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Living with a Compass Trailhawk: Upgrades, service & off-road trails

12th July 2023, 16:42 by Rahul Nagaraj

After a nice mud bath, the SUV looked amazing. As I always say, Jeep looks better when it's dirty or muddy.

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It's been a long time since I have not updated the ownership experience of Lightening Bolt Jr. Here are a few updates

The tyre upgrade:

Tyre upgrade was on my radar to upgrade the tyres from HT to AT. Trailhawk comes with 225 60 R17 HT Falcon Wildpeak tyres. Those were ok tyres not so great but I was looking to upgrade to 235 65 R17. My first choice was Michelin LTX or Pirellis and then Yoko. Incidentally one of my Jeeper friends came to my help he was selling his Trailhawk and he had 235 65 R17 Yoko Geolander on his Jeep usage was 5-6K and I did 4-5K on my current set of tyres.

So tyre trade-in was great and it was an easy upgrade. This has changed the stance of the Jeep and it looked taller and the road grip was amazing it also worked well with off-road.

Comparison in office parking. LR and Trailhawk look the same height.

An unfortunate event happened - met with an accident with Mahindra pick up. It was not that bad to claim insurance. Thanks to my friend Padam who suggested I get PPF done on day one. It just protected the colour and saved me from claiming insurance.

1st Service update:

Jeep recommended service after 5K Kms. It's just a basic check and nothing more. But I asked for oil replacement and filter replacement. Overall the service cost was 6K but worth a change. My intent to change the oil was to remove any engine burr which accumulated in the oil and engine smooth lubricant. It works really well - the car was super soft.