Such a fun trail, it's been since '22 since last time I was on it. I'm very surprised how rutted the twisties are getting, usually you aren't lifting a tire off the ground like that. Great bunch of gents you're wheeling with. Tell them all hello from me.
JK will need modifications to the mounting bracket for clearance, it will work, but not a straight easy bolt on. The JL/JLU will bolt up zero modifications needed. Lots of manual knobs to engage/disengage that are under $30.
At the old house, I would have removed the top, AND, had a place to keep it. Now with the new place, and heat hotter than all that is unholy, it's probably never coming off. The Hothead headliner for the Sunrider has my attention though.
Coming up on 2 years with mine, they are still my favorite tire. I've used them in Colorado snow and granite boulders, South Texas Boca Chica beach sand and the red rocks of Moab.
This also reminds me that I need to repaint the hitch skid for this year's road trip trail run. I don't have the luxury of close trails now, so it gets forgotten frequently, sitting in the garage.
They are too small to be effective on a large fire that you are describing. Small stuff, yep. Pack the marshmallows in the back, away from the engine, but easily accessible, so you can at least toast them while you watch it burn. The toxic fumes just add flavor to the marshmallows.
No I wasn't. With the pizza cutters and the standard width axle, it tucked up into the fender just barely, and sitting on the bump stop. That's with a 2" lift then. I'm at 3.5" now so even more chance of reducing that possibility.
What is the cost on that, and time and difficulty for install? I'm in the land of Texas heat, and it gets hot, especially when it's hot, and that hot transfers a lot of heat, to the existing heat, making it really hot. I run the Sunrider 24/7 365 since early 2020 install.
K thx bye