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Spent Saturday at Uwharrie NF near Troy, NC. First time out there and the first time having this Jeep off-road. It was a great opportunity to see how the Jeep would handle and how my 5YO would like off-roading.

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Ran Wolfs Den, Falls Dam, and Dickey Bell. The hill on Dickey Bell was the only real noteworthy part of those trails. It was busy and I didn’t want to be “that guy” so I drove it and didn’t stop to take pics. My daughter had her fill after that so we aired up and headed back to camp.

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After a frigid night in the tent we turned on the heated seats and warmed up as we caught sun-rise on the top of Morrow Mtn and then headed home.

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The Jeep performed above expectations given the modest build. Only caught the belly once on the last section of the hill on DB. A little throttle and we kept it going. Control arm mount took a bump coming off a rock I think on the same trail.

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Smacked the rear diff once or twice, but the drain plug didn’t get touched. Glad I preemptively recessed it.

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I definitely miss having 37s and frt/rr lockers, but not as much as I thought I would thankfully. Time will tell.
 
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Found a set of pretty much new Roam frame mounted sliders on FB Marketplace for $550. My wife and daughter were complaining of the lack of step to get in the Jeep, so I picked them up and installed them yesterday.
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The added bonus was that the previous owner had already wired all the lights up, so I just ran a ground and a hot lead to the floorboard light and they were ready to go.
 

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I like where you are going with this build! Looking forward to seeing where you take it from here.

Just got this last week and I too wanted a JLUR but did not want the payments!!

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I like where you are going with this build! Looking forward to seeing where you take it from here.

Just got this last week and I too wanted a JLUR but did not want the payments!!

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Thanks very much! And congrats on the new Jeep! That is a great color combo especially with the gloss black accents.
 

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Nothing too exciting going on with the Jeep. Installed second car seat mod:
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Should be using that in the next 3-5 days...

I also picked up an 8-piece Rock Light Kit and wired those up last week. Haven’t done any night wheeling with them yet, but they’ve come in handy a few times in the driveway. Install was easy and I’ve got it hooked up to Aux Switch 1.
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The bottom of the winch plate proved to be a good mounting point for the lights and give good coverage of the front wheel wells.
 
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We brought our daughter home from the hospital in my JKU a few years ago, so it only seemed fitting to bring home my son from the hospital in the JLU. He seemed indifferent and slept the whole way home...
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Also swapped out the hardtop for a twill soft top. Since the Jeep is not our primary family vehicle and I was tired of taking the hardtop off whenever there was a nice day, it was an easy decision. Negligible increase in road noise, can hear the rain a bit more, but I’m happy with the noise level.

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We brought our daughter home from the hospital in my JKU a few years ago, so it only seemed fitting to bring home my son from the hospital in the JLU. He seemed indifferent and slept the whole way home...
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Also swapped out the hardtop for a twill soft top. Since the Jeep is not our primary family vehicle and I was tired of taking the hardtop off whenever there was a nice day, it was an easy decision. Negligible increase in road noise, can hear the rain a bit more, but I’m happy with the noise level.

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Congrats on the new little guy!!
 

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Needed a break from staring at the computer so I grabbed my work cell, dropped the kiddo at school, and headed out to Uwharrie for the day. It had rained all morning and was just tapering off by time I hit the trails, but it was plenty enough to make the clay on the trails nice and slick.

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I did get denied on one climb. There was a rock that I couldn’t get enough traction to navigate around with the slick clay. Tried a few different lines. Almost fell getting out of the Jeep to have a look. Lockers probably would’ve given me enough to make it. The open diff D30/35 gave a good go at it though.

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Bendy...
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Next on the agenda is clean-up...
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Cleaning mud is the worst. Although sand can be a bit of a pain too. I was in AZ a couple years ago with my RZR and got into a good rain. Still finding red san some places!
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