Who's got a hard rock package?
01-06-2015, 09:54 PM
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I bought the HR because it had the color option I preferred. The package is cosmetic other than the very minor difference in springs that increase the height less than 1 inch over a standard Rubicon. A loaded Rubicon and a Hard Rock with the same options are not $4,500 apart in MSRP. There may be better discounts for standard Rubicons. I took delivery from dealer stock with only $3,600 off MSRP, but I had few options for what I wanted.
01-07-2015, 12:50 PM
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I went to the dealer out of curiosity and we built one the way I would order it.
added 4.10s, AC with auto temp, HardTop and 430N
We then built a Rubicon with the same options.
The difference in price was less than $1000. By the time you buy a hood and the cheapest metal front and rear bumpers the Hard Rock costs less when you compare apples to apples. What everybody fails to consider in that extra $4500 is that the Hard Rock comes standard with leather, heated seats and the nicer hood.
Most opinions I had read always tout that the hood and bumpers are not worth $4500. I agree but when you build the Rubicon with the options that are standard equipment on the Hard Rock it's a better deal than you think.
added 4.10s, AC with auto temp, HardTop and 430N
We then built a Rubicon with the same options.
The difference in price was less than $1000. By the time you buy a hood and the cheapest metal front and rear bumpers the Hard Rock costs less when you compare apples to apples. What everybody fails to consider in that extra $4500 is that the Hard Rock comes standard with leather, heated seats and the nicer hood.
Most opinions I had read always tout that the hood and bumpers are not worth $4500. I agree but when you build the Rubicon with the options that are standard equipment on the Hard Rock it's a better deal than you think.
But when I modded my current ruby 4 door 08 when I added the warn bumper a mid priced bumper $750 it weighed 155lbs and a smitty built 10 k winch my front springs mushed out so That meant I had to get a new springs HD one and new shocks and well a OME lift with track bars etc. $2000 gotta say though the jeep looks good runs great but I don't want o have to go through that again because for the time period that the springs were smushed I could use it off road. and there came to my knowledge a pretty good understanding of where bumps and pot holes were That I had to avoid ignored to avoid bottom out the suspension ( In a jeep!!!! )
so to avoid althaea hassle that is where I am heading?
anyone order their jeep from a dealer and have it modded at the dealer at the dealers cost? as opposed to a ridiculous mark up?