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Girlfriend did most of the build, from the Compact Camping Concepts kit. They needed pretty exhaustive measurements, but in the end it came out pretty much perfect. I drilled a few holes, and helped move the Tepui from the 4runner to it, but other than that it was all her. It's going to get...

Trim done, Skidplate installed.

Yeah, I thought about that and just installing the steel one initially... This one is heavy enough as it is! The Aluminum is thick enough that I don't regret not getting the steel one.

Skid plate and trim came today. Fun times this weekend.

Getting close to done. Bumper came in. Thought about doing the round Hella's that everyone does, but since my mounting tabs are on top due to winch clearance, went with something lower profile(and more expensive :sleepy: ) Waiting on a fender trim kit, and the cosmetics will be mostly done...

G/F went on vacation and brought this back... Not even done with the Q7... sigh. 2001 SR5 4wd, with 175k miles. $9k with the Tepui, and sherpa rack.

It's full-time AWD (Quattro) and unlike the Cayenne and Toureg's, I don't think ever had any lockable diffs available. It's not something I'm building for serious offroading, just something with enough clearance to be able to stay out of trouble on most fire-roads( and get itself unstuck). More...

That's sad. Ironically, a second front end wreck is what started my build, which is almost complete. taking it on a 1500 mile shakedown cruise soon. Not a rock crawler, but a 600 mile range glamper !

It's finishing up pretty well. Taking a 1500 mile trip to Angel Fire to test it out. Starlink Hammock is working pretty good, getting 65mb/s+ while moving. Have a few trim pieces to acquire, a Eurowise bull/light bar to choose, rock rails to purchase, rack to build (Sherpa parts), and a front...

Hey... Headlights... still need to replace the lens on the drivers side. Also, because I used a 2008 SLine bumper on my 2012 Q7, I need to pull the front end off again, and pull the wiring harness and put in the one from the 2012, as the old harness is not compatible with the LED turn...

Mesh screen actually came out OK. The parts that aren't ok, should be covered mostly by the Eurowise bull bar. Which still needs to be ordered. It's a good 10 footer. Probably be some lead time on that, as they are moving warehouses, and as my options are raised version that clears the parking...

I doubt this will leave the pavement for much more than dirt roads, and snowy roads to ski areas, but it'll look good doing it! The Q7 drivetrain isn't really made for rock crawling, so I'll likely take it easy on it.

Getting close... Some trimming around the intercoolers, then some aluminum mesh on the lower turn signal vents, and some modification to the turnsignals themselves since this is a 2008 S Line bumper, as my original parts won't fit quite right, but this year bumper had the parking sensors on the...

Autocross season started, so the Ohlins install on the Cayman took precedence, and before that even, the solar powered Mini-split AC install for the garage, cuz IMA wimp... This powers it, and charges our Ford Lightning Daily driver. Moves with the sun on actuators, and LDR sensors. A little...

Keepin' moving but slow. Had to do a bunch of work to my autocross car(see pic, lower and hopefully faster with Ohlins), but after this weekend, could possibly finish the basic build. Still need to: relocate the Intercoolers (just make some brackets to move them forward a bit) install the...