Here's the story.....I bought a hood from a recycler out in the Detroit area. Great customer service, they shipped it freight in a huge palletized box that was well packed. Got the freight shipment in 3 days which was unheard of from Detroit to Minneapolis. Got it unpacked and inspected for damage. Looked good other than few scuffs and one small dent around the footman loop in the center (no big deal for what I paid) and it was complete as a used hood could get. Took my old hood off and set this one on and.........
Wow that's weird! Looks like your rubicon text is in the wrong place also it's usually at the rear of the hood not centered front to rear on models with that 2 tone text.
Are those the mopar high line fenders? You are running them with stock rubi tires?
Wow that's weird! Looks like your rubicon text is in the wrong place also it's usually at the rear of the hood not centered front to rear on models with that 2 tone text.
Are those the mopar high line fenders? You are running them with stock rubi tires?
It could be. Don't they send the test vehicles and prototypes to be crushed when they're finished with them? Maybe the recycler pulled the hood thinking they could make a couple unnoticed bucks.
It could be. Don't they send the test vehicles and prototypes to be crushed when they're finished with them? Maybe the recycler pulled the hood thinking they could make a couple unnoticed bucks.
Get onto old mate that sold you that hood and see if you can get a pair of guards off the same vehicle. At least your Jeep will be unique, in more ways than one....
Maybe it's just the picture, but it looks taller too.
If that is off the new Jeep, why the hell do they do that shit? All the money going into new tooling and whatever else is involved, for what, an inch. Add new fenders to match too. I just don't get it.
Maybe it's just the picture, but it looks taller too.
If that is off the new Jeep, why the hell do they do that shit? All the money going into new tooling and whatever else is involved, for what, an inch. Add new fenders to match too. I just don't get it.
It's kinda discouraging after 10 years the new jl is so similar to the jk why even bother with a new one. Who ever heard of a vehicle where you could (almost) swap sheet metal between generations, it's like they just started with the jk blueprints and tweaked a little from there.
That extra length wheelbase will be embraced by the 2 door guys, it's like a free stretch, lol
For the unlimiteds the crappy break over just got even worse. Will need more lift or bigger tires than a JKU to get up the same ledges.
I wonder how much longer it is? The test mule pictured above looks like they lengthened the cowl and used a jk hood, but maybe for production they reused the jk cowl piece and just made the JL hood longer? Then whatever the added length of your mystery hood is (2"?) would be the wheelbase stretch of the JL.
It could be a late test mule hood. The photos above are of testing the new drivetrain with the current (or at least most of) body. Seem like the hood he got could easily be from the next test phase.
I would have kept it and held it for ransom , hell the Iranians got 140 billion out of that stupid dude in the White House , if he can get away with it why can't you .:stirthepot:
Looking back now I should've held onto the hood and the rights to all the pictures that are being circulated around the Internet. But I'm not really a guy that likes to profit off other people's mistakes and or crazy things like this all I wanted was a hard rock hood and still don't have one
Watching this circulate on social media has been hilarious. The difference between the way people on forums react to things vs how people in Facebook groups do. There are so many people in what I would consider the dark it is almost scary.
If you read the full article and look at all the pictures you'll see why this is so crazy. This might even be a "JT" hood. There is nobody anywhere other than FCA that would go through this much effort and money to extend the hood by 2 inches. It may not be an official JL or JT but it damn sure had something to do with it somewhere along the line.
I'd bet they had a few different shapes and sizes stamped out. That would also mean it was really close to picking final production.
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