Tony CRD and I were very lucky to be able to get a private tour of the Jeep Plant here in Toledo last Tuesday.
It was amazing to see the KK/ Nitro go from stamped sides/roof/etc to a finished product. The steps that go into making one is quite interesting. starting with the subframe and going to the floorpans/sides/roof is the final before the interior starts to be installed
Insides of the doors are brought in from a outside supplier as is the whole dash assembly. It comes in as a one piece unit and robotically placed and two workers install two bolt per side to hold it.
We saw, everything, boxes of transfer cases, motors-trannys lined up
They completely build them on the line which is far different than the way they build the Wranglers

_________________
MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

That must have been really cool!

_________________
2008 KK Liberty Sport NIGHT OPS EDITION + GILLS
OEM & Custom Skids - Factory Tow Package - Rock Lizard Skink Super Sliders
Prototype JBA 4 Inch Lift - JBA UCA's - Flowmaster Super 44 OR - Whacked Resonator
Jet Stage 2 - RL Gecko Basket Rack - Custom Winch Bumper - Recon 10.5K Winch

Very cool. Wish I could have seen it!

_________________
07 KA Light Khaki, Manual trany.
2.5" Adjust-A-Strut JBA lift, Euro taillights,
Home made; Front Tilt Hood, Roof Rack, RAM Air, & CAI.
ESP Off Switch
Take a ride on the Trō side!

I've never been on a factory tour for any vehicle but that had to be especially cool seeing Jeeps getting assembled.

_________________
2010 Liberty 4x4 Limited
Trailer Tow Group, Sunroof, Skid Plates

1999 Wrangler Sahara
2" Teraflex lift with flexarms, ARB air lockers Front/Rear, Skid Plates, BFG 31x10.50 ATKOs

wow, totally cool that you were able to do that, how did you swing that anyway?

I went throught the GM assembly plant in janesville, wi I think in 96 or 97, they built suburban and tahoes there and I think that always stayed a SUV line until it was closed last year or can't remember how long ago that was.

Man I'd love to tour a plant again, was alot of fun to watch it all come together.

One Piece at a Time, did you collect any parts while there?

_________________
Bill and the divided Danette

2009 Liberty Sport 4x4
Sky Slider
Factory Tow Package
Super Expensive Gutter Screen Grill Inserts
24" of PPF on the front
Factory skids
AEM intake, Scanguage II
Skink Super Sliders, 3/8" Boiler Shims
Stops here for now....baby here!!!