2 rubicon vent designs or one?

[jack snakeskin]

According to previous speculation the rubicon had a different vent design for the 2lt engine, but the yellow 2lt rubicon at the show had the same design..

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[DanW]

My money says they settled on one. It makes no manufacturing $ense to have two different hood designs, unless the function requires it, or one is an extra cost option. I think the one you see on the yellow zonker is the final design. The Jeeps in New Zealand were some of the late pilot production units tht were probably 98% representative of the final design.

 

[The Great Grape Ape]

Yeah, I noticed that the other day. I don’t know if they pulled the option, or if there is another determining factor.

Initially I thought it was just a one-off for the Hella Yella special edition which also had non-standard Rubi rims, etc. But then the TFL guys also show their 2.0T test JLU in Arizona with the same louvres instead of mesh.

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...specs-info-wallpapers.2073/page-21#post-31616

Also odd, in that TFL video in the post, the underside of the hood is sound/heat insulated, but that also blocks the vent holes, which are already small to begin with.

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