It's not worth the drop in water fording capabilities to me. New Wranglers are actually fairly prone to hydrolocking, CAI just skyrockets that chance. Also, to me a filter like a K&N would not perform as well on filtering when traveling behind another vehicle kicking up VERY fine dust. So give/take on protection and mileage/power.

I would consider one, however I'd just prefer a smooth tube from the box to the intake rather than the entire open filter setup.