Jeep Wrangler parts reviews

I’ve been really happy the AT3’s I got year before last, they perform admirably offroad and in snow, and they are great on the highway to boot

I have driven on my Goodyear Wrangler Tires purchased at Walmart under 70k miles over about 5 years, almost 6. I am not even bald.

Buy an odyssey. It will pay itself off in the long run nor let you down. I just ordered one for my Rubicon.

I’m in the middle of doing mine on my JK myself. I forget my mileage, under 100k. I wheel a little bit and plow my own driveway, so that may have contributed.

Like another commenter said, putting a new clutch in is easy. Getting access to it is a decently painful, though.

I got a Sachs clutch kit from RockAuto for about $200, the OEM one I pulled out said Sachs too, so I had some peace of mind that I’m at or near OEM quality for half the price (MOPAR parts were $500 from RockAuto). Kit comes with clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, and pilot bearing.

Throwout bearing on my 2000 TJ blew at 195k, but there was probably 50-80k left on the clutch plate. My last XJ was over 240k and had zero issues (different transmission but I believe the plates were similar).

You don't mention the year of your Wrangler, but my full LuK clutch kit was $135, got a cheap transmission jack from Harbor Freight for $80, had to order a new clutch fork clip for $2.50, that was it.

If you want to keep the look of glass, highly recommend these koito lights with replaceable bulbs. Highest quality I’ve ever seen.

I’ve had an Optima Red Top in my 2012 JK Rubicon for about 8 years. My mechanic recently said the battery is on its way out, and now the Jeep is struggling to turn over. I’ve heard Optima’s quality has dropped since I bought mine.

The battery is an Optima Yellowtop 5.5 75h, I changed it in 2018. It has central poles and the negative pole near the windshield. Now given the very high prices of the Optimas and since their lifespan disappointed me, I wanted to get a cheaper battery.

By those 60k miles they need about 3-4k worth of repairs and or maintenance things done IE brakes , suspensions, fluids etc

It was more economical to just get new ones and trade them in due to the high resale value especially on the wranglers

That being said if you’re in love with the truck get it and just fix things as they come. Look into the oil filter starvation issues etc if you’re thinking long term. I just learned to push the pedal down while cranking to prevent it from firing off when sitting for prolonged amounts of time . Our last JK had only 63k miles and was maintenance regularly but already had top end noise so we got rid of it .

Put a clutch in a Jeep Wrangler. Luk kit and Luk flywheel from local Napa. Get it running, was setting misfire codes on 2 companion cylinders. Scoped it and had a bunch of noise on the crank sensor that matched where the ignition for the two missing cylinders triggered.