Xtremely Xtreme Recon Build

[Jeepless]

Here is my journey from being Jeepless to Jeepfull with my 2022 Xtreme Recon Build.

My Order:
2022 Bright White Jeep Rubicon Xtreme Recon
-3.6L V6 eTorque
-8 speed 850RE
-8.4 Radio and Premium Audio
-Cold Weather Group
-Trailer and Tow package
-Led Lighting Group
-XR Package
-Advanced Safety Group
-Body Colored hardtop and Fenders
-Integrated off-road camera
-Black Stitched Leather by Mopar
-Gorilla Glass

I got the call after nearly 6 months of waiting that the Jeep was arriving at the dealership by the end of the day. I jumped on a plane as soon as I got off work (I work in California but live in Oregon) and headed home. I arrived and headed home to patiently wait until morning to pick it up. Later that evening I received the first two photos below, which made the wait that much more painful.

I drove down to the dealership as soon as I woke up and knocked out the paperwork in all of 15 minutes, gave it a 5 minute look over, skipped all the dealer walkthroughs and tutorials because I was ready to take it home and start playing with it. Grabbed the keys, snapped a few photos and got to it.

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MODIFICATIONS:

Exterior
Bumpers/Body:
-OEM steel stubby front
-Warn low grill guard bar
-Stubby end cap covers
-Maximus 3 trim filler plates
-Warn winch plate
-Warn Evo 10s winch
-Warn black fairlead
-Factor 55 Flatlink in black
-Rebel Summit Series rear
-Teraflex Alpha HD rear tire carrier and reinforced hinge
-LOD Signature Series Sliders
-Hammerhead bottom pinch weld cover
-Metalcloak billet fender vents painted black
-Distinction Applied white trail rated badge
-Rydonair antenna
-Maximus-3 with Rhinorack Pioneer Platform roof rack
-Debadged all logos and stickers
-All "random" bolts and tow hooks painted black

Armor:
-JCR steel bumper skid plate
-Metalcloak FAD skid
-Metalcloak full under belly "Undercloak" skids
-Metalcloak rear lower shock skids
-Metacloak front weld on shock skids
-Metalcloak rear diff skid

Suspension
Lift:
-Metalcloak GC Lift (5.5" springs in the rear, 4.5" springs in the front)
-Rocksport shock
-Fox 2.5 Performance shocks (to be ordered soon)
-Metalcloak Durospring bump stops

Steering:
-Metalcloak Drag Link
-Metalcloak Tie Rod
-Fox ATS steering stabilizer (JK version)
-Fox steering stabilizer relocation bolt
-Metalcloak sector shaft brace
-Metalcloak front track bar reinforcement

Wheels/Tires
-KMC Grenade Crawl Beadlock 17x9 3.5 BS -38mm offset
-Prismatic Powders Emperors Gold face with satin black bead lock rings
-Nitto Trail Grapplers 38x13.5x17
-Apex RPV XL

Drivetrain
-Metalcloak front driveshaft
-Motobilt front diff cover
-Motobilt rear diff cover with E-locker guard
-Painted Bright White with gold accented "M" and fill plug
-Valvoline 75w-140 Synthetic fluid

Lighting
-Diode Dynamic Elite Max headlights
-Oracle universal smoked raptor LED lights
-Oracle flush mount tailights
-Oracle smoked LED third brake light
-Baja Design Squadron Pro in OEM fog location
-Baja Design XL80 A-pillar lights
-Baja Design Squadron Pro in rear bumper
-Amber lens for all Baja lights
-Black face bolts for all Baja lights
-DandC Designs side cowl lights
-Rugged Ridge front DRL chop brackets and lights

Interior
-3M full ceramic tint
-Rugged Ridge door sill guards
-Interior latch black covers
-67 Designs series 55 rail
-Phone mount and Ipad mount
-JCR center console molle panel
-Center console organizer
-Glove box organizer
-Fishbone front roll bar flashlight mount
-Maglite flash light mounted to front mount
-Fishbone rear roll bar flashlight mount
-Element 100 extinguisher mounted to rear mount
-AAL molle door panels in textured black (front, rear, and back of seats)
-AAL Versatable tailgate table textured black
-AAL Dometic Go tailgate mount
-AAL rear cargo shelf in textured black
-AAL M.A.S.S. Plus cargo base plate (to be ordered soon)
-AAL 6x4 flat slide (to be ordered soon)
-AAL cargo drawers 6" x2 and 4" x1 (to be ordered soon)
-Brawlee rear window interior light
-Dometic 12v hardwiring kit mounted in rear cargo area on driver side by rollbar
-Terra Acoustics front Sound Stage speakers

Engine/Underhood
Performance:
-Z Automotive Tazer mini programmer
-Z Automotive SGW extension

Exhaust:
-AWE Trail Edition cat back exhaust
-AWE loop replacement pipe

On Board Air
-ARB 12V twin compressor
-Epic Kraken tire inflation system

"OVERLAND"/MISC
**this is mainly stuff that is only brought when I'm going out on a trip. Offroading, camping, overlanding, etc.**

-Rugged Radio GMR2 handheld
-Dometic CFX 55IM fridge
-TrailRax Pak Rax
-Rotopax 4 gallon (gas side)
-Midnight Forest 4 gallon (passenger side)
-iKamper Mini 3.0: textured black
-Rhinorack Stow IT mounts
-Krazy Beaver shovel: textured black
-Overland Kitted w/ powertank propane bracket
-Trasharoo rear tire bag

I will update as I come across things I forgot. I have a lot more planned for the Jeep but I have been enjoying it as is for the time being and focusing on perfecting my camping gear and compactness and set up. I'm close.

The girlfriend does photography on the side (it use to be her full time career) and is helping me with photos, documenting trips, videos and photo/video editing etc. I'm brand brand new to it, but I've always been extremely interested in it, especially the videography portion. So expect some videos and feel free to critique and offer suggestions to improve. Next trip will be in two weeks.

From here, I'll be trying to get caught up with the journey so far and hopefully by my next trip be up to date to stay on top of things.

Sorry that it's a lot of words but like I said, this is mainly for me and documenting for my own knowledge and enjoyment and joy.

Cheers

 

[ExpeditionBuilds]

2022 Bright White Jeep Rubicon Xtreme Recon
-3.6L V6 eTorque
-8 speed 850RE
-8.4 Radio and Premium Audio
-Cold Weather Group
-Trailer and Tow package
-Led Lighting Group
-XR Package
-Advanced Safety Group
-Body Colored hardtop and Fenders
-Integrated off-road camera
-Black Stitched Leather by Mopar
-Gorilla Glass

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Hi Jason, Beautiful Jeep! I see you can't keep things stock...you're gonna' fit in perfectly?

-Steven

 

[failsafe306]

Loving this build! I have a 3.5” game changer and I’m probably going with the 38” Trail Grapplers too. Is the “after” pic in the OP with the 3.5” or 4.5” springs?

 

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Loving this build! I have a 3.5” game changer and I’m probably going with the 38” Trail Grapplers too. Is the “after” pic in the OP with the 3.5” or 4.5” springs?

Thank you! I’ve been meaning to get this build thread together for a while now.

The after picture is with 3.5” springs. Since that picture I’ve added the under belly, diff covers and rtt along with a fridge and drawers so the 4.5’s are to basically combat all the extra weight. They’ll be going on in two weeks when they arrive.

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