I regret turning it into my work truck. Upside is I get to use it everyday and love driving it. But I want my toy back!

I dont always drive where others cant. but when I do, its in my Jeep. Stay muddy my friends

 

Humm would like to have more info on this,

I was thinking of replacing my fenders shortly

 

Smittybilt src rear bumper tire carrier, what a POS... Have to bungee to keep handle locked and from swinging open while driving. Then sometimes the handle is so tight you have to beat on it to get it open. Customer service could care less.

 

They are pretty much being attached to the jeep by double sided tape.

The stock fenders are not as flimsy as those and the don't come off the body because the tape isn't strong enough.

Save up and do it right the first time

 

50" lightbar. The noise that thing makes is awful. Hurt my already depressed mpg too. If I used it skit it would be worth it but for as little as I needed it not so much.

sent from my work leash

 

For me, buying it in the 1st place is a regret. Most unreliable vehicle I have had in 10+ years. If I don't end up lemon lawing it, will be trading it off right before the warranty expires.

 

These huge lightbars look so awesome and the light output is insane great, but I always had to assume they created some serious drag and wind noise.

I want a roof rack for carrying camping gear and a canoe, but I have the same concern with it. I could really use it, but I'd have to take it off when I didn't have gear up there or the noise would drive me crazy.

 

Mine work fine. I find it helpful to relieve pressure on the QDs by having someone else pull up/push down on bumper to align pin in bushing hole, then QD slips right off and on. Just replaced bushings on rear sway bar links (identical part) and no problem fitting them into place (100K+ miles on worn out ones).

 

2dr smittybilt SRC rocker guards. Fitment was terrible. I returned them and got a set of RSE rock sliders which fit perfectly and didn't cost too much more

 

A very very minor regret...I wish I would have researched more when buying seat covers. I'm currently running black neoprene covers by Smittybilt and bought them just to have something on there. They're doing their job, but there are much better options.

Everything else has been excellent, leaving me regretting only the mods I have NOT yet done.

Gearing-- I'm in a quandary. I have 3.73's and 33" tires with the 3.6 6-speed manual and it's "just" enough gearing to be liveable on both the road and moderate trails. I'd feel better if I had 4.10's or maybe even 4.56's, but I'm hesitant to do anything. Upgrading to 4.10's seems expensive for the marginal benefit, and upgrading to 4.56's would take away the Jeep's everyday practicality on the road.

Lighting - I (almost) survived the winter with the stock headlamps and lighting. I almost backed over a short fence in complete darkness (note: add backup lamp to tire carrier post, STAT), and I almost had a run-in with elk while traveling a very dark forest service road. I need to figure out what I want to do for lighting very soon.

I had also planned to buy a set of swaybar quicker discos and install them before my last wheeling trip. I got busy and it completely escaped my mind. For the minimal cost, I wanted to see what kind of difference they made. I'll do this before my next trip.