Recent content by smritte

Forgot to add. My wife's Camaro. Cleaned and scrubbed it. Had to clay bar the fallout out of the paint. She just uses the wash solution. Its been great for over a year and looks freshly polished. You can run your hand over the paint and it is slick like it was just waxed. She wash's every week...

The one I linked is applied to the vehicle while its still wet. Wash first and lightly spray a panel then rinse. I will do half of my Tacoma at a time, rewetting when necessary. As for the undercarriage, haven't tried it but I can tell you this, I accidentally spilled some on my garage concrete...

I stopped waxing my vehicles a while ago. I use a ceramic spray on everything three or four times a year. The vehicle needs to be real clean before the first application and I would clay bar the paint if its old. In my area we have something called Fall out (acid rain). You would need acetone to...

Do you ceramic coat your rig? Mine cleans way easier now.

I'm going somewhat agree with what you said. The knowledge base evolved with the equipment but mapping wise, most of us already had all the routes mapped. I personally gained nothing extra. What it did do was make people not have to explore and research to find things. The minimum mods thing...

The only people asking the question are the ones who jumped on the "Overlanding Bandwagon". I cant even count the number of fads I've watched die. But yes, the people who jumped on the fad are wondering. For the rest of us the only difference it makes is our favorite areas are no longer crowded...

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Like the others, I've built and used both an expo and a small tear drop. Over the years I've also traveled with other peoples trailers. I want to echo Moak on the long tongue issue. Both of mine are designed to follow my tow vehicle track, exactly. The tear drop is the more comfortable but like...

I don’t put it in standby. Didn’t know it was a thing. I just discontinue service and turn it on when I want to. No extra charge so far.

I love my starlink. being able to pause it is a plus. I may have it off for a couple of months. That's $50 a month I don't need to pay and if i turn it off after a day, I get a prorate. Either way, its better than anything else I've used.

I get it. I do diagnostics like this for a living and very few are able to. If you know someone who can, it will save you frustration. The issue you run into asking advice on a forum is unless the company has a flaw in the system somewhere, all you get is people guessing. Now you replace...

The first step in diagnoses is eliminate possibilities. You never just assume anything. Prove everything. What you cant prove you diagnose. You proved the ac part worked and that also proves the fridge. You need to prove the DC part now. The next part is going to be measuring current flow on...

The Jackery is fine for a day or two. Base camp for anything longer and your wanting solar. I run 100 watts on my cruiser and 400 on my trailer with a 200 watt folding as a backup if I'm camped in the forest. On my old trailer, my 150 watt put back whatever my fridge used over night and still...

I live in Southern California. I did a local search and came up with these. I used "California overland vehicle rental" as my search. Most of the rest of the results look like camper vans. If your not planning on going anywhere rough, Sprinter vans work very well out here. I have one in my off...

I very much agree with this statement. It doesn't help when peoples opinions are based on outdated knowledge and rumors. When I was young, the old timers were afraid of aluminum rims. They would say, "you can hammer a steel rim back into shape to get you home but you cant on an aluminum"...