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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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i live in new jersey and we have to go through lame water to get to anywhere good. i want to know if everyone else has bad seals or something. i go in about 3 feet of water for 3 seconds and i have water coming through my speakers. anybody got an idea how i can stop this
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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Drill some drain holes in your floorboards and lift it higher and put bigger tires on it.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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yea i gotta tear my carpet out and bed line it.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckB91XJ
Drill some drain holes in your floorboards and lift it higher and put bigger tires on it.
Do you guys not have 4 drainplugs in yours? 2 in the front on each side two in the back on each side? To the OP I think that you can't seal an xj, maybe by driving it into a large tank and sealing it shut....
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Of course all XJs have drain plugs but, if you don't pull them out your Jeep will still fill up with water.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckB91XJ
Of course all XJs have drain plugs but, if you don't pull them out your Jeep will still fill up with water.
My question is why drill holes?
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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I was just going with what 2door97 said. He goes through 3 feet of water regularly. If he's going through water that deep, especially with a stock height XJ, he'll need more than just the factory drain holes to ge the water out before his feet get wet.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckB91XJ
I was just going with what 2door97 said. He goes through 3 feet of water regularly. If he's going through water that deep, especially with a stock height XJ, he'll need more than just the factory drain holes to ge the water out before his feet get wet.
its not stock. i have 3inch lift bushwackers and 33s
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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once you bedline it getting water in aint all that bad and shows that your using your xj right
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