I think I've read that stock rubicon tires are about 63lbs and wheels are about 24-26. Anything in that range should be fine, but, yes, performance will degrade as you go heavier. Ten pounds of additional unsprung weight at each corner may not sound like a lot, but that's probably in "I can...
Measure the diameter of your hub and start searching for "hub reducing rings" or "reducing centering rings" that might work. Maybe someone else can think of some smarter key words that will help.
When I got mine last March, I could use the front cam at any speed for maybe 15 seconds. Somewhere along the way, the updated software took that away. Now, I can only activate it when I'm below about 5 mph. If I activate it while stopped, it will run for about 15 seconds up to any speed I can...
I think your friend may have been pulling your leg. Who carries around a boot and boots their own car? Do you want to make the vehicle have the appearance of being abandoned or, at least, unsupervised?
Here's my suggestion: Buy the boot, stick it on the friend's car, and tell him you are just...
1. Driving down the road and you hit a puddle that sprays water everywhere: You continue on your way.
2. Driving down the road and you hit a puddle that sprays mud everywhere: You turn around and "plow through it a bunch of times" until your jeep dies.
Seems different to me.
If anybody wants a pretty good deal on a non-jeep, waterproof, BT speaker, check your Walmart clearance aisle. I just grabbed a JBL Flip Essential for $35. It sounded so good that I went back and got two more for family members.
Nah, more like:
"all you guys that have your tops popped when you drive through a car wash....and your radio/electronics/etc get soaked.. no more warranty for you...that's considered neglect/abuse/stupidity...
I haven't read the whole thread so it may have been addressed, but I'd like to know the experience level of the OP. Honestly, the video and the first post make it seem like a buck novice offroader who thought, "Now that I have a jeep, I'm invincible."