Ari's Riot the Rubicon: The Little Jeep That Can

Ari has been a massive part of the Great American Crawl for a long time now, and every time we see her she’s driving Riot, her 2004 TJ Rubicon. This little Jeep hangs with the some of the biggest rigs we have and this video shows everything Riot is made of. We’ve had a blast watching Ari grow her build and her driving skills along with it and can’t wait to see where she goes next!
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[@TheSlothJK]

The majority of us have normal people rigs, I totally like your nice built rig. Keep up the good work.

[@JohnAnderson-ut6bs]

The little Jeep that could! Ari’s a great wheeler and a great person!

[@tommynoe7465]

Absolutely love this TJ

[@TomSmith-nx3hx]

What you just described is my 2 door quandary. How to manage the evolution. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@brandonsearle990]

Thanks ari for sharing the buildout of riot. My offroad recovery was today. A guy in a chevy pick up lost his brakes and crashed into a tree. He also had a trailer so we had to detach it. His buddy showed with up a trailer meant to lift porches not trucks. Anyways we were able to the guys truck up on the trailer. That took about an hour to do

[@Burke_Motorsports]

I loves me a TJ. Best Jeep platform in my opinion. I am working on mine to make it be a great crawler while maintaining street drivability.

[@Ligoweez]

I have always liked, and kept an eye on your jeep Ari!! It is similar to mine and that's what i like about it! I'm @Ligoweez. One time in Wellsville, OH, a buddy I was with rolled his TJ 3 times down a powerline. We had to winch his jeep the rest of the way down on its side, before we could right it. we couldn't get the jeep started so we had to tow him out strapped to 2 jeeps. one in front and one in back because he had no brakes either. Thank you for the content!

[@jonpaff5699]

Best jeep in the rockstar garage proves that you don’t need tons and 40+s to go out and hit the hard stuff

[@brandonsearle990]

She will eventually put it on one tons

[@jonpaff5699]

@@brandonsearle990 yeah she was eluding to that

[@dougleece6970]

That's why she goes around alot needs tons and 40's

[@jonpaff5699]

@@dougleece6970 she also does a lot f

[@adventuresofalexari]

Thank you! And yes, there are times where a 37 will simply not get the job done so I will bypass. But I always like to at least try the questionable obstacles, otherwise you never know if you can make it or not!

[@fotomotoxxiii]

Sick build its a great balance between performance and cost

[@kyridgejumper]

Awesome video love is style Great rig and driver

[@jeepguy1337]

In the process of building my tj rubicon this month, some great information was provided here. As far as the best recovery story I had my jk winch out a f150 up to the doors on the beach.

[@nate7828]

I pulled out a motor home with my 2 door Jk

[@markwells8781]

Love the jeep!!!!

[@troyreid6027]

Great video 🤙 love the jeep 0lllllll0. Out wheeling with a few freinds throughout the day and got to a creek where we spent hours picking lines and winching each other through tight gaps. We had to drag a freinds car through from half way because of motor issues. It took us all night but one of the best nights and still talk about it to this day.

[@Colorado392family]

Awesome build overview!

[@oscarealex]

Love it...

[@Gunmetalbluejeeptjs]

🔥🔥🔥

[@mikaelljungberg1019]

Good luck on you be safe

[@rocklanderoffroad]

Impressive! Pontoon Boat cleaner for the wheels, I have the same ones!

[@adventuresofalexari]

Thank you for the info!

[@Thewildcardnick]

Great video and nice build! @cruisinthepines

[@Gunmetalbluejeeptjs]

Check out mothers aluminum wheel polish

[@pickuptrucker17]

Seems to work better than gridlock even

[@reynaldoarmentabravo4218]

@reyarmenta13 We were out camping and a stick pushed the radiator up against the fan and that made a big hole, we ended up pulling the vehicle with a regular tow strap through the mountains, and I just remember how rough it was.

[@gmana321yippee]

@garrettsjeeps I forgot to torque down lug nuts and lost a wheel and some studs while trail riding in the woods by myself. I had to hike an hour back to get cell signal to call someone to bring a jack and studs and give me a ride back to my rig

[@russmurphy612]

Beautiful women and rock crawling 😎

[@blake_pearson]

Hey rockstar garage or any professional entity. Im going to 35s (34.5” to be specific) on my 12 jku soon but not sure if i should do a 2.5 inch lift or 3.5 inch. What’s your professional opinion of which I should do? I’m mostly highway as it’s my daily. but want to start doing more difficult trails soon

[@tommynoe7465]

t_noe

[@grantlopes4162]

Xl

[@Dhwes]

@darkside_willysjt awesome build. Since having my jeep I haven’t had to recover yet. But I’m glad to have my winch to help others and be prepared myself when I need it

[@skinnypedalexpress4170]

@smoke_jku_7321 I was once recovered on escalator at hells revenge after I disappeared in a cloud of smoke while sitting on the corner of my hard top with the front tires in the air.

[@rockrawl_ky_jk]

@rockrawl_ky_jk
No crazy recovery’s, just a few high center or diff’d out winch pulls!

[@joshritchie_media]

Riot makes me feel better ab being on 35s with my RK 3.5in X-factor, and similarly built Rubi axles 😂.
We haven’t had any major recoveries (yet) but this past weekend I overheated and my LJ wasn’t liking sand hollow heat so I was towed out of milts mile and thru the dunes. Used a kinetic rope for the first time and wow! They r nice 👍 @joshritchie_media

[@dannycheng6689]

@outlaw.ek