Bought A Kj Today

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Jim's KJ after rolling 3.5 times into 2-3 feet of water and landing on its top. How would an XJ look after that?

Well an XJ would look like this (if I remember right) after 7 rolls at 45 mph. And yes she's fine, she walked away with a broken figure. Sorry for the tinny picture, it was texted to me a couple years ago when I first got my xj. It was my female friend at the time, best friend

 

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I am happy to hear of her good fortune on the injury front. That flattened roof is oh so common in XJ rollovers ( and probably our MJ's, too, I just lack evidence) and usually occurs during the first roll or two. Then as long was your body is below the beltline after the failure you have the stronger portion of the body protecting you. Imagine being tightly strapped to a high-back bucket as that roof caved... If the roof bent you back or didn't bend you at all and you took the full force of the collapse...

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That right there is the best argument I have seen and heard for installing  some kind of rollover protection.

 

Good suggestion. Due to lack of evidence I can't say the MJ has the exact same weakness as the XJ but I suspect it does

Well then I guess I stand corrected. Looks like there more oblonged shape helps in roll overs. lol

 I have read where the Liberty has over twice the structural rigidity of the XJ Cherokee and that may be true as the KJ is over 700-800 pounds heaver than the XJ. I am not cracking on the XJ as most every vehicle is several factors more safe for an occupant after a redesign then its immediate predecessor. The Liberty was even called the Cherokee everywhere but N. America