Understood. With the sad minivan motor and 16% grades, I think my best option may be the 4.88 even though I do go 80mph frequently.
It is sad to me that a 15 year old Nissan 4x4 is better at climbing and descending mtn passes. Once again, thanks for the Barbie minivan motor, Jeep. You will...
JT-wrx, from your experience, I'm thinking 35" tires with 4.88 gears would then be the right selection for those of us in a lot of mountain passes? I must admit my stock rubicon 6MT is piss poor at climbing and even worse at descending steeper paved highways.
I had a 5hr drive from new vehicle pick up to home (rubicon truck). 80mph speed limit and healthy but not nasty sidewinds. Steering was pretty vague and hard to track straight, particularly when overtaking a big vehicle. Tires as received were harder than I prefer, 45-47psi stock rubicon...
+3 (or is that 4) on the small Dakine DLX. Picked up my new truck Saturday, shuttled 5 bikers Sunday. I have used a handful of different pads in different trucks, and I'd say this fitment is very good for our application, and I actually used the backup camera. 5 bikes fit fine together. A...
Hi all, I'm Eli in northern Utah. I've been getting info from a handful of you, thanks! Picked-up my pickup (grey rubicon manual) two days ago and too it straight to its "day job". Its a great ride on miserable old logging roads and it has turned some steep terrain into a piece of cake.
This...