Badlands on 37's since day 1: 12k miles and a half dozen trips off-road with no issues. That said, I did buy and install the JKS tie rod sleeves a month or 2 ago just to be safe.
I love my manual off-road. I also had concerns before I got mine since the vast majority of my off-roading has been in automatics, but it's honestly great. If you're comfortable in a manual in general, you'll be fine off-road.
So....I tried it. Not driving, just in the driveway. I disagree that the shorter hinge/lighter door would be an issue, but the way that the upper hinge works requires the bolt to be in place. the door clicks and hops when you open/close without it.
Back in my Jeep days, I would remove the door bolts in Spring and just leave them off until Fall. Never had any issues when the doors were on without the bolts and taking them off was just that much quicker. Anyone try this on their Bronco yet?
I've had expensive lights that were great and expensive ones that weren't. I've also had cheap lights that were great (and lasted for years) and cheap ones that weren't. The nice thing about the cheap ones is that if they are garbage, you're only out $37.
I've driven soft top Jeeps for years. My rule is: If it's something either quick (eg. store) or where I can see it (eg. restaurant), it stays down. If I'm going to be a while and will not be able to see it, top goes up. I don't think the top being up is going to actually stop anyone who wants to...
One to the battery , 1 to a trigger (I'm currently using a fuse tap to a keyed fuse), 1 for ground, and then wires to tap into your kick panel speakers.
I can take some pics later, but I literally just shoved it under the LF seat from the back. I didn't actually "mount" it because it's a pretty tight fit on it's own.