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I would personally rather buy something cheap that everyone admitted was crap, and then direct and or do the work myself. I’ve dumped $12k into “restoring” a truck only to recognize that the value was still less than $4k because that is what the market for a used truck of that type was worth...

The “sliding doors in tracks” work out nicely for a lot of things, including not taking up space for the swing of the door, but any time I’ve had a door (or window) sliding in a track, the lower track has ended filling up with crap over time. I don’t know if a simpler, better solution, but you...

Agreed on the liability comment. My initial thought is that you can go as wide as the width limits for a vehicle in your state. Drivability will suffer, for the reasons already mentioned, and noise, but it will work. Realistically, I personally wouldn’t go more than 3-4” wider than each side...

You may need to adjust your expectations. This fridge does not have a forced cooling fan like your kitchen fridge, so things down low and touching the cooling coils ( outsides) will be cooler than top center. I run mine about 28 and it keeps everything nicely cold, but water bottles will...

I grew up in your neck of the woods. For the stuff you will see and do locally, you probably won’t need much in terms of suspension. If you don’t like the ride quality after adding that weight, I would start with a simple airbag kit in the rear. If you decide to go after bigger tires...

Hadn’t seen that before, but it seems pretty cool. I was thinking of ways to modify my soft shell tent to include hard covers instead of a travel cover, and I didn’t come up with anything nearly that simple.

My 3.6 Wrangler was doing a random click instead of start. Eventually I figured out it was a loose (almost impossible to see or even feel) positive terminal post that I had screwed onto a threaded post battery. While I am sure that a diy-guy like you had probably checked all of the battery...

I’m on board with disaster prep or whatever reason, maybe you need to destroy evidence on short notice... whatever. My brother in law was just given about 15 min to prepare and evacuate his place near Malibu. Then he spent almost 8 hours in traffic. If I was doing that, I’d be much happier...

I think you might struggle to get a large enough platform on the bottom step to reasonably shower on and still be able to fold in the intended way. I would be very interested to see your final design, and hear your comments on usefulness.

I always keep them full. You never know when they will be needed. I rotate them through vehicle use every couple of months then refill. I second the note about pressure changes, on both sides of the thermometer. This summer I experienced a massive champagne-bottle style fountain of gas on...

And you’ll always have to yell... jeeps topless or with soft tops are great for long highway trips alone with your thoughts, no matter how many people are with you.

I’m at just over 70k, and I would say quality of drive is entirely related to quality of tires at this point. Mechanically, everything is still great... hoping I didn’t jinx myself...

Everything that can tolerate cold goes in the fridge. Everything else in a small action packer. The fridge usually ends up with most of the dry goods, just because there is enough space. The action packer was chosen because it was the right size and already in the garage, plus it can sit out...

My plasma and TIG are both from eastwood. The TIG wasn’t ever right from the beginning and let all the smoke out pretty quick, but the replacement is good. Certainly ok for my occasional use level.

While the HOA thing is true, and living is commercial zones is often frowned upon, many cities do allow a live-in or full time “security guard” to live on-site in an RV. If you really hit a home run you might find someone to pay you to live near their shop and use their compressed air! Don’t...

Air down less. Have you ever seen a super light, stripped down Jeep like a CJ or YJ sitting on 36-38” tires at 8-10 PSI and thought they should air down because you can’t see the tire deform? The goal of airing down is to increase the traction patch of the tire. More weight “squishes” an...

Also missed this. I think you need a rack, although I’ve seen people go completely topless and bolt to roll cage. There are racks that drill and bolt through the hardtop to the cage, eliminating your Exo-cage concerns. You won’t be disappointed in the Smittybilt until you spend time in a...

Unistrut and 1 1/16” U-bolts.

Slow. If you live in a place with no freeways no problem... if you live in California you will be “Number 1” to most people here. You’ll feel any altitude changes. But really reliable, with the ability to run in a partially impaired condition, no limp-home mode there... For $3800...? That...