Frame or unibody
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Unibody is a unitized body with bolted on sub frames front and rear.
This a unit body welded to a full frame.
This a unit body welded to a full frame.
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The Camaros (1st-4th gen, not sure about the new ones) are a unibody. Crawl under a Camaro, then under the XJ. You'll see the difference. The XJs are more rigid. When you jack up a front tire on a Camaro, the door won't open because the body is twisted too much. XJs have a bad rap for twisting up, but they are MUCH better than many unibody vehicles.
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The Camaros (1st-4th gen, not sure about the new ones) are a unibody. Crawl under a Camaro, then under the XJ. You'll see the difference. The XJs are more rigid. When you jack up a front tire on a Camaro, the door won't open because the body is twisted too much. XJs have a bad rap for twisting up, but they are MUCH better than many unibody vehicles.
I got to see all those cool videos working at the Jeep dealer.
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I'd have to see it.
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IIRC, my 67 Charger was unibody with bolted on unit frame. I am quite sure I remember the 70s Dodges being unibody. Was a disappointment to me at the time. But you are right that it was an innovation in the SUV world. There has been lots of trashing the design over the years. Well copied now
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My old e30 BMW's use to do that, you'd jack them up and the doors would get all funky. They also had subframes. Pretty cool design on the old jeep.
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