Welcome to the IG Forum Skunk Works: Let's create the products that WE want

[ecohen2]

I have a simple one that could be made as cool as you want it.

How about a small fan (maybe a PC CPU fan) and a plastic clip that would go on the back of the display to keep it cool. You could easily power it with a small solar strip along the back side as well. This will keep the display from loosing its mind when its hot and sunny outside... I was suggesting solar since the issue only happens for me when it is hot and sunny outside...

I was going to do this, but don't have access to a 3d printer..

 

[BenTN]

I got idea around trailer hitch, a skid plate. There are some on market now but I think the extended bottom of our hitch, they won't work. Maybe less of an issue for the SW but QM people would like them.

I really like this idea. I thought about creating a skid plate like this and didn't know that it is already a thing you can buy. That happens a lot. I think this could be a cool and functional product. I have felt like the receiver flange is a bit of an anchor off road and could use a skid plate.

Because we have the welded nuts included on the flange of our receivers, I was thinking about bending a plate and simply bolting it to the flange, instead of using the 2in Reese extension as attachment.

I'll put it on the list.

 

[ADVAW8S]

I really like this idea. I thought about creating a skid plate like this and didn't know that it is already a thing you can buy. That happens a lot. I think this could be a cool and functional product. I have felt like the receiver flange is a bit of an anchor off road and could use a skid plate.

Because we have the welded nuts included on the flange of our receivers, I was thinking about bending a plate and simply bolting it to the flange, instead of using the 2in Reese extension as attachment.

I'll put it on the list.

Ohh, I didn't think about the nuts on the flange receiver. I thought you would be giving up real estate with the hitch.

 

[BenTN]

I'm reviving this thread after a long pause to say...

There has been A LOT of activity in the owner community over the past few months related to these Grassroots projects. It has been a lot of fun. At least a dozen products have gone through design and prototyping and quite a few have already appeared for sale on the Forum Store at grenadierworks.com

I've not been providing public updates because most of these projects have been handled within small forum chat (Direct Message) groups made up of a handful of interested people. That seems to be working well to cut down on noise.

I plan to write up a few posts in the next week or so telling the story of some of these creation processes. Lots of pics, sketches, prototypes, and in-vehicle testing.

So, if you want to propose an idea and see if anyone else wants to help work on it, this is the place! Let's hear about what you wish to see available on the market. Maybe some folks will jump in with ideas and maybe a group will form to move it forward. That seems to be the way this is naturally working out. It has been rewarding and enjoyable.