For all those times you just wanted to go
"Why did they do that?"
and all the weird things I figure out or heard about the Rubicon.
Headlights
This is just something I noticed. I had the hood up at night
with the headlights on and saw that the headlights were shining
back through the reflector lighting up the inside of the engine
compartment. Kinda cool. This is what I got from a Jeep
engineer that was visiting my dealership. I got introduced
because I owned a Rubi and he wanted to ask me a couple questions.
I asked him about why the headlights were done this way, he didn't
know for certain, but suspected that they were designed to assist
in lighting the engine compartment at night in case you had an engine
problem. It you look at the back side of the headlight's you
will notice a section that isn't chromed over. This allows
the light to shine back into the engine compartment.
Driver Side
Passenger Side
Looking up into the engine bay with hood shut.
Tire Weight:
285x75r16 Goodyear MT/R with Moab 16x8 Rim weights 75lbs.
Gas Filler bolts:
Some of the early production model Rubicon's came with phillip's
head screws vice the more recent Torx's head screws. I know
that the Feb, 03 build dates already had the Torx's heads.
Dana 44 Covers:
The rear Dana 44 cover has a higher fill hole than the front cover.
3rd Brake Light Jeep put a 5/8" space between the tire carrier and the
brake light holder so the 3rd brake light look like it sits the
same height above the tire, but the tire is bigger on the Rubicon.
Hard Top Air Vents They took the pressure release vents out of the hard top and
put them in the tailgate. If you look in behind the spare
tire carrier you will see the outlet. I think they will trap
plenty of water and rust out the interior. I can see that
the paint job on mine isn't the greatest.
