There were only a few TJ's at SEMA this year and no LJ's. Time constraints prevented me from touring the south hall (tires, shop equipment) but I doubt there would have been any TJ's there; these are all I saw:
This looks more like a JK than a TJ but I guess if you want to start your kids down the angry bird path early, you could get them this:
I ran into my friend Greg Henderson (Unofficial Use Only: https://unofficialuseonly.com/about) He built the two Quadratec custom Jeeps in the last few years and worked with him to design storage solutions for those projects that I had Overland Outfitters make) He told me he's got an Egyptian military TJL tub that he plans to build (stock photo):
He asked me if I would build a custom length Safari Cab hardtop for it and while I do have the all of the original Safari Cab molds and can make custom-length tops using those molds, for the foreseeable future I don't have the time to build one because I'm so busy working on our new-to-us 200-year-old house. But since I developed templates for making quick TJ/LJ concept drawings back when I did the original Safari Cab for my LJ, I did a quick concept image for him...
While there wasn't as much innovation in new Jeep bproducts at SEMA this year as one might like, I did see a few interesting new things.
Yakima was showing two new products. Their "Ribcage" acknowleges that Jeep has never thought they should make a hardtop that's capable of supporting weight on top. Ribcage includes roll-bar mounted brackets that support tracks on top of the hardtop; drilling through the hardtop seems to be required. Shown as a JL product, not clear if they plan to offer a TJ/LJ version.
They are also showing cargo boxes they are calling GearCrates. They'd soft but stiff with corner reinforcements. They seem pretty sturdy and probably won't make any noise on the road or trail. I like them and probably will get a few.
This spare-mounted fuel can was on display from Overland Fuel, a European company: https://overlandfuel.eu/. It holds 8.5 liters (a little more than 2 gallons) and fits nicely in this 17" spare. They come in other colors for different fuels and water, and they also offer "rotopax-style" containers. It isn't clear if they can be bought here, clicking on the "Where to Buy" link on their site returns blankness.
BTW the container was shown on a Grenadier, one of 5 at the show. I checked out all of the Grenadiers at the show with interest (there were 5) because I just committed to buying one (I'll be retiring my JKU).
Chinese company Winbo was showing these accessory mounts that bolt to the door. They're not very large so probably limited to smaller gear as shown. Not sure how useful they might be or if they'll do a TJ/LJ version.
Suction mount company SeaSucker was showing a new suction-mount table. It's quite wide but probably not deep enough to hold a stove or something similarly large, but probably a useful campsite accessory.
BTW MORryde is still working on finalizing the suction-mount table design they picked up from me, a few weeks ago they sent me this prototype (shown here on my JKU, I didn't have time to test it on the LJ yet):
ARB was showing several new compressors with brushless motors. They claim these have 50% better output than compressors with brush-type motors, and told me the single version with the brushless motor has a 3.1 cfm output at 36 psi. They also say there are sensors inside the compressor that monitor the compressor temperature and control a cooling fan. They say these will be available late January/early February and the single version will have an MSRP of $469.
A video from ARB on these new compressors:
Last year I worked on a 4-way air hose for airing up/down all tires simultaneously (I posted about it on another forum) and it worked very nicely. I was actually doing it for a compressor company (not ARB) and when I finished the prototype I sent the details along to the company. They moved ahead on it, and were showing this at SEMA:
It comes with the carrying pouch seen at lower right.
Nice to see that something resulted from my work
.
As I go through my photos I may post more if they are photos of things that may interest TJ/LJ people.
This looks more like a JK than a TJ but I guess if you want to start your kids down the angry bird path early, you could get them this:
I ran into my friend Greg Henderson (Unofficial Use Only: https://unofficialuseonly.com/about) He built the two Quadratec custom Jeeps in the last few years and worked with him to design storage solutions for those projects that I had Overland Outfitters make) He told me he's got an Egyptian military TJL tub that he plans to build (stock photo):
He asked me if I would build a custom length Safari Cab hardtop for it and while I do have the all of the original Safari Cab molds and can make custom-length tops using those molds, for the foreseeable future I don't have the time to build one because I'm so busy working on our new-to-us 200-year-old house. But since I developed templates for making quick TJ/LJ concept drawings back when I did the original Safari Cab for my LJ, I did a quick concept image for him...
While there wasn't as much innovation in new Jeep bproducts at SEMA this year as one might like, I did see a few interesting new things.
Yakima was showing two new products. Their "Ribcage" acknowleges that Jeep has never thought they should make a hardtop that's capable of supporting weight on top. Ribcage includes roll-bar mounted brackets that support tracks on top of the hardtop; drilling through the hardtop seems to be required. Shown as a JL product, not clear if they plan to offer a TJ/LJ version.
They are also showing cargo boxes they are calling GearCrates. They'd soft but stiff with corner reinforcements. They seem pretty sturdy and probably won't make any noise on the road or trail. I like them and probably will get a few.
This spare-mounted fuel can was on display from Overland Fuel, a European company: https://overlandfuel.eu/. It holds 8.5 liters (a little more than 2 gallons) and fits nicely in this 17" spare. They come in other colors for different fuels and water, and they also offer "rotopax-style" containers. It isn't clear if they can be bought here, clicking on the "Where to Buy" link on their site returns blankness.
BTW the container was shown on a Grenadier, one of 5 at the show. I checked out all of the Grenadiers at the show with interest (there were 5) because I just committed to buying one (I'll be retiring my JKU).
Chinese company Winbo was showing these accessory mounts that bolt to the door. They're not very large so probably limited to smaller gear as shown. Not sure how useful they might be or if they'll do a TJ/LJ version.
Suction mount company SeaSucker was showing a new suction-mount table. It's quite wide but probably not deep enough to hold a stove or something similarly large, but probably a useful campsite accessory.
BTW MORryde is still working on finalizing the suction-mount table design they picked up from me, a few weeks ago they sent me this prototype (shown here on my JKU, I didn't have time to test it on the LJ yet):
ARB was showing several new compressors with brushless motors. They claim these have 50% better output than compressors with brush-type motors, and told me the single version with the brushless motor has a 3.1 cfm output at 36 psi. They also say there are sensors inside the compressor that monitor the compressor temperature and control a cooling fan. They say these will be available late January/early February and the single version will have an MSRP of $469.
A video from ARB on these new compressors:
Last year I worked on a 4-way air hose for airing up/down all tires simultaneously (I posted about it on another forum) and it worked very nicely. I was actually doing it for a compressor company (not ARB) and when I finished the prototype I sent the details along to the company. They moved ahead on it, and were showing this at SEMA:
It comes with the carrying pouch seen at lower right.
Nice to see that something resulted from my work
.As I go through my photos I may post more if they are photos of things that may interest TJ/LJ people.
