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[Jeeptimus Prime]

Congrats! Jeep did a great job on the JL and so far the biggest complaint is....price. I am also waiting, waiting for my current 2016 JKUR lease to run out before buying the JLUR (I wanted a Wrangler at the time but knew the new model was coming out in 2 or so years so didn't want to buy).

Anyways...

I had a similar scenario to yours. Last night I was out with a girl and drove passed the local Jeep dealership and I wanted to see what was on the lot. I told her I wanted to see if they have the new JLUR and she had no idea what they new ones looked like. Assumed they all look alike. We found one red JLUR and she said, "Whoa thats awesome! It def looks like a Wrangler but its also very different. When are you getting one?!?"

Are you keeping the TJ? That is a great model.

 

[SaintNick]

If they find a true fix for the wind noise I'm in for sure.

 

[Namib]

My post wasn't clear, I simply looked at a JL for the first time yesterday, but am waiting for my ordered JLR 2-door.

No, I'm not going to keep the TJ. It's got 170,000 miles and I recently installed a new head and lifters because it was losing coolant internally. I expected this job to solve the lifter-rattle-like sound too, but no dice. I'm now convinced it's a cracked piston skirt. It's throttle-setting related, disappears on deceleration, worse when cold, least noticeable when the pistons are hotter than the block. I'll drive it until the JL arrives then sell it with full discloser to someone who doesn't mind tearing into it. Been there, done that, don't have the time to do it again.

Like your girlfriend discovered, the JL sells itself and I hope it'll be worth the wait.

I am in the same situation. Still driving my TJ, but waiting for my Stinggray JLUR. The TJ has 90,000 miles on it, 4" lift and 33s. I also throught they did a really good job with the JL. I could never get to the point of switching with the JK...

 

[Swanny297]

If they find a true fix for the wind noise I'm in for sure.

You are buying a vehicle that isn’t very aerodynamic with a removable top - there will always be wind noise

 

[misanthrope]

If they find a true fix for the wind noise I'm in for sure.

They already have one: take backroads, slow down, crawl.

 

[drogers]

If they find a true fix for the wind noise I'm in for sure.

Ditch the hardtop.

 

[SaintNick]

Ditch the hardtop.

Not a soft top guy anymore. I just want the JL equally as quiet as my JK and its not even close.

 

[SaintNick]

You are buying a vehicle that isn’t very aerodynamic with a removable top - there will always be wind noise

I'm aware of that, but the JK is way more quiet and that they couldn't even make it that quiet. Wind noise and whistling are two different things.

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