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So, it’s not a Jeep if it’s not dirty?

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gettin dirty

this is my weekend getaway so after I’m done I wash her and she sits covered in the driveway waiting for next weekend. I live 1/4 mile from the hills so sometimes we do Friday night rides because we can’t wait for Saturday to get out.
My weekday beater is jealous.
 

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Found a good mud hole on my last trip.
it was fun blasting through but the cleanup was a lot of work.
Two times with the power wash and then to the car wash with a wipe down afterwards. It still needed another wet wash on the rubber and plastic to get the film off.
Migjt kinda give me second thoughts next time.
Maybe

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she does clean up nicely though
 
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Found a good mud hole on my last trip.
it was fun blasting through but the cleanup was a lot of work.
Two times with the power wash and then to the car wash with a wipe down afterwards. It still needed another wet wash on the rubber and plastic to get the film off.
Migjt kinda give me second thoughts next time.
Maybe

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she does clean up nicely though
I’m back in the Smokies.
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We get those really cool dirt rain storms along with me usually flying down some washboard rutted muddy road that haunts me to a $4.00 touchless car wash two blocks from my house that feeds my OCD (7am-9am only 7 days a week) Like it dirty like it clean.
 

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Found a good mud hole on my last trip.
it was fun blasting through but the cleanup was a lot of work.
Two times with the power wash and then to the car wash with a wipe down afterwards. It still needed another wet wash on the rubber and plastic to get the film off.
Been there, fun cleanup.

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So I have been told. But we have so much rain here all year long it sorta stay half clean 😂
 
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I recently replaced the oil cooler on a Wrangler at work. The outside of that Jeep was clean, but under the oil cooler was actual MUD. Not dust or engine grime, but for real mud. I guess the owner read the badge as saying, "Mud Rated" instead of "Trail Rated".
 

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I was surprised how much got under the hood.
I cleaned out what I could this morning but there’s more cleanup for the next time.
Seem to remember a thread here or another forum not sure where. Guy got huge splash up under the hood and it screwed up some electronics . Warranty work was denied. Just saying . They intend to go through but not high speed force .. again just saying. May get yourself in a jam.
 

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That ain't nothing. Just a bit of road salt. LOL
No salt yet - that's yet to come.
That's mud from a backroad. Funny thing is, it was straight driving so there was little chance to get dirty along the sides and the mud flaps and power steps do a lot of protecting.
 

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I keep mine clean. It looks good clean and not city dirty. Trail Dirty is different!
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