"Is my Jeep trail ready?"

chetos · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:30 pm

I am at Home Depot this afternoon picking my Christmas planer and the guy helping load it asks, "Is this really trail ready?" He's got a big smile on his face like he's messing with me. I look at him and say, "Gosh, I don't know." "I've got at tires, skids, rock rails, 4x4, roof rack, two tool boxes (one for tools and the other for an emergency kit)." I keep pointing things out and when I get to my magnaflow he says. "Wow that sounds great." I ask him what he's driving and he points over to his honda too fast too furious wanna be. I need a lift badly but I still can't believe how the KJ is stereotyped...

isutherl · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:04 pm

I have taken my stock libby through some minor stuff off road, and it seems to do well, the only thing I have noticed is the front bumper hangs way too low. I like what the member 2006 KJ has done with his front bumper http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x46/ ... CT0874.jpg

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:53 pm

chetos wrote:

I am at Home Depot this afternoon picking my Christmas planer and the guy helping load it asks, "Is this really trail ready?" He's got a big smile on his face like he's messing with me. I look at him and say, "Gosh, I don't know." "I've got at tires, skids, rock rails, 4x4, roof rack, two tool boxes (one for tools and the other for an emergency kit)." I keep pointing things out and when I get to my magnaflow he says. "Wow that sounds great." I ask him what he's driving and he points over to his honda too fast too furious wanna be. I need a lift badly but I still can't believe how the KJ is stereotyped...

Im not sure I understand the stereotype here??? You sayin he thinks the KJ aint a real jeep??

chetos · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:04 pm

kj in a tight spot wrote:

chetos wrote:

I am at Home Depot this afternoon picking my Christmas planer and the guy helping load it asks, "Is this really trail ready?" He's got a big smile on his face like he's messing with me. I look at him and say, "Gosh, I don't know." "I've got at tires, skids, rock rails, 4x4, roof rack, two tool boxes (one for tools and the other for an emergency kit)." I keep pointing things out and when I get to my magnaflow he says. "Wow that sounds great." I ask him what he's driving and he points over to his honda too fast too furious wanna be. I need a lift badly but I still can't believe how the KJ is stereotyped...

Im not sure I understand the stereotype here??? You sayin he thinks the KJ aint a real jeep??

no just the opposite. He was pretty cocky until he actually got to looking at it.

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:44 pm

isutherl wrote:

I have taken my stock libby through some minor stuff off road, and it seems to do well, the only thing I have noticed is the front bumper hangs way too low. I like what the member 2006 KJ has done with his front bumper http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x46/ ... CT0874.jpg

I agree about the bumper! Here is what I did.

Terry

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jerseykj · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:55 pm

its been said a million times "IT'S A JEEP THING, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND"

isutherl · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:29 pm

Hey Fulltimer what did you use to cut the bumper, and did you have any problems with any of the plastic on the inside? And by the way I was down in St Augustine last year and got my buddy's Dakota R/T 5.7L stuck on your beautiful beach.

chetos · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:30 pm

isutherl wrote:

Hey Fulltimer what did you use to cut the bumper, and did you have any problems with any of the plastic on the inside? And by the way I was down in St Augustine last year and got my buddy's Dakota R/T 5.7L stuck on your beautiful beach.

Yeah, do you have any close up pics. Did you use Gris' tow hook set up using hitches and D rings?

CD · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:12 pm

I think if the KJ goes where you want it to go then it's trail ready, if you can't get to that point you want then perhaps you need to mod it a little.

Terry,
Any more pics of the bumper, side on shot, inside wheel arch shot etc. Also is your water bottle still in the same place?

C co Crusader 2/127 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:43 am

J E E P.... "J"ust "E"nough "E"quipment "P"resent TO GOT THE JOB DONE EVERY TIME!!!!.

CD · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:22 am

C co Crusader 2/127 wrote:

J E E P.... "J"ust "E"nough "E"quipment "P"resent TO GOT THE JOB DONE EVERY TIME!!!!.

I thought it was Just Empty Every Pocket

ryno · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:39 am

CDKJ wrote:

C co Crusader 2/127 wrote:

J E E P.... "J"ust "E"nough "E"quipment "P"resent TO GOT THE JOB DONE EVERY TIME!!!!.

I thought it was Just Empty Every Pocket

With the JK Unlimited I think it stands for "Just Enough Engine Power."

MiniDevil · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:51 am

Did you ask him "Is your street ready?"

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

With some of the mods guys are doing here, I'm wondering if the trails are ready for THEM. :lol:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:59 am

You should of parked on his hood then asked him what his views were of the trail rated badge. :twisted:

dgeist · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:47 pm

C co Crusader 2/127 wrote:

J E E P.... "J"ust "E"nough "E"quipment "P"resent TO GOT THE JOB DONE EVERY TIME!!!!.

I like that one. I remember reading an article regarding a feud back in the day between jeep and ford engineers (probably CJ vs. Bronco or something) that said it like: Jeep engineers the product for any conditions you'll encounter. Ford does the same, then makes things twice as thick and twice as heavy, so it'll last forever, but at the cost of horrible efficiency and waste.

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:49 pm

dgeist wrote:

I remember reading an article regarding a feud back in the day between jeep and ford engineers (probably CJ vs. Bronco or something) that said it like: Jeep engineers the product for any conditions you'll encounter. Ford does the same, then makes things twice as thick and twice as heavy, so it'll last forever, but at the cost of horrible efficiency and waste.

Ok..............

"Is my Jeep trail ready?"

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