Sgt Beavis
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CALM DOWN! I’m just lookin’ for a grocery getter.
Well a grocery getter that I’ll be modding for a little fun here and there...
So my wife and I went down to one vehicle (the monsterized Rubicon) and after a month of that we can’t make it work. So my wife convinced me we should buy a grocery getter. I can’t just get honda civic. I’ve gotta have a wee bit o fun with it. So I was lookin’ around and discovered you can get a 2” lift on a Renegade for a fairly reasonable price. At that point you can put up to 30” tires on it.
So my thinkin’ is to put a Teraflex 2” lift on it with 30“ MTs. I may do a few other things here or there. Maybe put a roof rack that can hold our RTT. Then we could park the Renegade at a campsite and go wheelin in the Rubicon. I’ve also read that the newer 1.3l turbo is better and more powerful than the tigershark 4 banger it replaced in the Trailhawk.
What do y’all think? Obviously this won’t be a serious off roader. My biggest concern is that wonderful italian reliability. If I don’t go with a Renegade, I think I’d probably buy a Kia Souless. Another factor I‘m thinking about here is that Trailhawk Renegades can have as much as $5K off sticker.
Well a grocery getter that I’ll be modding for a little fun here and there...
So my wife and I went down to one vehicle (the monsterized Rubicon) and after a month of that we can’t make it work. So my wife convinced me we should buy a grocery getter. I can’t just get honda civic. I’ve gotta have a wee bit o fun with it. So I was lookin’ around and discovered you can get a 2” lift on a Renegade for a fairly reasonable price. At that point you can put up to 30” tires on it.
So my thinkin’ is to put a Teraflex 2” lift on it with 30“ MTs. I may do a few other things here or there. Maybe put a roof rack that can hold our RTT. Then we could park the Renegade at a campsite and go wheelin in the Rubicon. I’ve also read that the newer 1.3l turbo is better and more powerful than the tigershark 4 banger it replaced in the Trailhawk.
What do y’all think? Obviously this won’t be a serious off roader. My biggest concern is that wonderful italian reliability. If I don’t go with a Renegade, I think I’d probably buy a Kia Souless. Another factor I‘m thinking about here is that Trailhawk Renegades can have as much as $5K off sticker.
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