I didn't say you were expecting or wanting that.
You referenced your sticker+mods=70K retail.
"The window sticker was $59,879 and I put an additional $8,000+ in it for the mods, so let's say 70k for retail."
All I'm saying is you'll never see 70K.
Mods or not, your rig is worth about 40k...
Full disclaimer: 98% of the reason why I browse this forum is for entertainment...Gods honest truth.
Hearing a few of you folks argue that the stock steel bumper should be some kind of rock basher...is by far the most entertaining one yet.:CWL:
And btw, rock sliders like you mention makes it...
...and I'll say it again, it's a bumper not a rock guard.
Dont want your tub damaged and your stock rear bumper pushed in? Dont slam it on rocks and boulders lol
No, the plastic bumpers are not better than the steel ones that's nonsense.
If your doing crazy rock crawling or risky offroading...
"Yeah. The rear steel bumper does more damage than protection."
Will only do damage if you slam it on rocks or drop the rear end hard on something.
Again, is not what stock steel was built for.
The Rubicon stock is one crazy offroading machine...but if you want to rock crawl and push it to...
He was comparing his LOD and the stock steel bumper, it's exactly what he was saying.
Whether he was referring to the mounts(which is the issue) is a different story, but he didnt mention that.
All I'm saying is the stock steel bumpers weren't designed to get smashed on rocks.
"Uh, I could...
Looks awesome, did a great job.
Honest question here, so please dont beat me up on it.
What benefit does that location have over a "regular" CIA that lies under the hood? That one is much more exposed to the element(snow,rain,dust) than one under the hood.
A snorkel where the inlet is at(or...