North Carolina Roll Call

[AnARcHy]

Hello to my fellow North Carolinians! I’m Bob and originally from Lexington, but now residing in Albemarle. I bought my first Jeep back in October, after wanting one for nearly 40 years. I am loving the Jeep life, but my wallet isn’t!

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[mgroeger]

Hello to my fellow North Carolinians! I’m Bob and originally from Lexington, but now residing in Albemarle. I bought my first Jeep back in October, after wanting one for nearly 40 years. I am loving the Jeep life, but my wallet isn’t!

LOL. Welcome to poorville Bob

 

[Tar Heel Wrangler]

Hello to my fellow North Carolinians! I’m Bob and originally from Lexington, but now residing in Albemarle. I bought my first Jeep back in October, after wanting one for nearly 40 years. I am loving the Jeep life, but my wallet isn’t!

Welcome! I'm originally from Albemarle, my parents still live there. I'm in Raleigh now. Let's wheel uwharrrie sometime.

 

[foxswimmer]

The wife and I have a kid-free Saturday lined up (wahoo) and we thought there'd be no better way to spend it than to wheel our new (stock) JLUR in Uwharrie. This forum (and this thread in particular) has some great info about Uwharrie, but I still need to do a bit more research.

Looking for some quick tips for a Uwharrie first timer. We likely will only have 2-3 hours to spend actually wheeling. Would love some suggestions on what to do and what to avoid.

Thanks!

 

[JRod]

@foxswimmer do you mean this Saturday? As far as I know, all Uwharrie trails are closed for the winter.

 

[foxswimmer]

@foxswimmer do you mean this Saturday? As far as I know, all Uwharrie trails are closed for the winter.

Oh snap. That's part of the "research" I need to be doing Thanks!

 

[foxswimmer]

Oh snap. That's part of the "research" I need to be doing Thanks!

From the Uwharrie site:

"... open from April 1st to December 15th. It is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, rain or shine annually. This trail is closed in the winter annually"

Guess with the planned 70+ degree weather for Saturday I forgot we were in "winter". Countdown to April 1st!

 

[JRod]

Yeah, it's a bummer for sure. Not sure where you live, but I think some of the beach access places are open year round. Freeman park maybe?

 

[eck]

Yeah, it's a bummer for sure. Not sure where you live, but I think some of the beach access places are open year round. Freeman park maybe?

Fort Fisher is open all year, but it closes at night in the summer during sea turtle nesting season.

 

[AnARcHy]

Yeah, it's a bummer for sure. Not sure where you live, but I think some of the beach access places are open year round. Freeman park maybe?

There’s not much left of Freeman Park anymore. The last 2/3 of it going up to the north end is now closed.

 

[swimman]

Good to know. This will be the first lift I do as well. Looking forward to busting some knuckles and my 17 year old son wants to be hands on as well. Just need to piece together a weekend at some point.

I don't have enough time to install the lift yet but today I tackled expanding the track bar hole in order for the Metal Cloak track bar to seat low enough to get the bolt through the hole. I gotta say it's was simple and quick using my 17 gallon compressor with die grinder and these inexpensive Aliexpress burrs. They removed the metal very quickly. The worst part was the amount of metal slivers covering me. I still feel like I have some embedded in my skin! At least that's one piece of the install that is out of the way and I'll hopefully have a free weekend to get the lift on some time in March or April.

 

[ekone]

Anyone in the NC area happen to have a stock front bumper after upgrading?

 

[swimman]

Anyone in the NC area happen to have a stock front bumper after upgrading?

I've got a stock plastic bumper from my 2019 Rubi in the Raleigh area.

 

[MadDog27]

I ordered a new Roam bumper and once I get that, I’ll have a newer plastic bumper up for grabs. It could be a bit for my new one to come in though.

 

[Buckster]

Anyone in the NC area happen to have a stock front bumper after upgrading?

I've got a plastic one from a '19 Rubi in Charlotte

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