$6000 KK Project

johnb · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:27 pm

So, my wife has communicated to me that she wants to put about 6 g's into the KK... Unfortunately, she communicated this to me by parking the jeep on a hill, out of gear, with the crappy ebrake set at about 50%.

In case anyone was wondering, if you let your KK roll backwards down a hill and into some tree/bushes, denting the length of the passender side, tearing off the rear flare and side view mirror, and breaking the quater and rear passenger windows - getting that fixed runs about $6,000.

Sorry but no pics... If I end up with some, I'll post 'em.

Elt31987 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:35 pm

That sucks man.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:57 pm

johnb wrote:

So, my wife has communicated to me that she wants to put about 6 g's into the KK... Unfortunately, she communicated this to me by parking the jeep on a hill, out of gear, with the crappy ebrake set at about 50%.

In case anyone was wondering, if you let your KK roll backwards down a hill and into some tree/bushes, denting the length of the passender side, tearing off the rear flare and side view mirror, and breaking the quater and rear passenger windows - getting that fixed runs about $6,000.

Sorry but no pics... If I end up with some, I'll post 'em.

OUCH! I guess I better get in and have mine fixed again :roll:

Mine has been in once for that useless recall.....

Getting it line-x'ed could save you some money

How bad is your insurance deductible?

johnb · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:34 pm

Deductible is pretty cheap, and due to the nature of the accident, I don't think our premiums will go up much. Linex would have saved me a couple hundred bucks in paint costs, but other than that, it'd be the same deal. The only aspect of this that actually gets me a little wound up is replaying my wife saying "yeah, yeah, yeah.." the last couple of times I've told her to be sure to park on the flat spot on the top of the hill and to really set the ebrake.

Yeah, yeah, yeah?

Yeah. :roll:

nightdrv · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:42 pm

Is yours a manual? I'm guessing it is. So, why not put it in gear? I've done that for every car! Just a little more reassurance. And yea that might not hold it either. But hey, anything helps.

BTW: Anyone else's parking brake not really do anything? Even after asking them to tighten it as much as they possibly can?

hrogi · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:49 pm

Time to end the wife to driving school..

Parking 101..
Angle wheel so if the e-brake gives way the roll will not roll down hill...

That bites..

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:56 pm

nightdrv wrote:

Is yours a manual? I'm guessing it is. So, why not put it in gear? I've done that for every car! Just a little more reassurance. And yea that might not hold it either. But hey, anything helps.

BTW: Anyone else's parking brake not really do anything? Even after asking them to tighten it as much as they possibly can?

Like I said, even after they did the recall on mine, it still sucked!

As soon as I get my frnt end fixed, it's off to the dealer :roll:

johnb · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:16 pm

Sorry - should have specified...

It was -10 and she was warming it up - hence being out of gear.

Mike08Liberty · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:09 pm

johnb wrote:

Sorry - should have specified...

It was -10 and she was warming it up - hence being out of gear.

I was wondering about the out of gear but no I guess you have a manual hence why it needed to be out of gear to run.

JEEPIN36COKK · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:09 am

Diggerfreek wrote:

nightdrv wrote:

Is yours a manual? I'm guessing it is. So, why not put it in gear? I've done that for every car! Just a little more reassurance. And yea that might not hold it either. But hey, anything helps.

BTW: Anyone else's parking brake not really do anything? Even after asking them to tighten it as much as they possibly can?

Like I said, even after they did the recall on mine, it still sucked!

As soon as I get my frnt end fixed, it's off to the dealer :roll:

Seriously, bring a camera. have they seen the KK since you bought it/ Line-X'd it? Priceless... :shock:

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:35 am

JEEPIN36COKK wrote:

Diggerfreek wrote:

nightdrv wrote:

Is yours a manual? I'm guessing it is. So, why not put it in gear? I've done that for every car! Just a little more reassurance. And yea that might not hold it either. But hey, anything helps.

BTW: Anyone else's parking brake not really do anything? Even after asking them to tighten it as much as they possibly can?

Like I said, even after they did the recall on mine, it still sucked!

As soon as I get my frnt end fixed, it's off to the dealer :roll:

Seriously, bring a camera. have they seen the KK since you bought it/ Line-X'd it? Priceless... :shock:

uhmmmmm...nooooo :twisted:

All of the service departments I have been to have only seen it with sliders... no lift/line-x or rack....

Now I have driven on to the dealer and parked to where the sales men could see it and let me tell you :shock:

My KK gets eye raped and fondled every time! I end up being 10 to 20 minutes late because of them. They swarm around my KK live vultures over a dead horse :shock:

Scar0 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:24 pm

Have you had the H28 recall done?
I had this done to my ride and the E-brake works great.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:51 pm

Scar0 wrote:

Have you had the H28 recall done?
I had this done to my ride and the E-brake works great.

Yes, and I also believe johnb had the recall done to

Scar0 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:49 am

Diggerfreek wrote:

Yes, and I also believe johnb had the recall done to

Well if the dealer can not figure it out there is another fix.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:04 am

Scar0 wrote:

Diggerfreek wrote:

Yes, and I also believe johnb had the recall done to

Well if the dealer can not figure it out there is another fix.

Yeah I know thanks to some of your guys

I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do that. It's kind cold this time of year :lol:

wingnuts · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:32 pm

yeah still not as bad as your wife rear ending someone at 20 MPH and it costing $12000 to fix

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:26 pm

wingnuts wrote:

yeah still not as bad as your wife rear ending someone at 20 MPH and it costing $12000 to fix

Yeah, but look at the cool little guard you got for 12K :lol:

wingnuts · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:24 pm

not to mention the rear window doesn't leak anymore!!

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:31 pm

wingnuts wrote:

not to mention the rear window doesn't leak anymore!!

Well there you go

05infernoCRDL · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:25 am

Diggerfreek wrote:

JEEPIN36COKK wrote:

Diggerfreek wrote:

nightdrv wrote:

Is yours a manual? I'm guessing it is. So, why not put it in gear? I've done that for every car! Just a little more reassurance. And yea that might not hold it either. But hey, anything helps.

BTW: Anyone else's parking brake not really do anything? Even after asking them to tighten it as much as they possibly can?

Like I said, even after they did the recall on mine, it still sucked!

As soon as I get my frnt end fixed, it's off to the dealer :roll:

Seriously, bring a camera. have they seen the KK since you bought it/ Line-X'd it? Priceless... :shock:

uhmmmmm...nooooo :twisted:

All of the service departments I have been to have only seen it with sliders... no lift/line-x or rack....

Now I have driven on to the dealer and parked to where the sales men could see it and let me tell you :shock:

My KK gets eye raped and fondled every time! I end up being 10 to 20 minutes late because of them. They swarm around my KK live vultures over a dead horse :shock:

i've seen it it is true.... all the sales men were drooling in it and tellin the others to go look....

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