[elhigh]

Bud, you're going to want to put those doors back on. Sure they provide a "wetted surface" that produces more skin drag, but removing them introduces a huge amount of turbulence that wasn't there - and is way worse than the skin drag you eliminate.

Seeing your statement regarding the trails and planning (?!) on future rollovers, I won't recommend removing your rollbars unless you want to take the expensive step of having new ones made that will permit you to fab a hard top that tapers toward the rear. You'd still have your roll protection, but it would frame a compartment that had more contour and less boxiness.

Also seeing the trail statement, I won't recommend you try to lower your ride. Too bad, it would help. But a front airdam that could be quickly and easily removed would go a long way toward smoothing out the airflow under your ride. We all know that Wranglers aren't built so much with an eye toward pretty as they are toward functional. I daresay the dirty side of your car is easy to work on unless you've add skidplates, and provides lots of ledges and crannies for the wind to catch on. An air dam gets that over the car and off to the sides; if it's easy to remove and replace, you're more likely to keep using it.

Side skirts help. Again, removable for on the trail.

What's up with the idling fuel usage? That can't be right. Maybe there's something wonky with your electrics that at low revs your fuel gauge isn't getting enough juice to read correctly? I've never seen that before, and that's with experience in two different generations of Wranglers and God knows how many other cars and trucks, including one I had sitting in the snow for two hours idling. Fuel needle didn't even move that day.

Good luck, man. My mom drives a Wrangler; if you have good results I may have to kidnap her car and do some surgery on it.