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This Daystar Lower Switch Panel is for those of you with a 2011 and up JK that are looking

for a spot to add some additional switches for some auxiliary lighting.

And this switch panel is going to be a very simple one out of three wrench installation

that won't take you more than a half an hour to complete, of course, without the wiring

up of the switches.

Now, from the factory, there aren't a lot of locations to add accessory switches into

your JK.

You can cut into the dash, but a lot of people don't like to do that because there's just

no coming back from it.

Once that hole's there, it's there permanently.

So, Daystar has a couple of different options for switch panels for you.

I personally really like the A-pillar switch panels from Daystar, and this is going to

be another great option.

This is going to put a switch on the center consulate, just in front of your gear shift.

It's going to make the switches very easy to touch, very easy to access.

You're not gonna have to reach or stretch, and it's an area of your Jeep that is otherwise

underutilized.

Now, for a switch panel, this is going to be right on the money as far as the pricing

goes.

It doesn't include the switches.

There's going to be a little bit of cutting of the panel itself involved in order to get

your switches installed, depending on what type of switches you installed.

So there's a little bit of work as far as that goes.

It's not going to be a completely just an add-on piece.

However, for what you're getting, I do think this is a fair price.

As far as the construction goes, this is gonna be a plastic piece with a similar texture

to the rest of the interior of your JK, so it is gonna blend right in.

It's almost going to be an OEM plus look, almost like it should have been there right

from the factory.

Now, even though the holes aren't cut for the switches, because Daystar doesn't know

what size, what style, how many switches you're gonna be running, it does have little punch

out areas.

So with a nice sharp knife, you can make a cut that will allow you to put a traditional

style, a contra-style, rocker switch in here and you can fit five across.

If you wanted to go with a smaller toggle switch or a push button or even an LED indicator,

you can always do that as well.

You just have to be mindful of where the ribbing is on the back side of that switch area.

Other than that, this is, of course, gonna be a very simple easy install.

Once you have the switches installed, you will have to do all of your wiring, but we're

not talking about that here.

We're just talking about this switch panel, and the panel itself is very easy to install.

So to get this installed, again, it is a very simple one out of three wrench installation.

It won't take you more than a half hour to complete.

All you need to do is have a trim tool or a screwdriver handy, pop off one piece of

trim that's in front of that gear shift, and remove a couple of clips from the backside

of it.

You'll put those clips on your new switch panel and pop this in place of that factory

panel.

Of course, before or after that, you'll have to make your cutouts for however many switches

in whatever location you're gonna be using into all of your wiring.

But as far as the switch panel goes, again, very very simple process.

One thing to note is that this is only going to work with those automatic Jeeps.

If you have a stick shift, this is not going to work.

I said before that I think this is a very appropriately-priced switch panel.

A very fair price.

This comes in at just around $20.

And I think, again, that it fits very well, it looks good, matches the rest of your dash,

and is incredibly functional, so I honestly think that that $20 is a very fair price.

So if you're looking for a way to add some auxiliary switching to your JK, I'd definitely

recommend taking a look at this switch panel from Daystar, and you can find it right here

at extremeterrain.com.

For more infomation >> Jeep Wrangler Daystar Switch Panel - Lower (2011-2018 JK) Review & Install - Duration: 3:34.

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Jeep 4X4 Day 2018 🔴 How to turn off ESC in 4 high on Jeep Wrangler JL - Duration: 4:27.

Do you know that Jeep has their own day of the year?

That's right April the fourth every year is Jeep 4x4 day. Today I want to show you

a tip that you can use when you're out four-wheeling it up celebrating jeep 4x4

day. My name is Brandon here with Jeep Informant and today we're gonna

celebrate jeep 4x4 day by giving you a tip that may help you out on the trails.

Now if you like jeeps and four-wheel drive make sure you give me a big thumbs

up down below also well you hit that subscribe button and click the bell icon

so you don't miss any new Jeep information today I'm going to be

showing you how to disable the electronic stability control also known

as the electronic stability program, Now that it's different than the traction

control that you might be more familiar with. First off I have a safety

disclaimer disabled in the ESC is for off-road use only turning off the ESC

could cause you to lose control of the vehicle so do this at your own risk! Now

all that's out of the way let's take a look at the information center to the

left you will see the symbol that shows the traction control off and to the

right you'll see the symbol that shows the ESC turned off. Now these are

different and let me explain if you come down here to the center stack where the

traction control button is whether you're in two-wheel drive or for high

When you press the traction control button you get your light in the dash and

traction control is now awful what this allows to happen is for wheel spin a

little bit of rear wheel spin or front wheel spin okay now if your vehicle

starts to go sideways a little bit the ESC system kicks in and applies the

brakes where necessary to straighten the vehicle back up now

when you put the vehicle in for low it actually turns the ESC off automatically

but what if you wanted to turn the ESC off in for high how do you do that

as you can see right here I'm in for a little high so if we reach over here to

the center stack area again and press the traction control button once you can

see that the traction control is off not the ESC off so if we push it one more

time it turns the traction control back on

now as you can still see I'm in four-wheel hi and if we press and hold

the traction control button for six seconds

voila there you go now the ESC is off remember guys this is for all froude use

only do not use this on public roads or anything else besides offroad it is not

safe and this is why now I'm going to use this scenario as an example because

this is an extreme condition and you probably will understand a little better

if you are in the snow and you had the ESC turned off and you tried to make a

sharp turn you would probably just go straight right off the edge of the road

okay but with the ESC turned on okay which is always on unless you turn it

off or you're in for below and you make that turn hard to the left and it sees

understeer then you're gonna you're gonna hit the analogue brakes kicking in

and it's gonna straighten you up and it's gonna get you where you're supposed

to be going it's a safety feature okay it saves lives now I did test this out

to see if you could do this on the fly while you're driving and you can you can

do this while you're off road and you're in that situation and you can't get out

you're stuck in the mud or whatever condition it may be in you can go ahead

and perform this procedure while you're in the vehicle on the go guys I really

appreciate you watching and I hope everyone has a great and safe Jeep 4x4

day so take care out there thanks for watching give me a big thumbs up if you

liked this don't forget to subscribe and like I always say I hope you leave this

video smarter than you were before you started it thanks guys and have a great

day see you next time

For more infomation >> Jeep 4X4 Day 2018 🔴 How to turn off ESC in 4 high on Jeep Wrangler JL - Duration: 4:27.

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Jeep Wrangler Mickey Thompson Baja MTZP3 Tire (Available From 32" to 40" Diameters) Review - Duration: 4:02.

This Mickey Thompson MTZP3 tire is for those of you that have a 1987 and up Wrangler and

are looking for a very aggressive mud-terrain tire.

This is going to be the most aggressive tire available from Mickey Thomson, and it's available

for wheels 15 to 20 inches and in tire sizes of 32 inches up to 40 inches.

Now, what makes this the most aggressive tire by Mickey Thompson, and what really makes

it a mud-terrain tire instead of an all-terrain tire, is really the way that the lugs are.

This is going to have slightly smaller lugs in an altering tire, which is going to have

more space in between them, and that's really what's going to give you all of your grip.

The space in between is also designed to help the tire self-clean.

So when you get off-road, it gets packed up with mud and dirt, the tire can essentially

become a slick.

But if you get a little bit of wheel speed built up, this tire is designed to self-clean,

giving you all of your grip back.

Now, in each one of these lugs, you're also going to have some siping right from the factory.

And what that means is that that lug is going to be able to flex and move so when you have

the tire air down, you're off-road, you're really going to be able to conform to obstacles,

get the most contact with the obstacle and the tire giving the most traction and the

most ability to get over an obstacle or through the sloppy mud.

Now, if we work our way down to the sidewall of the tire a little bit, of course, this

tire is also going to have some lugs on the side wall.

Now, they're important for a couple of different reasons.

One, they're gonna give you that aggressive, off-road look that a lot of you guys are after.

Two, they're going to give you some more traction and some more performance when you're in an

off-road situation, especially when you're crawling on the rocks, you come up to a stamp

or an obstacle at a bit of an angle.

You're gonna get some grip out of these sidewall lugs.

And finally, these are gonna offer some protection to the tire.

This shoulder sidewall area is the area that is damaged most often off-road, and that can

certainly end your day very quickly, so having these lugs are going to offer some good peace

of mind and some protection.

So I already went over a lot of the construction of this tire as far as the lugs and the grooves

that make it a mud-terrain tire.

But a couple of things that are specific to Mickey Thompson, you're going to have their

PowerPly 3-ply sidewall technology that is going to give you a really strong and puncture-resistant

sidewall.

You're also going to have their Four-pitch SideBiter technology, and that's going to

be in these grooves up here on the shoulder in the sidewall of the tire, and that's what's

really gonna give you all of your grip coming from that area.

On the tread itself, you have decoupling grooves, and what they are designed to do is give you

the maximum amount of traction both on-road and off-road.

And finally, you're going to have variable draft angles and stone ejector ribs build

into the tread itself to keep you from picking up those big rocks and stones which can be

very annoying when you get off the trail, start rolling down the road again, and you

end up with that ticking.

So these tires are designed to eject those stones, not hold on to.

As with most tires, you're gonna wanna take these to a shop to have them mounted onto

your wheels as well as balanced out.

Of course, you could probably muscle a tire onto a wheel.

You could set the bead.

We've all seen the videos of people doing it with brake cleaner and a lighter, but that

is not recommended.

You would still have to take your tire to a shop and have it bound.

So take it to a shop.

have them mounted and balanced.

Then you just have to bring them home and bolt them up to your jeep.

These tires are gonna fall into the same price range as a lot of the other mud-terrain tires

on the market.

Of course, the pricing is going to depend on the size of the tire, of course, the bigger

the tire, the more expensive, and also the size of the wheel you want it mounted on,

the bigger the wheel, the more expensive.

But they are going to be really comparable to a lot of the other mud-terrains out there.

So really, could just comes down to the features you're looking for and the tire you put on

your jeep.

So if you're looking for a very aggressive mud-terrain tire, I definitely recommend these

MTZP3s from Mickey Thompson, and you can find them right here at extremeterrain.com.

For more infomation >> Jeep Wrangler Mickey Thompson Baja MTZP3 Tire (Available From 32" to 40" Diameters) Review - Duration: 4:02.

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Eight Is Enough Super 8 Unveils a Zany Concept Jeep - Duration: 3:09.

If, like us, you spend weeks—if not months—out of the year on American highways and byways,

you've no doubt faced the Super 8 conundrum, which shakes out about like this: "The Motel

6 is booked.

Do I spend 20 bucks more for a Super 8 that will be the same or worse, or do I drop the

extra 40 for a Fairfield Inn, which at least feels like something akin to a real hotel?"

The sole exception to this, in our experience, is the Super 8 in Ozona, Texas, which is bizarrely

nice.

The weirdness doubles, given its location in a nowhere town between El Paso and San

Antonio.

The Ozonan outlier aside, Super 8 management, apparently, has seen fit to do something about

this long-standing issue and is launching a companywide remodeling of its motels.

The company revealed a concept Jeep Wrangler to commemorate the initiative (and, no, it's

not an April Fools' joke).

There's just one issue.

It's perhaps a tad overly exuberant.

In the quest to highlight the brand's new image, Super 8 threw the entire economy enchilada

at what it's calling the RoadM8, a JK-spec Jeep Wrangler Unlimited slathered in yellow

and red.

The color scheme brings to mind not the motel chain, but rather a child's attempt at drawing

Ronald McDonald's automobile.

The Wrangler isn't lifted—after all, it's not the Off-RoadM8—but it does carry a burly

suite of eight auxiliary lights mounted above the windshield.

Inside, the seats are upholstered with Super 8's new bedspread material, which is certainly

an improvement over the familiar '90s-palette spreads that have populated the joints since

what seems like time immemorial.

The Wrangler's interior also gets wood accents that match the rooms' new interior furnishings.

Tablets mounted on the headrests presumably stand in for flat-screen televisions.

Perhaps most important, the RoadM8's interior includes both a fridge and a coffeemaker.

The Bentley Bentayga Fly Fishing by Mulliner may come with fine china, but the chaps in

Crewe neglected to include a Mr. Coffee.

Under the hood, the Jeep's engine cover gets a Super 8 paint job, while the underside

of the hood wears an example of the chain's new-look wall art.

The RoadM8, resplendent in its questionable garb, recently bowed at the New York auto

show.

Curiously, there are no Super 8s on the island of Manhattan.

The chain's closest motel to the Javits Center lies nearly four miles away, across

the Hudson in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Which, admittedly, is within handy Jeeping distance.