hey no problem, just wondering why you thought that.. I understand now and I do agree that they haven't been around long enough to know for sure. Thanks though and don't worry you don't have a tough crowd just one looking for answers.

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I have a 2 door X- B Pkg. vinyl seats, roll windows, standard dash, no AC, under 20k out the door. The only factory options I went with are 4.10 gears and red rock paint. I have yet to cry while I am paying for my next mod. I am having a blast and wouldn't do it any other way. Thanks for all the great posts from everyone on this forum........Mike

 

Did you read through this thread? https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...highlight=make

It may answer some of your concerns.

 

Just read through that thread and I am pretty convinced now that I want to just go with the Rubi. I just feel that that would be the best route less headache. It would just be great off the lot and a lift and protection for the front rear and sides is all I would need. Other dodas would come later and slowly evolve into the vehicle I want.

Another thing that would help is the piece of mind with the warrenty even though I know that it would go out the window with the warrenty but the parts that I wouldn't have to modify would still be under warrenty.

Just as a matter of where this post has gone what exactly goes out of warrenty with a lift?

 

i think you have chosen wisely. and not just because i've got a rubi. mine's been debadged. i saw how my last build was going, thought about what i'd have done differently, and decided that having turned wrenches on all that crap before, i've earned the right to it from the factory. besides, i don't heal so quickly now as i did then.

if DC determines that the modification was the cause of the failure, your warranty won't cover it.

 

Well, that's exactlty what I ordered. Then while waiting for my Jeep to be built, I started having second thoughts. The locker and disco added $1500 to the sticker price, and then adding another $1000 to $1200 for a set of good MT tires, and $500 more for rock rails, brings the total cost dangerously close to that of the Rubi. And you still don't have the 4:1 tcase, Dana 44, or front locker.

So I cancelled my order and grabbed a Rubi off the lot (the only one within 300 miles, btw...). No regrets. None.

I love my Jeep.

 

For sure get The RUBI!

 

My 2 cents - unless you're either only planning to do very mild off-roading with fairly limited mods (doesn't sound like your situation) or are planning on going extreme (larger than 37-inch tires and/or swapping out front and rear axles), the Rubi makes the most sense from a monetary standpoint. I don't think you'd be making a mistake deciding to go with an X or a Sahara and build it up. You can clearly build up a X or Sahara that is better off-road than a stock Rubi, but I think it will cost more and you won't necessarily have the protection of the factory warranty for the parts that you install. Unless you're going to go really extreme and just tear off the Rubi parts regardless - in that case it makes no sense to get a Rubi IMHO.

 

i did the same thing undertow. get the rubi unless you are an awesome mechanic and want to swap axles, t case, etc. later.