here's why I'm never going to get my 20th anniversary Rubicon 392.
so this video has kind of been a month in the works here I would say that we've been Fielding
a lot of questions on our YouTube page I'm feeling a lot of questions online on my Facebook pretty
much everywhere about hey Matt where's your 392 where is your 20th anniversary you know when's
it gonna come in I just got mine and I've been seeing a lot more of them actually get delivered
here in the past few weeks it seems like a lot of them are getting delivered to the dealerships
folks are extremely happy with them and they're really just going out and enjoying them this is
a jeep that they wanted forever and they're probably going to keep forever for most of
those customers the 20th anniversary it's going to be a rare bird and if you hate the screen that
comes in the new one as well as the wheels and the grill and all that fun stuff well you do get
the new grill this is going to be the perfect model for you so what I'm doing is we're kind
of creating a video here to talk about why we're not going to be receiving ours ultimately this
question was really put into my lap when we were at Bantam last week and saw a 20th anniversary
edition 4xe there at the show it was an absolutely beautiful Jeep it was all black and had all the
trim all the Fixins that should have been added to that 20th anniversary nursery and honestly it
was kind of brought up that question in my head I was thinking to myself I really need to make this
decision let everyone know and kind of talk about our future plans that's the hardest thing to do I
mean you guys know you you make a decision to buy something like this you end up having a brand new
model released in the midst of all that the 2024 with the refresh Uconnect five new roll cage the
whole works being built into it and then it really questions your decision what should I go with and
what's best for the channel I think ultimately we had to think about that what is best for the
channel and what would you guys really like to see so probably the first decision that kind
of played into this was we made a video talking about ordering a two-door Wrangler and everyone
seemed to absolutely love that idea and then we brought up the fact that we're going to talk about
like a two-door base and you guys really really like that idea so ultimately we kind of thought
to ourselves is the 392 a little bit too uh is it too big of a purchase for us does it kind of take
our channel to that next level and not where we want to be right now because we really do
enjoy building these jeeps and then the 2023 20th anniversary really comes kind of pre-built you've
already got built-in air compressor steel winch bumper everything built onto it how much more
could we modify was really the big question in my head and would I be comfortable taking a limited
run 20th anniversary edition out on the trail and beating the snot out of it or just kind of using
it as a daily putting my son in the back with a car seat digging into that limited edition rare
red color this is probably things I should have thought about in the beginning but overall I was
so excited about it because I I thought it was never gonna happen so I thought this Jeep was
never going to happen I thought it was going to be the last year of the 392 and then lo and
behold a month later Jeep goes now we're actually going to refresh it throw 392 in the 2024 and give
all these cool features and also give you your color I couldn't order the 20th anniversary in
High Velocity I can order a brand new one in the High Velocity that's a really hard decision for
me because this channel is based upon the color of my Jeep my son loves my Jeep he knows it as soon
as it pulls up he can spot it it that was kind of hard for me and it hits me in the fields to know
that that's his Jeep I picked it up when he was just like five months old I have some pictures of
him actually sitting in it when I first got it so when you add all that up together I wasn't ready
to let go of the high velocity Jeep honestly I could keep both of them at the same time but
having two brand new vehicles in the driveway having to choose which one to drive and then
also not really being able to modify the 20th anniversary too much it all played together in
the decision now don't give me too much grief in the comments about this because the cool thing is
is still going to be for sale and it's now part of our dealership affiliate partner Dan Cummins
down in Paris Kentucky and they're going to have the ability to sell that to someone that's really
going to cherish it use it forever and have their dream Jeep and we honestly we probably could have
just left this in the dark and just been like I mean Ryan and I actually talked about just hey
maybe we should just not say anything I don't want to upset people I don't want to make them think
like we backed out we're phony whatever I wanted to do this video to let you guys know that's what
transparency is and that's how it works so this is what we're going to be doing we're going to
be ordering a 2024 two-door Sport with a manual transmission and that vehicle is going to be for
Ryan behind the camera he's currently not in a jeep right now there's been a little bit of
a period he hasn't had a Wrangler because we've been waiting on exactly what to get now that we
have dirt road cred we've got a shop that's up electrical will be done soon we've got a lot of
opportunities to build a Jeep and when I say build not starting off with a Rubicon extreme Recon like
mine with LEDs and all these fancy things on it starting out with a base Jeep halogen lights stock
wheels and tires stock everything base everything we've got a lot of great brand Partners now and at
almost a year into this channel I can pick up the phone Ryan and I can chat with all of our
great brand partners and get a really cool build setup and also show you guys the entire process
when we thought about that we looked at the value of the 392 yeah it's the cool factor it's a 20th
anniversary we could get a couple videos out of it and really show you guys what it's like but on the
other hand buying a two-door buying a base and buying a sport with a manual transmission gives
us the ability to really really modify it I mean this can be an ongoing project it's exactly what
Ryan wants and ultimately it's just going to be better for our Channel I think as the dirt road
cred continues to grow the way it is we're going to obviously add on some really crazy builds to
this channel but we like to listen to you guys and one of the biggest comments we got was do
a two-door we love two doors that's the real Jeep that's the original so we want to listen
to what you guys are saying too and not leave you in the dark and that's what we're going to
be doing a 2024 two-door sport which Ryan can't decide on what color he wants to get until maybe
they come out with a new color here waiting for a quarter three to start for the new color to drop
yeah Ryan's prediction put it on uh put it on the the gambling board there on the betting board we
think that I I mean Ryan really does when quarter three comes out and they really start doing more
marketing more advertising they might be releasing a new color I would just I mean I think that's
the start of the model here too yeah we're holding our marbles right there just on ordering it now if
ultimately there isn't a new color that comes in out I think Ryan's either thinking Earl or maybe
Sarge green both really cool colors honestly we saw a lot more Earl at the Jeep show and I think
Earl would be a great addition to this channel I think with some retro graphics on it maybe like
the YJ Splash Edition Graphics along the side and then some like dirt road cred with the Solo Cup
you know that kind of style I think would really be fitting of it but ultimately Ryan he's a single
guy he's got not really a need for a four-door and also the two-door just for him it looks better it
looks like the original Jeep and honestly we're excited to completely get get it built up the
ultimate decision to order the 2024 is gonna be with Dan Cummins Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram down
in Paris Kentucky if you guys haven't heard in our last video there are official dealership affiliate
Partners so they've got every U.S state covered when you go onto our website you're going to
easily be able to go into our dealership affiliate program type in your information and get connected
directly to them you're not going to get spammed you're not on auto trader you're not going through
all that crazy stuff you're going to connect with their Jeep Specialists so that's either Lindsay
or there's one other individual that does that and they're gonna completely go through the build with
you they're not your young gun that doesn't know anything about the Jeep Wrangler they're going to
build it out with you and ultimately be able to help you out with that purchase and get you some
great dirt road cred savings so make sure you do it from our website and they'll get connected with
you right away now the other thing that I want to let you guys know is you're also the first channel
that knows of a 20th anniversary that's going to be available so the 392 will be available you're
going to have to connect with them through our dealership affiliate program so go in there enter
your information and then probably put in the notes like interested in Matt's 20th and if you're
looking to buy that one they'll probably work out a pretty good deal with you guys but that's what
we're going to be doing we're going to let the 392 go to someone that really deserves it and
really wants it order a 2024 base two-door here in the next few months so Q3 is right around the
corner we're gonna order that have it in probably by late kind of fall time frame hopefully I then
have our shop our shop will be completely done at that point so we'll have the lift in there
and we'll be able to completely build that over the winter we worked with some absolutely killer
vendors and some great friends in the industry we got the 2024 Grille installed on our Jeep the
first time we ever saw it and that's with our friends in the industry and we cannot be more
thankful for them but we are always looking to work with some great companies that align with
our values and if you have an off-road company or something that would make sense with our
channel here definitely reach out to our email and we can definitely connect and chat about
some ideas that's how we work with vendors and that's honestly how some of these relationships
are created but let us know in the comments the biggest thing I wanted to ask at the end of this
video is how do you want to see the two-door built we've got a few different options Ryan's
not going to go absolutely crazy with wontons and coilovers but we're going to be debating on how
you want to see it a daily driver a beach driver maybe a more Overland two-door that would be kind
of interesting to see or a rock crawler that has high-rise fender flares let us know in the
comments what kind of build you want to see with that jeep because if you guys know we do listen to
you and we build them up the way that you want to see them so let us know in the comments and until
next time my name is Matt with dirt road cred and I want you to get out there and earn yours