Yea... myself included. I am sure i have stated and re-stated a whole bunch of other people’s wisdom on these forums. Guess the only standing rules might/should be if you are being an @sshole = ban for a few days. Like one of these cool-down period type things hahahaha!
Yup, this is what it came down to for me as well. I barely have time to wheel, much less build a jeep then wheel - oh, and how am I getting to work while my Jeep is not being worked on by me? I’m not.
Sweet rig brother.... I also wired lockers to aux switches within days of picking it up from dealer. One of my first mods, couldn’t stand being told when and how I can use my shit, lol.I went the sport route. In my opinion it depends on how many bells and whistles you want. I got an absolute base model sport. Manual everything including transmission. The only option I had to have was tow pkg and punkn paint. Found the one I wanted for 30,200. I've got about 6500 in a set of Rubi take off axles including lockers and bigger brakes, upgraded with rcv axles, front and rear trusses, 5.13 gears, diff covers and skids.
All together I've got probably 15k in parts but most of that is money I still would have spent on a Rubi. (Lift, wheels, 37s, etc.)
If you get a manual and go past 35s you'll probably want to regear anyway. And the 5.13s give me almost the same crawl ratio as an auto Rubi. I plan on eventually tracking down a Rubi transfer case and then my low range will be insane.
If resale is a big factor then Rubi takes that argument hands down but I bought my Jeep to build it up and drive it until the wheels fall off, then build it again.
Side note: I got a jks lift that came with the quick disconnects, and my lockers are hardwired into my factory aux switches so I don't have any of the "nanny" devices that rubicons come with. I can use any of my equipment however I feel like using it.
Sidebar, whose truss did you install?I went the sport route. In my opinion it depends on how many bells and whistles you want. I got an absolute base model sport. Manual everything including transmission. The only option I had to have was tow pkg and punkn paint. Found the one I wanted for 30,200. I've got about 6500 in a set of Rubi take off axles including lockers and bigger brakes, upgraded with rcv axles, front and rear trusses, 5.13 gears, diff covers and skids.
All together I've got probably 15k in parts but most of that is money I still would have spent on a Rubi. (Lift, wheels, 37s, etc.)
If you get a manual and go past 35s you'll probably want to regear anyway. And the 5.13s give me almost the same crawl ratio as an auto Rubi. I plan on eventually tracking down a Rubi transfer case and then my low range will be insane.
If resale is a big factor then Rubi takes that argument hands down but I bought my Jeep to build it up and drive it until the wheels fall off, then build it again.
Side note: I got a jks lift that came with the quick disconnects, and my lockers are hardwired into my factory aux switches so I don't have any of the "nanny" devices that rubicons come with. I can use any of my equipment however I feel like using it.
If you can't install axles and a lift in a weekend you shouldn't be wheeling anyways
:D :D :D Seriously its a one time deal. Its not like your going to be installing shit every weekend for 5 years.
Awesome Rig.I went the sport route. In my opinion it depends on how many bells and whistles you want. I got an absolute base model sport. Manual everything including transmission. The only option I had to have was tow pkg and punkn paint. Found the one I wanted for 30,200. I've got about 6500 in a set of Rubi take off axles including lockers and bigger brakes, upgraded with rcv axles, front and rear trusses, 5.13 gears, diff covers and skids.
All together I've got probably 15k in parts but most of that is money I still would have spent on a Rubi. (Lift, wheels, 37s, etc.)
If you get a manual and go past 35s you'll probably want to regear anyway. And the 5.13s give me almost the same crawl ratio as an auto Rubi. I plan on eventually tracking down a Rubi transfer case and then my low range will be insane.
If resale is a big factor then Rubi takes that argument hands down but I bought my Jeep to build it up and drive it until the wheels fall off, then build it again.
Side note: I got a jks lift that came with the quick disconnects, and my lockers are hardwired into my factory aux switches so I don't have any of the "nanny" devices that rubicons come with. I can use any of my equipment however I feel like using it.
Well, I probably couldn’t install them in a weekend because I don’t have the tools or space necessary. But assuming I did, are you suggesting that I could build up a base JL that:If you can't install axles and a lift in a weekend you shouldn't be wheeling anyways
Rusty’s rear and evo front.
Did you get rid of the factory switches? And did you change the setup on your sway bar disconnect switch? Obviously I didn’t have any of that to worry about. Just curious.
Factory switch is still in, in case I need to go back to factory setup for some reason. I have the factory wires water proofed and tied up out of harms way. and sway bar I left alone because I’m usually not going fast enough for it to reconnect. I have the tazer jl mini installed and I can kill the nannies for the sway bar with it if I need to. I can also use it to use lockers in 2wd and 4h but it sometimes takes a minute or two to engage and disengage, wired to switches is a lot quicker response. It helps because I sometimes need to lock or unlock front in the middle of a maneuver and it sucks to have to stop and wait, lol.
Don't forget to add lockers, sway bar disconnect, high finders, 33in tires, better suspension, gearing. So yes I payed 10k more.
