At first I thought that it was just a little bit of mud that the carwash brush missed. But after looking again (after I got back from OCS - 10 weeks later) its RUST!

The good news it that I'm still under warranty and the owner of the dealer is a family friend. The service manager is aware of this...I told him that the OE rails are about 500 bucks on the MOPAR site and it would cost Jeep less $$$ if they paid for aftermarket rails. He liked that idea and so we'll see what happens Friday morning when I pick it up from service.

Has anyone else had their rails rust at all?

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LOST # 590
Not Jeepless anymore
97 TJ Sahara, 2.5" OME, SYE + CV driveshaft, JKS discos, some armor, some lights...

It's always good to have an owner of a dealship as a family friend.

Congrats on the Frankenlift. Let me know when you got it. I would like to see it.

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LostRenegade - Lost # 477
2003 Jeep Liberty Renegade - Silver
Mopar Skids, Skid Row Tranny Skid, Boulder Bars, Frankenlift II, 60" Hi-Lift Jack, K&N 6x9 Air Filter, Magnaflow, Dertoit Locker, 245/75R16 BF Goodrich All Terrains, Al's A-Arms

Depends on your meaning of rust. I scraped my OEM's when I had them on and so there is surface rust on it but easily cleans off. That is normal. Since you are in Michigan and everything rusts there due to salting of the roads, humidity, and just being in Michigan you have to expect it.

By the way....Go Buckeyes

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New KJ Gear - Desert Armor Flak

2004 Renegade Light Khaki - 4" JBA Lift - Rock Lizard Products: Komodo Dragon Rear Bumper, Prototype Winch-mount Front Bumper, Super Skink Sliders - All J's Super Tranny Skid II - 31" Firestone Destination AT's on Moab wheels - Cobra 75W CB w/ stock Antenna mod

[b]Retired, US Military

they should fix it...itd be sweet to get a pair of super skink sliders out of it ....maybe ill *&^^&* mine up since im still under warranty, i live in hawaii, lots of salt in the air = rust, HRMMMMMM


Off Topic, youre a new FA 2LT? good luck with that one hahaha





.... sir

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1998 Audi A4 1.8tQ

1990 Mazda Miata

"Remember when the platform was sliding into the fiery pit and I said 'Goodbye' and you were like 'NO WAY' and then I was all 'I was just pretending to murder you'? That was great."

Well the dealer called me this morning. Jeep said no deal with getting aftermarket rails with them paying the bill

So I'll be getting a new set of OE rails, which is better than what I have now I guess. But I was really hoping to get away with not having to pay for some sliders from rock Lizard. Oh well, whats another $300, right?

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LOST # 590
Not Jeepless anymore
97 TJ Sahara, 2.5" OME, SYE + CV driveshaft, JKS discos, some armor, some lights...

Yea EOD, I just finished OCS and now I am officially a butter bar. I did my time scrubbing latrines and buffing floors though. But we'll see who is laughing when we compare my LES to yours.

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LOST # 590
Not Jeepless anymore
97 TJ Sahara, 2.5" OME, SYE + CV driveshaft, JKS discos, some armor, some lights...

Get those rails, take them off ASAP, and put them on Ebay...then you that money to buy your skink sliders or whichever...

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-nate
LOST#NL068123 - 2005 Renegade 3.7L 4x4, Off-Road Package, Rock Rails, Skids, Command-Trac, Trac-Loc LSD, Light Bar, K&N Drop in Filter, AMSOIL LUBES, RRO's Diff Guard for 8.25", Frankenlift, & Goodyear MT/R's
Cardomain