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I got a promotional email the other day from LED lighting company Auxbeam, promoting their new "underglow" lights. This isn't something that I'm interested in adding to my Jeeps, but I have another idea - what if they were mounted on the side of the roof rack to serve as campsite lights...

I picked up a little design assignment at Overland West - a company selling a product called the "Thunderbox", a field toilet that collapses down to about 1" thick, approached Overland Outfitters about making a carry bag for the collapsed box so OO asked me if I would do a design. The...

I can't imagine why steps on the windshield hinges would be useful, except possibly for climbing fully up on the roof rack. This product was featured in recent issues of Land Rover Monthly and Land Rover Life: The magazine says they're handy for setting up your roof top tent, but I've never...

Why don't you post it here? I'm sure others would be interested.

When I'm at events like Overland West or SEMA I'm always looking for new and creative ideas. There are always more "me too" products at these shows, some of which might be improvements on similar products in the market, but I don't often find something completely different. I came across this...

Yesterday I stopped by the Ineos booth with a few Overland Outfitters products to see how they might fit in the Grenadier. The Ineos folks were very friendly and interested in the products so they seemed happy to let me try them out in the Grenadier. The first thing I tried was OO's Grab Bar...

After doing the drive in the Grenadier, I took my wife over to the Ineos booth so she could see the Grenadier. She's said she really likes the look of the vehicle but I wanted her to sit in it to see if she found it comfortable. She didn't like the interior experience at all. First, she had...

I didn't notice if it had one but a well-equipped Grenadier will cost you at least $90k, I've been pricing the various packages and options

This post isn't a Land Rover idea for a Jeep, but it fits better here than in my other threads. I'm at Overland West and there are a surprising number of Ineos Grenadiers in various vendor booths - it seems the Grenadier is getting a great reception from the overlanding crowd. Ineos is...

A good way to accomplish that would be to start with a factory hardtop, cut the roof off just above the windshield attachment and top door jambs and build a new roof to you specs on top of the remaining section of the hardtop. That way you don't have to recreate the sealing surfaces, which...

Took everyone on the Chicken Corners trail today. This photo shows the Jeep parked at the top of the cliff just after rounding the Chicken Corner, which is in the background. The Jeep is in the same place in this photo, but the photo was taken from the corner. Far below there's a tour boat...

Thanks for the information.

Have you decided how you're going to build it? What materials, for example?

Today, as an intro to offroading for my sister and her husband, we did Gemini Bridges, Bull Canyon and Long Canyon. After some coaching, Sue took the wheel and did the second half of Gemini and all of Long Canyon and she did a fine job. This photo was taken while negotiating some slickrock...

On Utah 128 just north of Moab yesterday. Will do trails today (without the trailer).

Since this is Denver that seems like a good guess... but they look to be less than 2' deep, would that hold skis securely enough? I still have no clue what it's for but I'll go with skis until a better idea comes along :)

I've stopped overnight near the Denver Airport because while I drove here from Delaware, my better half had more important things to do than sit in the Jeep for two days so she's flying out tonight. Tomorrow we'll head for the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge, then Moab for a few days showing my...

I've been using Microsoft Visio for my drawings for many years. Most people think of it as a business graphics program, but it's far more capable than that. I do all of my design work with it, here are a few examples: When I was building my LJ-based "Retro Wrangler" pickup, I did all the...

About once a year I need to use the JKU for more than three passengers, which means that the floor compartment has to be swapped out for the 2/3 side of the rear seat to go in. The floor compartment: I designed the floor compartment so it's relatively easy to swap it for the seat, the...

Thank you very much for the kind words. All of the MOLLE pouches in the posts you referenced are my designs except for the ones in green camo, those are military surplus. Some of them I designed and sewed and some I designed were adopted by Overland Outfitters and turned into products. You...