2manyhobbies
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I picked up my 2022 Rubicon with the XR package last Friday. The Jeep has the 3.6L e torque engine, auto trans, sky one touch, and a few other options. I am upgrading from my 2021 4XE. The 4XE was stock with the exceptions of 35” tires, and a stubby bumper with winch (synthetic rope).
I swapped the bumpers on Saturday night between the two Jeeps. While I didn’t measure the before gap above the bump front bump stops, I did snap a picture of the after. I would put it at between 5/8” and 1/2”. I have a 3/4” spacer to install, but was just shocked at how little uptravel there was. Photo of the spring and bump stop below shows the “after” picture on the XR for when the bumpers had been swapped. If you zoom in on the before picture of the 4XE, you can see a good 2” of uptravel on the passengers side. I off-roaded that Jeep a couple of times, and never had fender contact.
Another observation is that my bike rack no longer fits. Given the spare tire being pushed out due to the carrier, the bike rack contacts the tire before the hole lines up for the hitch pin. It is a simple problem to resolve, but was a bit surprising
For me, the “so what” is that the lift has much less functional value than I was initially expecting. it looks good, but I’ve already hit the bump stops driving around town. I’m going to have to install spacers to recover the limited uptravel it came with.
The bead locks look cool, but I’m not going to install tires that way any time soon. “Axle strength” is a topic of debate. So functionally, the XR package for me boils down to 4.56 gears and a tire carrier, and a small premium for slightly larger tires. There are plenty of take off 35s to be had, and the stock rubicon 33s sell well too.
I probably would not spend my money again on it. YMMV, but that is my opinion.
I swapped the bumpers on Saturday night between the two Jeeps. While I didn’t measure the before gap above the bump front bump stops, I did snap a picture of the after. I would put it at between 5/8” and 1/2”. I have a 3/4” spacer to install, but was just shocked at how little uptravel there was. Photo of the spring and bump stop below shows the “after” picture on the XR for when the bumpers had been swapped. If you zoom in on the before picture of the 4XE, you can see a good 2” of uptravel on the passengers side. I off-roaded that Jeep a couple of times, and never had fender contact.
Another observation is that my bike rack no longer fits. Given the spare tire being pushed out due to the carrier, the bike rack contacts the tire before the hole lines up for the hitch pin. It is a simple problem to resolve, but was a bit surprising
For me, the “so what” is that the lift has much less functional value than I was initially expecting. it looks good, but I’ve already hit the bump stops driving around town. I’m going to have to install spacers to recover the limited uptravel it came with.
The bead locks look cool, but I’m not going to install tires that way any time soon. “Axle strength” is a topic of debate. So functionally, the XR package for me boils down to 4.56 gears and a tire carrier, and a small premium for slightly larger tires. There are plenty of take off 35s to be had, and the stock rubicon 33s sell well too.
I probably would not spend my money again on it. YMMV, but that is my opinion.
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