Bad on ice and snow is related to tires more than anything else. A jeep in the snow with proper tires is basically an all terrain snow miata! Similar wheelbase at least lol.

Besides rims and tires what is substantially different? The sticker? The rubicons come with rock rails standard, but so does the Willys package. I suppose you could make the case that the Hardrock, Rubi X and 10A edition all have different bumpers but a typical rubicon looks basically the same as a sport…

It's just an older rubicon(pre 2012 maybe). Has the right tires and the Rubi rock rails. I think those rims used to come with the rubis a few years ago.

I bet the right torque vectoring AWD system would actually be better than the wranglers 50-50 split on a snowy highway if both vehicles had the same winter rated tires. My friends new grand cherokee would kick the crap out of my wrangler in the snow.

If that gets passed in washington I will go buy that FZ-07 I have been eyeing. SO MUCH TRAFFIC around Seattle.

It doesn't get much less complicated than a mass spring damper system. Beyond that its just a basic linkage and some joints that allow basic motion.

I have been making jokes about them since I can remember for the same reason. I tend to break into impromptu ice ice baby karaoke sessions when they drive by.

Everytime I see a white on red fox convertible I can't help but think "Ice, you still got the 5.0?"

Really? I was surprised to see about half the jeeps on the lot locally were manual trans. I bought mine right off the lot with the 3.73s and a 6-Speed.

Its curved on the JK too so it looks ridiculous when it is folded down. Even on my TJ, folding the windshield down requires removing bolts from the roll cage and the windshield frame. I don't know if it has been easy to fold it down the windshield since the CJ days.

Yet you never see them anymore. I imagine they must have been pretty unreliable.

Jeep parking brakes are the worst. My TJ parking brake has never worked, and the one on my brand new JK is a joke. It hardly will keep it planted on a slight incline. Oh well, I park it in gear anyway...

Wow.. This is by far my new favorite test mule. It's just the perfect franken car. Late nineties chrysler just gave no fucks.

I have always loved these rims, I think they are the same or really similar to what they puton the viper.

I feel your pain bud. The amount of projects I have is severely limited by living in an apartment and having only one parking space. In an ideal world I could own both a jeep and sports car (which I did before I moved to the city) but the world is not ideal.

You should get on that. The chances of you owning a good comanche for a fair are diminishing rapidly. They are rare, the only ones I see on craigslist are approaching 300k miles and have rocker panel rot.

My Jeep = 21-30% jalop

That is awesome.

Wow, you were not kidding. Just checking my local craigslist there are several decent fixer-uppers for under 2k. I find it strange that kids are not all over these when searching for "the fast and the furious car".

I would say, you want to pay for at the very least the upgrade to 3.73 gears.