Turaven
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Hey guys. I've been eyeballing Wranglers since I saw one as a wee baby in Jurassic Park and I figure it's finally time to scoop one up. I'm not a wealthy man, so I'd like some opinions on the options I'm selecting and whether I could cut them out.
I'm looking at a basic 2-door Sport. V6/manual transmission. Current options I'm looking at are paint, trailer tow/HD electrical group, window tint, anti-spin axle, A/T tires, and air conditioning of course.
I plan on doing some very light towing, so the trailer wiring is a must. It seems overly convoluted to add it aftermarket (on my old Nissan Frontier it was already prewired so you just needed to add the 7-pin plug to the empty pigtail sitting under the bumper and hook up a relay in the cab). I'd light to add extra lightning of some sort down the road, so having the auxiliary switches prewired also seems well worth the money.
I'm not sure if I want the window tint. It seems like a ripoff price, especially since it's the same cost for 2-door and 4-door. As I understand it though, it's nearly impossible to add tint to the soft top windows aftermarket so I may need to just bite the bullet and get it for cargo privacy. It looks like I may be able to buy them for around $600 online, so I could skip it and get it later if I feel I need it. What would the dealer charge for a set of tinted windows? I could only find untinted on the official Mopar parts store.
I'm not sure if the anti-spin axle will have any meaningful impact. For daily driving it won't have any effect. For more extreme off-roading it's not a locker. I don't plan on doing any rock crawling or exceptionally difficult terrain, so I'm not sure how useful it will be. I initially wanted it because I heard optioning the anti-spin gets you a Dana 44 axle, but allegedly all manuals get the Dana 44 anyway. My only buddy with a Jeep does not have the anti-spin and says he's never needed it or gotten stuck, and I think he'll do more offroading than I ever will. What do you guys think?
The $200 A/T tire upgrade seems a no-brainer. The Jeep will be a daily driver so I don't want mud tires. $200 would only buy me one tire if I were to upgrade them myself. What tires does this get you? Are they garbage A/T's and not even worth the $200?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I'm looking at a basic 2-door Sport. V6/manual transmission. Current options I'm looking at are paint, trailer tow/HD electrical group, window tint, anti-spin axle, A/T tires, and air conditioning of course.
I plan on doing some very light towing, so the trailer wiring is a must. It seems overly convoluted to add it aftermarket (on my old Nissan Frontier it was already prewired so you just needed to add the 7-pin plug to the empty pigtail sitting under the bumper and hook up a relay in the cab). I'd light to add extra lightning of some sort down the road, so having the auxiliary switches prewired also seems well worth the money.
I'm not sure if I want the window tint. It seems like a ripoff price, especially since it's the same cost for 2-door and 4-door. As I understand it though, it's nearly impossible to add tint to the soft top windows aftermarket so I may need to just bite the bullet and get it for cargo privacy. It looks like I may be able to buy them for around $600 online, so I could skip it and get it later if I feel I need it. What would the dealer charge for a set of tinted windows? I could only find untinted on the official Mopar parts store.
I'm not sure if the anti-spin axle will have any meaningful impact. For daily driving it won't have any effect. For more extreme off-roading it's not a locker. I don't plan on doing any rock crawling or exceptionally difficult terrain, so I'm not sure how useful it will be. I initially wanted it because I heard optioning the anti-spin gets you a Dana 44 axle, but allegedly all manuals get the Dana 44 anyway. My only buddy with a Jeep does not have the anti-spin and says he's never needed it or gotten stuck, and I think he'll do more offroading than I ever will. What do you guys think?
The $200 A/T tire upgrade seems a no-brainer. The Jeep will be a daily driver so I don't want mud tires. $200 would only buy me one tire if I were to upgrade them myself. What tires does this get you? Are they garbage A/T's and not even worth the $200?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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