txbonds
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We went with a sport s over a rubicon due to price. That said, our sport s has almost every option including katzkins leather and the 44 rear axle. But even with that it was $8k cheaper than the equivalent rubicon on the lot. Ours is my wife’s daily driver and changes other than the leather will be limited to the 33” ridge grapplers we added on factory wheels, some rubicon rails and the rubicon take off suspension we are putting on for weight carrying. Lastly, we swapped out the front bumper with an aluminum rockhard4x4 mid width bumper so that we can flat tow behind our motorhome. I’ve ordered an m8000-s winch and some led fog lights.
It ends up a lot cheaper than a rubicon even with the tires and Rubi suspension as we would have needed a flat tow device anyway and would have wanted a winch. A rubicon would be more capable off road and we probably would have left it stock except the front bumper but In the end she is happy and our Jeep takes on a more fun look. Plus it should take us most anywhere we will want to take it. I still think I saved about $5k over the similarly equipped rubicon on the lot (which were all over $50k). Ours is not overly changed and we stuck with factory suspension parts. Don’t see us ever wanting larger tires or lift for our use which is 90% on pavement and 10% exploring. In fact the winch will probably get more use around the farm than off-roading.
It ends up a lot cheaper than a rubicon even with the tires and Rubi suspension as we would have needed a flat tow device anyway and would have wanted a winch. A rubicon would be more capable off road and we probably would have left it stock except the front bumper but In the end she is happy and our Jeep takes on a more fun look. Plus it should take us most anywhere we will want to take it. I still think I saved about $5k over the similarly equipped rubicon on the lot (which were all over $50k). Ours is not overly changed and we stuck with factory suspension parts. Don’t see us ever wanting larger tires or lift for our use which is 90% on pavement and 10% exploring. In fact the winch will probably get more use around the farm than off-roading.
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