John VonJeep
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All the big time mod guys bought Gladiators.
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Maybe more of those Jeep-toy-minded folks are leaving New York City? There are plenty of them moving here, unfortunately, and we have plenty of modified JLs rolling around.Maybe it’s the substantial price increase, maybe they have moved onto other things but…
I was having a discussion with my wife tonight after we saw a modded JK, and we both agreed that during the JK’s prime there were many more modded Wranglers rolling around town then there are for JLs.
Ive felt like this for a while now, I rarely see lifted JL’s with larger tires and aesthetic mods anymore…All I’d see is the occasional JT with large muds, a roof rack and lift.
Hell I used to see JKs with dynatrac axles runnin around town more than I see modded JL’s nowadays. Maybe those people all switched over to muscle cars for now since there are more Dodge Chargers on the road than Honda Civics lol
thoughts?
Exactly. I’m in a JL that I’d love to lift but the fear of warranty issues is keeping me stock.I'm one to wait for my warranty to expire before doing substantial mods, maybe others are the same. Give it a few years and maybe once people's loans are paid off they'll spend that spare $$$ on mods.
That's one of the reasons that I'm having mine built by AEV. It's built in conjunction with the Jeep factory, so the full warranty covers the 37s, 3" lift, Bilsteins with reservoirs, 4.56 gears, Warn winch, boron steel bumpers, lights, etc.Exactly. I’m in a JL that I’d love to lift but the fear of warranty issues is keeping me stock.
Does AEV do anything to beef up the axles, ball joints, axle shafts, knuckles, etc. to handle 37’s? I would be surprised if Jeep would warranty the stock axles while running 37’s.That's one of the reasons that I'm having mine built by AEV. It's built in conjunction with the Jeep factory, so the full warranty covers the 37s, 3" lift, Bilsteins with reservoirs, 4.56 gears, Warn winch, boron steel bumpers, lights, etc.
I also love the way it looks. The fact that it drives incredibly well is just icing on the cake.
Everyone has a different threshold.Bought a 2022, paid 58K and imediatley put 15k worth of mods on it. I bought it for that mission and purpose. To use it!
now these people that buy pickups and slam them to the ground…. That baffles me! Why buy a vehicle and not use it for its intended purpose.
The JL is sooooooo much better than the JK at just about everything I’ve found little that has to be modified for what I need today. Granted I’m not out crawling rocks every weekend but the newer platform is much easier to live with as delivered vs my JK that I don’t want to mess anything up modding.Maybe it’s the substantial price increase, maybe they have moved onto other things but…
I was having a discussion with my wife tonight after we saw a modded JK, and we both agreed that during the JK’s prime there were many more modded Wranglers rolling around town then there are for JLs.
Ive felt like this for a while now, I rarely see lifted JL’s with larger tires and aesthetic mods anymore…All I’d see is the occasional JT with large muds, a roof rack and lift.
Hell I used to see JKs with dynatrac axles runnin around town more than I see modded JL’s nowadays. Maybe those people all switched over to muscle cars for now since there are more Dodge Chargers on the road than Honda Civics lol. When I had my 2015 Sahara I felt like I was part of a big family…always waving…now it’s soccer moms in JLs lol
thoughts?