Newbie

[tapp836]

Hello all, just bought our first Jeep. Don’t even know what all is stock vs not. Please let me know anything important or some good threads for a brand new guy. Ready to learn.

2010 Wrangler Sport 3.8, 65k miles

 

[Oscar-Mike]

Wow!
Lucky you.
2 Doors are the "Real Jeeps"
4 Doors are the "Sedans"

Yours is lifted and so you need to buy a winch.

 

[tapp836]

Wow!
Lucky you.
2 Doors are the "Real Jeeps"
4 Doors are the "Sedans"

Yours is lifted and so you need to buy a winch.

how big of a winch do you think is sufficient? Are the “off brands” any good?

 

[IndominusHuman]

how big of a winch do you think is sufficient? Are the “off brands” any good?

I am looking at the new Harbor Freight 12,000lb Apex. Harbor Freight has a bad wrap for cheap tools, which is sometimes true, but I have heard phenomenal things about their new and improved 12k winch. I also have a 2 door. 12 will be overkill, but for the price...

Also, overkill is good in my opinion.

 

[BLACKJKU]

I've also heard the HF winches have good reviews. Overkill is never bad in fact sometimes it can be safer.

 

[Chris]

Welcome to the forum!

The front and rear bumpers aren't stock, neither are the wheels and tires, and it appears you have a 3.5" lift (or close to that).

 

[tapp836]

What is this clip for? Thanks!

 

[Chris]

Looks like it's for a roof rack, CB antenna mount, or something like that.

Do you have a better photo? That one is so blurry it's almost hard to tell.

It looks like it has a Warn logo on it, which confuses me.

 

[IndominusHuman]

Its a bottle opener. Its basically just to fill the hole where the license plate used to be.