All i say Is that I hope not to never see those 5 stars in person

 

have you seen that one video on "wildest police chases" where the jeep gets t-boned and spins around several times ? that person lived thru it.....Just fyi.

 

havent,..DROP ME A LINK!!!

 

I like the video too!!! KAH-PLOW!

 

Had a car run a red light and at ~40 mph T-Bone my 2000 TJ in the side. Spun me a few times, broke both drive shafts, buckled the floor pan, busted the rear diff, and a few other things.

I had a big not on my shoulder from the seat belt for a couple of months, but that was it.

He was in a smaller 4-door Chevy (celebrity I think) and hit hard enough that his motor mounts broke and dropped the engine (as designed to keep it out of his lap).

The side impact on the TJ was great IMHO.

And Jeep doesn't do the test, the American Highway Institute decides what vehicles they test. I'm sure it will be doing side impact before long

 

So, here's the video on YouTube of the JK Unlimited crash test... all things considered, the Jeep holds up REALLLY well.

Click here for the video.

 

And this FYI is why we don't have V8's in our JK's. It would take up that room in the engine compartment that is designed to absorb impact energy. :(

 

And that's the same excuse I heard why they decided to change from the 4.0

 

they did them on the tj.

Video of the TJ side test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhH7j...eature=related


Edit: And while we are at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N309x...eature=related

 

The engineers on another jeep forum claimed that it was because they were only using the inline 6 in the wranglers and wanted to streamline operations. That was during a q/a on one of the jeep forums.