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Old 12-11-2008, 08:03 AM
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Besides the best options are on the '08, you'll get the Lifetime Warranty. Color is important, but personally I don't think they have and bad colors.
Old 12-11-2008, 08:05 AM
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Why worry about the color if your buying it to use it's going to be dirt brown.
Old 12-11-2008, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Rhino64
Why worry about the color if your buying it to use it's going to be dirt brown.
Color matters...........The darker the color, the darker shade of brown!

Get the 2008 or 2009.

If you are going to get a TJ, go older and cheaper, and build it up.
Old 12-11-2008, 09:50 AM
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this talk of color is BS...come to an agreement with your dealer and make them find you one that they can get.... Make them work a little; there is probably a dealer somewhere within driving distance (for them) that has the color you want. Now, if that isn't true then disregard.
Old 12-11-2008, 03:21 PM
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For a daily driver I would go with the JK. Much better on the highway than the TJ, and you will have a warranty also.
Old 12-11-2008, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JackMac4
Please don't spread misinformation. This is not true - leaking JKs are isolated incidents and the majority of JKs are major problem free.
It may be negative information but it is not misinformation. The lawyer that handled my case does 2-3 Wranglers a week. She has done over a hundred this year alone. 3 out of the 4 people waiting in the lobby when I signed my papers were JK owners.
Old 12-12-2008, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by saltman
If you weren't looking at half doors, I would say get the 2009 because the 07s and 08s leak all the time. That won't matter with the half doors, either will leak all the time anyway.

I am toying with similar decisions with the check from my 07 JK lemon. Leaning towards the TJ at the moment. I loved my last one.
My 08 very rarely leaks, not even in a car wash. I've been in everything from CJ-5 on and when the JK came out I knew that it was the one to buy.
Old 12-14-2008, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by saltman
If you weren't looking at half doors, I would say get the 2009 because the 07s and 08s leak all the time. That won't matter with the half doors, either will leak all the time anyway.

I am toying with similar decisions with the check from my 07 JK lemon. Leaning towards the TJ at the moment. I loved my last one.
The ones that have the leak problem are from the tops, and only some of them have this problem and Chrysler is working on fixing this problem, if they haven't fixed it already. Has nothing to do with soft upper doors. I had half doors on my TJ and the only time would leak is in extremely bad conditions where the rain was falling sideways. Even then not that bad, just a streak or two running down the inside of the soft upper panel. I think your looking for the hummer owner forum, JK bashing thread.

Originally Posted by LedZepp877
i don't think the JK is offered in a bad color..... although i do hate the new blue
Hey now, easy on the new blue. lol. Blue has always been my favorite color, and I really like the new blue. From what I have seen from quite a few threads is that people that have the Steel Blue now, don't like the Deep Water Blue. To each their own I guess.

Go with one of the Jk's. Go to a few different dealers in the area if you have some more nearby. If you have some that are farther out, I would say call them ahead of time or search on the internet and see what they have before you head there way. I'm sure you can find a great deal on a nice 08 or 09 JK right now with the way the economy is. Good luck and let us know how everything turns out.
Old 12-14-2008, 11:13 AM
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Get the JK and don't turn back, I would deal the hell out of it with the dealership, don't let the borders of your city limit your search, if you have to drive 5 hours go for it...some dealer will beat it.......I don't know of a convertible in any brand of vehicle that is 100% water proof......either a hard rain, or a car wash can and will drip water into any vehicle eventually....that's what you get for having a convertible top... i have had 5 convertibles, some are better than others....
Old 12-14-2008, 04:27 PM
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i'd get the TJ. I like them the same as the JKs, but I think they are easier to work on and a lot less computer annoyances. I figure most of the people on here will say they would drive a JK over a TJ being as that this is after all a JK forum, lol.


when they got rid of that 4.0L they pretty much stopped building engines.


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