If I were single or building a more offroad only rig, I would start with a two door maybe. Depending on what I planned to do with it I may even start with just a pile of tubing instead and build something. The four door is nice even though it's just the wife and I. I have a Tuffy deck lid and carry all my tools and all of my recovery gear all the time. I seem to use it often. I've been at work plenty of times and left from work to go winch something up into a trailer or use my tools to help fix something. If I had to run home and get stuff first, I would've killed time and money just driving home and back to wherever I'm going. So we've used the back seats to put stuff a lot because of the deck being in the back. If we had kids though I would prob have to do something different. A two door to me becomes a two person vehicle. Take the back seat out and leave it in your garage. Then use the back to store everything. So some of it is personal preference. If you are looking used, prices are about the same usually but not always. New the four door will be a little more but not bad.
Offroad it depends where you are sometimes. Watch the WAYALIFE videos on their YouTube channel. It seems like there are very few places the two doors do better than the four doors really. You will see some stretched two doors also so they start getting close to the wheelbase of the four door anyways, they just have less body.
I'd love to have a two door to do some playing in and drive everyday and stick the wife in the four door. I still like the looks of the two doors, specially the JKs. But we will prob never get a two door.
Like I said, I think it just depends on what kind of wheeling you are doing, where you are going, and what all or who all you are going to take with you.
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