The trademark 7 slot grill of a Jeep is all fine, but the open slots expose the radiator to all sorts of hazards both on and of the road.  Rocks, tree branches, small animals, who knows!
Many people zip tie nylon mesh or eavestrough mesh to the back of the grill.  Seems like a fair bit of work, and not that strong or rugged.
I think this is a better method – it’s much stronger, and it can be removed if necessary. It’s simpler I think, and uses no drilling, gluing, etc. It’s starts with a sheet of the perforated or expanded metal. Make a few cutouts, make four bends, and it’s ready to slide in between the radiator and snug up against the back of the grill slots.  One thing to be careful with is to ensure you choose a perforated mesh with enough hole density to ensure adequate airflow so that the radiator can do its job.
I was able to pick up piece of perforated stainless steel for about $30 – a few bends and a few cuts later, it was all done, and looks good 5 years later.  I added a cutout lined with door edge guard to allow my winch power cables to feed back to my battery.
Used a metal break to do the bends, used tin snips and a grinder to cut out the tabs.

Here’s a rough pattern that I used to make mine – use it as a guide – perhaps make your own template starting wit a piece of cardboard, and add the necessary bends and cutouts so that you can make an even better grill insert than mine!
 

Rock sliders

Flat fenders
Jury is still out on exactly what route to go – there are pro’s and con’s to steel tube fenders, as well as to the plastic/composite models. I liked the fender style on the Liberty Renegade we had, and Bushwacker makes something similar, but they are just to big, and too brittle.  Have seen a number of people on the trails with them, only to bust them up in the brush.
Winch
A Warn power plant might be more than I need, but the air compressor interests me – particularly for inflating the pontoons on my Skykomish Sunrise pontoon boat. I do have a cheapie pump that runs off a cigarette lighter or rechargeable batteries that works well for my pontoon boat – but it definitely won’t inflate 4 x 32″ tires after a day on the trails.
I ended up buying a Kodiak winch from The Gear Center on 50th street.  It works well. and was a fraction of the cost of a comparable Warn product.  However, after a dozen or so pulls, and a  couple really tough ones, the frame of the winch twisted and cracked the case.  Still works, but I’m not sure that I can rely on it 100% anymore.  The cable on it is also kinked, so I’ve removed it, and now I’m trying to decide between steel cable or synthetic.
Cage netting
I like the looks of netting – and it comes in handy when  getting into some crazy inclines 🙂
Bumper
Was starting to research this and came across an awesome thread at myjeepforum.net   When I was first looking at getting a Jeep, my favourites were the FabFour, and the Durango.   The AEV one is sure nice too – but ouch! it’s over $1200 (US).  
    
Headlights
One thing about the JK Wrangler, is the headlights suck.  Plain and simple.  I ended up replacing the bulbs with some Silverstar Ultras – which do improve things a little.  The LED replacements are coming down in price – so who knows.
Cargo Rack
There are a few choices for the Wrangler Unlimited – and they seem fairly similar, but there are some obvious, and some not so obvious differences.  Here are the different racks that I’ve found so far (in no particular order):
KargoMaster – A couple products are needed from KargoMaster, depending on how you want to use your roof rack.  Most people probably want to be able to use the rack regardless of whether the hard or soft top was on or off, which requires KargoMasters Congo Rack, and their Safari rack.  The Congo rack is the base, and it will also work with other carriers from companies like Thule.

Gobi Racks – The Gobi racks look like a very well built system – one of the unique features in their Stealth rack is the open space above the front seats – leaving you with unobstructed open air if you’re running with the tops off.  Downside I would think is more limited cargo space.
  
Garvin Industries – These were the first racks that I found for the Wrangler Unlimited.  They do look good. Garvin also makes a number of accessories for their racks, including hi-lift and axe mounts, gas can brackets, spare tire mounts, as well as mounts for various others pieces of sports equipment.

Wild Boar – the Wild Boar rack offers a lot of versatility.  Some of the accessories are pretty slick – like the tent, and canopy options.
  
 

Over the past little while I’ve been interested in replacing our 2005 Jeep Liberty Renegade – with Jeep’s new Wrangler Unlimited.  It’s difficult keeping things in order – so why not try and record it on a website?
Sounds like a great idea to me! I intend to write up posts about various products that interest me, along with product reviews that I might find in the process.  I’ll also try and do some posts about any excursions – they’ll likely be fishing trips, but who knows!