As others have stated, running heated seats, heated steering wheel, and climate control all put a pretty hefty load on the battery. I got the 'battery charging' message and the disabled auto start/stop (ASS) often, but as it warms up and I dont use any of the above as much, ASS happens much...
I have a First Edition with the Falkens, and my experience has been less than great as well. I have had 3 flats, one was a nail but the other two were who-knows-what, this was from in-town driving too. If I get another flat I'll be replacing all tires, havent decided with what yet but something...
I have the FE, put the Woolworth 1.5" lift on it. There is a thump when I hit certain kinds of short hard bumps, but nothing when I hit larger longer bumps. From research and looking at my vehicle I found a couple things. The front sway bar is fixed, so putting the spacers above the strut...
The 16in rims should fit fine with a similar offset (37.5 OEM, so 35-40). Ive been looking at 235/75r16s, these look so much more aggressive and meaty than OEM Falkens. OD on these would be just under 30, so a full inch greater than OEM but rubbing should be minimal to none. 235/70r16 would fit...
Just a quick update: I managed to puncture a tiny hole in the middle of the tread of one of the wheels, but it was leaking so slowly I did not find it at first. It was easily fixed though. So the Falken Wildpeaks are not the most durable in intense offroading through very rocky terrain. They are...
This was taken on the road between Silverton and Animas Forks (back wheel is in the air)
They must have had a major storm earlier this year, because almost all of the roads were much rougher than usual (small stuff that filled in cracks washed away) and several roads had heavy equipment out...
I got them thru Amazon, it lets you buy each separately and choose sizes. Amazon had limited supplies when I ordered tho, havent checked since to see if it was restocked.
I used Rock crawl mode in some fairly technical stuff (steep with a lot of rocks). I turned off the locking diff until I needed it, I know its a clutch which can overheat if it was left locked all the time. I was impressed, the low-end torque means I was turning well under 2k and still crawling...
I was running around Silverton with friends who all have modded Jeeps, so most of the time I was riding with them. I did run the BS on a few things, including Kendall Mtn which isn't too technical, but fairly steep and rocky so max 3mph sometimes.
Coming down, I used Trail Control for a bit, and...
I did mount the spare on my roof, which opens the space under the cargo floor liner for stuff, as well as move the liner to the lower slot (I have the 'full size' spare, so the floor liner was in the upper slot)
Its the Yakima Railbar System, they're just confused is why they say it doesn't fit.
Because the factory roof rails are actually tapered front to back, you need the Large for the front and the Medium for the back, the Small will work too if you situate it almost all the way back. If you have...
Now with tire on top! Used Yakima Spare Tire Carrier for Roof Racks, had to modify the plate mounts a little bit because mine are square tubes across the bottom instead of round, but works just fine.
Not as pretty a location :(
Yakima Low-profile cross bars and a Warrior 40x50 roof basket. I prefer how low the basket is, lower center of gravity and less wind drag tho I dont have numbers on mpg yet. Getting a spare tire roof mount to move the spare to the roof basket to open that space in...
Has anybody removed the entire rear seats, both the bottom and the upright section? I know the bottom removes pretty easily (just 2 plastic clips) but do you have to pull out the entire seat frame to remove the upright portion? Needing to move someone across the country and would like the extra...
I am looking to install AUX switches as well and saw this kit, I am debating a 3D printed mount that will fit in that small shelf space right below the multimedia center, seems like a good place to put switches and I dont use that space for much of anything else.