LT245/75/16? Man, those won't even fit on a KJ or KK, and those are supposed to be real, rugged SUVs. My KJ came with 225/75/16 and I can't go much bigger without lifting it. On the other hand, my Tacoma (which weights 500lbs less than my KJ) came with 245/75/16 and you can fit 265/75/16 at stock height with only very minimal rubbing. 1/2" of lift and you'll have no rubbing. The point of this ramble.... Chrysler: Make the freakin' wheel wells bigger! I'm not asking to be able to fit 265/75/16 at stock height like an H3, but would 245/75/16 be too much to ask for on a KK or Patriot?

I want to say that the SEMA concept had a small lift on it to fit the 245/75/16 tires on that unit. I have talked to my wife and if they came out with that exact model, we'd have the first order in for that jeep. What surprises me is that I don't understand why Jeep doesn't take some of the ideas an American Expedition Vehicle style company and put them into the Commander and Cherokee. Could you imagine a ruggedized Commander/Cherokee with some of the Liberty Renegade/Wrangler Rubicon features? Land Rover had their Discovery extreme builds, jeep should nail that down.

If you look at the high fender flares, low profile hoods that AEV had on their TJs, it was replicated on the Gladiator which lead to the basic design of the Jeep Rescue and ultimately the JK. Specifically, the Gladiator was the JK two years in advance before we even had an idea of what the JK was to be.

CLICK: 2006 SEMA Jeep Patriot

Thornbirds...<shudder> Well, at least they're an aggressive looking tire