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Here's a high-res shot of it. Those wheels are black or charcoal.

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Sure looks 392 Bronze to me. I'm sure the non-392 will be Black. Bronze is prob what they had available. Guess we will see.
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Does it come with this style hood?
You can order the 392 hood from the parts Dept at your local dealership and they’ll even paint it at an additional cost once the 392 becomes a bit more available, if ever.
 

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You can order the 392 hood from the parts Dept at your local dealership and they’ll even paint it at an additional cost once the 392 becomes a bit more available, if ever.
Same hood is on the Gladiator Mojave. It does not have the functional vent though, just a fake.
 

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That would be great. I probably won't be ordering until Nov/Dec, so I should be able to benefit from what others have tried before I order.

I'm basically trying to replace the two jeeps I currently own with one. A 98 TJ (44's, ARB's, 4.5" lift, 36" Swampers, beadlocks, trailer towed, etc) and a 2015 JK 2-door Rubicon (33" KM3's on 4.5" backspaced wheels, flat towed, 2" lift, etc). The TJ sees 90% off road use and the JK sees 50% off road use, so I need the new JL to "work" off road. Going from the shorted wheelbase jeeps with 36" and 33" tires to a longer wheelbase 4-dr JL; I feel like I need at least 37", probably 39's would work better for me, but I don't want to make the major changes to this JL to run 39's.

The Rubicon Extreme Recon Package seems perfect for my situation.........if I can run 37's without a lot more adds/mods.

Thanks all for the input and suggestions.
If i knew i was going to 37s i would wait on the 4.88 gear option.
 

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Is your JL a Rubicon? I'm confused by the Mopar 2"+ lift, the XR 1.5" lift and I have read the "standard" Rubicon comes with a lift and possibly higher front fenders? I guess I won't really know until some of the 2022 Rubicons XR's actually start showing up at the dealers.

I can live with 37" KM3's, bump stops and light rubbing in extreme situations and sway bar disconnected.
Yes, my JL is a Rubicon. And the Rubicon’s do come with the higher fenders. The MOPAR 2” lift, which many describe as providing closer to 2.5” of lift or more, is an after-purchase addition, though I’ve seen some dealers install the lift on stock Jeeps.

I went with the MOPAR lift because 2” seemed small enough to reduce the risk of some of the lift-related steering problems (and electronic intervention problems) I’ve had in the past. More importantly, with dealer installation the warranty remains intact, so if I had problems I’d have some recourse. Installation is straightforward, but most of the negative reviews I read were from people who installed the lift themselves. My dealer installed the lift and it’s been fantastic. No problems at all. just wish I’d measured before and after so I could speak to the actual increase in height.

My brother bought his Jeep from a small local dealership in Colorado — the kind of place that never has more that eight or ten wranglers in stock. His salesman said all kinds of incorrect stuff like, “the only significant difference between the sahara and the rubicon is the lift and the graphics”... My brother called or texted me a couple times per day asking for help reconciling The misinformation from the salesman from the information he was reading elsewhere. You’re smart to be patient and thorough as you work through this stuff.

On bump stops. They can be helpful or awful depending on when and how abruptly they interfere with the travel. I want full steering range and gentle predictable suspension travel, so I don’t want a design that substitutes bump stops for adequate lift. That would bother me for the life of my ownership.

On gearing: LOTS of people are running trails with 37s on the stock 4:10 Rubicon gearing. I’ve done it for more than a year, and my brother has too. (He has the 2.0) We would both re-gear to return net gearing closer to the way the Jeep’s delivered. I’d go with 4:56. He would too — but it’s low on the priority list. He’s got more money, and he chose to upgrade axels and brakes first (in part because he’s off road in the mountains all the time, the 2.0 has no engine braking, and he’s hard on his brakes,)

Ive included a couple pictures of my build. The 37s on the MOPAR lift don’t look that big to my eye, and you can see 39s wouldn’t work… Good luck — and enjoy the process!

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Same hood is on the Gladiator Mojave. It does not have the functional vent though, just a fake.
Yeah I figured it was as the Rubi hood is as well but you can always make them functional I suppose. Good catch I didn’t even remember the Mojave had the same hood, ha!
 

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Yes, my JL is a Rubicon. And the Rubicon’s do come with.........................
Thanks for taking the time to post up all the good JL Rubicon info and photos. I'm still in the research stage of my JL education. I know a lot about TJ's, a little about JK's and practically nothing about JL's. We have a JK jeep trip planned to Silverton, Escalante and Moab. Hopefully the 2022 order guide will be out by the time we get back. May have to wait a while longer for the 4.88 option to become available. Right now our plans are for a 2022 JL Extreme Recon Rubicon, 4-door, hardtop, 6-spd manual, 4.88 gears, 3.6 motor. Then add 37 BFG's on aftermarket wheels, winch, CB, on-board air, roadmaster base plate for flat towing. Thanks again for the help.
 

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Thanks for taking the time to post up all the good JL Rubicon info and photos. I'm still in the research stage of my JL education. I know a lot about TJ's, a little about JK's and practically nothing about JL's. We have a JK jeep trip planned to Silverton, Escalante and Moab. Hopefully the 2022 order guide will be out by the time we get back. May have to wait a while longer for the 4.88 option to become available. Right now our plans are for a 2022 JL Extreme Recon Rubicon, 4-door, hardtop, 6-spd manual, 4.88 gears, 3.6 motor. Then add 37 BFG's on aftermarket wheels, winch, CB, on-board air, roadmaster base plate for flat towing. Thanks again for the help.
Always happy to help. Unless you think 39s are in your future, I’d think hard about 456s. Its always a matter of balancing intended uses and personal preferences, of course, but, but my JL with 37s and 410 gearing WAY out-performs my TJ in every environment, and my TJ had 33s and 456s. I’m just suggesting you not make your gearing selection based upon your TJ experience.

I had a roadmaster baseplate on my JL, and I still use the Roadmaster tow bar, but I strongly recommend the Maximus-3 Tow loops and winch base plate. The Maximus combination is slick, stout, provides recovery points, and looks way better when the Jeep isn’t being towed (I think). (Although you should assume the paint will start to fail after less than 10,000 miles of towing.)
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