There is a new sub forum for build threads. This looks like a build thread to me.
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....but this is also why you twisted your body when you went over. That tailgate is a MAJOR part of the geometry of the rear end of the Jeep. Without finding a way to triangulate that opening without the tailgate there I personally wouldn't run this way. Levi 2013 CG JKU 6-speed
Yes, unfortunately being different (read that as cool and badass, unlike OverlanderJK) does come at a cost of taking risks that were not always planned to the most minuscule of degrees.
For someone who uses tire shine on every inch of their jeep I would have thought you would take more precautions. :grayno: