I got my build sheet emailed to me this morning. It shows 3.21 gears with the 3.8 motor. Its mainly my DD with some off road. Is it worth saving to regear? This is on 09 X model.
Notice the word in "bold" above? :whistling: You can run 33s with 3.21s especially with your manual tranny and do not need to re gear. The size you listed is the same as the OEM stock size but the hankooks were put on by the previous owner as a possible upgrade.From the build sheet and even as it sits outside in the cold, it looks pretty stock. It does have the 255/75/17 Hankook tires on it. When would it recommended to be regeared? I dont plan on going any bigger then 33s on it in the future.
Yo are paying $1500 plus to only have 3.73's installedThumper2012 said:We've got a 2012 JKU 4 door,
6 speed manual and it came with 321 gears, we were not happy with the gears
and plan to tow about 1600 lbs localy sometimes. We do 99% of our driving on
roads. Ours is in the shop right now getting 373's, we are hoping for a middle ground
on this setup. We'll see.
My Tj had 3.07 with upgraded 31's. Terrible highway.Thumper2012 said:Yep, up here in the flat lands of North Dakota we do not have great
4 wheeling places to go. Our Jeep is our DD and we regularly do
200 mile trips to the Veterans Hospital. We also plan on runs to
Virginia and the Grand Canyon. Heck just to town and back is a 50+
mile run up here.
We are looking for a little more drive-ability and power with the stock
tires setup in 6th gear and hope not to loose too much MPG's.
I flat hate the 321's, and coming from our 02 TJ with 373's we were
much happier.
:whistling:BHall1244 said:im just curious what gears you have in your rig?
Dang it Jeepdon. Why did you have to post that picture? It makes we want to head northwest! I'm jealous that that is your backyard.JEEPDON said:Where in ND are you??
This is 15 mins from my house
Yep :thumb:Celtic said:Not to hijack the thread, and I am positively sure that MTH can spout his own defense as he sees fit, but I have also read a lot of his posts / advice / threads.
In my opinion, he has been spot on in his further questioning, requests for clarification, analysis, thoughts and recommendations. I personally don't think that repetition and further detailed advice is rude. I think it is the voice of someone with a lot of practical real world experience who is just trying to help out fellow Jeepers.
It really seems sometimes like OPs do not read or understand what has been posted in response to their comment or question, mainly because they ask the same thing over and over when it has already been answered.
What is really rude, in my opinion, is when the OP does not thank the folks who helped or does not post the outcome and sign off the thread when appropriate.
Soooo, I'm going to go get into my Nomex and get ready to be flamed. Have at me.
And I certainly mean no offense to you or the OP.
I am many things, but rude is not among them. I may be light hearted, I may be serious, I may be brief or lengthy, I may stress a point that I think is important--especially if I think it's going to save someone money or set something correct that I believe others have stated incorrectly--but I'm definitely not rude.BHall1244 said:no i wasnt curious. it kind of irritates me how rude you are to people on mods they are asking advice on or the choices they make. i am on here all the time and just about every post i read of yours you are negative. they way i look at it at least they guy has a jeep. maybe he doesnt have much experience with mods. maybe he is new to the jeep world. at any rate they should be able to do what they want to their jeep and not have someone tell them how wrong they are.
Celtic said:Not to hijack the thread, and I am positively sure that MTH can spout his own defense as he sees fit, but I have also read a lot of his posts / advice / threads.
In my opinion, he has been spot on in his further questioning, requests for clarification, analysis, thoughts and recommendations. I personally don't think that repetition and further detailed advice is rude. I think it is the voice of someone with a lot of practical real world experience who is just trying to help out fellow Jeepers.
Thanks gents. :thumb:kjeeper10 said:Yep :thumb:
Curious to why they talked you out of 4.10's ?MTH said:I am many things, but rude is not among them. I may be light hearted, I may be serious, I may be brief or lengthy, I may stress a point that I think is important--especially if I think it's going to save someone money or set something correct that I believe others have stated incorrectly--but I'm definitely not rude.
The person I was responding to didn't have a problem with my comments. And now, as I said, he's going to be uniquely situated to tell us about his improvements. That's fine by me and, in my view, this is what folks come to forums for--for opinions, guidance, and suggestions by others similarly situated. He went into with open eyes and made his choice.
Shortly after I first started this hobby, I got it in my head that I needed to regear to 4.10s. I was talked out of it by people on the forums who had more experience with JKs than I did. And you know what? They were right and I'm glad I didn't regear to 4.10--I didn't need it then (or now really) and it wouldn't be deep enough for where I want to go.
Regearing to 3.73s is in my opinion and the opinion of many others, a mistake. Should we have kept that to ourselves? Not mention it so as to let him "do what he wants with his jeep" without jostling his potentially delicate sensibilities? That's ridiculous. Our "job" here is to let others know our opinions, not to argue with them but to help guide them, as was done to me when I had my heart set on 4.10s.
So . . . whatever.
Similar logic for the 3.73s we discussed above, but for our 3.8s. Of course 4.10 would be an improvement, but if you're going to go through the expense and so on for a 3.8, you might as well head to 4.56 or even 4.88, especially of you're planning 33s or 35s. So if you told me you could tap my hood with a magic wand for $100 and give me 4.10s I'd of course take it, but not for $1800. Make sense?kjeeper10 said:Curious to why they talked you out of 4.10's ?
To "wait and see, possibly lower come time" ?
And I agree. You never once came across as a rude person, to me at least
Yep.... Saved you $1500 plus.MTH said:Similar logic for the 3.73s we discussed above, but for our 3.8s. Of course 4.10 would be an improvement, but if you're going to go through the expense and so on for a 3.8, you might as well head to 4.56 or even 4.88, especially of you're planning 33s or 35s. So if you told me you could tap my hood with a magic wand for $100 and give me 4.10s I'd of course take it, but not for $1800. Make sense?
My many thanks to you for your service to our country.!We might be up to some easy 4 wheeling but we are keeping this rig stock for the most part. This one is our DD and we are both disabled Vets so I can't afford to beat it up.
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