Here's my 2015 JKUR - 4" Teraflex, 37s Mickey's/Methods, 4.88s, Fox 2.0 reservoir, and of course tons of crap you can't see. F doors.

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I don't know why people buy these Rubi's with upgraded packages unless you plan to do no modifying. You pay way more than the extra stuff is worth given it's mopar, and other than the hood, it's all coming off anyway, and you don't get back the package price value. Those sliders don't work with the sweet rubi rail /ace slider combo either.

Congrats though Rob.

Just seeing this now... most of this stuff you noted can get in any model, lol factory steel skid plate? they are a joke. The rock rails, are not strong enough, and you will screw your pinch seam. I run the Ace sliders with chopped rubi rails, and the the two protect better than any others I've seen, including the RS, which was my second choice. If you run those factory bumper, more power to you, as with larger tires, you need an after market carrier anyway. The front hardly matters, just preference, but again, haven't seen anyone keep the factory one, as they always seem to go with something more interesting. The only thing a Rubicon is good for, for someone doing serious rock crawling is lockers, transfer case and front d44. The rest is almost always replaced for anyone doing a serious build, and if it's not, you're not using it hard enough. I tried to be lazy with the elec disconnect, but invert them too easily on some stuff, and might as well rip that out as well, as I only manual disc now.

I smash the F out of everything, but ripped out the bumpers, complete suspension, and factory skids, and went with full solid metal everything, other than the stupid bushwacker flares I chose, which have all been torn off a few times now, and will be replaced over the winter. Every trip I'm touching up the paint on the armour, but it's worth it. I do the most insane stuff I can find, and love it. Best hobby I've been in by far to date.

Those sliders are just the rubi rails with another small bar welded on, better than nothing, but again, will lead to damage if you have to rest all the weight there or hit them hard enough.

BTW you should get out there and crawl with it. I wasn't sure how much I would be into this all, thought before I did the first one maybe it would be a 1-2 times a year thing, but man oh man, it's addictive. It's unbelievable the tank the TC and lockers turn your street vehicle into out there, blows my mind every trip.

Couple weekends back I did Timbers 3 in Ontario. The most destructive and technical trail to my knowledge in Ontario. Bunch of rocks spit down the side of a hill, 4 hours for 6 of us to basically go 200 meters each up and down. Constant grinding and smashing. This trail, if you can even call it that, is responsible for more driveshaft and dif openings than anything else near us. Flops are a high risk at many of the extremely off-camber areas you cannot go around. I dented my rear DS and tore off the boot, knocked in one side of a rear control arm bracket, and smashed the crap out of my sliders and skids, so it was a good day with nothing major! Pictures never do obstacles justice as some of you will know, but here's a few of my pig for anyone interested.

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The second half of that looks like some fun stuff, I love the big rock with lots of off camber. Did you try it? I don't see your jeep in any of it? How far are you travelling to this stuff? I'm 4 hours from all our good rock.

haha it's funny that we've both moved to this. I can't get enough, but have to become a trailer queen soon, as I've already broken once on the trail and need to be able to deal with that in a much less expensive manner.

Solid axles only!