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Last July I picked up my 18 Silver Rubi. I had been out of Wrangler since 2009 when I sold my 18 LJ Rubi. I've been slowly rebuilding a 98 Grand Cherokee 5.9L. The decision was made after I got the opportunity to run the Rubicon trail with a close friend and the San Diego Jeep club. I slapped on a 2.5" RK lift kit, a winch and recovery gear, some 37's, and some various armor and other tidbits.

It was a bucket list item, and I recommend the Rubicon Trail... The name Slider came about after dragging it across many rocks on that trail.

Goals are to top it out at 3.5" lift, with beadlocks, and enjoy time on the trails.

thanks for all the ideas here over the last year...

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Current setup. Many changes over the last year. Currently 20,000 miles
-Cooper SST pro 37x12.5x17. Still wearing nice. They have a nice roar to them now. Love it.
-Regeared to 513s. The peppy is back!
-Throttle Commander. Great for snappy throttle, or quickly slow throttle for rock crawling. Love the phone interface.
-Road Armor Front bumper, with Rigid D-cube amber lights and Warn Zeon winch and assorted toys.
-LOD Rear bumper and tire carrier, fuel can, and rack. Reverse lights tied to tow wiring. (thanks to this forum)
-American Adventure Labs front turn signals with American Adventure Labs quick release inner fender replacement and resistor packs.
-Spod HD switch system mounted with Carolina Metal Masters A-pillar mount
-Mopar speaker upgrade. (thanks to this forum)
-Replacing Ipad Air2 with Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 128 GB, mounted on a ram-mount, and 67 designs arm. The Ipad can't seem to stay charged for a full day WHILE being charged. Not a mac user. Don't like the interface.
-Bestop Sunrider top. Love this thing. Great for the trail or road.
-Rock Hard aluminum skid plates. I've only replaced the crossmembers and the main panel.
Rancho Rear Axle skid.
Synergy MFG Jeep JL/JT Front Track Bar and Sector Shaft Brace
Steer Smarts Steering system and stabilizer mounted above. Using my Rock Krawler trac-bars.
Metal Cloak Front Axle skid just purchased.
Synergy Rear sway bar links just purchased.
KC rocklights just purchased.
Dunarri Pierce (Chase Light - Amber) just installed.
Rugged Ridge door entry guards
JL GrabTray Passenger Storage Tray
Gibson Leatherworks holster
Kingston DataTraveler Micro 3.1 128GB USB 3.0 with my music that stays plugged in.
Alien 4x4 Jeep Grab Handles on the driv/pass roll bar. The mopar ones were too loud.
Jeep 82215524 2018 Wrangler Rear Grab Handles
RHINO USA Shackle Hitch Receiver or a 5" aluminum drop hitch for towing.
Brawlee Jeep Wrangler LED Rear Glass Lift Gate Dome Light Bar
Dominion Offroad Hi-Lift jack/shovel/axe mount.
Dometic fridge. I haven't hard mounted it yet. Need to move the power around.

Getting to a good point with this build.

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Current setup. Many changes over the last year. Currently 20,000 miles
-Cooper SST pro 37x12.5x17. Still wearing nice. They have a nice roar to them now. Love it.
-Regeared to 513s. The peppy is back!
-Throttle Commander. Great for snappy throttle, or quickly slow throttle for rock crawling. Love the phone interface.
-Road Armor Front bumper, with Rigid D-cube amber lights and Warn Zeon winch and assorted toys.
-LOD Rear bumper and tire carrier, fuel can, and rack. Reverse lights tied to tow wiring. (thanks to this forum)
-American Adventure Labs front turn signals with American Adventure Labs quick release inner fender replacement and resistor packs.
-Spod HD switch system mounted with Carolina Metal Masters A-pillar mount
-Mopar speaker upgrade. (thanks to this forum)
-Replacing Ipad Air2 with Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 128 GB, mounted on a ram-mount, and 67 designs arm. The Ipad can't seem to stay charged for a full day WHILE being charged. Not a mac user. Don't like the interface.
-Bestop Sunrider top. Love this thing. Great for the trail or road.
-Rock Hard aluminum skid plates. I've only replaced the crossmembers and the main panel.
Rancho Rear Axle skid.
Synergy MFG Jeep JL/JT Front Track Bar and Sector Shaft Brace
Steer Smarts Steering system and stabilizer mounted above. Using my Rock Krawler trac-bars.
Metal Cloak Front Axle skid just purchased.
Synergy Rear sway bar links just purchased.
KC rocklights just purchased.
Dunarri Pierce (Chase Light - Amber) just installed.
Rugged Ridge door entry guards
JL GrabTray Passenger Storage Tray
Gibson Leatherworks holster
Kingston DataTraveler Micro 3.1 128GB USB 3.0 with my music that stays plugged in.
Alien 4x4 Jeep Grab Handles on the driv/pass roll bar. The mopar ones were too loud.
Jeep 82215524 2018 Wrangler Rear Grab Handles
RHINO USA Shackle Hitch Receiver or a 5" aluminum drop hitch for towing.
Brawlee Jeep Wrangler LED Rear Glass Lift Gate Dome Light Bar
Dominion Offroad Hi-Lift jack/shovel/axe mount.
Dometic fridge. I haven't hard mounted it yet. Need to move the power around.

Getting to a good point with this build.

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Looks good! Love the fenders. How are you enjoying that sun rider top?
 
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It's been awesome in the mornings here in AZ. Pop the top and drive.
 
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New RPM steering going on.

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New RPM steering going on.

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I was just looking at these. It’s between rpm and fusion4x4 steering. One thing I liked about the fusion over rpm is the replaceable cartridges for the TRE’s. If RPM has replaceable cartridges I’ll 100% go with them.
 

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You have to be careful with that. Sometimes the "replaceable" cartridges are more expensive than a TRE. With a new TRE at least you are refreshing the entire unit, and is more attractive to me, since mine do see some rock time.
 
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Waiting on the cast Iron knuckles to drop next. I haven't heard anything on them yet.
 

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You have to be careful with that. Sometimes the "replaceable" cartridges are more expensive than a TRE. With a new TRE at least you are refreshing the entire unit, and is more attractive to me, since mine do see some rock time.
True. I didn’t see any replacement tre’s on the rpm site. Wonder if they have their own or are using someone else’s. Have you seen anything?
Sweet rig btw! It’s coming along nicely!
 
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Without calling them, I'd surmise they just don't have them online yet.
 
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Gettting all Ham'd up. Need to go get my Ham license.

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