New Jeep Wrangler Owner
 

After a dozen or more years of traditional Cherokee ownership, the most recent being a 1999, my new 2016 Wrangler Sport Unlimited arrived yesterday :smile: ...

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This is my first off-road adventure and pic with my new Jeep :smile:

I joined the local Jeep club, drove directly from the dealer to my first meeting, looking forward to the "Responsible 4WD & Jeep 101" in April.

I want to install some off-road hardware like a brush guard, tail light guards, whatever - partly for looks :smile: but also to prepare for the course and for going down farmers back lanes to the hiking trail to do maintenance. Some of those are quite rugged. The Cherokee with a 4" lift handled them with a little paint scratching here and there - which i would like to avoid with the new one. Any suggestions are most welcome. Note limited budget :frown:

Re: New Jeep Wrangler Owner
 

Nice - I know what the Cherokee were like (mine was an 89) dent here, scratch there w/3.5" lift, all mod's hand made. This JK I'd chk if the steering box is easy accessible to rocks (if so get a steering box cover) I c no step that's good one less thing to remove or leave on the trails, Tires 33" or 35" 's ur choice CB (always nice when offroading) 1st Aid kit - Fire extinguisher. Other mods will come do it slowly remember .Also check out the sponsors on this site mention your a member never know what deals they may have.

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I spent some time with the users manual, in and around the Jeep, trying stuff. Had the stupid loud thing going a couple of times :frown: Figured out pretty well everything. Went for a longer drive on back roads.

Conclusion: I should have done this long ago. I love this thing. Gimme some snow so i can use the 4-wheel drive. Bring on spring :smile:

Re: New Jeep Wrangler Owner
 

London - No snow you usually get hammered with all kinds of storms at least most every time I went trucking though on that suicide hwy 401 heading to the USA. I might mention you look allot like the famous singer Willie N... maybe stand there holding a guitar and you will get more comments :)

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We had one light dusting of snow, it did not stay on the ground, several weeks ago. That was it until a couple of days ago - pure green Christmas. Guys out golfing, riding motorcycles, girls skipping rope, whatever. Not enough snow on the roads now to try out the 4 wheel drive, altho i did manage the 1 block up to the corner early AM the day of the snow.

Never seen it like this before.

Hope we have a good spring. Still thinking about the club's beginner off-road course. My Harley Davidson IronHead has been my main hobby for the past dozen years. I expect to be doing less riding this year and onwards - gotta get this Jeep dirty :)

A guitar and a red bandanna for the next pic :)

Re: New Jeep Wrangler Owner
 

Cool ride! welcome!

Re: New Jeep Wrangler Owner
 

Welcome any questions don't be shy to ask we were all once new to jeeps