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just FYI, this is not a light load like you think it is.. with a 100AH battery and just a fridge I can go 3 days before I dropped below 12V.. so your loads, are greatly in excess of those of us just running fridges.. sounds like you got about a 30AH+ a day diet, most fridges use about 15-20AH a...

MPPT is worth the expense over PWM in my experience, and your honestly cant see your self ever going over 100W is because you have 0 experience right now.. out in the field, catching sunlight in ever changing locations is much easier said than done.. overcast, forest canopies, non-summer...

there's nothing special about it, SmartSolar 100/15 will output up to 15A of power and can input up to 100V of Panels.. so fundamentally, any panel you hookup will work.. find one in the size/shape/budget you want, and plug it in. Kits are for suckers, more money for more medocracy.. the key...

If your already bought into Victron, keep going.. the BMV-712 will be capable of providing remote voltage/temp readings to its MPPT cousin.. its historical stats and stuff are great, it does plenty fine of keeping track of SOC IMO

What size in AH is the house bank? In my wanderings and many attempts at solar from minimal to full blown I've found 100W per 100AH FLA is the minimum, and 200W is the sweet spot.. assuming you have a 100AH Lead house battery, I'd say get a controller capable of at least 200W input (15A), and...

265/65/18's are fine IIRC, espically if your gonna use spacers.. here, plug the biggest OEM wheels they made into this, the big honking 21s more than likely.. then find the specs for OEM 18's, wrap em in your rubber and see where they land.. Also if your keen on spacers, do a proper alignment...

You can go to like 31.5in OD, you go past that and you start rubbing on the intercooler vents in the wheel liner.. thats with stock suspension. my next set of tires likely to be 245/75/17

I use BlueSea terminal blocks mounted directly to battery like this: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Systems-5191-Terminal/dp/B0019ZBTV4/ Fuse and wiring to sub panels is over-rated enough it should never trip under any nominal conditions, only something like a wreck flipping everything around...

Since your in Europe it should be significantly easier to source the parts for a conversion if you find the ideal vehicle and its not got the locker.. just about everything I'd need I'd have to import to US, same for the Aussies.. they were super unicorns in most of the world.. If you can twist...

What kinda adventures are you planning for? I've been unlocked and conquered some of Colorado's roughest trails w/base model Wrangler, its a manual so low range was a must use but I could go out with Auto wranglers who would do same trails w/out ever locking center diff, let alone low range.. I...

If your looking for something hardsided for all seasons, check out intech's offerings.. Their tallest flyer they currently make is like 5'6" inside, not full standing but its not as bad as a teardrop with 3.5ft of headroom.. I'm 6'4" and was able to walk around hunched over fine, same height as...

You'll want factory tow provisions if ya serious about towing, cuz they often came with bigger radiators and more powerful fans.. it was like a +$500 factory option, or a $1000 for just hitch/module and derated towing capabilities with the smaller cooling capabilities.. if you get like the V8 or...

If you use chassis ground you should add redundant, heavy gauge grounding points to the engine and battery.. first of all your OEM grounding straps were unlikely designed with such high amp loads in mind, secondly you want a good alternate path incase a strap should fail.. I've had an OEM strap...

TM-281 is an excellent radio, Ive got a couple of em.. nice and cheap, rugged, and sensitive. I work 2m by in large the most, more activity on national call frequencies.. I only use the UHF side of my dual bander in my expo rig for GMRS usage.. tho here in town there's quite a bit of activity...

I spent last night digging through parts catalogs, the Q7 shares same rear diff as the TDI Touareg at my model year because no lockers were offered, the late gen Treg TDI's have same ratios as early gen Treg TDI's, and they swap in the earlier rear diff.. so yeah, I'll need 0AB525016P the rear...

yeah the closest anyone found was a part number for a selector lever that shows front diff lock, they never found the part number or anything further about the Race Treg diff, let alone any parts.. thats how that stuff kinda goes, they build one offs all the time.. I've got a 6MT Gearbox in my...

I dont think anyone's figured out a way to articulate the diff lock w/just switches/relays.. it plugs into a can module that talks to the switch.. thats one of the big hurdles I see w/trying to retrofit a rear locker into my Audi is there is no OEM switch location for me to take advantage of so...

yeah I got 650W of solar w/LFP bank, and this season I added a 120W Ice Maker to the rig.. it makes a batch of ice every 6mins, so when the batteries are full and the sun is shining.. we can crank out some ice w/the excess solar for drinks/spirits/ice cream maker.. but even at that power level I...

solar in baha is not going to be comparable to what you get in Canada @iggi, lower latitudes, all day w/out shade.. its pretty easy to get more solar than u need and rely very minimally on batteries. its riding out days of overcast with 2-5% output of solar that those Dorm fridge's gonna kill...

the 6cyl's are all VR6 motors VW has been developing since the 90's.. or TDI also made by VW.. the V8's are using Porsche specific engines, but they are very closely related to the Audi V8's of same vintage.. but none of that matters because Porsche is Volkswagen so if ur the kinda person to run...