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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DagBMX
The Liberty really is girlie in the mindset of the consumer.
NOT NECESSARILY! Just takes that wanting too, and $$$.


Yes, thats a solid front axle underneath.

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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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as long as they get ride of the car based models (like the Patriot) and get rid of any front wheel drive configuration and i am there.

my brother bought a 2006 GC Laredo with FWD... what a joke that thing is! my beater '95 had to pull him out of the driveway this winter so he could drive home after holiday diner. but, i will give him this though, he is not the biggest motor-head in the family, and it is his first jeep. he had a 1995 Taurus, a 1996 Grand Caravan, and last had a 2007 Dodge Ram Big Horn.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by XJs-R-us
NOT NECESSARILY! Just takes that wanting too, and $$$.


Yes, thats a solid front axle underneath.

sad that THAT is what could have been if most of them driven on the roads today were not by soccer moms and high school girls, lol
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by XJs-R-us
NOT NECESSARILY! Just takes that wanting too, and $$$.
Yes, thats a solid front axle underneath.
The problem with that is that cost untold amounts of money to do, and in the end you're still left with a Liberty. The huge appeal of the Cherokee is that it's so cheap and easy to modify for offroad fun. You don't have to sink a mountain of cash into it to have fun (though you certainly can).
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by XJs-R-us
Want to trade!!! ....engines I mean....

lol

That would be some nasty shipping!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by halmotors
The problem with that is that cost untold amounts of money to do, and in the end you're still left with a Liberty. The huge appeal of the Cherokee is that it's so cheap and easy to modify for offroad fun. You don't have to sink a mountain of cash into it to have fun (though you certainly can).
I agree...It shouldve been made that way in the first place...considering it being the "next gen" cherokee! Even though the KJ Liberty/Cherokee sells well, it will never be as fun or easy to modify as the XJ cherokee.



Originally Posted by mac tire
That would be some nasty shipping!
Yeah, but its for something you REALLY want!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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I really wish the Liberty had been as easily modified and capable offroad as the Cherokee had been, because I really do like the looks of them, especially lifted.

As an off note, who makes that rooftop tent?
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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i think ARB atleast that wat it sas o it
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by halmotors
As an off note, who makes that rooftop tent?
Yeah its ARB, and I believe there are a few other companies making rooftop tents as well.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by XJs-R-us
NOT NECESSARILY! Just takes that wanting too, and $$$.


Yes, thats a solid front axle underneath.

i dont no if this is yours or not but i would give you mad props
also if u look at the top the front of the liberty would make a good start for JEEP to make trucks agen the front of it is pretty sweet remindes me of a wardhoge (HALO anyone?)
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Originally Posted by XJs-R-us
Yeah its ARB, and I believe there are a few other companies making rooftop tents as well.
ARB does make the one on there. I also found http://www.autohomeus.com/index.php . They're wicked expensive, but when you compare the hard-shell one with an actual camper, registration, maintenance, etc....it's pretty competitive. And no towing, which is great.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by XJs-R-us
You are forgetting, that the Liberty IS the cherokee.
you bite your tongue
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by halmotors
I also found http://www.autohomeus.com/index.php . They're wicked expensive, but when you compare the hard-shell one with an actual camper, registration, maintenance, etc....it's pretty competitive. And no towing, which is great.
F*** YES! I WANT ONE OF THESE!! The Maggiolina Extreme is totally mine...
And $2700 is a F'ing bargain compared to an RV!

GO HAL WITH THE EPIC FIND!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by rweaver138
you bite your tongue
LOL! I know....

but it is...unfortunately
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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i kinda like it.
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