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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by samiam
Hey I understand if you want to restore or preserve and keep it lookin like showroom quality, but this was not the case. It was nothin close with flat back paint and lookin like a beater with no attention to detail. There is an ole Wrangler near by that is parked under a shed that is always shinny that is only driven on sunny days. I wouldn’t even think about askin him to go off of the blacktop. There are 2 Rubicons owned by women that don’t even know what lockers are by the way and have, I doubt, been in 4 wheel drive except for some snow days. If they only knew what their Jeeps are capable of I think they would love to go off roadin.
It's all good. I was just sharing my personal experience and perspective.

Originally Posted by Bugout4x4
That's like owning a boat and never wanting to get it wet. lol
True!
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by esteem
I respect the look of a lifted Jeep or truck for pure aesthetics but adding things to it in order to make it look tougher is where I draw the line. Having a snorkel, light bar, brand new shovel, and an ax, jerry cans, etc all look silly to me when it's not used.
I'm confused a lift is more often than not used to achieve a more aggressive look, or tougher as you say. For aesthetics as well....your ok with that when most people wont use the lift for offroading, but any other accessories for looks you cant respect? Even though the lift and tires were just for looks too and your ok with that?....you want your vehicle to look like a badass offroader but not actually use it offroad? Thats ok I'll still conpliment you on it..if you ever did use it offroad, at least youll have some accessories to aide you in the fun or dig you out when you screw up and get stuck and realize why you dont offroad in the first place lol
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugout4x4
That's like owning a boat and never wanting to get it wet. lol
eh, a boat was meant to be used in water...regardless of what we may think, jeeps/ the rubicon was meant first and foremost to be used on pavement, regardless of the standard features like lockers.

but i get the notion
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Martlor13
eh, a boat was meant to be used in water...regardless of what we may think, jeeps/ the rubicon was meant first and foremost to be used on pavement, regardless of the standard features like lockers.

but i get the notion
Not if it was mine. lol I'd have desert pinstriping all over it within a week.
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugout4x4
Not if it was mine. lol I'd have desert pinstriping all over it within a week.
that's you/us..... for the vast majority, 98% of the consumer base, and what jeep intends, its nain purpose and intent is highway driving
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Old Mar 28, 2018 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by samiam
A few hrs from you in southern WV. We have some great trails, look it up on you tube- Hatfield/McCoy trails Bear Wallow. It was all ATV / SXS trails until last year when they started allowing full sized vehicles.
I'm originally from WV. Droop Mtn between Marlington and Lewisburg in Pocahontas Co. Hickman, Stanley, Evans & Oscar are my family up there.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Outlaw Star
I'm originally from WV. Droop Mtn between Marlington and Lewisburg in Pocahontas Co. Hickman, Stanley, Evans & Oscar are my family up there.
Well c’mon in and we’ll go trail ridin. Guess I’ll watch you do some of the extend stuff as I’m still got a ways to go on my rig and I’m financially embarrassed right now.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 07:33 AM
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Lots of mall crawlers here too, and nearly all of them in JKs. There is one kid with an XJ, and that one bothers me more than all of the JKs combined for some reason. I guess it's because I have hope for the JKs--that future generations of used JK owners will make use of them.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Tbone289
Lots of mall crawlers here too, and nearly all of them in JKs. There is one kid with an XJ, and that one bothers me more than all of the JKs combined for some reason. I guess it's because I have hope for the JKs--that future generations of used JK owners will make use of them.
i think they will...like i said above, itd mostly a daily driver for most first owners of them. In my opinion, its pretty rough to want to beat up on yoir daily driver offroad that cost over 40k. I think now that they have been "replaced" with the JL, they have been out awhile, and more are showing up on the used market that the 2nd and 3rd owners wont have a problem beating up on them because the cost isn't nearly as much as new.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Martlor13
that's you/us..... for the vast majority, 98% of the consumer base, and what jeep intends, its nain purpose and intent is highway driving
Yeah, I know you are right, But I would say more for a status symbol than anything else.
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