Jeep Wrangler Rubicon

The Almighty Jeep Rubicon
November 24, 2012

       One of the best all around factory Wranglers that one can find is the Jeep Rubicon. See the guys over at Jeep realized one thing back in 2003, the Jeep is one of the most popular vehicles for guys and gals to modify. Bigger wheels and tires, lockers in the front and rear axles, better suspension components and the list just goes on and on. The guys over at Jeep decided to knock some of these modifications out of the way so folks could spend money on the other mods that rather than start all from scratch.

      The Rubicon debuted in 2003, and with it, a person could get the following options, Dana 44 front and rear axles, with lockers in those bad boys, 16 inch moab wheels, some of the sexiest wheels I think that have ever been put on a Wrangler, bigger fender flares to cover those Good Year Wrangler mud terrains that come on those 16 beauties, black diamond plated rocker guards to protect under the doors when your skimming off the rocks, a lower geared transfer case to help you skim on those rocks, and those one of a kind Rubicon hood decals doing all the advertising. Also with most of the Rubicons, the interiors come pretty tricked out, such as cruise control, and a fancy rear view dimming mirror with temperature gauge that's mostly found in the Sahara models.

      Most of the 1997-2006 model non-Rubicon models came with a Dana 30 front axle, and a Dana 35 rear axle. These same axles can also be found on 1987-1995 model jeeps as will. These axles do just fine for most folks for day to day use but are not very strong built to handle such things as rock crawling or putting your Jeep through mortal hell. The Rubicons axles are set up to do just this, its strictly built for off road use, and its very capable at holding its on. That's not to say that the Rubicon cant handle your daily driving needs as will.

      The Rubicon is one heck of an off road machine, and very impressive right off the show room floor, or stock form. I recently got my 2004 stuck, and in regular four wheel drive limited slip, it didn't even want to come out, but after engaging the button on the dash by locking the rear and front axles, my Jeep came clawing out of the mud that it was stuck in. And I didn't know this but for those like myself, when you lock the axles, it makes both wheels turn on each axle at the same time. Without this feature, you only have limited slip, where when your stuck, the wheel with the most weight on it has the only traction. But what ever the case, the locking axles are a very nice thing to have in case one ever needs that feature. The Rubicon is a very impressive machine, and if your looking at one, and thinking that a Rubicon might be what suits your needs, I can promise you, it will not let you down, heck, it might even make your jaw drop from disbelief.

Anyway guys, Happy Jeeping.