āCan I ask you a couple of questions and I understand if you donāt want to provide them on a public forum...
Honestly man it's your Jeep and you can do whatever the hell you want to do with it. It's none of my business or anyone ele's. If you can afford Dana 60s and 40s then good for you man go for it!
Thanks for bringing things back on topic. I personally think of the Rubicon trim's status and think "neat, do you ever leave the pavement?". Around where I am it's actually quite common to see stock 4x4s, be it jeeps or other manufacturers, that show evidence of recent offroading (mud splatter), even if it turns out to be an unpaved driveway. I'm often tempted to roll my eyes when I see a spotless Rubicon, or anything with an obvious lift on it, especially if it's in the city where the chances are higher that the owner is using it's appearance to compensate for something completely unrelated to what it was designed to do...once or twice I've even seen one that had been given 22 inch rims, low profile tires and spinners.
Truth is if someone wants to buy a Rubicon and slap 22in wheels on it and a bunch of lights just to be a show Jeep then by all means they should go for it. Everybody has their own likes and dislikes and nobody should ever tell someone else they are wrong for what they like. Now we all have opinions based on what we personally like, but they are just that, opinions.Thanks for bringing things back on topic. I personally think of the Rubicon trim's status and think "neat, do you ever leave the pavement?". Around where I am it's actually quite common to see stock 4x4s, be it jeeps or other manufacturers, that show evidence of recent offroading (mud splatter), even if it turns out to be an unpaved driveway. I'm often tempted to roll my eyes when I see a spotless Rubicon, or anything with an obvious lift on it, especially if it's in the city where the chances are higher that the owner is using it's appearance to compensate for something completely unrelated to what it was designed to do...once or twice I've even seen one that had been given 22 inch rims, low profile tires and spinners.
Despite pouring over both trims on Jeep's site, I was having a hard time finding a complete list of the standard features included in both trims. I wanted to know if there was anything included in the Rubicon that could not be gotten aftermarket, and had to be ordered from the factory. As stated much earlier in the thread, there are some small things like the 110 outlet on the back of the center console that are unavailable with the sport model. Other than stuff like that, my main motivation to get the Rubicon trim is probably to get some of the options I want installed at the factory instead of getting them after the initial construction, namely the steel bumper (which I still like more than the aftermarket options out there, atleast until AEV finally released their's) and the trailcam.
It's possible that with modifications, the Rubicon hood could be made more functional with modifications to provide better cooling, and might be something to look into to help it's performance more in high temperatures. My second reason to pick the Rubicon trim would be for greater bone stock capability so that I could go play on some of the more challenging trails while I bide my time saving up for the upgrades. Unless we figure something out through a offroad shop, like was mentioned earlier regarding building it up and making it part of the payment plan for the vehicle as a whole, there would be a significant period of time between the initial purchase and installing the upgrades, which would likely be done in stages.
You're doing the build through the Jeep web page. That's all MSRP. You have to go to a dealer and negotiate with them. There's a trade in if you have one, cash rebates, etc. When I built one through the Jeep page it came out to $46000. I found a Sport S at a dealer for $42 and got it down to $36000. You have to shop around.
I don't think you can get LEDs on the sport s, and that was one of the required options for me - the others being tow package and 8.4 uconnect. The 110 outlet is kind of useless, you have to have acc on which shuts off automatically after 20-30 minutes. You could put the leds in aftermarket but I wanted everything under warranty - I'm done doing any repair work on my DD. If anything breaks it's up to Jeep to fix it.Thanks for bringing things back on topic. I personally think of the Rubicon trim's status and think "neat, do you ever leave the pavement?". Around where I am it's actually quite common to see stock 4x4s, be it jeeps or other manufacturers, that show evidence of recent offroading (mud splatter), even if it turns out to be an unpaved driveway. I'm often tempted to roll my eyes when I see a spotless Rubicon, or anything with an obvious lift on it, especially if it's in the city where the chances are higher that the owner is using it's appearance to compensate for something completely unrelated to what it was designed to do...once or twice I've even seen one that had been given 22 inch rims, low profile tires and spinners.
Despite pouring over both trims on Jeep's site, I was having a hard time finding a complete list of the standard features included in both trims. I wanted to know if there was anything included in the Rubicon that could not be gotten aftermarket, and had to be ordered from the factory. As stated much earlier in the thread, there are some small things like the 110 outlet on the back of the center console that are unavailable with the sport model. Other than stuff like that, my main motivation to get the Rubicon trim is probably to get some of the options I want installed at the factory instead of getting them after the initial construction, namely the steel bumper (which I still like more than the aftermarket options out there, atleast until AEV finally released their's) and the trailcam.
It's possible that with modifications, the Rubicon hood could be made more functional with modifications to provide better cooling, and might be something to look into to help it's performance more in high temperatures. My second reason to pick the Rubicon trim would be for greater bone stock capability so that I could go play on some of the more challenging trails while I bide my time saving up for the upgrades. Unless we figure something out through a offroad shop, like was mentioned earlier regarding building it up and making it part of the payment plan for the vehicle as a whole, there would be a significant period of time between the initial purchase and installing the upgrades, which would likely be done in stages.
I thought you could get all those in the Sport S now?
Not LED headlights or marker lights. You can get LED taillights with the safety package.
Everything Iāve read about LED lights says they are brighter but donāt necessarily project light any farther than Halogen. Personal preference definitely comes into play with them.
I found my Max Tow Sport on the dealers lot for $33,000 brand new. Only had 3 miles on the OD. I was out the door at just over $36,000 after paying $1,000 for out.of pocket for one of the warranties, which they just took it off the amount I sold them my JKU for. Ended up leaving with $10,000 in my pocket.
Thankyou for reminding me about the transfer case, that might be one of the primary reasons to consider the rubicon despite the modifications I have in mind.
