Jeep Wrangler Owners?

[Aaron Strum]

One of the original questions in the first post was about wind noise when the upper door frame pulls slightly away from the rest of the vehicle. On both of the Jeeps I have owned, it seems that after a few years of driving in the wind that the metal upper frame loses some of its rigidity and it does flex out some, particularly with a strong, quartering headwind. I can't say that I enjoy that aspect, but it does seem to be part of the mystic of driving one. I keep thinking about over-bending them in a vise to see if that helps, but haven't had the nerve yet.

I do find some comfort in knowing the four-wheel drive will help me in some situations, but there places in Kansas where the mud can suck down a John Deere 9030 series tractor. Like the hail, a little intelligence will tell you to stay away from that sort of mud. During chase season, I remove the rear seat and mount a plywood storage box in that spot to carry lots of extras that might be handy to have in an emergency as well as a homemade rack on the top for my tripods. I've built a homemade 'Jotto desk' for my laptop, camera racks and radio that covers what would be the passengers seat. Even though there is plenty of room, it becomes a one-person chase vehicle until the season is over including the monsoon here in Arizona. I love the thing!

Okay, thank you for answering that, I guess I shouldn't worry that much right now, I doubt my Jeep went storm chasing but I am going to guess it's seen a lot (When I bought my Jeep used from a used car dealer (offed a great deal), it had some of the documentation from the first owner (only this person owned it before me) and it seems that it was order by some one in the military stationed in Europe at the time.
I always heard that the back seats were removable and when I was moving to college I wanted to take out the backseat for more storage room but it seems as if my Jeep's back seat were welded in .

Tyler, I know you said "all of Michigan" but where were these non teeth jarring roads? I swear no matter were I drive in the state (I live there) there always seem to be at lease some of the road in that condition, heck I've seen dirt roads in better condition then paved roads here (Which makes it all the more fun!)