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    Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark

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    Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
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    Image of jbh11126 jbh11126
    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark
    does it come with a free marriage proposal?

    ...otherwise, naaa #wrangler
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark
    The giant wheels and tires make it look like an R/C car brought to life size...which is probably why I can't not adore it.

    I'm no rock crawler and have no idea how capable it would be at it, but looks like it would be quite the snow monster. #wrangler
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    Image of Less Lincoln Less Lincoln
    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark
    did you guys even look at this before cracking wise ? it's a JK Rubi with a Hemi and a six speed. They moved the fenders higher to get the clearance. #wrangler
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark
    If Dorothy hadn't already laid the smack down, this would be a great way for the munchkins to take on the Wicked Witch of the East. #wrangler
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark
    -Bigass tires to raise the CG higher and make rollovers bumpier
    -Chop top to bring roofline closer so when you rollover you hit your head more
    -Can't tell if it's a solid axle but doesn't look like it from here - IFS is nice on the street but if you're going offroad, you want it solid for better articulation.
    -AMC 4.0 is AWOL. The 3.8 V6 that replaces it isn't an awful engine, but dang. I just liked that gigantic tractor mill glaring out from under the hood, you know? #wrangler
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    11/03/09

    @Elhigh: Much wider tires and much wider stance making it less rollover prone, clearly a pumpkin up front, it doesn't have a six cylinder in it at all, hemi swapped.. #wrangler
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    Image of Steeze McQueen Steeze McQueen
    11/03/09

    @Elhigh: -The tires barely raised the cog as there is no suspension lift difference between a stock rubi

    -Thats a Dana 44

    -It has a 5.7 hemi

    What picture were you looking at? #wrangler
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    Image of Drew and not U Drew and not U
    11/03/09

    @Elhigh: Big ass tires make rock crawling easier, and raise your ground clearance. This isn't a street cehicle. Plus, if you compare this to nearly any built off-road rig with 40" meats, it's significantly lower, meaning *less* chance of a rollover.

    Yes it has solid axles, like all Wranglers, as well as lockers and alloy shafts. And the 4.0 is gone. Its tragic yes, but we're obviously never going to see it in a production vehicle again so we might as well stop bitching when Wrangler based concepts don't have it. #wrangler
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/03/09

    @Elhigh: It's tough to tell, but I think it's a solid front axle. I think. With any luck, we'll find out for certain, eventually. #wrangler
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/03/09

    @Steeze McQueen: You can see the pumpkin? I can't see crap, maybe my monitor's about to go toes-up. I mean, I can see it's there, but a silhouette is all I get.

    Where'd you get the info on the 5.7? I just read the blurb, didn't go around researching at all. Work and all that, you know.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 11/03/09 5:40 PM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/03/09

    @Andrew Richard Chadwick Stevenson: I think what I need to do is go buy some crapped out '95 YJ and build it up the way I want. '95 chassis is the best, too bad it's still the square-eyes model. But whatevs.

    Get the 4.0, preferably from a somewhat later model year with less Stone Age EFI, jack it up just a smidge because I don't do any serious offroading - only slapstick offroading. I'm that kinda guy. Find a New Venture TC from a Rubi for the low-low 4.0:1 ratio, add a hardtop and AC because I hate the tent-in-a-hurricane noise and I'm getting old enough and wealthy enough to both need and afford AC. There are some things about which I don't give a shit for the environment, and AC is on that list. When August hits it's frickin hot and I want AC

    Nice CD stereo so I can listen to John Sandford murder mysteries while I'm getting stuck.

    Warn winch. Go with what you know.

    Hmm. Time to go wander around eBay. #wrangler
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    11/03/09

    @Elhigh: If you can't read at work, maybe you shouldn't comment at work. #wrangler
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    11/03/09

    @weatherman: Someone sounds bitter. #wrangler
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    11/03/09


    @Elhigh: I still love you. So much that I highlighted the pumpkin... after all, who doesn't want a green pumpkin? #wrangler
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/09

    @Elhigh: well seriously, dude, don't go spouting off about stuff you haven't even bothered to read, then get all high-and mighty like you don't have the time because you have to work, and then cap it all off not even acknowledge the fact that you just got schooled on the ABCs of 4x4. That's just douchey. #wrangler
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/03/09

    @pj134: Boulder Naked Runners. Green against all that doughy high-altitude skin, yech. #wrangler
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark

    Not to nitpick or anything, but wouldn't it be 40" tires not 40" wheels? #wrangler
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/03/09

    @pj134: that's what I came here to say, unless Jeep cleverly disguised their wheels as off-road tires.
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    11/03/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: Alloy Baja Claws? :D #wrangler
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    Image of stevecmh stevecmh
    11/03/09

    In reply to Jeep Lower Forty Lurks In SEMA Dark
    sorry.. the wheels look redickulas.. just too big ... looks like a tiny tiny windshield too.. #wrangler
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    11/03/09

    @stevecmh: It looks as if they did a 3" top chop on a CJ. #wrangler
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    10/17/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    Gimme a green one with a turret and a tow winch with tusks in the front. #mopar
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    Image of Joe-Btfsplk Joe-Btfsplk
    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    Tonka Jeep with clown shoes. #mopar
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    HoonThatFerrari - Once Again w/Star - Always on the Edge, Baby! promoted this comment Joe-Btfsplk was starred Joe-Btfsplk was unstarred
    Image of Peowraaku Peowraaku
    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    how much does THAT tire weigh #mopar
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    HoonThatFerrari - Once Again w/Star - Always on the Edge, Baby! promoted this comment Peowraaku was starred Peowraaku was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/16/09

    @Peowraaku: 970 lbs, just like the last one. #mopar
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    Image of Benito ~ I still drive excitement. Benito ~ I still drive excitement.
    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    That roof tent is cool and I don't care what any of you say. It is a TREE FORT on top of a JEEP.

    My inner 4th grader is jumping for joy. #mopar
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    Now, I'm more of an on-road, track day kind of guy, but damn does that red Wrangler get me all sorts of riled up. I'd maybe trade a bit of tire O.D. for more suspension travel. #mopar
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    Image of VitasLeopard VitasLeopard
    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    This is really funny, because the tent on the roof was a selling point of the Trabant in East Germany. The point was that if you were sleeping on the roof of the car, it was less likely that thieves would steal your tires. I think Mopar has hit the hammer on the head of the nail that is this current economic crisis. Bravo!
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    Image of Steeze McQueen Steeze McQueen
    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    ohhh the hoonage that commence if that jeep was let out into the wild #mopar
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    HoonThatFerrari - Once Again w/Star - Always on the Edge, Baby! promoted this comment Steeze McQueen was starred Steeze McQueen was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/16/09

    @Steeze McQueen: Yes, you could really kill a lot of horses with that! #mopar
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Mopar Brings Jeep With 40" Tires To SEMA
    But can it do a back flip? #mopar
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