I’m with you on the 18’s, gives it a much more “stock, utilitarian, overland, even modern look” vs a mud bog or rock crawler look imo.
Keep in mind 33” tires use to be big and 17” rims were a lot bigger deal. There’s plenty of meat on a 37” tire with an 18” wheel. If it works for your type of...
my 2cents.
For real life functionality
If you're asking what size tires you need, a good quality AT/offroad 33" that will protect you from flats is where to start. It'll take you everywhere a beginner and intermediate driver needs to go.
If you find you need more capability, great you're...
I'd recommend the Max Tow all the way, you know exactly what you're looking at.
The sway bar disconnect on the Rubi requires you to be in 4wd to work too, couple that with the expensive fix if it goes vs quick mechanical links, and that feature borderline cancels itself out imo.
My sway bars...
I’ve also been told by multiple off-road shops that re-gearing a 3.73 to run 35’s is completely unnecessary and 99% of people wouldn’t do it. I was quite surprised to hear that given that this forum seems to be full of people suggesting to re-gear a 3.73 for anything >33”.
I don’t know who’s...
In regards to the paint chipping, with galvanized you need to make sure you wipe it down with some type of cleaner like a glass one, then use a primer compatible with galvanized, then you should be good to top coat with what you want.
I’m setting my rails up, I’d really like to run two vertical...