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$23,500
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Jonathan
jipple28 [AT] gmail ((dot)) <com>
Reason for selling; I am moving to southern South America and cannot afford to pay the shipping and import taxes (I have given this very serious thought). I love this Jeep; I bought it new in April 2007 and have taken very good care of it. I have receipts for everything and TONS of documentation photos. This Jeep has NOT been abused; it has been wheeled [cautiously] with friends. Consider that this Jeep has always been my one and only daily driver- I could not afford to do stupid things with it and beat it up. It has been wheeled well within it's intended use as a Jeep Wrangler. While some of my friends opted for the competition trails at Rausch Creek, PA, I generally opted for the mid-level trails. To me, building the Jeep and just enjoying it without doors on warm summer days was worth more than being able to say "Yeah, I climbed that mountain/trail." It was my daily driver since I bought it, but I always worked with 3 miles of my home (hence the very low mileage). It's truly a one of a kind custom built Jeep, a real head-turner.
I don't need to sell it immediately, so I'm not in a pinch or anything like that. Please don't bother me with low-ball offers or trades. I am an honest seller and will not waste your time. I'll show you the same respect that you show me. I am located in Morris Plains, NJ (only miles from routes 80, 46, 10, 287, 202 & 53).
For sale is a 2007 Rubicon 2-door, heavily modified, only 49,500 miles (HOWEVER the engine was just rebuilt on 2/10/2015 by a local NJ Jeep dealer I trust). New pistons, rings, bearings, catalytic converters and sensors, cylinders honed, etc (I have all paperwork and the dealer includes a 1 year warranty on all replaced components). The engine sounds terrific!
The clutch has been upgraded with a Centerforce dual-friction clutch, throw-out bearing and slave cylinder (low mileage on these components). Title is clean; I am the only/original owner of this vehicle.
The color is Ruby Red, kind of a dark metallic maroon and flat black accents (grille, cage, bumpers, wheels). Looks terrific in the sun.
Axles are stock Rubicon 44's plus diff guards. 4.10 gears, lockers and electronic sway-bar controls at the push of a button! In general there are very minor trail scratches, no body rust, expected surface rust/discoloration in usual spots, all very minor. I often hosed off snow and salt during the winters.
OR-FAB swing-out tire carrier with two solid 5 gallon fuel tanks.
Custom winch plate (1/4"+ steel) and 12,000lb Badlands winch (very little use and works great!). Jeep has a new Optima yellow-top battery (less than a year old and I have the receipt).
Gobi roof rack with a completely custom "trail cage" and rock sliders (this is NOT a roll-over cage!), it's a tree-slider cage to protect against rubbing while in heavily wooded areas. That being said, the cage itself is absolutely SOLID- at 170lbs I can literally jump on any part of the cage and it barely flexes at all (you have to see it in person to truly appreciate it). I get comments everywhere I go, people are always taking photos and complimenting me on it.
On the roof rack I installed 4 Hella 500 lights (front, protected by a light bar I made), plus two Mopar fog lights on the rear of the roof rack. The tallest part of the Jeep is the protective pre-runner lightbar frame I made; the height is about 7ft, which still allows me to park in most parking garages.
The air-deflector was custom made out of aluminum by a professional sign-maker.
I fabricated my own "limb risers" to protect the windshield from tree branches while off-roading in wooded areas. Typically you only see these on Land Rover Defenders, but they are incredibly useful!
The stinger is real DOM tubing; NJCustoms in Denville rolled the tube for me, I welded it to mounting tabs and bolted it to the frame using the stock tow hook bolts.
There is no rear bumper; I welded heavy steel brackets to the frame and bolted heavy-duty aftermarket D-ring shackles for recovery points. I do have the original front and rear bumpers, however.
Here's an awesome feature about the 'exo-cage'; it's FULLY removable. I engineered the cage to literally unbolt from the frame, stock body mounts and the Gobi roof rack. You can remove any or all of it with standard tools in about an hour. It's very simple, but if you really like it, you can very easily weld it on to make it a permanent addition, too. Since I designed the cage this way, the roof rack is even stronger and stiffer than the original manufacturer's specs. Gobi says the stock rack can hold 600lbs stationary (if you sleep in the tent on the roof) and 300lbs while in transport. I'm absolutely certain I can safely haul considerably more than that safely, though I never needed to. It's just another benefit to my build.
The lift kit is a Rough Country 3.25", HOWEVER I have upgraded the rear coils with high-quality Old Man Emu heavy progressive coils to better accommodate the added weight in the rear. It could use a new set of gas shocks, but that's about it. The progressive-weight coils were installed last summer. The ride is terrific; it's a big Jeep, obviously so it drives like a lifted Jeep, but it's very sturdy. I don't ever speed, but I can do 70+ on Route 80 and feel SAFE.
I trimmed the stock fenders, and the inner stock steel front bumper, but I have a full set of uncut fenders and the original front and rear bumpers in storage.
The 315/70 R17 Kumho Road Venture M/T tires will need to be replaced soon. There are a few plugs in them, but they have lasted me much longer than I anticipated. No leaks in well over a year. The American Racing alloys (called "Fuel 8" or something like that) are dent-free, only minor scratches, I have a 5th matching rim that I never used, but there is no tire on it).
The stock spare BFG M/T on aluminum Rubicon wheel is brand new, zero wear, no dry-rot. I also have a terrific set of 5 stock 16" Jeep steel wheels, the spare wheel has the stock tire and was never used (it has the air sensor). No dents or anything in those steelies. I planned on running a narrower set of tires on the steel wheels to get a little more gas mileage (specifically for South America).
I fabricated my own CAI (cold air intake) snorkel; it's cleanly plumbed, very neat and uses a Ford 4.0L air filter box and an aftermarket cone filter. To achieve this I also fabricated a new battery mount out of steel and moved the fuse box to where the stock airbox used to be. It's neatly bolted to the inner frame.
On the driver's side of the hood I installed a made-to-order aluminum louver panel to allow hot air to escape during the summer months. Looks great and allows greater airflow to keep the engine running cooler.
It comes with two tops; the original hard top (3-piece Mopar Freedom-top) and original Mopar black soft top are included. Carpet was removed years ago so there was never any moisture build-up, no rust. Deep-dish rubber-molded floor mats are great for catching and holding snow, mud and water. I still have the original carpet.
Stock Mopar sound system with sub and 6-disc, in-dash DVD player (no screen) is terrific, and next to it I have a cell-phone/GPS mount. It's adjustable, works beautifully, and is in easy view while driving. I normally plug my cell phone into the radio there and play music that way instead of using the CD player. The stock CD/DVD-capable/stereo headunit has Mopar's U-Connect feature, too.
Two years ago I dumped the stock exhaust and installed a CherryBomb which sounds great; it's deep and throaty- the sound matches the look of the Jeep, and it's not so loud that you get a headache after an hour. It sounded so good that my friend had me install the same exhaust on his Jeep. I do have the original exhaust piping and rear muffler in storage, no dents.
New hubs in the front plus a new set of brake pads. Brakes are all great; I bought a set of 4 extended stainless steel brake cables but have not yet installed them. 4WD works terrific; I closely maintained everything; changed gear oils in trans and diffs with the best, most-recommended lubricants available.
I fabricated my own center console using a strong steel military surplus ammo box, however this can be removed and the stock console can be re-installed. With a simple padlock this would be far more secure than the original plastic console option.
This Jeep had so much character to it I decided to design my own stickers for it; I dubbed it the "Longhorn Edition"; it absolutely looks legit and people have asked me about it. It has vinyl graphics on the side, in front of the doors where other Jeeps have the 'X', 'Sport' or 'Sahara' stickers.
I'm certainly missing out on a few additional aftermarket parts and upgrades, but that's the jist of it. We can go over the rest in person. Again, serious buyers only, please.
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