JKU Auto... GEARS OR .......
JK Freak
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Keizer,Oregon
2008 JKU auti 3.73 stock gears...running 35's, superchips, and exhaust...
This reputable 4x4 shop tells me all i need is a cold air intake and throttle body spacer and to reprogram superships to performance tune and that I should be good to go...and that gearing was prob not necessary...
from all the research I did, I have a feeling that I will be more pleased if I go with the regearing....
hoping to hear from someone thats been in my shoes...
This reputable 4x4 shop tells me all i need is a cold air intake and throttle body spacer and to reprogram superships to performance tune and that I should be good to go...and that gearing was prob not necessary...
from all the research I did, I have a feeling that I will be more pleased if I go with the regearing....
hoping to hear from someone thats been in my shoes...
JK Freak
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Clearwater, Florida
I have an '11 JKU Rubicon, auto tranny, w/stock 4.10's and 35" tires and its sluggish as hell up and down hills/mountains. I only have CAI and Dynomax exhaust but looking to regear to 5.38 here VERY soon in the hopes of making it semi-driveable.
JK Freak
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From: Texas
you'll get more payback with gears than the add-ons. you'll be able to use 87 octane not 91 and depending on how you gear you'll get mileage back -unless you go too tall then you'll stay the same or lose some but your power will there.
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JK Freak
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From: Texas
uh wife, I need to spend $1100 dollars to re-gear for the bigger tires - wait, before you say anything, it'll get us better mileage, make the transmisson last longer, and provide magical powers to take us to magical places we wouldn't be able to get to without all the modifications 