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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: TN_Tracker on May 05, 2004, 12:07:06 PM
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Friend just got a new Rubicon and tried it on the club's RTI Ramp. Look how close my stock Tracker is to his wife's new Jeep. They retail for around $26,000 and my Tracker cost $2500. It's very nice and I'm not dissing his wife's rig at all but I was surprised at how close they are. He went a little further with the sway bar disconnected. His wheelbase is 93.4 and mine is 87 so we would have a very similar RTI Score.
(http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RockSolid4X4/Tracker/rubicon.jpg)
(http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RockSolid4X4/Tracker/rti.jpg)
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Is the Rubicon coil or leaf?
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coil ;D
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All "TJ" models are three links with coils. Rubicon's come with factory ARB.
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So the Rubicon's just a TJ with ARB lockers from the factory?
I would've thought there was more to the package than that...
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and it comes with wrangler MTR's!!
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front and rear dana 44, front and rear on/off lockers, 4:1 t-case and 31" mt/r...
But for a front straight axle truck this is not very flexy.
Fredo
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yeah but it's trail rated
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The lockers are electrical and if you go like over 10 mph they disingage.
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well, that kinda cool but not always. i dunno bout it.
stu
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Seems pretty retarded to me.
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Must be IDIOT Proofing ;D
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Must be  IDIOT Proofing ;D
Yep, you have to do that with Jeep owners. ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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Must be  IDIOT Proofing ;D
but still not fag proof damn heep owners!
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Actually they are NOT ARB's.... and they disengage above 10MPH, however, it is extremely easy to stop that function, and let them be engaged at all speeds. Most vehicles sold in the US other than like Unimogs -- that actually come with rear lockers (taco's, some gm, et cetera) have them set to disengage at specific speeds - because too many people are too dumb to realize it makes turning different.
I have to ask though... why did you stop driving the rubicon up right there? Was it really raising a tire? It seems like in 4 lo with the lockers engaged it could go quite higher than it is.
Also keep in mind that the Rubicon is NOT just a TJ with lockers... It also has a different transfer case, differently geared (the transfer case), D44's front and rear, rather than the D30/D44 or D30/D35c combination, and a few other goodies here and there.
Overpriced, yes... but if I could take one for free and had the choice of that or a tracker, i'd take the rubi in a heartbeat.
You also say that they retail for xxx and you got your tracker for xxx... Well, your tracker doesn't RETAIL for that much either... that --- and they did get some added goodies like the lockers and low t-case and d44's...
Not trying to diss on suzuki, but some of the rubicon bashing i hear on different boards seems to be by people who don't know crap about them.
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You also say that they retail for xxx and you got your tracker for xxx... Well, your tracker doesn't RETAIL for that much either... that --- and they did get some added goodies like the lockers and low t-case and d44's...
But you could look at it this way: Compare the price of each vehicle, 10 years old. The Tracker for $XXXX and the Rubicon still in the $10,000+ range. Jeep's resale value doesn't go down very quickly, so they remain a fairly expensive vehicle regardless of age.