Lol, this thread.
I'm in the camp of do what makes you happy. Hell I don't even care if you lower your jeep and put 30" rims on it... I'll say it's ugly but to each their own. I think the whole "mall crawler" thing is just to mess with people and I would hope no one is too serious about someone...
You will absolutely love the softtopper. Had one on my Tacoma and abused it pretty good and it always held up and it's so easy to fold down if you need to put bigger stuff back there. By far my favorite modification on my Tacoma
THIS! is why I always thought it would be genius if Jeep had a middle tailgate that integrated into the bed like the old Chevy Avalanches. Obviously more engineering and cost involved, so I understand why they didn't but thought it would be awesome
Yes, the second number is the ratio of the width to the sidewall of the tire. So on a 245/75r17 75% of the width is the height of the sidewall... 285/70R17 70% of the width is the sidewall
75% of 245 is 184ish
70% of 285 is 200ish
I feel like Jeep missed an opportunity, since the top comes off, to create a sort of center tailgate like on the chevy avalanche. That way the seats would fold and the bed would extend into the cab. Obviously that would require a lot more engineering though
If you want 4.10s but don't 4-wheel I would just go with the Sport S with Max Tow package. You get beefier axles and 4.10s, then you can throw the Rubi wheels/tires on it. You can also add the rear LSD
Actually I stand corrected, looks like payload with the manual on the Sport is 1600. It's just the towing that is affected according to this article
https://www.tfltruck.com/2019/03/2020-jeep-gladiator-towing-specs/