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What is the difference between CJ and YJ?

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K. Shadrach

K. Shadrach

K. Shadrach
K. Shadrach

Answered Jun 24, 2020

The initial CJ jeeps came in the year 1944. While the YJ wranglers became the replacement for the CJ in 1987 because the manufacturers of CJ stopped production, though both the CJ and YJ jeeps possess a leaf spring suspension, the YJ has springs, which are very much wider than the springs of the CJ jeeps. The YJ is furnished with track bars and sway bars, which in turn accounts for its better handling capabilities, but the CJ is not equipped with such.

The YJ has headlights that are rectangular in shape. Also, the windshields of YJ jeeps are also wider than that of the CJ jeeps. The wheelbase of YJ is longer and has less ground clearance when compared to CJ jeeps. The interiors of YJ jeeps are so very much comfortable than that of the CJ vehicles. The YJ vehicles are an obvious upgrade and improvement on the CJ.

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H. Ruby

H. Ruby

H. Ruby
H. Ruby

Answered Jun 23, 2020

Wrangler CJ’s and YJ’s are both jeep wranglers; however, CJ jeeps are older, as the first CJ was introduced in the 1940s. YJ’s came out in 1987, and the agenda for the company was to replace the former CJ with YJ. Both CJ and YJ possess a leaf suspension; the springs of the YJ are much broader than those of the CJ jeeps. YJ is known to be better. YJ jeeps are supplied with track bars and sway bars, which provides for improved handling competencies.

YJ has rectangular headlights, and CJ has rounded ones. YJ has a broader windshield than CJ jeeps, and the YJ has a newer design than CJ. CJ vehicles have a larger wheelbase and less ground clearance. YJ is more comfortable than CJ jeeps. CJ cars have their steering knuckles on ball joints, while the YJ has them on the axle housing.

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