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My ARB branded Engle has been a solid performer for the past decade. But there are a lot of options out today.

You are talking diesel D22s. That never existed in the states. So where are you? The North American D40 isn't the same as many of the other market versions of the D40. Your reference material may be incorrect. Hard to say for sure.

I have also found that in this size there are a lot of charge controllers calling themselves MPPT when they are actually PWM. A charge controller is one are I look to spend a little more money and get a quality part. Doing the research on my solar the panel was relatively simple. But finding...

I can't remember which one is the stripper model, but they really gutted it. Manual windows, manual door locks, manual mirrors, steel wheels, I think a lower trim of seats. The roof storage big goes away. Actual contents vary by year as well. It was the model to get the "starting price of...

MPPT milks every possible watt out of a panel. Running large arrays it makes sense a 20% gain is like adding a couple extra panels. Small systems it is usually just more cost effective just to get a panel that is 20% larger and run a cheaper PWM controller. The exception is if you are package...

50W is plenty. I run my ARB fridge off a 70W panel. Mounted flat (no aiming). Often parked under shade trees. I am only using a PWM charge controller, so I am getting less than 50W of usable power. If I needed more power a MPPT charge controller will bring me back to full output. Couple...

How many times did you get a hot foot?

2010 Xterra is 108k. Besides oil changes the only time the hood has needed to be opened is to change the battery (twice as of the Janurary) The only hoist is for tire rotations which are wearing true and never needed an alignment. Thinking about getting around to doing the 105k spark plug...

Since you are looking at '16 and newer, forget anything from the '15 and prior. So much has changed they are not a good reference point. No diesel, Got it. The only other option at the moment is the 5.6 V8. Rumor of a V6 but no sign of it coming anytime soon. So the new Titan come in two...

The automatic in the 2012 is NOT a CVT. It is a conventional 5-speed automatic. And it is just fine. Nothing wrong with it. If you really want to look for problems, you can find them in anything. But in the real world, nothing bad. Now a few years before that, there is a potential problem...

I wanted a V8 pathfinder. But they were too expensive when I was shopping. Xterra with the offroad package is what I ended up with. That was back in 2010, still have it. But I do have the 18" wheels now, same as yours. But I got the 6-speed that you can't get in the pathfinder, so I will...

2010 there was only two ways to get the manual transmission. Base model (yours) or the fully loaded off-road trim. I really like mine in the off-road trim. They are rare and to the right crowd very desirable. When people find I have the stick shift they want to buy it. I have a waiting list...

That looks like a Honda 600 (can't see if it is an N or a Z). The car weighs nothing. Had one once. I would park it crooked just so I could lift the back and put it in a parking spot straight. A slightly bigger friend walked up to it an tipped it up on two wheels. A whopping 48½" wide. They...

Key part of the question that is missing, how long will you want to go between restockings? Are you just doing a 3-day weekend outing, or will it be 2 weeks before you can restock? Short trips and good packing you can get by with something pretty small. But if you need it to stay stocked for...

The 7.3 loves long drives. If that is how it is driven, lots of miles left. My uncle lost his at 300k but it was due to a bad injector screwing up a cylinder. So while they can last for stupid long time, it doesn't take much to kill one in short order if things go wrong. I also know of a 6.0...

Looked through the wiring diagrams. The rear power outlet is a little more difficult. To make it live all the time it will either be a fuse jumper or cut and splice. The front power outlets (dash and center console) are a lot easier to make live all the time. There is a relay by the driver's...

No way would I ever delete the in radiator cooler. If you are running good, A/C off, air to the fan cool enough that the clutch isn't locked in and take off from a stop you spike the trans temps. With pretty much zero airflow through the cooler it can't shed heat. Something like a boat ramp...

Opinion based on having used Optimas for 20 years and Oddessy for 10. Northstar is fairly young in my personal data file, but so far is doing very well. You want data, look at weight. for a given size Optima is the lightest, because it has the least lead and most voids. The "6-pack" design...

Was a sportmobile. When it was an E350 it was a sportmobile. After it was grafted to the F650, all bets on build quality are off.

I'm sure it was done as a battery saver. Don't want people wanting to run stuff back there and run the battery down. My Xterra was made before such logic and is always hot. I added a solar panel that feeds into that circuit so the original fuse is now a charge fuse when not sending power to...