![]() ![]() Yes, I was a young single man which helped to make it work as well as it did, but it really worked well for me. I liked my old Wrangler TJ as a daily driver back before it got wrecked. Maybe I wouldn't want to see this on the 4Runner, but if other SUVs wished to try this to bridge the gap between something like a Rav4 and a 4Runner, then I think it could be good. It was unibody, but the parts that would have a traditional frame were reinforced to be very frame-like. ![]() For all the crap the Liberty got, it definitely had a leg up on the old Cherokee it replaced in the frame regard. What I'd be interested in seeing is more of the "uniframe" design of the second (and maybe first?) generation of the Jeep Liberty. Front wheel drive unibody crap.Īlso regarding a couple other posts up there: ![]() They do have a lot less interior space than the 4Runner, so that's a negative as well.Ĭlick to expand.The new Blazer has more to do with the Rav4 of today than the Blazer of yesteryear. On the plus side you can get the Hemi V8 in them, and they're rated to tow a few K lbs more that the 4R. I also briefly considered the Grand Cherokee, but I didn't like that you needed to buy the Limited model in order to get low range, and the fact it has IRS as well as IFS. IMO, suspension travel and low range are more important than having a frame for offroad (at least the kind of off-roading that one would do with a late model 4Runner) unless you're building a rock crawler and welding on all kind of custom suspension and roll cage. On the other hand, how many 3rd gens went to the boneyard because of frame issues? I was looking for one for a while, couldn't find one that didn't have a bad frame. Yes, with extreme wheeling long-term strength of the unibody can be a concern, however they can be stiffened. My old ZJ was a unibody, with a straight front axle, and definitely more capable as a trail rig. XJ, ZJ,and WJ would probably disagree with you about a frame being needed for off-roading. If the 4Runner was exactly the same except it was a unibody, that wouldn't have deterred me from buying it. Click to expand.I bought the vehicle that checked off my needs/wants. ![]()
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