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Those of us in California can't add anything that isn't CARB-certified, thanks to bi-annual smog testing. RIPP seems to be the only company that CARB certifies their kits, so that's likely the only option for us!

I'm also wondering what the alternatives might be for the Trail Rail. I don't need 110v in my bed, but depending on what sort of tie-down points there are back there I may need something to tie motorcycles to.

Good points. I'll take exception to the front trail camera, though - to get that you have to add the premium audio and LED lighting packages, so in total it's more like $3185 unless you were already planning on those packages. Plus the Tazer lets you do other cool stuff. I was wondering about...

Same build options for JLUR: USA - $49,015 USD CAN - $55,570 CAD * 0.751157 (yesterday's exchange rate) = $41,742 USD $49,015 - $41,742 = $7273 $7273/$49,015 = 14.8%

Interesting. Is this something you have personal experience with? Does the Canadian warranty completely fizzle away to nothing when the tax forms are signed, or is it still possible to bring the vehicle back to Canada for major warranty work, as I suggested in my post?

I've been doing a little research lately on the possibility of buying in Canada to take advantage of the much better pricing, then importing into the USA. If anyone else is thinking of doing the same, here's a quick and dirty synopsis of my findings so far. Since the build/price tool for JT...

My hope is that it wouldn't require any more squish than you'd get while parked on a slightly aired-down tire. Working that into a 5-tire rotation could prevent it from becoming a permanent flat spot.

I'm not entirely convinced that a 37 won't fit in there. That's a 35 in the picture, and there's still a little room to spare. With the tire aired down, and perhaps a ratchet strap around the circumference or a clamp of some kind to squish the limiting dimension, it could maybe be made to fit.

True - it was an older 4-speed F150, so not a fair comparison with a modern slushbox. I also test drove a ZR2 and didn't seem to mind the 8-speed in that truck nearly as much. However, even with a modern auto I'd still miss that clutch pedal!

Hey all, The fact that Jeep requires that pesky $1000 LED lighting package before adding either the front-facing camera or the steel bumper got me looking into alternatives for those options, plus some of the others on the options list. Here's what I've come up with myself, and I encourage you...

I'm starting to lose my enthusiasm for this idea. Supercharging may be the preferred solution for torque with a manual trans. 1. The Ecodiesel is a $4500 option for the Ram 1500 - more expensive than I expected. (For comparison, superchargers kits are $5-6k) 2. There have been a lot of...

That was the torque rating on the JK's NSG370. The JL and JT use the new Aisin D478, for which there doesn't seem to be a known torque rating. We can assume it's at least equal to the old 272 lb ft spec, but hopefully much more.

In a word: cost. The diesel option is likely to be $3-4k, and if you could sell the new 8-speed then you could probably come close to breaking even on the trans conversion. A well-sorted 5.7 swap is going to be $10-20k, plus the additional lifetime fuel costs of a thirsty gas V8.

I guess I should clarify - I meant the 6-speed manual Aisin as used in the JT. EDIT: according to oilburner the 6MT is rated to a max 272 lb ft, which doesn't leave much head room over the 3.6's 360 lb ft. DOUBLE EDIT: it looks like 272 lb ft is for the old JK NSG370 transmission and not the...

Do you happen to know the torque limit on the Aisin 6-speed?

I've had the (dis)pleasure of driving a friend's F150 recently, and it reminded me that I really don't want an automatic transmission. However, my CTS-V has spoiled me for torque and I'm not sure if the Pentastar in the JT is going to cut it. How feasible do you think it would be to swap a...

I was just playing around with the build tool on jeep.com, and I saw this as part of the Auxiliary Switch Group: I don't think I've seen this mentioned yet. It looks as though the Cherokee has something similar, but isn't adjustable for different pressures. I'm not getting why this would be...

It's disappointing that you need to option $1000 worth of blingy LED lights to also get the off-road trail cam (which I'm going to guess will cost another $600). I was thinking it would be a useful offroad tool, but you have to buy some useless stuff to get it. There seem to be some interesting...

I thought so too, but as it turns out the 2-door and 4-door tops are priced the same, so I'd expect the JT tops will follow that pattern. Maybe they'll be a bit less since it's got two fewer windows.

Here's what these options are likely to cost, according to the same or similar options on JLUs and/or Ram 1500s. This list is specifically for Rubicon options, as listed in the available options above.