My peeves with the TJ

TheBoogieman said:
My pet peeve is people that can't spell perfect. 🇺🇸

pre·fect
[ˈprēˌfekt]

NOUN
  1. BRITISH
    in some schools, a senior student authorized to enforce discipline.
    synonyms:
    monitor · praepostor · prepostor
  2. a chief officer, magistrate, or regional governor in certain countries:
    "the prefect of police"
    • a senior magistrate or governor in the ancient Roman world:
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You got me Boogieman! Unfortunately, It won't let me correct the spelling now. But I thought I said to be nice lol
 
AndyG said:
That’s for sure and most people are not as preoccupied with them as they would like to think- That’s the problem right there- they think they have more impact than they do.

We all do stuff like wear our wife’s lingerie when she’s out of town, I mean we’re just normal guys here.
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pics please
 
Westtown Willy said:
My TJ is manual so I think you missed my point, my preferred driving position is left arm resting on the door/right on the wheel, except when shifting which is when I switch positions...

Other exception is when I steer with my knee in which case both elbows can rest comfortably & do nothing 😜
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as he replies to this thread
 
Mike_H said:
Oh...One big pet peeve of mine is the stupid door strikers. Two reasons...One I've had them poke holes in my kidneys (or so it feels like) rolling out of the seat to get out of the bathtub. The other is the weak return spring on the seatbelt allows the belt to hang up on that striker...and the door then smashes the seatbelt.

One good thing about that u-shaped striker is that it works pretty well to open beer bottles...
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Drive a CJ5 long enough, loose enough belt loops and back pockets and you will learn how to get out of a Jeep properly and not catch your cloths on a striker. I am kind of liking having doors on a Jeep. I do like at least 1/2 doors on the freeway to keep the wind from blowing my shirt over my head. Otherwise I just roll down the window.

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Westtown Willy said:
fuckin A right, that's the primary reason I can't stand driving doorless. My natural driving position in the TJ is mostly left elbow on half door & right hand at 6 o'clock, mainly while cruising, which is mainly all I do anymore. When in traffic or other high shift frequency situations it's right elbow on console/hand on shifter & left hand at 6 o'clock. With no option to rest my left elbow on the door I get really uncomfortable really fast. Worse, every November when I put those miserable ass full doors back on I bang my left elbow into it at least 20 times before it sinks in that it's there
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We have doorless practice at my shop once a month- we all take turns sitting in it, left arm at 1 o clock on the wheel.

Elevator practice is on tuesdays.
 
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dmbeck said:
These are my only 2 issues also, stepping over the rocker panel to get in aggravates me every time I get in/out, and it's one of those things you never would notice until you have to do it. Other than that everything else is a known "jeep thing" IMO. If ya don't like certain doors the good news is there's more alternatives out there than any other vehicle offers. I personally love my half doors for summer time, I don't think I'll even buy uppers for them, then in fall and spring I'll switch back to the full doors. Granted my opinion is based on all the mall crawling I do so I don't have the credentials to participate in the trail door debate.

I will say that for all the full door love this thread has gotten, I can't believe there's not more mention of the fact that there's no where to rest your arm and it makes it uncomfortable and awkward to drive for me.
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left elbow resting on the top of door with my hand on the wheel, my right hand grabs the shift knob (auto). Thats how I roll
 
Anybody else bothered by the seat not being centered with the dash and steering wheel?
It's not my daily driver, but I really notice it on long trips.
 
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mrblaine said:
The good news is that for every seat there is an ass. We all like what we like and all I see is someone ruint a perfectly fine automobile by cutting the top off of it.

I do however have to giggle at their version of the Jeep 5 spoke rims though. Passenger car equivalent of "when you're happy and you know it", well, you know the rest.
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Well maybe your think more of this type of convertible because your spending too much time around jeeps :ROFLMAO:

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My biggest peeve is trying to raise a factory lj by yourself. It can be annoying at times when the Sunrider wants to flop all around and the top bars drag or bind on the roll bars when you're trying to raise the top. Then you get a latch on one side, now the latch on other decided it hates you and decides to flop on the wrong side ofthe windshield frame. Get it all latched and realize that middle bow that just rests on the top frame has fallen off the frame on one side. Loosen latches again and repeat.

I probably need a new top....

Also lowering a stock skid that has any dents from wheeling then try and reinstall it. This thing should have came with a removable crossmember, separate skid from the factory.


I do like 1/2 doors for around town cruising and wheeling. No doors kinda sucks with any mud between them rocks which is unavoidable with most east coast wheeling I do. If I only had to have one set of doors it would be full doors.

I like how it makes me smile though every time I drive it.
 
TRE3TOP said:
We’re talking about from the factory quirks.
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My bad… My point still stands either way lol.

The lack of protection from rust on the frame. I wish it had a cabin air filter so when I cut on the heat for the first time each winter I wouldn’t get pelted by dust. Wish the hvac slider knobs didn’t crack so easy or were at least purchasable for replacement. I wish the rear shock bolts weren’t apparently the birthplace and inventor of rust (thankfully no rust for me, southern vehicle :)). I wish the tub interior was linex-ed from the factory instead of carpet. Wish the dash speakers weren’t all but useless. Oh, and all TJs should have came with Dana 44 in the rear, not the 35.
 
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