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Thought I would give a quick update as I saw something weird yesterday regarding the pinch welds. I was at Medved Jeep in Castle Rock, CO. having my oil changed there for the first time. They had a 2013 Oscar Mike JKU on the floor that they had put a Mopar lift on and 35" tires. Nice looking. But as I checked it out, I notice the pinch weld was straight down just like it was is on my 2012 JKU. I checked it again and sure enough, it was a 2013. The funny thing is our other JKU - a 2013 Oscar Mike we purchased less than a month ago has the new angle pinch.

So, a quick check on the lot and the vast majority of the 2013's they have are straight. I pointed it out to their service manager and he had no idea they had changed it or that there was obviously a mix on their lot. Different build dates perhaps? Certainly a possibility, but several of them had just come off the truck.

Just a heads up if you were expecting this.

 

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Norm, the build date is what I figured was doing it, but again, a few of the straight pinch Jeeps had come in within the past 2 weeks. My wife's was purchased a month ago.

As for the types, here's what I remember seeing:

OM in Commando Green JKU: Auto - straight.
OM in Deep Red JKU: Auto - straight.
OM in White JK: Auto - straight.
Sport in Gecko JKU: Auto - angled.
Sport in Black JK: Manual - angled.
Rubicon in Black JKU: Manual - straight.
Sport in Dune JK: Auto - angled.
And a whole bunch more that were all straight, no matter the make, model, color, etc.- ALL 2013.

My wife's OM is in Billet, is a JKU and Auto and her's are angled.

Just thought that was interesting.