs...

From a post on the Indian Team-BHP forum, you might mistake this for a JL 2dr on first glance, but it's a current model Mahindra Thar. According to the post, it's in Deep Forest paint and equipped with Radar MT 35x12.50r20 tires, Fuel offroad wheels, Prad bumpers and Proman rock sliders...

A few years ago I was approached by a company that was interested in doing something very similar. I met with them at the SEMA Show and did a few concept images - the idea was to have a single continuous roof covering the cab and bed, and removable side panels much like those on my JKU and LJ...

The Auxbeam rock/underglow lights arrived today. In this photo I'm holding one of them up against the roof rack: I asked for 6 lights so that's what they sent. I'll start with trying two on the side and two in the back and see how well they might provide campsite illumination. Might not...

Moved all of my half doors to storage near the new house the other day. Pictured below are the JKU half doors. Left to right: rear doors, front doors, factory soft uppers with slider windows installed (two fronts and one rear - the rear was a single prototype), and a set of 4 hard uppers with...

I decided the new Auxbeam rock/underglow lights would be worthwhile testing as campsite lights mounted to the roof rack so I asked them to send me a set. They come in several sizes and quantities so I asked for six of the large size - I figure two on each side and two in the back. When they...