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#5089 of 23393 2003 Rubicon Link (from Jeep) by jamesfletcher2
Apr 06, 2002 (8:30 pm)
I received this Web link in an e-mail message from Jeep on January 12, 2002. I hope if will help answer questions many of the Wrangler fans in this thread seem to have about the Rubicon and 2003 Wranglers. I am on a list of confirmed buyers of the new 2003 Rubicon and therefore receive these types of e-mails.
http://www.jeep.com/autoshow/gallery/photo_gallery.html?rubicon
As you can see from the specification the drive train still consist of the great I-6 and solid Dana axles front and back. They told me on the phone that the regular 2003 Wrangler will be the same. Although Jeep has been 'thumb nailing' the move of the Wrangler to the Liberty platform but the timeframe keeps getting pushed back. I did hear that it now looks like 2005 or so now. I will findout more specifically from some of my manufacturer sources at DC and elsewhere in the next few months.
Please check out the link with it wealth of specs, pictures and audio feeds from Jeep product engineering.
I will be one happy camper when I get my new 2003 Rubicon.
Cheers!
#5090 of 23393 Question... by div2
Apr 06, 2002 (9:17 pm)
For reasons I needn't go into, I would like to buy a soft top TJ and then get rid of it in
7-8 months. I'm leaning toward buying a 1997-1998 Sport 5 speed, but a local dealer has a brand new 2001 SE manual that he is eager to move- for $2000 or more under invoice. My educated guess(and gut feeling) is that the used route will result in much less of a depreciation hit(I plan to put no more than 4000 miles on it). Any thoughts? Thanks!
#5091 of 23393 stlove by tidester
Apr 06, 2002 (9:39 pm)
Welcome aboard! Congratulations on your new Jeep and we look forward to hearing lots more from you!tidester
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#5092 of 23393 Wheels by redrocker15
Apr 06, 2002 (10:25 pm)
Tom:Thanks for the input. I'm going shopping tomorrow, and will lean towards the 31 inchers. My baby came with the plain stock wheels (again, the SE version) so it looked like a Red military model! The alloys and bigger tires helped immensely; I can only imagine what 31 inch tires will do! Two years into it, and the boys and I still love it! May look into Camp Jeep this year in Missouri. Anyone with Camp Jeep experience like to comment? RR15
#5093 of 23393 stlove by tsjay
Apr 06, 2002 (10:30 pm)
Sounds like a fantastic Jeep! Congratulations!Glad to hear you are going to be an active poster too. It gets way too quiet in here sometimes.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Oh, you can post your pic in the photo gallery here in the Jeep Owners Club. Just go to the first post in the gallery, and it tells you how to post. Of course, you will have to have those pics hosted somewhere on the internet or on your own web page.
#5094 of 23393 Wheels by redrocker15
Apr 06, 2002 (10:36 pm)
Tom:Thanks for the input. I'm going shopping tomorrow, and will lean towards the 31 inchers. My baby came with the plain stock wheels (again, the SE version) so it looked like a Red military model! The alloys and bigger tires helped immensely; I can only imagine what 31 inch tires will do! Two years into it, and the boys and I still love it! May look into Camp Jeep this year in Missouri. Anyone with Camp Jeep experience like to comment? RR15
#5095 of 23393 Redrocker15 by tsjay
Apr 06, 2002 (10:49 pm)
Oh man, I looked at your profile and didn't see am email address. I hope you come back here to this message board before you buy some tires.I might have given you some bad info. I should have told you to find out how much backspacing your current wheels have. Just cause they are 8" and my Canyons are 8" inches does not mean that we can run the same width tires. I am pretty sure the Canyons have 5.5" of backspacing, so as long as yours have no more than that, you should be able to run 10.50's. If they have less than that, then you could possibly even run wider tires than I could.
I know some people run 12.50's on 8" rims, but the backspacing is what determines what you can run on a particular vehicle.
Hope I haven't messed you up, but I guess whoever mounted the tires would have told you. It might have been after they were mounted and balanced, though, and they might have charged you extra.
Sorry, Red!
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
#5096 of 23393 TSJAY by redrocker15
Apr 06, 2002 (10:57 pm)
Tom:Not a problem. I intend to ask the tire technicians the same question before I buy. Just hoping to get some direction from the group prior to shopping. BTW, I also updated my profile; hadn't realized that part was 'private'. I doubt that 10.5's will push the envelope too far, but they should look pretty good. Guess I'm not yet radical enough to pursue the lift thing, or spring for mega wheels and tires! RED
#5097 of 23393 jamesfletch2.... by dwrangler
Apr 06, 2002 (11:23 pm)
I'm jealous....as I've told everybody that has already gotten a jeep of their own. If I may ask how much? I'm planning on putting my Firechicken (firebird) up for sale within the next week or so to put aside for a downpayment hopefully by the late summer/early fall. I'm heavily leaning towards the X model: Red exterior/camel interior, full doors/console, automatic, soft tan top/with tinted windows (although I may go with the hard top by the time I either order or find what I want on the lot), am/fm stereo w/CD player, Ecco group, convenience group etc. I like the looks of the Rubicon, but I fear that the price will be way too much for me to handle. Heck, I'm not even sure I can handle the price of the X model. But I'm gonna work two jobs if I have to, to get the Jeep I've wanted for SO long. What is the price you got yours for and what all do you have on it? Again, congrats and remember for us that are still waiting for our Jeepies (newly born Jeeps [I know oh brother]), so POST PHOTOS PLEASE!
Hug your Jeeps for me
dwrangler
#5098 of 23393 dwrangler - Potential Rubicon Pricing by jamesfletcher2
Apr 07, 2002 (7:52 am)
At the risk of making some jealous, I will be purchasing my new Rubicon under the Chrysler retiree and employee purchase plan. That means that I will be purchasing it for a guaranteed price that is a few % under true dealer cost. My step father is a Chrysler retiree.As for pricing, I got some basic input from Jeep factory personnel last week that suggested that there could be approximately a five thousand dollar option spread over the base Wrangler X. I am not sure where that would put the Rubicon in relation to the Wrangler Sport.
Cheers,
Jim Fletcher
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