Dpg234

Great Thread! I bought my JK on April 30th having a great ride, few off road trips, and handles beautifully! 7317KM (4546 miles)

arjeeper

Up to 1300 miles on my JK. Been a great experience so far!

Installed a LoD signature series mid width bumper and Engo with last weekend. Still have to wire the winch. Going to mount solenoid under the hood.



Jeep is Crush 2dr. Picture makes it look kinda Dozer.

Hockeyjeepwayalife

Malefic, T6.

maverick17

Now I like that bumper. I've been shopping around for a good winch bumper that allowed the stock fog lamps to be reused... now I need to price that bumper out... hmmm???

When you said you were going to wire the solenoid under the hood... is that referring to the outlet where you plug the winch control into? I had a local JK owner tell me that the going fad now is to jumper the winch with a paperclip to control the cable and reel the cable out. Once out... they run the cable over the top of the Jeep and anchor it to the rear (bumper or axle?) and then using the paper clip they reel the cable back in etc... So I was told the best thing was to hook a switch and relay to control the winch power... so you'd have to activate the switch from inside the vehicle before the winch can be powered up.

Do you have a hood lock?

maverick17

Here's a shot of the hood lock that installed a while back for my JK... It was like $20. Works off the principle of latching the secondary hook and holding down the hood until you unlock it. Once unlocked the hood has the slack to allow access to release the secondary hook.

arjeeper

Yes, the solenoid is the control box/switch. Since the winch will be rarely used (I'm not a hard core offroader but like to be prepared). It'll be safer in the engine bay. Didn't have much choice, though as it didn't fit above the winch with this bumper.

I don't have a hood lock. Might think about that.

maverick17

The hood lock is nice... since these rigs can be opened with the release of just two latches.

I hear the Boy Scout motto there... for me the shopping list still has:

Front Winch bumper & winch
On board air compressor and tank
Hi Lift Jack
Shovel
Lift (larger tires later)

And then I should be fairly prepared to get into trouble... GRIN

arjeeper

They stock vehicle rides so superbly, I'm going to attempt to avoid lift/larger tires. On all my jeeps, they've had some lift and it always makes for a crappier/louder ride. There are clear benefits, but they Rubicon is already a hell of a solid vehicle straight from there factory. (must keep telling myself this!)

kssting

I honestly can't tell the difference between the ride between the Sahara and the Rubicon but the rubi was only at 1000 miles when the TF kit went on so there wasn't much time to notice.

Wendy.Jeepchick

Mee too. My JKUR is by far the most solid Wrangler I've ever owned. Steering and ride are so tight and responsive...heavy duty. So, if I were to intentionally do something to it just so that I can be 3 inches higher and have slightly more clearance, it would just make me sick. But, it is so HARD to retrain myself not to feel left-out because I'm not higher.