So I thought I would post my 05 Rubicon transformation Pepe 2.0 even though it's been a few years.
For those of you that are a little bit older you may remember the movie Romancing the Stone. In the move Jane Wilder and Jack Colton were looking for a car, they were told that Juan had a car. When they asked Juan about his car he said " you mean Pepe my little mule" Pepe was actually a built up Bronco. But when looking to name my first jeep a 95 stock YJ Pepe was it. Pepe was a stock Rio Grande "4 cyl" YJ, that was bought to be a cabin car. It was for a few years than one thing led to another. Then over the next few years Pepe got a Dana 44 rear end with ARB's F&R and re-gear and more.
After wanting to go to 35's and a 6 Cyl it was time to start the search. I wanted a clean TJ, with low miles, and a Dana 44 rear end to start with. I looked for several months and many jeeps, I was hoping to find something that was already lifted and and some things I was looking to have, Everything I was looking at was a bunch of cheaply built crap.
So I keep looking then I found an 05 Rubicon at a Dodge Dealer in Sacramento. It was a bone stock fully loaded Rubicon other than a rear Rack with low miles.
For those of you that are a little bit older you may remember the movie Romancing the Stone. In the move Jane Wilder and Jack Colton were looking for a car, they were told that Juan had a car. When they asked Juan about his car he said " you mean Pepe my little mule" Pepe was actually a built up Bronco. But when looking to name my first jeep a 95 stock YJ Pepe was it. Pepe was a stock Rio Grande "4 cyl" YJ, that was bought to be a cabin car. It was for a few years than one thing led to another. Then over the next few years Pepe got a Dana 44 rear end with ARB's F&R and re-gear and more.
After wanting to go to 35's and a 6 Cyl it was time to start the search. I wanted a clean TJ, with low miles, and a Dana 44 rear end to start with. I looked for several months and many jeeps, I was hoping to find something that was already lifted and and some things I was looking to have, Everything I was looking at was a bunch of cheaply built crap.
So I keep looking then I found an 05 Rubicon at a Dodge Dealer in Sacramento. It was a bone stock fully loaded Rubicon other than a rear Rack with low miles.