Air dam rite of passage (aka tearing it off on the trail)
05-26-2009, 04:51 PM
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Air dam rite of passage (aka tearing it off on the trail)
It seems that tearing off (or nearly tearing off) the front plastic air dam is a rite of passage for JK owners where they make the transition from simple to more serious wheeling.
In my case, I was in the Colorado mountains yesterday on a trail called Ironclads. The soil on that trail is a sandy mix. While trying to do the right thing and put my front tire on a rock, it spun under the jeep in the wet sand and nearly hung up in the suspension. Backing off of this, rrriiiipppp.
Let's see your pics and hear your stories.
In my case, I was in the Colorado mountains yesterday on a trail called Ironclads. The soil on that trail is a sandy mix. While trying to do the right thing and put my front tire on a rock, it spun under the jeep in the wet sand and nearly hung up in the suspension. Backing off of this, rrriiiipppp.
Let's see your pics and hear your stories.
Last edited by cfr; 05-26-2009 at 07:14 PM. Reason: Added pic
05-27-2009, 02:10 PM
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Found this on youtube a while ago. Rubicon stuck in the mud. Pulls air dam out of mud about 4 minutes in,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMvzQlMvfvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMvzQlMvfvg
05-27-2009, 05:48 PM
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just ripped mine off about a week ago. went into a mud hole that looked like one of the easiest of the day, got 2 feet in and the front end dropped about 2.5 feet. took 15 minutes trying to get out. when i finally did, it was just hanging there. 