2025 2 Door Wrangler

[89 MJ]

Up to 2500 miles. Also got some Falken Wildpeaks because the one of the Nexens got a puncture

 

[neohic]

Hell yeah! Let the mods begin!! 

[89 MJ]

4 minutes ago, neohic said:

Hell yeah! Let the mods begin!! 

Oh yeah! I think I’m keeping it mild to start. Tires are done, next is sway bar disconnects and metal bumpers. 

[89 MJ]

Checked out Chimney Rock today. Finally got into the rock slider a tiny bit too. 
 

[OzarkGuy]

Did you buy that at Tempe Dodge? Nice rig! I recently sold mine to fund other things around the house. We moved from Mesa AZ to Ozark MO two years ago.  

[89 MJ]

2 hours ago, OzarkGuy said:

Did you buy that at Tempe Dodge? Nice rig! I recently sold mine to fund other things around the house. We moved from Mesa AZ to Ozark MO two years ago.  

Looks like you had an expensive one! Coming from the midwest, I love all of the wheeling that can be done out here. I am jealous of your factory steel bumpers. I got mine at a Jeep dealer in Tucson.

[89 MJ]

I went on a nice little Fourth of July Jeep ride to see some fireworks. It was nice to meet some of the local Jeep people. The Jeep did get some new desert pin stripes on that ride as well. Since then, it has gotten washed and waxed, so its looking great.

 

[fiatslug87]

How do you get pinstripes in that desolate area?

[watchamakalit]

26 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said:

How do you get pinstripes in that desolate area?

I assume you would just pay the painter to travel out there. 

[89 MJ]

31 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said:

How do you get pinstripes in that desolate area?

 

4 minutes ago, watchamakalit said:

I assume you would just pay the painter to travel out there. 

When the trail was made, it seemed to go through the only spot in the entire desert where there were two trees closer together than the Jeep is wide

[89 MJ]

Did another off road adventure, this time to Benson, AZ on dirt. We had some rain yesterday, so there was some water and washouts, but everything was fine. The Jeep did get a little muddy though. 
 

[89 MJ]

Flagstaff trip last weekend. Hit Schnebly Hill Road in Sedona on the way and some forest service roads while we were in the Flagstaff area and also saw Mary’s Cafe where part of Two Lane Blacktop was filmed. Pretty neat place and a lot less warm than Tucson. I finally took the doors off too. 
 

[89 MJ]

Went out with the Vail Off-road group a couple of weeks ago. Found an obstacle I wasn’t able to do, but I suspect it could make it with a line adjustment. 
 

[89 MJ]

Did another wheeling trip with the Vail off road group to Sonoita, AZ from Vail, AZ. Got a few more scratches on the sliders, but the Jeep did great. Also saw a neat MJ and CJ. 

 

[89 MJ]

I also picked up some shocks from one of the Vail off road guys. 

[89 MJ]

Finally installed those rear Rancho shocks. Still need to install the fronts and the sway bar disconnects. 
 

Last weekend, there was a ride to Aliso Springs near Gardner Canyon. Nothing difficult, but it was a beautiful trip. 
 

[89 MJ]

Got the front Ranchos in tonight. The Jeep feels a lot more planted on the roads. Sway bar disconnects this weekend or early next week, then I’ll get a report on the dirt. 
 

What are people’s thoughts on removing the rear sway bar? I very rarely end up on the interstate. 

[Chico]

Very cool. I have a 19 JLU with the same engine that I've had since 2020. It's been great. Couple things that needed worked on but overall been very happy with it over the last 100k miles and 6 years. 

[89 MJ]

13 hours ago, Chico said:

Very cool. I have a 19 JLU with the same engine that I've had since 2020. It's been great. Couple things that needed worked on but overall been very happy with it over the last 100k miles and 6 years. 

I'm glad to hear that you 2.0 has been pretty good so far in the time you've had it

[Chico]

Just study up on it's quarks. I'm in a group with a few guys that are at 200, 300, and even 500K miles.

Many of them daily and wheel hard all year round with it.

 

1) Change the plastic coolant reservoir tank on the driver's side firewall to the aluminum one from Mishimoto with the view glass on the side. Do not bother wasting time on a generic form Amazon at a cheaper price.

2) Where the coolant lines run by the turbo, there are 3 plastic fittings you want to change to aluminum right now. The "T" right almost on top of the turbo and the elbow under the reservoir tank. Get the aluminum ones  from Baha Customs. They come as a set. 

3) There's at least one "Y" fitting between those two. You can get that one at Autozone or the like. There's another 1 or 2 "y" fittings in the system but those haven't caused issues yet.

 

4) Check to make sure you have the steel steering box and not the plastic one. If you do, have it changed now. There's a TSB in the system.

 

5) Being a 2025, I'm not sure if you have the 4xe. If you have the second aux battery under the main, delete it now and get the Jscan/ mini taxer to disable the Start/Stop feature. There's plenty of write-ups online if you haven't done it already. Mine is the Etorque with the big battery under the seat so I didn't have that problem.

 

6) Find the canbus sensor behind your glovebox. Little green guy. Buy 1-2 extras and just keep them in your center console.

 

7) Install an oil catch can from Mishimoto or such and empty it every oil change. Many say change it every 5K but I think 3K is a better idea if you plan on keeping the Jeep a long time.

 

8) Watch the oil separator on the passenger side of the block under the intake and change it at the earliest sign of seepage to a higher quality one.

 

9) Change the transmission pan to the one from PPE.

 

10) Watch for corrosion around the hinges on all doors, hatch, and hood. Or have them properly prepped and sprayed  now so you don't deal with the corrosion later.

 

11) Change your rubber break lines to stainless steel ones now also.

 

12) Buy a cover for the arm rest on the middle console now. Trust me.

 

That's the major stuff. All pretty simple and they've pretty much got it locked down  with taking care of that stuff now, it eliminates a large percentage of any issues later in the future as long as basic maintenance is done. These are the guys hitting 300k miles and up. I'm at somewhere between 110-120K right now with no oil burn or leaks. Zip, zilch, zero..

 

[89 MJ]

On 11/5/2026 at 8:50 PM, Chico said:

Just study up on it's quarks. I'm in a group with a few guys that are at 200, 300, and even 500K miles.

Many of them daily and wheel hard all year round with it.

 

1) Change the plastic coolant reservoir tank on the driver's side firewall to the aluminum one from Mishimoto with the view glass on the side. Do not bother wasting time on a generic form Amazon at a cheaper price.

2) Where the coolant lines run by the turbo, there are 3 plastic fittings you want to change to aluminum right now. The "T" right almost on top of the turbo and the elbow under the reservoir tank. Get the aluminum ones  from Baha Customs. They come as a set. 

3) There's at least one "Y" fitting between those two. You can get that one at Autozone or the like. There's another 1 or 2 "y" fittings in the system but those haven't caused issues yet.

 

4) Check to make sure you have the steel steering box and not the plastic one. If you do, have it changed now. There's a TSB in the system.

 

5) Being a 2025, I'm not sure if you have the 4xe. If you have the second aux battery under the main, delete it now and get the Jscan/ mini taxer to disable the Start/Stop feature. There's plenty of write-ups online if you haven't done it already. Mine is the Etorque with the big battery under the seat so I didn't have that problem.

 

6) Find the canbus sensor behind your glovebox. Little green guy. Buy 1-2 extras and just keep them in your center console.

 

7) Install an oil catch can from Mishimoto or such and empty it every oil change. Many say change it every 5K but I think 3K is a better idea if you plan on keeping the Jeep a long time.

 

8) Watch the oil separator on the passenger side of the block under the intake and change it at the earliest sign of seepage to a higher quality one.

 

9) Change the transmission pan to the one from PPE.

 

10) Watch for corrosion around the hinges on all doors, hatch, and hood. Or have them properly prepped and sprayed  now so you don't deal with the corrosion later.

 

11) Change your rubber break lines to stainless steel ones now also.

 

12) Buy a cover for the arm rest on the middle console now. Trust me.

 

That's the major stuff. All pretty simple and they've pretty much got it locked down  with taking care of that stuff now, it eliminates a large percentage of any issues later in the future as long as basic maintenance is done. These are the guys hitting 300k miles and up. I'm at somewhere between 110-120K right now with no oil burn or leaks. Zip, zilch, zero..

 

Thanks for the tips!