I saw your rig on the instagram feed and had to check it out.
A few questions:
1) Did you request the headliner in black or is that something Ursa Minor is just doing now? If so why?
I didn't ask for it and was happily surprised by it. I think it looks really good! Maybe John has certain colors for certain vehicle paint colors?
2) Your solar setup interests me greatly. Looks a lot leaner than my setup. My rigid panel setup totals 45 lbs of top heavy mass and I've been considering changing out the panels to the flexible type you have to lighten things up.
a) Are they removable, or permanently mounted? Could you elaborate (with pics of course) on your mounting method and thoughts behind your design?
b) Do you drive around with the panels on? Are they affected by the wind?
c) What are your wattage specs and/or panel brand and part numbers?
The panel is a Renogy RNG-100DB 100w flexible panel. I had found a thread where a Westfalia owner had mounted two flexible panels on his top's rails. He simply added aluminum strips to provide solid mounting points and used bolts, slid upside down in the rails, to attach to the roof. (See photos below)
The panel is on all the time, but easily removable. UMV added foam rubber to the aluminum strips in case of fluttering, but I have not heard anything thumping around up there.
3) Your interior center light is not the standard that Ursa has used in the past? Can you elaborate on that?
In one of the J30 threads on ExPo, there was mention of using the Rigid A-series light for a more-natural and warm LED color. I had UMV use it, instead, along with an angle mount from Rigid that allows the light to be pointed down when the top is up.
4) The base interior is white. Custom? Reasons?
The standard Jeep hardtop's interior is white, but UMV uses black carpeting on their tops.
5) What is on the sides of the headliner? Switch pod or something? This has been a minor problem area for me, so details would be appreciated.
I'm not quite sure what you're referring to?
Also if you could please cross post your pics to the J30 community on Expo it would be appreciated.
I sure will, but it'll be a couple of days.