I bought my 2009 JK Rubicon in February from a dealer in Germany and had it sent to Kansas. The day I got Rubi I took her straight to the ORV park in Randolf KS to break her in... only less than a hundred miles when I got her to the park.
Day one, letting the mud and water dry out of the engine compartment.
Mud is not friendly, I got out the first time (yeah I tried it on purpose) but had to get pulled out this time. I lost the flimsy plastic skidplate that came stock. It looks better without it anyways.
Here is the stock articulation. Front fully extended and rear fully compressed. Great job to Jeep on getting a stock jeep with so much flex. Not to mention the electronic sway bar disconnect.
Here was a sad attempt to make it up some loose rock. The rear scraped, I definately needed some lift to get up this one safely.
