Their stop light and license plate bracket came to $110 .... I made my setup for $15 ...

 

You don't happen to be in ZS do you?

 

The vents are properly called exhausters. Every vehicle has them and they are to allow the doors to close without having to slam them. If you have a soft top only Jeep, you will be ok covering them. With hardtop installed you will have to slam the doors really hard. My advice is to NOT cover them.

 

....and I always thought it was to alow the flow-thru ventilation to work, which is a pretty important feature.

 

That's a fart discharge vent, cover at your passengers own risk.

 

who makes this?

 

It's a jeep... the whole thing is a vent

 

I think ultimately you'll be sorrier you removed your spare than you covered your vent. The first flat you have.............

 

We need to start a poll about who has actually had to use the spare to fix a flat on the street. I see an lots of brand new looking spares on the back of vehicles .. unless of course they are rotated in.

 

Who cares about getting a flat on the street?? That's what AAA is for.

You really should care about getting a flat on the trail. You DO go on the trail, don't you?

A lot of people don't rotate in their spares. There's at least one poll on this site about it:

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ht=poll+rotate

Personally, I'm in the camp that believe tires have limited life - especially in sunny climes like Arizona. IMO leaving the spare on the back just to look pretty and rot is a big waste of money.