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So...why front rake anyways?

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Old 12-31-2011, 04:50 PM
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When you tow a trailer the back will sink. If it was level you would be in a low rider when tow a boat
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Maybe it's because every other damned SUV and pickup leaves the factory with a front rake these days? I guess it's cheap insurance against lawsuits for rear-end collisions.
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One of the guys in my Jeep club took out the rake on his otherwize bone stock 2-door (using coil spacers in preparation for fitting a winch later on) and found his mileage got worse by about 1.5MPG immediately without him doing any other mods to it, so I'm guessing it's just one more thing Chrysler does to squeeze every little extra bit of mileage out of these things.
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Originally Posted by matzjeep
Wow, I did the same thing on the 2010 I had and mileage didn't change one bit.
Forgot to mention that he also removed that plastic air dam thing under the front bumper, so maybe those things have an effect on drag after all?
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Originally Posted by JKlad
Forgot to mention that he also removed that plastic air dam thing under the front bumper, so maybe those things have an effect on drag after all?
I have heard that air dam causes MPG drop immediately. I'm willing to bet the air dam effected his MPG's, and not leveling out the Jeep
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Rake is great gardening...not for my eyes.
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Old 01-02-2012, 05:59 PM
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Thanks for replies. Its the one thing about my Jeep I don't like. Just gotta gotta lift it ASAP to eliminate the rake
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