M1kefries
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- First Name
- Mike
- Joined
- Jun 8, 2018
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- Location
- Chesapeake
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 JLUR
I’ve had a number of jeeps over the years, all sport and sahara’s. As other have said they are very capable and go just about anywhere you care to go. One benefit to owning those models was it made me develop my driving skills off road as they weren’t as capable, take that with a grain of salt, as a rubicon or other built rigs. As those skills developed led to the usual mods, tires, lift, gear swaps, etc to make the rig more capable. It was great fun learning and wrenching on the Jeep.
Fast forward to present and we currently own a ‘18 Rubicon and couldn’t be happier. Only significant mod we’ve done is to put 35” tires on and don’t expect to do much more re: drivetrain. The major benefits of the Rubicon are axles, lockers, gears, sway bar disco, and transfer case. All these things were on my mod list for the sport and Sahara’s owned in the past and are great additions for off roading. The lower gearing in the Rubicon makes a significant difference in the day to day running around town, especially with the 35’s.
So having been there and done that we opted for the Rubicon and love it. That being said starting with sport and Sahara models was a lot of fun. We got to meet great folks that helped in our modification process, read wrenching parties. This is all part of the Jeep lifestyle and we’ve made life long friendships along this journey.
Fast forward to present and we currently own a ‘18 Rubicon and couldn’t be happier. Only significant mod we’ve done is to put 35” tires on and don’t expect to do much more re: drivetrain. The major benefits of the Rubicon are axles, lockers, gears, sway bar disco, and transfer case. All these things were on my mod list for the sport and Sahara’s owned in the past and are great additions for off roading. The lower gearing in the Rubicon makes a significant difference in the day to day running around town, especially with the 35’s.
So having been there and done that we opted for the Rubicon and love it. That being said starting with sport and Sahara models was a lot of fun. We got to meet great folks that helped in our modification process, read wrenching parties. This is all part of the Jeep lifestyle and we’ve made life long friendships along this journey.
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