SEMA!

[Mudderoy]

As you may have heard (if you listen to the XJ TALK SHOW!) xjtalk.com and XJ TALK SHOW! will be at SEMA this year.

Matt (msmoorenburg) already there and I'll be heading up in a few hours.

Right now the plan is to post up pictures, perhaps audio and video, here in this post. You can also follow along via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/xjtalk and Twitter http://www.twitter.com/xjtalk

[EekGirl96]

Sweet! Cant wait to see pictures!!!

Go XJTalk!!! :D

[4.3LXJ]

What a great opportunity Tony.

[xj4life2]

Its a great time , I used to go every year as I was close to it and my company paid for the rooms. A few tips for ya if you've never been. Comfortable walking shoes a must. Yes it takes three full days to cover the main areas. On the last day you can get lots of freebies they would rather give away stuff than pack it up and haul it out so bring an empty suitcase. At the end of the day you will be wiped out so don't make big night time plans, trust me if you hit hard as you should to take it all in you will done a ready to relax and reflect on your day. Have a great time its a blast !!!

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[NW99XJ]

....living vicariously through you Tony!
Have fun!

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[XJ Wheeler]

Lucky!!! Living my dream!

Safe trip tony.

Sent via messenger pigeon - i talk, he types.

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picture I just received from Matt...

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[Brasscatz]

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I'm no expert.... but aren't you supposed to be ON the plane? :P


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Yep.... stereotypes are true ladies and gents.... there's always that little old lady on the end slot machine :smiley-taunt002:

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The 3 hours of sleep I had Tuesday didn't play well for me eating a big meal and heading out to SEMA yesterday, so today will be my first day there. Expect some pictures! :D

Matt and I are meeting for a good hearty breakfast then off for about 5 hours of SEMA!

Here all week, so should be a very interesting time!

[Mudderoy]

Went to be early yesterday, so woke up early this morning! Needed some coffee, fortunately there's a McDonalds here in the hotel. This is the line at 4AM!

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[07Negative]

Dude there's a Bouchan Restaurant there.

[Mudderoy]

Well I got sick Thursday night. Fever, chills, diaereah, vomiting, the whole thing. Lasted about 6 hours then back to normal.

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so the wife and I went out to the strip yesterday evening. about 5pm we started seeing show vehicles from SEMA driving south bound on the strip. I saw at least one that wasn't street legal! lol another that was using his led light bar, it was insanely bright and it may have been a 24 inch light bar.

[Mudderoy]

My impression of SEMA was good. i'm somewhat surprised and disappointed at the lack of Jeep cherokees. many of the companies we buy from everyday were there so I know they make money off the XJ folks, but apparently not enough to justify setting up a nicely out fitted cherokee for display.

sad really, and even more so since the 2014 cherokee was displayed. now I will say that it wasn't as prominently displayed as I thought it would be. the JK had a much nicer display in the mopar section.

[Mudderoy]

one additional note to my last post. let's see if we can get representation at SEMA for the cherokee next year, the real one not the 2014. when you buy from a company for your XJ tell them you want to see a XJ in their booth next year!

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I don't know that it's worth 6 hours on a plane and prob another 4 hours of various waiting, but the Vegas strip is a sight to behold.

[Carves]

Well I got sick Thursday night. Fever, chills, diaereah, vomiting, the whole thing. Lasted about 6 hours then back to normal.


That'll teach ya to eat that McCardboard crap - at 4 in the morning .. :p

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Good pics ... got any more ??


... and an IronManFab XJ would be an interesting thing to see .. ;);)

[Brasscatz]

sounds like food poisoning for sure... what'd you eat?

[XJ Wheeler]

Ouch, tony. Had that before... on Christmas Eve. Its truly horrible.

Another had noted seeing only one XJ as well. It seems a bit odd to me, with how popular modified XJs are at this point in time. And all the pics i've seen of this years Sema... way too many "pretty" JKs. One Unlimited with maybe 40" tires and a Dana 30 up front. :rolleyes:

Sent via messenger pigeon - i talk, he types.

[Mudderoy]

That'll teach ya to eat that McCardboard crap - at 4 in the morning .. :p

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Good pics ... got any more ??


... and an IronManFab XJ would be an interesting thing to see .. ;);)

Actually I believe it was the breakfast at the hotel's Hash A Go Go, hmmm the name should have been a warning.

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I think the lack of XJ presents is b/c it's old and many people think a real jeep is a wrangler. A lot of vendors I've talked to also comment how cheap XJ owners are. We could all chip in on a booth and display XJ's. I'd go to SEMA only bc it's an hour flight for me. Other than that I can't stand the city.
Nice pix Tony!

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'tis like Jeep lingerie...

[Carves]

'tis like Jeep lingerie...


I prefer the zippers to hooks .. ;);)

[DETOURS]

BWAAHAAA, was that a Michael Jackson tribute Jeep? BWAAHAAHAAAA!
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Over there last 5 years, I've been asked to provide product for numerous companies attending SEMA. One was PPG Paint, which used one of my BackBone systems as a rotating display, another was Hellwig Motor Sports on their "Every Day Joe" XJ display which was very popular, that vehicle has since been totaled, otherwise you might have seen it. There's been others as well, but lesser known companies.
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The JK is Jeeps and actually the whole off road markets, bolt on blitz, sell to the newb, hot item right now......Our XJ's are far from dead, there's still new
product being developed, folks are still happy to own them!
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Keep your chin up! ;)

[nickyg]

I do like the idea of unzipping your Jeep and running it thru the washing machine. But I bet it'll shrink in the dryer.

[ekaybe]

I usually go every other year. Was suppose to go this year but backed out. Maybe I'll see y'all next year.

[graverobberjk]

I caught pictures of the RESQ1 on my Facebook and that is definitly the jeep of my dreams, especially now that my club is a SRT for my city...ill admit it, I drooled just a little lol