After reading through sinclair, mdjk, mrs.t, and starbrights builds I have some excellent ideas on what I want to build. You all have beautiful Jeeps and I enjoyed reading through all of your build threads!!
I hope you can help me with a couple of questions...
I've decided that I want the most basic wrangler I can find and customize it to fit my needs. I'm using this as a vehicle for family fun (all 5 of us) when we go camping about 5 times per year. So it will be off-road except when going to and from our destinations.
I found a 2015 sport at a dealer for $27,000 bare bones.
I'm going to put 4.88 gears front and rear for towing and off roading
I'm going with a 3.5" AEV lift kit and Rancho 9000xl shocks or maybe the ones AEV offers with the kit, what are your thoughts?
Wheels and Tires will be 315/70/17
I know I want the tow package but should I bother with the max tow since I'm going to re-gear?
Another option is the anti-spin rear diff, should I bother with this upgrade or will I get that when I re-gear.
What is a reasonable price to have a shop do the lift and gear work? What brand gears should I get? ( I'm in southern Cali so I know the prices will be higher here than other areas)
Sounds like I can do the rest of the upgrades myself following the lead of the rest of you in this forum, but is there any factory build option you think would be a good idea to have the dealer do before I pick it up?
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!!
I hope you can help me with a couple of questions...
I've decided that I want the most basic wrangler I can find and customize it to fit my needs. I'm using this as a vehicle for family fun (all 5 of us) when we go camping about 5 times per year. So it will be off-road except when going to and from our destinations.
I found a 2015 sport at a dealer for $27,000 bare bones.
I'm going to put 4.88 gears front and rear for towing and off roading
I'm going with a 3.5" AEV lift kit and Rancho 9000xl shocks or maybe the ones AEV offers with the kit, what are your thoughts?
Wheels and Tires will be 315/70/17
I know I want the tow package but should I bother with the max tow since I'm going to re-gear?
Another option is the anti-spin rear diff, should I bother with this upgrade or will I get that when I re-gear.
What is a reasonable price to have a shop do the lift and gear work? What brand gears should I get? ( I'm in southern Cali so I know the prices will be higher here than other areas)
Sounds like I can do the rest of the upgrades myself following the lead of the rest of you in this forum, but is there any factory build option you think would be a good idea to have the dealer do before I pick it up?
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!!