Thought I'd put together a little post on my new toy.
This is actually my second 2012 Flame Red Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon in less than a month. I bought the first one on March 7th, and a week later I took it to a different dealer for a minor issue with the A/C. They proceeded to return it to me in worse condition than when I dropped it off, and when given the chance to fix that they did even more damage. One letter to the CEO of Jeep and the owners of both the servicing and selling dealerships and the dealer that screwed it all up bought it from me and found me another one in Louisiana. It had a few more options than the first one, and I paid the difference (I'd have preferred they pick up the difference, but it was either I covered it or they tried to fix the first one again, and I wasn't going to play that game.) The new new JK came in on March 30th and I'm happy to be in a Jeep again.
So here she is:
Specs:
2012 Flame Red Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
Pentastar 3.6L V6 (285HP
) (std)5 Speed Automatic Transmission (W5A580) (opt)
Front and Rear D44s (std)
Electronic Lockers (std)
Electronic Sway Bar Disconnect (std)
4:1 Rock-Trac Transfer case (NV241OR) (std)
255/75R17 BFG MT KM (std)
Connectivity Group (opt)
Max Tow Pkg (opt)
4.10 Axle Ratio (opt)
Automatic Temp Control A/C (opt)
Hard Top (opt)
Media Center 730N RHR (opt)
Remote Start (opt)
I could have lived without the Auto A/C, Nav System, and Remote Start, and in fact those were not on the first JK, but the second had them on it and there were no other JKs in the country in Flame Red that had the options I required.
So far the only things I've done are mount a 4D Maglite to the drivers seat (is that still a required first mod around here?
) and a strap fire extinguisher to the roll bar using a red Rugged Ridge extinguisher holder. I also painted my Warn Receiver Shackle gloss black and put a red Daystar D-Ring isolator on it. Looks pretty cool IMHO.Long term I plan to put an AEV 3.5" lift and 35's, and some as-of-yet unchosen bumpers on it, setting it up primarily for expedition/overland style wheeling, with some reasonable rock-crawling tossed in as well. This will always be my daily-driver, so the insanity must be kept *somewhat* in check (famous last words). Short term I'm looking to fill in the missing skids and replace the stock Rubicon rock rails with something frame-mounted and a little beefier, most likely from LOD as their's have a built in step and my wife can barely climb in as it is. I also need to build up a power distribution center (can't tap fuses in the JKs now, the CANBUS gets upset), mount my Cobra 75WXST mounted (saved from the KJ when I traded it in for the Subaru last year), and find some place to mount my OBA set-up. I don't want it taking up cargo space in the back, and unfortunately none of the compressor or air-tank mounts for the '07-11 JKs will work on the '12 as the new 3.6L takes up a lot more space than the old 3.8L (that doesn't seem to make sense, does it?).
There are of course 18 million other mods I want to do, but limited free time, lack of unlimited funds, and a slightly-more-sensible-than me wife will hold me to a reasonable pace.
I'll post up here as I mod and play.
I'm glad to be back on LOST and hopefully I'll see some of you guys and gals around the trails!
Edit: Can't spell my own username...
