Ryan L from Somerville

Randomly found this site and was psyched to see a North Shore Jeep group. I bought a 2011 Rubicon (2dr) last year and have only taken it on logging roads and messed around with it on small boulders, hills, etc. I was hoping to start taking it out on more fun wheeling trips this year and figured this would be a good place to start. Right now it's mostly stock (for a Rubicon) with a Gobi roof rack, but I'm likely going to go with a 2 inch lift and hopefully new front bumper/winch within the next year. Anyway, looking forward to hitting some trails now that the weather is nicer.

Welcome Ryan! Glad you found us.

Welcome!

ha ha, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how capable a Rubicon JK is once you start trying it on some harder stuff.

If you're available, you should join us for National Jeep Topless Day in Foxboro. It'd be a nice chance to get to meet people, see what a crazy difference your lockers make in the rock garden, and just generally foster our unhealthly love of Jeeps.

Welcome! You're our third Ryan!

Also, congrats on being the 50th online member. Doesn't seem like much, but it's pretty cool for us as a group. Hope you'll join us on the trails not to long from now!

Also....frickin' *love* that roofrack.

CrawlingForward wrote:Also....frickin' *love* that roofrack.

Thanks! It's been great so far. I just picked up the quick disconnects for the roof rack to make putting down the soft top easier and got some lights (PIAA 2100s) for the light bar.

Nice rig. No need to replace the stock bumper to mount a winch unless you want to.

dongalonga wrote:Nice rig. No need to replace the stock bumper to mount a winch unless you want to.

I've seen slightly modded stock bumpers with a winch that's semi-hidden/low profile. Is that what you're referring to? If I could do that I might, so I don't have to spring for a new bumper. Depends how much money I have in about 6 months, though, heh.

Yeah, especially because you have factory tow-hooks, there's not as much incentive to upgrade the front bumper (d-ring tabs are a big draw for many)

If nothing else, you can modify the stock bumper and use it until a point when you feel you know exactly what you want and can upgrade.

This is my exact plan as well. Not to mention the weight benefit of the stock bumper. I really don't want to add a ton of unnecessary weight to my rig.