Man everytime i read threads like this i always regret not picking up a rubi!!!! stilll thinking if i should trade mines in for one... ah ......cant decide what to do........

 

You know the quickest way to a successful experience at offroading/road racing, hell any sport, is to take a class and be trained by pros. Going by your Forum name and some other posts between you and I, I am going to say you spent some time in the Armed Forces. Think about if you would have had to learn your job by just showing up and immediately doing what all the old crusty bastards working on your left and right had been doing for years, and now you are expected to try and keep up with them too at their pace. It makes for a pretty miserable time for you and them. What I am getting at is that you went to a school at some point that taught you the crawl, walk, run technique before they sent you out to the force to be value added. I was fortunate to have been sent to no less than 8 driving schools throughout my military career, and I am such a fan of anything with motors and wheels, I spent my own money to go to 4 more. So if you have the opportunity to go to one of the Jeep/offroad clinics at some expo or event, do it! Swallow your pride, be humble and let some guy teach you the right methods. or if you have friends that are capable of showing you the "RIGHT" way to wheel, let them do it. The reason I wrote "RIGHT" way, is because we are male and it is encoded in our DNA to think we are the best at "Fighting, F@%King, and Driving"......that is until you meet someone who is a paid professional at one of those three and they school your ass in the arts of their profession. Then you will hopefully realize you don't know it all. Get out there and learn from some great safe wheelers and proffesionals. You will find that your jeep doesn't always have to be worth $80K to have an awesome time. Picking safe lines, knowing approach and departure angles, and most of all having a great experienced spotter can make you acheive the once impossible. As your skills grow, you take greater challenges and then find that your equipment is the limiting factor, where 9 times out of 10, the damn jeep is way better than the driver.

Thank you for your time, peace out

 

Exactly why I DIDN'T get a rubi so I could build it my way!

 

I dunno. From reading the threads and from limited personal experience, I don't think lockers are necessary unless you're doing super crazy stuff and even then, if you're a good pilot with a good spotter and pick a good lilne, you'll be OK. I will still probably do air lockers one day - but I want to hit that "locker wall" first and know that regardless of how hard I wheel this little-JK-Sport-that-could and what line I picked, I'd be stuck. THEN, I'll get lockers. (gives me some time to save up for em too, no doubt!)

 

Did time in Navy but only driving was a little time driving a sub. Granted, big mess there is you hit an obstacle lol. Been looking at school in CT called Offroad Experts that teaches gov't drivers. They do private training too. Agree I need practice and good training. Thanks for encouraging words.

 

Learn to wheel with what you got! Upgrade only if you need more performance. Or its broken! You can't buy or bolt on experience! !!!

 

Amen, bro!