Custom modular JK hardtop
10-31-2017 | 12:57 PM
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Arrived Las Vegas last night for the SEMA Show after a 4-day cross-country drive. Drive was uneventful, load on top was very well behaved, even at 85 mph across Utah. Took a quick photo at an overlook to Black Dragon Canyon in the middle of Utah...
Spent some time last night with the MORryde folks helping them get their booth set up. Among the things they're showing this year - the prototype fridge slide/kitchen, a pre-production Overland tailgate rack (and of course the HD tailgate hinges/tailgate reinforcement/large spare carrier), the Storegate tailgate storage compartment and the inner fender ammo can holders. Also showing the new HD door hinges (not on a Jeep, on the poster at left in the first photo). I'll do some detailed photos of the booth today, last night I just had time for these two quick shots.
Spent some time last night with the MORryde folks helping them get their booth set up. Among the things they're showing this year - the prototype fridge slide/kitchen, a pre-production Overland tailgate rack (and of course the HD tailgate hinges/tailgate reinforcement/large spare carrier), the Storegate tailgate storage compartment and the inner fender ammo can holders. Also showing the new HD door hinges (not on a Jeep, on the poster at left in the first photo). I'll do some detailed photos of the booth today, last night I just had time for these two quick shots.
10-31-2017 | 04:11 PM
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About adding SEMA to your bucket list - it's an industry-only event, so to get in you'll need to be able to prove you're in the automotive aftermarket industry.
MORryde has a pretty good range of Jeep products now, in addition to their traditional RV line. Not all of them are on their site yet... Jeep Accessories From MORryde. (All of them are my designs BTW).
10-31-2017 | 06:10 PM
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A photo of the Jeep section FCA display at the SEMA Show today taken from the nearby escalator. I was hoping they'd have a JL on display but there were only the same concept Jeeps they showed at Moab EJS earlier this year. They did do a press conference announcing the JL today but I didn't attend.
10-31-2017 | 06:16 PM
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Here's a product I saw at the show today that I thought was pretty cool, it's a divider for the cargo compartment that includes lots of pockets for gear and webbing (removable) to contain a dog. It's from Xpedition Gear (https://www.xpedition-gear.com/products/sportsman).
10-31-2017 | 06:18 PM
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A little better photo of the Overland Rack. I'm trying to decide if I want to take this prototype home from the show for testing or have them ship me one later.
The reaction to the Trail Kitchen surprised me in that people with in other vehicle communities were very interested - the Toyota crowd seems very interested in it, for example. What I heard from people is that they really liked how it's self contained and deploys very quickly by sliding it out and folding the table out, and that people hadn't seen anything on the market with as much counter space as this one has. The good news is there's really nothing specific about the main kitchen that requires it be installed in a Jeep, it would be easy to install in a Toyota, a Sprinter or some other SUV-type vehicle.
The reaction to the Trail Kitchen surprised me in that people with in other vehicle communities were very interested - the Toyota crowd seems very interested in it, for example. What I heard from people is that they really liked how it's self contained and deploys very quickly by sliding it out and folding the table out, and that people hadn't seen anything on the market with as much counter space as this one has. The good news is there's really nothing specific about the main kitchen that requires it be installed in a Jeep, it would be easy to install in a Toyota, a Sprinter or some other SUV-type vehicle.
11-01-2017 | 05:22 AM
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This roof top tent was on an FSJ pickup put on display by Omix/Ada. Haven't seen this type of tent before - it's got the Jeep logo sewn into it, I wonder if it was a product offered by Jeep at some point in the past - anyone know?
11-01-2017 | 03:16 PM
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Fiberglass project idea: make a JK grille with the styling of the JL grille to update the look of the JK. Even though FCA wasn't showing the JL at SEMA, they were showing some of the JL's parts. Would be a fun fiberglass project to do.
11-01-2017 | 07:14 PM
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