First in-action photos + videos of 2018 Wrangler JL and JLU getting wet and dirty in New Zealand!

[Billy]

Order the dual top.

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[Laredo1985]

Shut up and take my money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jeepsterfreak]

Order the dual top.

Might just do that if it's an available option on the Sport. Still undecided on Sport/Saraha/Rubi until pricing is official and what I can afford.

Does the dealer just hand you a box full of soft top parts with the vehicle?

 

[Billy]

Might just do that if it's an available option on the Sport. Still undecided on Sport/Saraha/Rubi until pricing is official and what I can afford.

Does the dealer just hand you a box full of soft top parts with the vehicle?

The top & parts will be in the back (cargo area).

Go dual top, then you have it from the outset, and it's under factory warranty.

 

[sjl136]

We’ve got fewer fasteners to work with in the a-pillar windshield area. Looking forward to what the aftermarket and Mopar come up with for mirrors and light mounts. For doors off there’s the hinge locations to pop mirrors in, but that wouldn’t be my first choice. Thoughts?

 

[Aaron]

There is so much to like about this ... the hood, grill, flexible soft top use, etc. I just don't understand how you design a soft top where the side windows do not align with the other windows (the former sit noticeably lower in the red JLU). Please tell me this is just a pre-production mistake.

 

[jack snakeskin]

Big update! Courtesy of our friends at Road & Track!

* Click to magnify images *

so the first rubicon has the plastic bumpers and the second the steel bumpers?

 

[digitalbliss]

What the heck is that thing on the hub?

Thats the rear camera on the spare

 

[digitalbliss]

so the first rubicon has the plastic bumpers and the second the steel bumpers?

I think they are both the same in those pictures.

 

[jack snakeskin]

I think these are the steel bumpers although I am not an expert

 

[AZCrawl]

I think these are the steel bumpers although I am not an expert

You are correct!

 

[Jeeptimus Prime]

Not from the factory, you have to remove them and cut the back side of them open to make them functional.

Are you sure? I see a grill on them vents but not 100% sure functional.

Also is it me or do the hood vents look different on the Black Rubi? I suppose that is just another difference between Hard Rock and standard Rubi.

 

[Jabs]

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Thanks for the new pics - please keep them coming!!

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Some more pics

It looks like these two Rubicon’s have different hoods... I like the hood on the red one more though.

 

[MotorMan]

So, it was rumored that the soft top would be very similar to the Bestop Trektop Pro.. this is nothing like it. (No glass windows, no “hard” D pillars, and most importantly, no rear windshield that opens like a traditional glass hard top windshield)

 

[Ahmed]

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