Hell, air conditioning was optional for most of the TJ production as well. Not only did my TJ not come with AC, it also didn't come with a radio, speakers (anywhere), an overhead dome light (no sound bar), a rear seat, or even carpet anywhere behind the center console.
You reminded me, hood struts instead of that stupid yellow stick and a power back window
For sureAhhhh, to be young again.
No worries, those were rough numbers I played around with my build before I ordered mine, swapping in/out the tow package with and without the diesel was really enlightening. The Rubicon suspension is heavy on its own with stiffer springs for flexing and squatting, the Mojave longer travel and softer for soaking up wups and stuff. It makes sense too why they didn't offer the diesel in the Mojave, putting that much more weight up front in a dune runner style truck(maybe prone to jumping, where you would want it to fly like a lawn dart).
It's an option but you have to give up your 12V plug down by your 4x4 shifter. I swapped mine out, brake controller works pretty well but I'm relegated to inflating pool floats by other means. I think that was another option I couldn't order at the time, either availability or package ordering logic. I got the Mopar kit for a lot less and it was plug and play. The controller module though was clearly meant to be installed during the build, it bolts to something in the driver foot well that you could only get a wrench on if the front quarter panel wasn't there. There's a nice spot right under the steering column when mounting where it fits just fine.
I think the focus group was poorly cast and probably done at an unfortunate time.
Don't forget about the respective transmissions that go with those engines, the 3.6 and 3.0 have different transmissions. I get your point though, was talking about the Mojave balance for soaking up jumps, wasn't trying to ruffle feathers. I was using numbers off the cuff, I've got steel bumpers and a winch so I probably padded today a little.Those numbers are not correct…
The 3.6 Pentastar gas engine weighs about 330 pounds
The 3.0 Diesel engine weighs about 507 pounds.
Just as a point of reference my 6.7 turbo diesel in my F-350 weighs 800 pounds…
Now you know.
I had that in the back of my head, or sell them without a bed like bigger trucks so you can do your own thing.
I had a '14 Cherokee sport before my gladiator, kinda made it my own, I know it was a Fiat but, small spacer lift, AT tires up a size or two, just had the 4 banger but even with the bigger heavier tires it was a good daily driver and no slouch getting into 'stuff', and pull my boat. And in the end, a pretty bad ass little station wagon, would have like to sit up a little higher but....eh
Hood locks go with something I said maybe earlier, and another thread I think about basic functions. I think this is a function that's faked, spoofed, overridden by having a Tazer, you can set it to blare the horn if you pop the hood while there does are still locked. It's a half step towards what you are saying, I don't want another key on my keychain to keep track of, but it's in the same direction and adding that as standard should just be a standard software feature
