Let me know if you’d like a Jeep with factory LEDs to do a side by side comparison with.
Hey Scott,
Very cool, nice build love all the pics.Hello, my name is Tony, currently living in Boise, ID. I have had 2 TJ's (01 Sport, 03 Rubicon), a 2016 JKR, and this is my 6th JL. I had 5 JL's in Hawaii renting them out, LiteBrite actually rented one out, went fantastic till covid shut me down but its all good.
So the current JL is a 2021 JLUR in Sarge Green with the 2.0T (non-eTorque). I found this one while it was in transit, pretty basic Rubicon which is what I wanted. Only options it came with was proximity entry and remote start. Paid sticker for it ($47,950) on 20 September 2021. I am a Ford tech so I have full access to my bays whenever I want to use them with a 15k lift, tire machines etc. Also get some good deals on aftermarket parts so had a pile of parts wheels and tires sitting next to my toolbox before I even got ahold of the Jeep.
As it is built now I get 18.5 mpg average out of it. If I really take it easy on it (only did one tank like this ever) I get 21 mpg average out of it. It locks out in 8th gear on the highway as long as I am not too froggy with the skinny pedal. Super happy with the 2.0 T.
Suspension:
*Mopar lift
*Rock Crawler spring correction pads front and rear
*Synergy rear track bar bracket
*JKS front adjustable track bar
*Steer Smarts sector shaft and steering gearbox brace
*Fox ATS steering stabilizer
Armor:
*Rusty's Off-road rear fascia protector
*Rusty's Off-road oil pan and transmission skid plate
*ARB stubby front bumper
*ARB sliders and rocker panel protection
*Fishbone Offroad Mako rear bumper
Exterior:
*BFG K02 37/12.50R17
*Icon Rebound 17" wheels in bronze
*Warn EVO 10K Synthetic line winch
*Factor 55 1" fairlead and Flatlink
*OEM hard top sourced locally
*Mopar tailgate reinforcement
*3rd brake light inside spare wheel
*Motobilt license plate relocation kit color match Sarge Green
*All red and black exterior OEM graphics exchanged for all black
*Stubby antenna
Interior:
*8.4" Uconnect upgrade (had 7" stock)
*Voswitch switch panel
*Painted dash panels Sarge Green
*Z auto front camera
*Tazer mini
*Trailgater
*Hot Heads hard top liner
*67 designs rail system for 2 phones and Garmin Inreach
*XG Cargo sport bar storage bags
*H3r black 2.5 pound chemical fire extinguisher on a MORE mount to the sport bar
*MORE dead pedal
*Weathertech HP mats front and rear
Lighting:
*Baja Designs LP6 pro's
*Baja Designs Squadron Sport A-pillar lights on KC mounts
*Baja Designs S-1 flush mounted into rear bumper
*8 total Oracle rock lights
*Oracle flush mount tail lights
*Oracle Oculus headlights
*OEM LED fender lights
Performance
*Borla Crawler touring high clearance exhaust (smashed stock muffler and tip at Moab)
*S&B intake
*Mishimoto catch can
*GFB DV+
I have done 5 badge of honor trails so far and have 5 more planned next month in Nevada, Arizona, and Texas. I will be in Houston for the month of March 2022 so doing the couple more BOH trails around there and then hitting up Moab again on the way home to Boise for a couple days late March. Will be doing a gear swap soon to 4.88 or 5.13. MAY go to 39" K02's.
Here is the day I got it:
How it looks now, some adventures, and random pics of it:
Very slick
So yes the lights are American adventure labs and they are great. The inner liners are actually Paramount automotive inner liners. I didn’t want to use aluminum as I’m up in the rust belt and have it discolor or the bolts rust. So far everything works really well. Paramounts liners look very well placed imo and keeps the engine bay clean. Had to use a couple of zip ties to where screws were not working but over all it’s very solid and works well!
Thanks for sharing: this is a fantastic build! I just got my 2022 JLU Rubicon (Sarge Green) last week and have been doing a ton of research on lift kits. The MOPAR is a 2" lift, right? Do you have any problems running 37s on rocks with that? I would really like to do that lift, but I was worried that it wouldn't be enough clearance when off road.
