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Post Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:08 pm 
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He mentions having 200kw a lot so I think it's safe to day its not the CRD.

I agree though, even though the little diesels dont have big numbers on paper they still drive nice... especially with an AUTO.

My wrangler is the pentastar petrol and the wagon is a ecoboost diesel. Would love the ecoboost and 8 speed in my
wrangler 600nm and a 8 speed box is a lot of fun


Yes, I forgot you had the Cherokee.

Just looked up the Wrangler diesel, did you drive it? Jeep says it has around 500nm so I think it would be easily as enjoyable as the V6?

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There are no diesel JL wranglers in aust yet plus I am not keen on the 2.2 multi jet diesel, would prefer another pentastar V6

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:25 am 
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There are no diesel JL wranglers in aust yet plus I am not keen on the 2.2 multi jet diesel, would prefer another pentastar V6


Sorry was looking at the outgoing JK model. The JLs look good actually. Not sure if I could stomach a 2.2D either.

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:02 pm 
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Meh 3.6 is proven and works well. The JL is good, but no need to trade in the JK for it.


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:28 am 
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Meh 3.6 is proven and works well. The JL is good, but no need to trade in the JK for it.


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Yeah I agree except I need the extra room that a 4 door has. If I could find a jk rubicon in outstanding condition I would buy it.
In Australia there still isn’t any JL’s available and there have been no new JK rubicons for well over 2 years

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:14 am 
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Meh 3.6 is proven and works well. The JL is good, but no need to trade in the JK for it.


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Yeah I agree except I need the extra room that a 4 door has. If I could find a jk rubicon in outstanding condition I would buy it.
In Australia there still isn’t any JL’s available and there have been no new JK rubicons for well over 2 years



You should just buy my JK's what I'm selling red 07 and 08 black jku crd auto lots of work done and you get two for the price of one

And to Sweeten the deal I'll chuck in a lj20 if the price is right and help drive them up to NT

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:39 pm 
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Meh 3.6 is proven and works well. The JL is good, but no need to trade in the JK for it.


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Yeah I agree except I need the extra room that a 4 door has. If I could find a jk rubicon in outstanding condition I would buy it.
In Australia there still isn’t any JL’s available and there have been no new JK rubicons for well over 2 years


Fair enough. I would only buy a 4 door also.


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Meh 3.6 is proven and works well. The JL is good, but no need to trade in the JK for it.


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Yeah I agree except I need the extra room that a 4 door has. If I could find a jk rubicon in outstanding condition I would buy it.
In Australia there still isn’t any JL’s available and there have been no new JK rubicons for well over 2 years



You should just buy my JK's what I'm selling red 07 and 08 black jku crd auto lots of work done and you get two for the price of one

And to Sweeten the deal I'll chuck in a lj20 if the price is right and help drive them up to NT

I would be keen on a lj20 but need newish cars for what I do and the maintenance that I don’t do :lol:

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Meh 3.6 is proven and works well. The JL is good, but no need to trade in the JK for it.


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Yeah I agree except I need the extra room that a 4 door has. If I could find a jk rubicon in outstanding condition I would buy it.
In Australia there still isn’t any JL’s available and there have been no new JK rubicons for well over 2 years


Fair enough. I would only buy a 4 door also.


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I am half thinking I might even wait for a gladiator, was reading about it a couple of days ago and this bit sounds awesome.

The other choice set to be sold in Australia is a 3.0-litre turbo-diesel V6, producing 195kW and a healthy 660Nm of torque - class-leading outputs by a sizeable margin.

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:52 am 
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Bit of an update. Wrangler developed pretty bad misfire and started throwing CEL due to misfire, seeing as the plugs were 35000km passed recommended replacement I thought I better stick new ones in.
$40 for one plug from repco or $60aud for all 6 from rockauto. :roll:
Drives like new again.
It’s nearly at 150000km and still drives and goes well, still on the original brake pads. Getting it ready for another
1/2 lap of OZ so might put new hoses etc on it if I get time.


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Post Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:12 am 
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Yep Rockauto are great. I have a Holden Rodeo as a tow car for the zook and I needed new O2 Sensors. I got 2 x gen Denso (gen ones that Holden supply) ones from them for $36.08 each (Aus). Yep, $36 each + $35 Fedex postage. Holden were $281.00 EACH.
Paid for them on a Sun arvo, got them delivered to work 4 days later. Quicker than I normally get stuff from Melb.

Another example is I might replace the EGR valve soon. Holden want $500 for one. This site, (Same brand as I checked the gen part number off the Rodeo) is $77.00.

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Post Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:41 pm 
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1/2 lap of OZ so might put new hoses etc on it if I get time.


That's code for the hoses might go under the seat as spares :thefinger:

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:48 am 
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Ordered a pair of Eaton elockers and a heap of other diff parts. Might buy a rubicon transfer as well if I can find one.
Driving around Australia next month and getting the diff work done in Melbourne, hopefully they don’t fuck it up

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Smashed a roo on the weekend so looking for another set of fender flares. Thinking I might try steel ones so this doesn’t happen again


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:54 am 
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Smashed a roo on the weekend so looking for another set of fender flares. Thinking I might try steel ones so this doesn’t happen again


That is a simple repair though, with steel ones you might sustain panel damage and a more expensive and time consuming repair.

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Post Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:38 pm 
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Smashed a roo on the weekend so looking for another set of fender flares. Thinking I might try steel ones so this doesn’t happen again


That is a simple repair though, with steel ones you might sustain panel damage and a more expensive and time consuming repair.


agree. Have seen so many cars with metal flares push the body work itself in. Even the blackJack engineering sliders and few other brands push the rocker panel in and crease the side cause they don't use the body mounts.

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:16 am 
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Ended up buying poison spider alloy fenders.

Just been to Melbourne and got my diffs regeared and a pair of Eaton E lockers fitted.
Next on the list is good suspension
I am thinking either coilovers or a long arm kit with good remote res shocks.
I probably won’t go bigger 33” tyres but I would like to get the suspension working as good as possible.

First up is new ball joints and front and rear antirocks.

Oh and car now has 160000km and has been more reliable then any Suzuki or Toyota I have owned.


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Post Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:39 am 
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Go straight to a king or radflo on a JK. So much support for them.

The alloy fenders are a nice compromise of strength, lightness and tire clearance. They won’t break to bits like the stock units, but will also crumple before causing too much body damage.


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:55 pm 
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Thing's looking horn.

Will be considring the BP51 shocks next. Depends on pricing vs reviews.

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:39 pm 
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I got a bit carried away ordering stuff for the front suspension, I like the way the springs work so not touching them but have
Antirock sway bar, AEV correction plates to lower the control arms, bilstein shiny remote res shocks, G2 diff cover
Flash adjustable track bar, synergy ball joints, brake line drop brackets on the way.
Hopefully it sorts out the axle tramp I have been getting when thrashing it however if it doesn’t I will get a long arm kit for it.
I am moving to QLD at the end of the year and hopefully the nanny state doesn’t make me change anything

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:40 pm 
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Oh and the cam position sensor is playing up so have one of them on the way as well.

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Where do you order all your stuff from ? aftermarket parts i generally head straight to Vic and Sue at SBR, if I'm looking for replacement parts RockAuto has been the best

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The shocks came from rock auto, $173 each
Jeepkonnection have been good but mostly get stuff from seppo land.
Amazon are pretty good as well.

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Shiny shocks in and front fenders on. Control arm correction plates and rear fenders tomorrow hopefully. I had to knock
back a fire call out to get it done so hopefully there is nothing tomorrow so I can get it finished


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Really happy with the front suspension. Just need to correct the castor and the front will be finished.
Rear bumper and Tyre Carrier turned up yesterday as well


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The shocks came from rock auto, $173 each



unfortunately from thurs/fri last week RockAuto have stopped sending to Aus, so need to use a Shipping adress place.

I put one in couple of weeks through them and just got it, but others have said they stopped now. Sucks balls, I used to get all my maintnance stuff through them and Summit, all my aftermarket comes from SBR.

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Why would they stop selling to Australia?

Stuck my rear bar and Tyre Carrier on today.


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the whole gst thing like what happened with Amazon. Need a Forwarding Address now.

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the whole gst thing like what happened with Amazon. Need a Forwarding Address now.


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