The unfortunate TJ of the day thread

[BlueC]

There's countless examples out there of people trashing their 10 bolts and D35s. My opinion is purely based on the abuse my 10 bolt took from my young dumbass ways in the Navy.

I was burning circles with both 36x14.50 stickies at a paved intersection near my friends house. Went to 37x13.50s and still did dumb shit. I don't think the Dana 35 would have held up.

IIRC, many of the 10 bolt problems were from the OEM posi being a grenade waiting to happen. Once it went, the only thing holding the axles in were disc brakes. I compare that to folks saying you can't run 35s and a posi/locker with stock Dana 35 axles.

All this talk made me wonder about a comparison between the two, then I remembered I have both lying around. Out of curiosity, I'm going to try to measure the axles just to see the differences.

 

[C.J. Roberts]

Not a Jeep, but I had to post this somewhere.

 

[TripMcneely]

This one of you?

 

[DEValken]

This one of you?

I would totally rock that!

 

[1904-06LJR]

You know it!

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/d/wickenburg-one-of-kind-jeep-wrangler/7805056385.html

 

[TheBoogieman]

You know it!

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/d/wickenburg-one-of-kind-jeep-wrangler/7805056385.html
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I'd buy it for $13,000 if they de-chromed it.

 

[Modoc Guy]

You know it!

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/d/wickenburg-one-of-kind-jeep-wrangler/7805056385.html
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They did a nice “hot rod” job on it, but in my opinion, you don’t hot rod a Jeep.

Kinda like you wouldn’t put 1 tons, 40’s, a 6” lift, and a V-8 swap in a Lamborghini!

But I do respect his right burn his dough doing it though!

 

[NashvilleTJ]

You know it!

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/d/wickenburg-one-of-kind-jeep-wrangler/7805056385.html
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Hot air induction into a supercharger. Ouch.

 

[DEValken]

I'd buy it for $13,000 if they de-chromed it.

But the chrome makes it sooo much faster!

 

[MikekiM]

Gold plated door strikers? Really?

 

[mjonesjr84]

This is what happens when you rear end someone and have a massive body lift installed.

 

[srimes]

This is what happens when you rear end someone and have a massive body lift installed.

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oof. Back it into a tree with similar force to straighten it out.

Take video.

 

[C.J. Roberts]

Not a Jeep, but...

 

[LONGJP2]

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This makes me think of the movie Corvette Summer.

 

[MikekiM]

This is what happens when you rear end someone and have a massive body lift installed.

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That there is actually pretty funny.

 

[mjonesjr84]

That there is actually pretty funny.

I laughed too. I couldn't imagine what it felt like riding inside when it happened.

 

[srimes]

I laughed too. I couldn't imagine what it felt like riding inside when it happened.

Relatively smooth. It's like a crumple zone that lowers deceleration. Probably feels like you're crashing a Cadillac.

 

[MikekiM]

Relatively smooth. It's like a crumple zone that lowers deceleration. Probably feels like you'[re crashing a Cadillac.

Gotta wonder when and if the forward slide is going to stop.

 

[mjonesjr84]

Relatively smooth. It's like a crumple zone that lowers deceleration. Probably feels like you're crashing a Cadillac.

There isn't anything smooth about hitting something in the front. Heck, even hitting a rock in the front of the TJ is rough.

Gotta wonder when and if the forward slide is going to stop.

That's the feeling I was thinking about, just couldn't put it into words.

 

[TurboTJ]

There isn't anything smooth about hitting something in the front. Heck, even hitting a rock in the front of the TJ is rough.



That's the feeling I was thinking about, just couldn't put it into words.

It isn’t just the body. In these situations sometimes the engine decides to not stop moving also and breaks free of the engine mounts.