when the portals cost more than the jeep itself. lol. all joking aside, ive been a huge fan of these portals since the beginning. Just watched matts offroad recovery with them installed on the bronco. it transformed the vehicle.
@@humorssOur 4XE JLUR is 79,000.00 as it’s equipped new. 392 JLUR’s were selling for over 104,000.00. We added over 25,000 in upgrades and we’re still on stock axles. Now that I’m deciding on axles to support 40”+ I’m looking at spending 20,000 plus either way. If I had gone straight for portals instead, I wouldn’t have my articulation, but it would definitely be more capable.
@@humorss It was 2 year old paid 48,000.00. Our plan was to put what it would cost new into it in parts. It’s a full EVO build, 5” lift, King coilovers, all their body protection, basically the best they had to offer for a 4XE. Used Extreme terrain for everything else. But to your point, I would bet you would have no issue following that jeep through the worst trails we have around here even if you only ran 35’s with 74weld portals. Our RPM 2.5 ton Tie rod looks like someone took a grinder to the under side with how much it hits rocks. You would have 2.8” more clearance on your tie rod with only 35’s.
He is the engineer and it makes sense to have him use daily. It's a win win situation. Great company for 74Weld to offer this to their employees albeit the cost of this things are astronomical.
I like this JKU a lot more than the gawdy big budget builds honestly. I think we are in a good sweet spot for nice used clean JKUs in the market. Yes, the portals are expensive, but you could buy a nice used Jeep AND bolt on the portals for less than a new JLU Rubicon costs these days. I do think having to replace the rear axle housing on the JK and JL sport kinda pushes the project past a point. That is where I am stuck with ordering a set of portals for my new used JKU project....I don't want a 60 rear housing ( Cost, size, weight, clearance, etc )
Cool Jeep, but I can't imagine commuting that far in this though, the waste of gas would be insane. I always had a beater commuter car for long distances and kept the good stuff at home!
Got to be $5-10k in gasoline alone a year. Plus wearing down your trail vehicle. Hummm maybe you should do like an electric motor swap. Stuff enough batteries to give you like 180 miles range on the freeway. Maybe do dual electric motors, one for the front driveshaft and one for the rear (no trans / no t case) . Actually, more genius would be the electric motor in a dummy solid axle upfront with no u-joints or anything needed for the transfer case driveshaft. One motor per dummy solid axle. Obviously no need for gear reduction or worry about gear ⚙️ ratios or shifting in general because it’s an electric motor. Plus with the portals it should be insane amounts of torque. Probably can play with front rear power bias to make it front wheel drive rear wheel, drive or all-wheel-drive.
No…design change from set 1 to set 2 which became the production part. We almost never keep or run prototypes. They are test units then we run the same production stuff everyone else gets
So you've spent 70K in portals on your commuter in 36 thousand miles . Then another 50K in axles and lift and upgrades. Then the cost of the jeep. 200k commuter. This is unattainable for even above average income guys.
What in the meth kind of math is this lol. Portals: $20k, Axles: $7k rear, $4k front. Driveshafts, $6-700 each. Maybe $1000 in springs and shocks. Add $30k for a used JK and you're in the low 60s.
@@RonJacobsen1973under side looks like it was drug through rock gardens with no tires on, bead lock rings covered in scars, rock sliders beat up, body panels covered in pin striping from trees usually tells the story. Being covered in un damaged bolt on parts says you like to cruise your jeep around or just love fire roads and beaches.
