What is this part?

[HeartwoodJT]

This was not on my 2020 JT. Is this from shipping or something the dealer didn’t remove? 24 Mojave

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[hanschien]

TFL briefly talked about it on their recent cheap Jeep episode. They said it may have been added to help with overlap crashes.

 

[Deleted member 57233]

Crash bracket that keeps the tire from going under the Jeep and flipping you in an accident.

 

[HeartwoodJT]

Ok thanks guys! I was contemplating removing it but I’ll leave it now.

 

[XraytecH]

Good Luck

 

[professorkx]

Well, that is great information. My gladiator is sitting on the rack in the shop waiting for the shocks for the lift kit that were left on the FedEx truck last friday, so looks like I have a project tomorrow while I wait for FedEx to complete the delivery of the lift kit parts…

 

[OldButStillJeeping]

Good Luck

If you want to remove it at your own peril.....

It looks like a grinder and Rustoleum project. Not a wrench project. Leave the wrenches and the Milwaukee in the toolbox and grind it and it's bracket off at the frame.

 

[LouisvEarlleJT]

Might as well cut one of the seatbelts while you're at it, that way the next buyer knows for sure that a safety feature has been removed.

 

[professorkx]

Might as well cut one of the seatbelts while you're at it, that way the next buyer knows for sure that a safety feature has been removed.

I hope you are joking when you compare this bracket to a seatbelt….

 

[LouisvEarlleJT]

I hope you are joking when you compare this bracket to a seatbelt….

To an extent, the point is that the bracket is there for a safety purpose and it'd be hella shady to remove it and then sell it to someone else who may get in an accident and experience a rollover and further injury because of it not being there. (especially since once it is removed it can't be put back on since it's not a bolt-on) Making yourself susceptible to injury is one thing, doing it to someone else is something else.

 

[brsnow2585]

You got the trail snag package

 

[Hootbro]

To an extent, the point is that the bracket is there for a safety purpose and it'd be hella shady to remove it and then sell it to someone else who may get in an accident and experience a rollover and further injury because of it not being there. (especially since once it is removed it can't be put back on since it's not a bolt-on) Making yourself susceptible to injury is one thing, doing it to someone else is something else.

I see the point but by the same token, once anybody lifts their vehicles and add tire sizes beyond the factory ones, that crash rating goes out the window.

If it was that perilous, I would imagine the NHTSA would mandate a recall for prior years to have it.

 

[PW45]

there ain't nothing safe about these things anyways. get rid of anything/ everything you want.

 

[Figmo]

There are a million ways to die in a Jeep. Cut it off. Enjoy your 40" tires. Make it a million and one.

 

[Janster]

To an extent, the point is that the bracket is there for a safety purpose and it'd be hella shady to remove it and then sell it to someone else who may get in an accident and experience a rollover and further injury because of it not being there. (especially since once it is removed it can't be put back on since it's not a bolt-on) Making yourself susceptible to injury is one thing, doing it to someone else is something else.

If it were that critical….there should be a warning label on it…DO NOT REMOVE!

There’s a gazillion things that are ‘engineered’ for safety on any given vehicle.. but wait… as soon as you put bigger tires on it, all the engineering goes out the window.

It’s your choice to remove it. It’s your choice to buy a used one without it.
And…. it’s your choice to ride a motorcycle without helmet.

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