Better late than never but it's amazing how it was really just one guy, Jim Repp, who made it happen. What was very cool is Jim had contacted me through a forum a couple years before the Rubicon was introduced to ask me about a problem my TJ was having that was plaguing the '97-98 models. It was a misfire that caused multiple '43' DTCs. He ended up sending me 1-2 care packages of parts to try including new injectors, injector wiring harness, clock spring, and a bunch of other parts that I don't recall. We'd talk every so often to see if anything had made a difference. None of them helped, the problem was finally tracked down to a bad batch of valve springs.
Eventually, because I was actively involved in several forums, he started telling me about the upcoming Rubicon, its lockers and how they were being tested, etc. for purposes of occasionally leaking tidbits about it to help keep the rumors at bay before it was finally introduced. It was fun talking with Jim, I had no idea I was talking with Jeep Royalty at the time.