Just purchased this 2012 2 door. I have lots of toys but this is my first Jeep. Any tips tricks or quirks to these things I need to look for. I purchased it with the lifter tick and fixed it. It's pretty much a stock one owner.
Lift/tires/winch usually in that order when starting out unless you’re wheeling alone(which shouldn’t be the case) then winch first.
After you’ve got that established save up for gears/lockers and ideally driveshafts then you can kinda wheel it as is and upgrade as shit breaks or as you need/want.
I don’t agree. Gearing is important but isnt 100% a requirement immediately. The driveshaft if you go above 2.5” I agree is accurate but the majority of people doing their first lift will be to fit 35” tires and only requires 2.5” lift. I ran my stock driveshafts from day 1 til I was on 37’s and fully built 44’s and that was from 2014 to 2020 with a lot of offeoad time. As far as the bank account goes I figured that was a known factor just empty every pocket.
Only reason I said gearing was from experience because my Jeep had 35's on it with 3.21 gears when I bought it. Not a good combination.
Only reason I said gearing was from experience because my Jeep had 35's on it with 3.21 gears when I bought it. Not a good combination.
How important a gear change is certainly depends on where you're starting. 35's and 3.21 gears would absolutely suck. 35's with 4.10 gears isn't terrible.