Good call, Alex. You will be amazed at how closely and how far you can follow a
Rubi in a stock TJ. The quality of your off-roading education will be
much higher if you avoid the short-cuts. I call locker switches
"ejection switches". If you use them, you've ejected yourself from class.

Your wallet will be less empty too. Catalogs are filled with gadgets
for people without the patience to figure themselves out of a
pickle. Buy what you can afford and add what you need when *you learn*
that you need it.

"nightrider.36" <alex.cordero@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks Carl. unfortunately--the Rubicon is over my budget. I won't
> spend 30k on a jeep--on anything--at least not yet--LOL. I've been
> reading many websites that say that you can do a lot of fun things even
> with the d30 & 35. I won't be doing any rock crawling because I haven't
> a clue of how to do that. I see videos of jeeps crawling over
> impoosible terrain--wet and muddy, impossible terrain in Moab--I won't
> be doing that... LOL!! But I give all those people that can all of my
> respect.
>
> According to the dealer, they won't be making any more 4 cyl jeeps, so
> I'll have a 6 cyl, I guess.
>
> Alex
> Carl wrote:
>> If you plan to off road, you would be better off with the Rubicon. It has
>> much stouter axles, a better transfer case, and lockers. You would spend
>> more than the price difference between the two to make a standard TJ as good
>> as a Rubicon. Plus, the Rubicon is ready to go off the lot. Either way, get
>> the most Jeep you can afford. Stay away from the 4cyl if you can.
>>
>> Dana 30 and 35 and the make and model numbers of the standard Jeep axles.
>> They are both garbage. The Rubicon comes with Dana 44's, front and rear.
>> MUCH stronger.
>>
>> Carl
>

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Good call, Alex. You will be amazed at how closely and how far you can follow a
Rubi in a stock TJ. The quality of your off-roading education will be
much higher if you avoid the short-cuts. I call locker switches
"ejection switches". If you use them, you've ejected yourself from class.

Your wallet will be less empty too. Catalogs are filled with gadgets
for people without the patience to figure themselves out of a
pickle. Buy what you can afford and add what you need when *you learn*
that you need it.

"nightrider.36" <alex.cordero@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks Carl. unfortunately--the Rubicon is over my budget. I won't
> spend 30k on a jeep--on anything--at least not yet--LOL. I've been
> reading many websites that say that you can do a lot of fun things even
> with the d30 & 35. I won't be doing any rock crawling because I haven't
> a clue of how to do that. I see videos of jeeps crawling over
> impoosible terrain--wet and muddy, impossible terrain in Moab--I won't
> be doing that... LOL!! But I give all those people that can all of my
> respect.
>
> According to the dealer, they won't be making any more 4 cyl jeeps, so
> I'll have a 6 cyl, I guess.
>
> Alex
> Carl wrote:
>> If you plan to off road, you would be better off with the Rubicon. It has
>> much stouter axles, a better transfer case, and lockers. You would spend
>> more than the price difference between the two to make a standard TJ as good
>> as a Rubicon. Plus, the Rubicon is ready to go off the lot. Either way, get
>> the most Jeep you can afford. Stay away from the 4cyl if you can.
>>
>> Dana 30 and 35 and the make and model numbers of the standard Jeep axles.
>> They are both garbage. The Rubicon comes with Dana 44's, front and rear.
>> MUCH stronger.
>>
>> Carl
>

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Good call, Alex. You will be amazed at how closely and how far you can follow a
Rubi in a stock TJ. The quality of your off-roading education will be
much higher if you avoid the short-cuts. I call locker switches
"ejection switches". If you use them, you've ejected yourself from class.

Your wallet will be less empty too. Catalogs are filled with gadgets
for people without the patience to figure themselves out of a
pickle. Buy what you can afford and add what you need when *you learn*
that you need it.

"nightrider.36" <alex.cordero@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks Carl. unfortunately--the Rubicon is over my budget. I won't
> spend 30k on a jeep--on anything--at least not yet--LOL. I've been
> reading many websites that say that you can do a lot of fun things even
> with the d30 & 35. I won't be doing any rock crawling because I haven't
> a clue of how to do that. I see videos of jeeps crawling over
> impoosible terrain--wet and muddy, impossible terrain in Moab--I won't
> be doing that... LOL!! But I give all those people that can all of my
> respect.
>
> According to the dealer, they won't be making any more 4 cyl jeeps, so
> I'll have a 6 cyl, I guess.
>
> Alex
> Carl wrote:
>> If you plan to off road, you would be better off with the Rubicon. It has
>> much stouter axles, a better transfer case, and lockers. You would spend
>> more than the price difference between the two to make a standard TJ as good
>> as a Rubicon. Plus, the Rubicon is ready to go off the lot. Either way, get
>> the most Jeep you can afford. Stay away from the 4cyl if you can.
>>
>> Dana 30 and 35 and the make and model numbers of the standard Jeep axles.
>> They are both garbage. The Rubicon comes with Dana 44's, front and rear.
>> MUCH stronger.
>>
>> Carl
>

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