LeftHandRubi

Rubicon's are great. Gotta tell you though, there ain't much left of mine. Just the frame, parts of the fenders, the tub, and most of the dash. I would have been better off with an X and building.

I didn't know I was going to build a jeep when I bought my Rubi. I just wanted something that would work great on the trails we have around here. It did work great too. Then I started reading the stuff on this forum, talking to people, looking at extreme trails, and ...well... you all know how the disease progresses.

My wife's rubi is slowly being "upgraded": She had a 3" skyjacker, next week it is getting Evo Double Throwdowns front and back. It has 35" BFG's on Skulls. It also is getting a PSC (broke yet another steering box). Anyway, this will be close to a perfect general purpose rig that can do most trails, and still be a DD.

Anyway, next build I do will start with an X.........

gordhunt

It's a sticker who cares this thread is retarded !!!

jeep-addiction

I have a 2010 rubi and i'm just excited to be driving another jeep!! I take it offroad every chance i get and could care less about those stickers. Actually took off my front plastichrome jeep emblem just the other day. I love the way the grille looks without it!! Want to remove all the decals just wondered if it affected the value in any way. Plan on keeping it a long time though.

4x4andFlyFish

Sad statement about "he couldn't afford it". Maybe in the case of intentionally putting a Rubi sticker on a "non-Rubi" JK would be stupid. I bought a '10 JK sport to upgrade everything and make it my weekend toy. I could have afforded the Rubi but thought it would be foolish to pay a premium for things I am going to take off and upgrade. I am taking the stock equipment off the "sport" and replacing them with upgraded after market equipment.

I couldn't come to a conscience decision to pay $15,000 more to have a dana 44 front, electronic swaybar disco and electronic lockers. All the extras are "bells & whistles". That money can go to many more upgrades.

Most people I know that have Rubicons around my area never take it on a dirt road and want it for the luxury items on the interior. I want on off road beast that can get me to my camp / fishing sites of the NM/CO mountains. So basically, No matter your "level" of Jeep you buy, the end product of what you do with it is the real deal.

TeamsterOwl

He removed that video after you outed him!

Hope he doesn't kill himself, you'll be charged with a hate crime!!

TeamsterOwl

User 122117

I don't see why the stickers on your Jeep matter who waves back to you. If I see a Jeep Wrangler coming my way, I wave. You bought what you wanted or could afford. I don't care what model you bought. I don't care what stickers are on it. I don't care what year it is. I don't care how many doors are on it. You bought a Jeep. I'll wave and if you wave back that's awesome, if you don't you don't. It's a Jeep thing. Not a model thing.

MOPWR2U

Hey guys, stickers can make a difference at trade in time. I doubt a savy dealership would do this with a Rubicon, but I had a 1989 Chevy 1500 that I traded in on a new 1990 Chevy 2500 (back in 1990). I had an aftermarket suspension lift and Rancho shocks on my truck, which were better than the Z71 package, but I did not have the Z71 package. Just before trade in I went to a dealer and bought two Z71 stickers, and put them on my truck. A few days later I go to a dealer to trade in, and the appraiser person is walking around my truck making little notes about what options it has on it. I watch him as he notices the Z71 sticker and makes a note of it. We then go inside and he pulls out his NADA book and adds up the options on my truck. He is talking out loud as he does this, and when he gets to the Z71 option he says "Z71, thats worth an extra $700". Hey, who am I to complain. If he wants to give me $700 for a sticker, I'll take it.

RubiDude

Christine

When I had my Ford F150, there were always 'counterfeit' Lightning and Harley Davidson trucks. Don't we all want what we can't afford?