Thngs you'll never do to your Jeep. The critic's thread.
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Oh, next time you have the doors off pretend you're shifting because you look awfully silly driving your slush box
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JK Jedi
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Originally Posted by 07rubiking
Never get an automatic only manuals with the man pedal for me and no matter what the crawl ratio on a manual jeep will be greater than the auto jeep... just saying 
Everyone has their own quirks about what makes a jeep better or this or that but the simple fact of it is that we all share a common love for Jeeps. Which is pretty cool IMO.
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funny how people feel the need to defend the mods they did to their jeep or their jeep itself....seriously, get over it and add your .02. The thread is about what you would not do to your jeep. No need to be offended nor defend your choices of mods. 
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From: Blissfield, MI
If you're a sensitive soul who is easily offended by strong opinions, this probably won't be the thread for you. If you can't think of something to be critical about then don't say anything at all.
Contributions, disagreements welcome. I say a great Jeep build starts not with what you like, but what you don't. This thread was inspired by another forum member who implied there might be too much high-fiving going on in some of these show and tell threads when people are really thinking, "WTF did they do that for?" So here's where you can vent without being critical of another member's Jeep specifically.
My list:
1. Fake Beadlocks. Just buy real beadlocks or at least buy a wheel with functional trim rings that protect from damage.
2. Stingers. Ugly.
3. Rattle-can spray jobs. Bubba, please.
4. Blacked-out lights. F-you, I can't see you stopping now.
5. Weak tires on a Rubicon. I occasionally see Rubicons running traditional SUV tires, and I die a little inside every time. It even bothers me to see A/T tires with a weak tread pattern on a Rubicon. I try to tell myself they have a second set at home.
6. Mismatched spares. Usually big tires with the little spare is what gets me, but I once saw a Rubicon with cruiser street tires and the original M/T still on the spare.
7. Worn-out M/T tires. Tread... those tires are not taking you anywhere without tread.
8. Fat, wide tires on thimble wheels. Tall narrow tires instead.
Please contribute... And remember, you can't make a toeberry pie without stepping on some toes.
Contributions, disagreements welcome. I say a great Jeep build starts not with what you like, but what you don't. This thread was inspired by another forum member who implied there might be too much high-fiving going on in some of these show and tell threads when people are really thinking, "WTF did they do that for?" So here's where you can vent without being critical of another member's Jeep specifically.
My list:
1. Fake Beadlocks. Just buy real beadlocks or at least buy a wheel with functional trim rings that protect from damage.
2. Stingers. Ugly.
3. Rattle-can spray jobs. Bubba, please.
4. Blacked-out lights. F-you, I can't see you stopping now.
5. Weak tires on a Rubicon. I occasionally see Rubicons running traditional SUV tires, and I die a little inside every time. It even bothers me to see A/T tires with a weak tread pattern on a Rubicon. I try to tell myself they have a second set at home.
6. Mismatched spares. Usually big tires with the little spare is what gets me, but I once saw a Rubicon with cruiser street tires and the original M/T still on the spare.
7. Worn-out M/T tires. Tread... those tires are not taking you anywhere without tread.
8. Fat, wide tires on thimble wheels. Tall narrow tires instead.
Please contribute... And remember, you can't make a toeberry pie without stepping on some toes.
Well, Here is my list of what I've done of the above.....well at least all I'll admit to doing... Read my stupidity and laugh.
1.) no, I have not and would not do fake beadlocks. I agree its just gay.
2.) yep, had the stinger on a 2wd prerunner truck...in my defense, it doubled as a "chrome Horn". you offroad sand guys know what I mean here.
3.) they make paint that doesn't come in a spray can? You must be rich! Oh yeah, that's right, They make the kind you put in a paint tray and apply with a roller too (yes it was actually done on a car--but at least it was automotive grade paint)
4.) nope, I hate blacked out lights, again this is just stupid and asking for an accident.
5.) Skinnies on the Rubi. Again, guilty. -- but I'm a second set guy. Try some narrow OEM steel wheels and skinny tires in the snow and ice. The skinnier all season tire, the better. Its nothing short of amazing on the ice! (look up the term "regelation" and remember the jku is HEAVY)
6.) Mismatched spares. Well, guilty again. On my BroncoII I once cut a couple circles out of plywood and put a tire cover on it so it LOOKED like I had a spare on the back. Yeah, I got a little ghetto in me.
7.) I used to run bald tires only when they are free or, like me, very cheap. --and not anymore since that one rainstorm and an unscheduled lane change/ unintentional redirection in my big one ton flatbed. Thank God nobody was in that intersection and I didn't hit a pole or pedestrian!
8.) Wide tires on a way to narrow rim. Nope, but we have a term for stuff like this at my office. Its not appropriate to post here, but I wish I could. Any of my friends reading my post probably know what I want to say....
Now that I've exposed my own low standards, My personal list is this.
A.) People driving around with a winch and no damn winch cable on the spool!
B.) 5' lift kits with 77" tires on a standard width cj5. You know what I mean. We have all seen this ridiculous and completely useless setup. Garbage like this is why legislators form lift laws.
C.) Covering up rust holes with Duct tape.
D.) Painting over duct tape (see item C.) Really, I've seen it. Don't do it.
E.) Removing the mufflers on a new jeep to intentionally make it louder with no performance gain--or minimal gain.
Let me give anyone contemplating this one a free tech tip! : Put a FUCKING MUFFLER ON IT ASSHOLE! No one wants to hear your loud ass shit! Please note, I am not a snob about this. This does not apply if rust and age or trail damage are the source of the demise to the exhaust/silencing system. In these cases it is a more of a badge of honor and not a poser point.
D.) 2wd jeep conversions. (that is going from 4WD to 2wd!--Wtf!) Again, I've seen it. Don't do it. Going the other way however is instant cool points.
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Blacked out wheels and Grills.
Sorry, but I see so many threads where someone takes a flat black can of bed liner or spray paint to their wheels or front Grill and everyone jumping in to high five them to tell them how much better that looks.
I guess I'll be the guy to tell you how I see it. It looks like shit. It looks like what it is....which is, it looks like someone took a can of flat black spray paint and painted your wheels and grill. If you think that looks good, then let me take that same can of spray paint and paint graffiti all over your house and we can sit back and admire that also. While you're admiring, I'm actually sitting back and chuckling on the inside at how f'd up that looks.
The look of the wheels remind me of a car that has lost it's hub-caps or a demolition derby car with it's non hubcap flat black painted exposed wheels. The Grill reminds me of a car that is going through restoration, where part of the car has been painted while the grill has been primer-ed and waiting to get that final coat of paint put on it. So it looks like an unfinished restoration job....which doesn't look "good" to anyone until it's completed.
Sorry, but I see so many threads where someone takes a flat black can of bed liner or spray paint to their wheels or front Grill and everyone jumping in to high five them to tell them how much better that looks.
I guess I'll be the guy to tell you how I see it. It looks like shit. It looks like what it is....which is, it looks like someone took a can of flat black spray paint and painted your wheels and grill. If you think that looks good, then let me take that same can of spray paint and paint graffiti all over your house and we can sit back and admire that also. While you're admiring, I'm actually sitting back and chuckling on the inside at how f'd up that looks.
The look of the wheels remind me of a car that has lost it's hub-caps or a demolition derby car with it's non hubcap flat black painted exposed wheels. The Grill reminds me of a car that is going through restoration, where part of the car has been painted while the grill has been primer-ed and waiting to get that final coat of paint put on it. So it looks like an unfinished restoration job....which doesn't look "good" to anyone until it's completed.