Two more items.... get the little support brackets that install on the sun visors, and a relay that will turn off your license plate lights when backing up. Search here for instructions/details. Factory options I strongly recommend: cold weather group, aux switches, tow package.
I live in Florida... my rates are ~50% what they list, but like you, only because I wind up switching every 2-3 yrs due to their "unavoidable rate increase" bullshiznit.
Luis
A full size is definitely more practical, but my Quad cab Dodge Ram 1500 (which was a fine truck) NEVER put the smile on my face that the Jeep does EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
Luis
FWIW, I had minor leaking from the top of the rear window, dripping down all across the inside rear, and making the carpet damp in the rear under the back seat. I bought a roll of 7mm hose off Amazon per the recommendation of one of the threads here about this issue, and installed it from the...
More wild/bright colors (Gecko green, Bright Orange, Chief Blue, Bikini Pearl). Black, Gray/Silver, and White are utterly boring.
5.7L V8 (4.7L minimum)
Ability to engage rear locker in 2WD or 4Hi
More accessory switches - 6 minimum
Heated seats & steering wheel that don't reset to off when...
So anyway, to the OP.... I've been drooling over the possibility of Jeep making a pickup since ~2000 (had a TJ then), and have posted comments on every article I saw trying to convince Jeep to produce one (I had always lusted for a Scrambler). When they first hit the market I wanted one SO...
Yes, BUT it would break everything it was attached to. ? Had a friend who owned an auto shop and offered to stick a mildly built 401 he had, in mine for ~$1000 back then, but warned me that I'd need to upgrade almost the entire drive train to withstand the increase in torque & HP or it...
Had a '76 CJ7 with the 304 way back in '86 (and for a few years after that). It was fantastic, but I sold it after our first kid (needed the money more). Bought, and built/restored a very similar '78 a few years back.... it's NOT the dream ride I remembered as a young adult! Literally...