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I took a chance on a cheap amazon 100 ah battery. Why? because I wanted to see how they held up. So far, a year of undercharging, over taxing, too cold and too hot it's doing great. I could have spent over $1000 for the same but with more features. Instead I spent $200 (ish). I have stack's of...

Agreed.

Their smooth and they dissipate energy well. The only down side to a torsion is modifications. Vehicles with torsions should be left close to stock height. I have yet to see an off-road torsion lift kit that doesn't make me cringe. If I want to mod and lift an off road vehicle, its on coils...

I'm going to assume this is what you run and have at least somewhat abused. My self, I have not run any wraps but have researched them. Unfortunately, the only feedback I've seen is from people who install only or don't go off-road. The wraps I have seen have not held up but, I have no idea what...

I started using this bluetooth dongle years ago due to the lack of anything that worked properly with an I Phone. Read the details about it before you consider buying it. Some of these things don't play well with some euro cars. The link is with the manufacture (scantool.net) but you can get...

We call those gate keepers. No overhead but mostly rock piles limiting by clearance width and skill. Most trails have ratings with signs stating the minimum requirements for vehicles. The trail I mostly maintained was 33" tires and a single locker. The gate keeper must be as difficult as the...

^^^This^^^ The problem is catching them on film. Working my Adapt a Trail, we only caught 1 person in 25 years. Fortunately, they made an example out of the guy. Unfortunately it didn't lessen the damage we dealt with from others.

I read a similar article about Utah. Most of the rescues were rental vehicles. Over the years, I've watched this happen all over. The environmental groups use this as ammunition to push closures. Look at Utah right now. I saw this in the Mojave, in my local mountains, the sand dunes south of me...

Read the specs on their controllers. I don't remember which one was the last one I bought (Rover?). I do know it was a 30amp. Their products have quite a number of great features. I recently replaced one of mine not because it was bad but I wanted an updated version with a display. As @socal66...

I put a link to it in my first post. If you scroll down a bit on the home page, they have some good tutorials. I'm curious to see how my neighbor does coating his wrap. He didn't pay attention to the instructions for the ceramic. Not sure if its going to work. On the other hand, I haven't...

I did the coating myself. Each of my vehicles took three days to complete. I started using it almost two years ago now on my Tacoma and about a year and a half on my Camaro. I'm getting ready to do a second spray coat on my Tacoma and first one on my Camaro. From what I read, the life span of...

I'll have to politely disagree. What brand ceramic did you use, how did you install it, where did you test it and what did you compare it to? I'm not sure what types you personally have tried but all of my vehicles will get this. I did the research and went and tested it. The brush that would...

Yes. That's the reason some companies put deflectors in front of them. The noise is caused from the air moving across an edge. This can also happen with things mounted on sides. When I was dealing with this in the shop, sometimes all it took was moving a slat forward or back a few inch's.

I use the products from Avalon King. I researched ceramic coatings and found there's good ones and poor ones. if you buy a good coating but don't prep it correctly, you waisted your money and time. Their site has a good tutorial section so at least read up on the process.

Pop over to the trailer section and look at some of the DIY stuff. I'm pretty sure I saw someone do something similar. I put a standard RTT on my M-100 and pulled that for years. I think loaded I was almost 1000 pounds. What your looking at will be way less.

Good job repurposing the window motors. It appears you added a gear to the motor's with matching rack's. What I would do diffrent is neatly route the wiring. Encase them in either split loom or a sheathing and tie it down. Box in the bottom of your joy stick switch and possibly run the rack...

Ive been lucky myself. I have on the other hand needed to help other's. Mostly sprains and cactus. The worse being vehicle roll over's and a high speed dirt bike crash. I do on the other hand manage to injure myself at home. The only advice I can ever give is, dont get old. It takes longer to heal.

A few questions. What is your alternators output? beside the vehicle and batteries, what else do you have drawing power? Do you have solar? Alternator damage is primarily from overheating. A general rule is not to exceed 75% of total out put for long periods of time. 90% for an hour is pushing...

Short answer is both are good. The long answer is it depends on how you drive and how your rig is set up. Icon has always rocked for Toyota. I'm sure the shock tune is going to be at least close for all their products. I don't know anyone who runs Elca and actually never heard of of them...

BMW Step program is a very good training program. I know a couple of the instructors out here.