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I don't live close enough to volunteer or I would in a heart beat...

Anyone living in or near the Salt Lake City area want some freebies for their Patriot?!?!

After checking out the lift they made for the Suzuki Grand Vitara and finding out they make Jeep lifts, too, I emailed them to see if they were working on a lift for the Patriot. Here's their email reply:

We don't like to SPAM vehicle forums with business related posts...

What we need is to have a vehicle in our shop. It might take 2 days to figure the lift out, it might take 4-5 days. We've not had one so this would be an unknown. The guy who drops off his Jeep would also get a free set of Rockrails since we might as well figure those out at the same time. We'd need to have it in our shop for the time though. We are in a town called Heber City which is just outside of Salt Lake City. Anyone in our area would know the place.

If you can find someone who is interested, have them contact us direct (by email).

Glenn Wakefield
www.rocky-road.com
Rocky Road Outfitters, voted Top Ten All Star Manufacturer by Four Wheeler magazine readers.www.rocky-road.com
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I hope that someone is able to make use of a dea like this! I just wish they were closer so I could.

Please, make sure to mention JeepPatriot.com in your email to get the deal... and please post the photos as soon as you can!!
 
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I need some advise. I'm interested in taking advantage of this offer. I sent an e-mail to the company and this was their response.

"We are looking for one to build some rock sliders for, diff guards. We are
interested in making a lift, but we would have to look at the Jeep and
inspect the suspension and drivetrain to make sure this is possible. The
deal is that we need to have the Jeep for several days. Whatever we design
and build, you get for free. And it will be installed for you too.

As a rule of thumb on all the new Jeeps we have build suspensions for, the
warranty is only affected on the part you modify. Just like if you change
out your stereo system and the body starts to rust, you are still covered.
So for example, the shocks (if they remained stock) would not be covered...
but the drivetrain, engine, paint, electronics all still would be covered by
the warranty.

Contact us when you pick up your Jeep if you are interested in being our
donor."

Any input on what I should do? I haven't ordered my Patriot yet & can't until Early March.
 
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alexiskassia said:
I need some advise. I'm interested in taking advantage of this offer. I sent an e-mail to the company and this was their response.

"We are looking for one to build some rock sliders for, diff guards. We are
interested in making a lift, but we would have to look at the Jeep and
inspect the suspension and drivetrain to make sure this is possible. The
deal is that we need to have the Jeep for several days. Whatever we design
and build, you get for free. And it will be installed for you too.

As a rule of thumb on all the new Jeeps we have build suspensions for, the
warranty is only affected on the part you modify. Just like if you change
out your stereo system and the body starts to rust, you are still covered.
So for example, the shocks (if they remained stock) would not be covered...
but the drivetrain, engine, paint, electronics all still would be covered by
the warranty.

Contact us when you pick up your Jeep if you are interested in being our
donor."

Any input on what I should do? I haven't ordered my Patriot yet & can't until Early March.
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If I were you, I'd do it!

All they're saying is - if they put an aftermarket shock on, your dealer isn't going to give you a free one if it fails prematurely since it's not a factory part. If you're local to their shop, I'd go down with my rig and see what they're looking at swapping out, and make sure they were OK with you stopping by during the build to see what's changing. Ask them to keep the stock takeoffs of whatever they swap, and worst case you could put it back on if you had to.

As long as they're not cutting off or welding anything, I don't think you'd have any problems swapping back to stock setup if you wanted.

Anyway, my .02...if it was me I'd do it, but I don't mind turning a wrench and don't really care much about the warranty on SOME stuff (like shocks & springs).
 
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Thanks for the advise. My thing is I already have a Cherokee that is strictly offroad with everything for going climbing. My patriot will be strictly street use. So I'm wondering how it will effect gas mileage & daily driving. Of coarse I'm sure it will look great, so I guess we'll see if the offer still stands when my Patriot shows up at the lot.
 
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unclejjg said:
Why wouldn't you take advantage of the offer? There is no downside...rent a car for the several days it takes...you still come out on top.
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2X Free lift and stuff for being the first to let them look at your Patriot and take measurements of your Jeep. Tough call... Like I said... If I lived anywhere close to the place I would be posting the photos of the newly lifted Patriot.

Who knows you may deside to take the Patriot off-road more after seeing how it handles with the lift.
 
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I contacted them last week, sounds like a pretty good thing. Their shop is open Tues-Fri, and they said they'd need it for the full week. About a 300 mile one way trip from where I'm at right now, so between the cost of the rental car and the 2 round trips I'm hoping someone closer to Salt Lake will take them up on the offer.

Too bad they wouldn't see this as more of an investment in their mailorder business and offer to pony up for the rental...

Thanks for making me aware of the offer though, Bubba....I may still go for it.
 
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Heck if I could get both my Jeep out there, I'd be all over it. Drop the MK off in SLC and then head down too Moab and wheel the TJ for a week. Sounds like a win too me :)
 
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Hmmmmm... Will only cost me about $300 to drive out, fly back, fly out and drive back. Looks like rails are gonna be $300+ (per Liberty pricing), and a low-end lift is $100+. I just might try this out. Any ideas on how this would effect mileage and other performance? Has anyone purchased from this company before, if so, how are they to deal with?
 
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Any word on the lift for the MK? I keep telling myself to just leave the new Jeep stock, but what fun is that?
 
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I just sent Rocky-road an email asking if they're making a lift for the Patriot:

We need to get one into our shop for the prototyping. If you know anyone in the Salt Lake City area that would like free parts in exchange for dropping their Patriot a little while, have them contact us



Glenn Wakefield
www.rocky-road.com

Voted by Four Wheeler magazine readers....
Top Ten All Star Manufacturers



----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Horvath
To: gwbuild@rocky-road.com
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: Patriot


Are you guys making a lift for the Jeep Patriot?

So it looks like they want to make a lift too, someone in their area needs to take their Patriot in for prototyping (and getting free stuff!).
 
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Considering

Does anyone know if they are still looking for a prototype. I live in SLC and and considering the offer. I have no problem leaving my jeep with them for a couple of days, however, the only problem I might come across is that my jeep is a 4X2. Does anyone think they might still do it?
 
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