Test drive Jeep Wrangler 1996 - 2006 SUV
Jeep Wrangle: Uncle Styopa - Giant
Interestingly, there are many cars in the world, apart from trucks and other equipment of this kind, next to which Mercedes Gelandewagen will seem squat? It seems that the fingers of one hand will have enough of their name. And then only if you can still remember such cars. Even the coolest SUVs are too normal to be able to humiliate one of the highest jeeps. As it turned out, almost any SUV, regardless of size and class, can literally grow, and in full accordance with the wishes of the owner. And no miracles, it's just tuning ...Jeep Wrangler - the car is not very outstanding, but far from gray - this is one of the few models that no one needs to represent. But, like almost all serial cars, in this American SUV there is too much average - the car was created on the mass consumer, so it turned out to be too combed. Many did not like this - all the previous generations of Wrangler, although not all of them bore this name, were really real mustangs, wild and colorful, and when you see the car of the latest version, at first I can’t even believe that this is the same Wrangler. The car that you see in the photo also began his life smooth and combed. It is not distinguished among thousands of other such vranglers, it was a serial car with a 4.2-liter engine and, surprising for an American, a mechanical gearbox. Perhaps that would he stay so and would rest for fifteen years later somewhere in a landfill, rusty and unnecessary for anyone. But fate ordered otherwise: by the will of fate, the car was in our area, where it fell into the hands of its current owner. Which, apparently, really like the famous American tractors, as well as no less famous bigs - cars on enormous wheels that easily move through cars. Or maybe he just does not like ordinary serial cars. But one way or another, the appearance of the just bought Jeep Wrangler Laredo decided to change, and very seriously. You see the result in the pictures ...
Against the backdrop of the pike serial Wrangler, a tuned big man looks like a bodybuilder who accidentally wandered into a mathematical class. And if the serial machine has not caused any emotions for a long time for a long time, then only blind can pass by this copy and not turn around. And this despite the fact that the tuned Wrangler, oddly enough, escaped another feature - airography. This tricky word is called the artistic painting of the car, and it seems to me that on such a car a well -thought -out pattern would look simply incomparable. And this can be anything, starting from sea monsters and ending with Stinger missiles on the sides, and thanks to images, even the most inconspicuous cars suddenly transform, attracting the attention of more tanned brabus. However, this car cannot be occupied by the public: tall and seeming huge because of its powerful wheels, this Wrangler rises above the entire car crowd like a grain tractor. The same brilliant, powerful and inconsistent ...
As for the indestructibility, by the way, it is quite rightly said: at the last stage of the jeep-tripel, this SUV easily filled up a couple of rather impressive trees, and this prank did not in any way affect his health. Yes, what is there - there is not even scratches on the bumper, not to mention dents. And although such opportunities in the car appeared precisely thanks to tuning, the manufacturer himself also very peculiarly interprets the concepts of multi -purpose and universal. In the operating instructions, this car is shown with ... a bulldozer dump. That is, in your free time from work, you can also clean snow on the personal plot on this machine, you just need to buy the appropriate equipment. I wonder if they have anything for digging potatoes? And then it would not be a car, but just a dream of a Belarusian ...
They say that professional tuning begins with the wheels, since the pattern and size of the disks and tires are the starting point from which the whole car begins to cut. And these bast shoes are indeed a real decoration of the car: a similarity with a BIG-foot and incredible power. True, such beauty costs money, and very considerable. A set of one disk and tires costs about $ 1000! By the way, despite their amazing beauty, these tires are also very functional. Thanks to them, the car acquired amazing cross -country ability, so that even in the quarry it is not scary to meddle. It’s not scary to drive them along our roads: all the pacifies and pits do not care for the car, it can even jump on the curb on the curb. But it is even more surprising how tenacious these tires turned out to be. Contrary to my expectations, the car drives no worse than ordinary jeeps, except that the goat is slightly stronger. But the lateral departments of incredibly high -profile rubber turned out to be amazingly small, although there is nothing strange in this - this model of the tires is considered asphalt. I wonder what a lot of mud tires look like?
In total, more funds were invested in the tuning of this car than the car itself, along with the customs clearance. And for the most part, these funds were spent on a stylish little thing. The chrome door hinges, for example, cost about 250 uev per pair. The rear -view mirrors, also naturally chrome, cost more than a hundred, and you should not stutter about the cost of a body kit, because only a real enthusiast is able to lay out such money. For the sake of interest I leafed through the catalog of a company that specializes in tuning American SUVs, and the only thing I remembered is that two-digit price tags are very, very rare there, for the most part three- dominate three-, although sometimes four-digit ones are found. But what is not there: stylish lids, bolts, handles. All chrome, high-quality, and even presented in five to seven versions, for every taste and size of the wallet. Several dozens of front chipper alone - from civilian small to menacingly powerful, which can be blamed.
But back to our hero. Immediately after the tires, expanders of wheeled arches were placed, and it turned out that even such huge wheels simply drown in their shade. We ordered special spacers that expand the track - the wheels with them are more protruding from the arches. Naturally, serious changes also comprehended the suspension, on such rubber, the car simply could not ride with standard springs. Yes, even if she could, there would be little use from this, since only special springs and springs, which were immediately delivered, could give a serious gain in cross -country ability. The salon, oddly enough, did not undergo radical changes, although leather chairs from the same catalog are now flaunted inside. The Belarusian club 4x4 was engaged in all the black work, that is, the installation, adjustment and delivery of accessories, whose members themselves are owners of advanced SUVs and have rich experience in this part.
Naturally, such, already really exclusive, the car in no way could do without serious music - it became fashionable to have a subwoofer for half a base. Acoustics, radio, amplifier, subwoofer, wires, fuses - all these devices, as it turned out, require investments no less than beautiful women. And it’s not accepted to skimp on trifles in this matter. Even the most cool radio in combination with the most powerful amplifier will not sound good without the right wires with gilded tips. This car received almost everything except the TV, and now the sound is that the stream neighbors shy. The location of the amplifier is interesting - on ... the ceiling. In the same place, by the way, there are two acoustic systems that beat with their sound no worse than those that are placed during the concert at the stadium.
And what in the end? An attractive and completely original car with a threatening appearance, as well as remarkable abilities both on asphalt and off -road. Cracability is almost like a tank, but it looks no worse than a Hammer. True, Tuning has one negative trait - starting this difficult process of turning a nasty duckling into a worthy car, it is already difficult to stop. Having finished one thing, you already think and think how to do another, and what is the worst - this process is simply endless. That is why this Jeep Wrangler LAREDO 4.2 is sold - it has already achieved its perfection, and today there are already other plans for another car. So you, respected readers, have a unique chance to buy an exclusive car of almost hand assembly, with a unique design and amazing appearance, and even at almost dumping cost - we can say that all these bells are almost free. Flone ...
Text: Pavel Kozlovsky
A source: "Avtogazeta"
