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Old 23 February 2018, 12:49 PM   #31
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Old 23 February 2018, 01:01 PM   #32
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Very nice and congrats. I've been seriously thinking about getting a 2 door Willys JK. Hoping for a good deal once the 2 door JL's start hitting the dealers. Keep the mod photos coming.
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Old 23 February 2018, 01:59 PM   #33
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Patiently waiting for pics of your first off pavement excursion!
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Old 23 February 2018, 10:20 PM   #34
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I had a 5spd tj sahara. One of the most fun vehicles I ever had. Only thing I actually hated was how insanely heavy the clutch was. Shifter should’ve said Eaton Fuller on it. In coming years after my kids get a bit older, a 4 door, hopefully diesel, wrangler may make its way into the mix. Congrats my friend!!!!
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Old 23 February 2018, 10:34 PM   #35
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I had a 5spd tj sahara. One of the most fun vehicles I ever had. Only thing I actually hated was how insanely heavy the clutch was. Shifter should’ve said Eaton Fuller on it. In coming years after my kids get a bit older, a 4 door, hopefully diesel, wrangler may make its way into the mix. Congrats my friend!!!!
Don’t make the mistake of driving a JK or a JL until you’re ready to spend some money. They’re both unbelievably more civilized than your TJ. Every Wrangler I’d ever been in made me wonder why anyone would want to punish themselves with one. Until I rode in my first JK. Of course, I’m almost 60 years old now, so comfort has become more important to me than a lot of other factors in the past decade.
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Old 23 February 2018, 11:54 PM   #36
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I had a 5spd tj sahara. One of the most fun vehicles I ever had. Only thing I actually hated was how insanely heavy the clutch was. Shifter should’ve said Eaton Fuller on it. In coming years after my kids get a bit older, a 4 door, hopefully diesel, wrangler may make its way into the mix. Congrats my friend!!!!


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Don’t make the mistake of driving a JK or a JL until you’re ready to spend some money. They’re both unbelievably more civilized than your TJ. Every Wrangler I’d ever been in made me wonder why anyone would want to punish themselves with one. Until I rode in my first JK. Of course, I’m almost 60 years old now, so comfort has become more important to me than a lot of other factors in the past decade.
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Old 24 February 2018, 01:26 AM   #37
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I drive a rather pristine 2005 and will stick with that. Enjoy your new Jeep.

Here’s some pics of I’m sure what will be available for yours soon if not already.
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Old 24 February 2018, 02:20 AM   #38
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Old 24 February 2018, 03:11 AM   #39
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Here’s some pics of I’m sure what will be available for yours soon if not already.[/QUOTE]

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Old 24 February 2018, 04:57 AM   #40
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Also it's a good idea to go into the jeep forums to see what people are and have done to their jeeps.

Lifting them over about 2 inches to put on larger tires can be a major undertaking on suspension changes and shocks etc. I think the pictures I included of the 2017s are like 4 inch lifts which is a fairly major deal that includes front end suspension parts, shocks and also bigger tires means changing out gearing in the rear end.

Also I've read that the new LED lightbars the go on the top of the windshield and extend the whole distance like in the pics, make a lot of wind noise.
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Old 24 February 2018, 06:42 AM   #41
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Love it!! Congrats on making a great choice! As others have said, be careful! The mods and accessories get out of hand!

I really loved my last Jeep.






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Old 24 February 2018, 06:47 AM   #42
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That's a very nice Jeep, Richris1! Two Wranglers are sitting in my driveway right now, one with 100,00+ miles. They're been pretty reliable --- and LOTS of fun.
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Old 24 February 2018, 09:43 AM   #43
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Looks great. Thinking of getting one.
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Old 24 February 2018, 09:46 AM   #44
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I’ve done a ton of research on these. Absolutely love them m

So many upgrades. So many improvements.

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Old 24 February 2018, 10:03 AM   #45
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Old 24 February 2018, 12:21 PM   #46
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For any Jeep enthusiasts....incoming all new Jeep Wrangler JL

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Also it's a good idea to go into the jeep forums to see what people are and have done to their jeeps.



Lifting them over about 2 inches to put on larger tires can be a major undertaking on suspension changes and shocks etc. I think the pictures I included of the 2017s are like 4 inch lifts which is a fairly major deal that includes front end suspension parts, shocks and also bigger tires means changing out gearing in the rear end.



Also I've read that the new LED lightbars the go on the top of the windshield and extend the whole distance like in the pics, make a lot of wind noise.


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Love it!! Congrats on making a great choice! As others have said, be careful! The mods and accessories get out of hand!



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That's a very nice Jeep, Richris1! Two Wranglers are sitting in my driveway right now, one with 100,00+ miles. They're been pretty reliable --- and LOTS of fun.


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So many upgrades. So many improvements.



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I’m a die-hard 2-door guy. Ive looked over the JL’s and they do have a lot of nice improvements over the JK. If I had unlimited funds I’d flip my ‘15 for one, but I can’t justify it. My only real disappointment is that they were talking about improved fuel mileage for so long. But their improvement is measured in tenths of M’sPG.


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Jeeps are more dangerous than watches. Addicting and limitless modifications can be made...and will be made. Your Jeep looks nice. Would like to see it again 1 year from now!



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Looks great! Post pics of the add-ons once it's all hooked up.


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Been a jeep junkie since the 80's. New JL do look nice with some improvements. Have to stick with my 14 for another decade or so. Just got it right.



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I like the updates on this one. Congrats Richard, I LOL when you said you already had the mods delivered tomorrow, this is going to be exciting for sure, before and after!! Have fun and post lots of pics when the first batch of mods are done


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And here it is after today’s trip to the ”shop”



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Old 24 February 2018, 12:24 PM   #47
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That’s come a long way from my ‘97 Wrangler.
as has the price !

gotta be the #1 $$ margin for Chrysler.
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Congrats!! Great fun ahead!!!

Almost had the wife convinced to go with an Unlimited Rubicon Recon and she flipped to a JGC Trailhawk with the Hemi at the last minute.

May be changing career paths here soon and if so I will be driving way less and I will probably look at a new Wrangler when my truck lease gets right side up.


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Wow, nice change, looks way better and something unique! Well done Richard


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Congrats!! Great fun ahead!!!

Almost had the wife convinced to go with an Unlimited Rubicon Recon and she flipped to a JGC Trailhawk with the Hemi at the last minute.

May be changing career paths here soon and if so I will be driving way less and I will probably look at a new Wrangler when my truck lease gets right side up.


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Old 24 February 2018, 02:44 PM   #52
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For any Jeep enthusiasts....incoming all new Jeep Wrangler JL

Holds value better than anything. I hated it when my truck was ever unavailable and it was a daily. So much Fun as a toy but they are getting pretty pricy for what they are and my family owns a Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram dealership. I’ll still keep one as often as I can. If you need to tow anything and expect it to be your only vehicle forget it. It couldnt pull my boat out of the shed much less down the road. But it still doesn’t matter it’s a Wrangler. Makes the worst vehicle list every year and they still fly off the lot.


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Holds value better than anything. I hated it when my truck was ever unavailable and it was a daily. So much Fun as a toy but they are getting pretty pricy for what they are and my family owns a Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram dealership. I’ll still keep one as often as I can. If you need to tow anything and expect it to be your only vehicle forget it. It couldnt pull my boat out of the shed much less down the road. But it still doesn’t matter it’s a Wrangler. Makes the worst vehicle list every year and they still fly off the lot.


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Fly off the the lot they do! Best value holder of an automobile period. Typically when a decent shape, used Wrangler hits a used car lot....gone pretty darn quickly :). I’m actually contemplating becoming a Jeep Wrangler exclusive, pre-owned dealer
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Fly off the the lot they do! Best value holder of an automobile period. Typically when a decent shape, used Wrangler hits a used car lot....gone pretty darn quickly :). I’m actually contemplating becoming a Jeep Wrangler exclusive, pre-owned dealer


I don’t spend much time at the dealership at all but there are never new late models left when the new year comes out. Wranglers remind me of when I had my Vette. Yea there are a lot of things to complain about but it is just a special thing. That would be a great business I think. The hardest part I think would be finding sources for those vehicles in good shape that you can get at a good price. Also banks don’t mind loaning money on them bc they hold their value so well. Pretty much the only vehicle that is on par with the residual value is a Tacoma. Everything else is about 10% less and most are more than that.


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