My 392 Had a Calf Today

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A brand-new baby girl. She's bashful, hiding behind the proud ma ma
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Crazy how small a factory Rubicon looks next to one on 40s
 
And also, crazy how well you can see out of the rear-view mirror without a 40" spare tire.
Are you still looking at the 74 Welds portals for this build?

Look forward to see how it all turns out
 
I've pretty much changed my mind on the Weld portals. I decided against them after learning how small the gear oil capacity is, and that the gear oil needs changed every 5,000 miles. Too many highway miles can cause the gear oil to break down, which causes wear and increased gear noise. This Jeep is going to be a toad vehicle, and I don't want to have to plan on changing gear oil on a trip to the arctic circle and back. There are literally dozens of influencers pushing portals on YouTube. I like the concept, but I'm not convinced long term reliability has been proven yet. I can always change to portals in a few years, but for now I'm doing a Metalcloak 3 1/2" lift with their Black shocks, for $16K less. I've already got the winch, air compressor, rock sliders, and wheels. I ordered bumpers last night.
 
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Makes total sense, especially for a road vehicle.

Didn't realize you had to change the gear oil that frequently.

What tire/size are you looking to go with?
 
I think I'll use Falken Wildpeak MT 38x13.50R-17 tires.
 
Didn't know they made a Falken MT that size.

Will have to take a look at them as well as the Nitto Trail Grappler that I thought I was decided on in a 38/13.50r17.

Good luck on the 2 door build, can't wait to see it evolve!
 
The Falken's are ~ $500 a set less than the Nitto Trail Grapplers, so I will probably give then a try. I liked them as stock tires on a 2021 JLUR I had, but in a smaller stock size of course.

I went out on a limb and purchased a "Road Hazzard" warranty on this Jeep. Tires, wheels, windshield, and paintless dent repair are covered for 7 years. I specifically asked about replacing wheels if damaged off road, even if the wheels are aftermarket wheels, and they said they were covered. Any damage to the wheels that cannot be polished away gets you a new wheel the same as the one that was damaged. So, I asked if a Method Bead Grip wheel scratched up on the Rubicon Trail would be replaced for free, and they said yes. I asked how they could do that with a Jeep, and they didn't think there was any problem with it. I'm on my 4th set of wheels on the 392. The first three sets all had terrible deep scrapes and gouges in them. I only replaced one set because of damage, and the rest I just lived with. If this warranty is legit, I won't have to do that. Same goes for tires, the 38" Falkens are warrantied against any damage, including running over a nail at a construction site. If I replace them with 40s, the new 40s are covered, and so on, for up to 7 years. This sounds too good to be true, so it probably is.
 
That's a heck of a deal if it turns out to be true!

Even after a fee outing my factory XR wheels are already scratched and gouged.

So along with the 38s I'm looking at the KMC Grenade beadlocks in black with the polished beadlock ring in the hopes it will hide the scratches and gouges better then a painted one.
 

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