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Because they make sense for lug bolts, what is the point when the studs already stick out and you can set the wheel on them easily? Seems like an added step with no gain unless I'm missing something?

I was running one of my older 37s a a spare after I got new 37s. Had a sidewall blow out and that 37 went back on the truck. Tire shop didn't have a matching tire so I bought a cheap 37 to be the spare. I have one that's more worn than the others but they'll catch up. No need to buy extra tires...

That was my initial reaction. Looking at the camper it looks like a car seat could be safely mounted to the floor behind the console. Child still reachable from the front seats and it would barely be in the way moving around in the camper. Remove it and set it in the front seat when camping and...

No experience with a camper like yours, is it a pass through from the cab? If so there should be room to make something work. Set back far enough I could see it safely and comfortably done.

I'm with you on the thinking it out, I just don't see a feasible way of fitting a car seat between 2 adults in the front of a JL/JT. Even if you got it in there and mounted solid there's no room for the driver and passenger and the airbags are a major concern. I'd rather ride in the camper with...

Jerry rigging a death trap for a small child on the transmission hump is far easier than buying a new rear seat?

The solution is the same because there isn't enough room in either and your airbags may well kill your child. If only the JL had a back seat... Before you invest any more time just go sit a car seat on the center console and get in the drivers seat. Would you want to ride around like that...

But the JT has a back seat? Are you removing the back seat and stuffing the kid in the front? I assumed this was to haul more people than the JT was built for. If it's just to free up the back seat for storage it's an even worse idea. Get a topper or a trailer if you need cargo space. Have the...

Child car seats typically range from 15.5-17.5" wide. There's just not room for 3 front seat passengers. Pretending the tiny human only takes up a tiny space is ignoring the size of the car seat entirely. 2x100lb front seat passengers wouldn't be comfortable or safe in an accident. Fractured...

I miss the days where the internet had no filter. Everyone is too damn sensitive these days. It's going to take a lot more than text on the forum to offend me as it should everyone else. There's nobody on my ignore list. There are plenty of people here and on the JL forum I disagree... and I...

Sometimes you just gotta make it work... which is where it gets sketchy. The trick is not to leave it when there's time to go back and make it right.

The receptacles are made that way so the neutral can be flipped horizontal on the appliances that draw 1900W+. This is done so they can't be plugged into a 15A receptacle but any lower watt appliance can be plugged into the 20A receptacle. Some of the larger coffe/espresso machines draw 2000+...

The standard outlet where most would use a dryer... in the bathroom, is 20A. And maybe you don't let the dogs in the house and use the utility sink in the garage... which also has a 20A outlet. My point was I wouldn't be at all surprised that the dryer draws 1800 watts.

Don't look at your wife's hair dryer...my wife's draws 1950W on high. Of course the bathroom gfci is on a dedicated 20A circuit as are the counter outlets in the kitchen, the gfci in the garage, etc by both choice and code. The dishwasher and disposal are each on a 20A circuit on that split...

30k is pretty even to 45-70? More Grey math. If a full size truck works for you, which it clearly does for most by the numbers that nobody was arguing, then why would you buy a JT if offroading wasn't even a consideration? That's not the market for the gladiator and never was. The JT is a Jeep...

Ford doesn't publish Rator sales separate from the F150 line as a whole, but the best estimates I can find are 20-30k per year. The gladiator sales between 73k and 43k per year. But 8-10 will choose the overpriced truck that's a whale by comparison and yet only tows 500lbs more while selling...

4.10s in a JK with .83-1 top gear is a final drive ratio on the highway/freeway of 3.403-1. With the 8 speeds double overdrive and 5.13 gears you get a final drive ratio of 3.437. That's a negligible difference that would have 0 effect on mpg or driveability. Given the OP has 37s the .03 deeper...

The convertible ability is far from the only thing the gladiator does better than any full size. Maneuverability. Firing on tight trails. Breakover and departure angles. Articulation. Pretty much anything that makes a vehicle good off road the gladiator does better than any pickup in any class...

The wheelbase makes a huge difference. 35s on the rubicon in a TJ were great. 35s on a JT would be drag city. Even on 3.5" of lift and 37s I drag the belly and rear bumper on anything more than a 5 rated trail. Of course if we are running 7+ tails we take the wife's JLUR on 39s as it is the much...

I don't know that I'd trust the stock height and 33s on the road to our property during monsoon season. Of course if I didn't wheel it I'd still be in a ram rebel as it was a much better road trip/ street truck.