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Old 02-09-2014 | 11:39 AM
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Default Wimpy Roof? Roof "puffs up" when i shut my doors

I know it's a unibody, and I know the roof isn't meant to bear much weight, but anyone have any stories about xj roofs haha
Old 02-09-2014 | 12:43 PM
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It's always seemed a little wimpy to me, I wouldn't strap anything to my roof rack heavier than a sack lunch.
Old 02-09-2014 | 10:00 PM
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Second that ^
Old 02-10-2014 | 05:35 AM
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Get a roof rack, mine held me and my at the time 8 month pregnant wife when we went to the mud bog. My rack was originally for a land rover but I cut it to pieces to make it small enough for my xj :thumbs up:
Old 02-10-2014 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by 95Cherokee
It's always seemed a little wimpy to me, I wouldn't strap anything to my roof rack heavier than a sack lunch.
haha I like that, it's the only wimpy part of an xj that I notice
Old 02-10-2014 | 08:05 AM
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my roof is too high, didn't even notice.
Old 02-10-2014 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by caged
my roof is too high, didn't even notice.
mine was kinda high yesterday when I was parked on top of snow
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Old 02-10-2014 | 08:21 AM
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My first jeep the PO used the roof as a truck bed... :/ so needless to say it was dented to hell. It was so bad I would get standing water when it would rain... but I fixed it (as in no more standing water.) with a hydraulic jack and 2x4s
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It was so heavy on that poor roof, it was about 15 degrees for a few days and all the snow froze, I wonder if ice can scratch your paint... Probably
Old 02-10-2014 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by pdowty68
mine was kinda high yesterday when I was parked on top of snow
If that pic was from yesterday, then either you are very lazy or we live on different long islands. LOL!
Old 02-10-2014 | 12:48 PM
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If that pic was from yesterday, then either you are very lazy or we live on different long islands. LOL!
how do you know I live on Long Island...
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