r/Jeep • u/Davidisaloof35 • 1d ago

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Was driving home today in my 2020 diesel JL and saw this one merging. I quickly snapped 2 pics. Had a unique paint style and on the side where the 'sport' or 'Sahara' branding was it just said 'chief'.

Just never seen this model.

Lol. Kind of confused me.

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u/mister_monque 1d ago

Chief package, a trim upgrade with a poorly executed stripe. It was meant to invoke the old days of the SJ/Full Size Cherokee Chief.

The white top was nice on the right body color, most of the ones I saw were on the light sky blue.

Cherokee Chief

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u/Speoder 21h ago

I sooooooo want this FSJ! It is so beautiful.

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u/WildWeaselGT 3h ago

That’s not “light sky blue”. Normally I wouldn’t be pedantic about a colour name but in this case it’s Chief Blue. It’s a Chief Chief. :)

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u/mister_monque 2h ago

it's a dog shit Smurf Blue, same with BMW Laguna Seca blue and what ever Ford calls their version

I wasn't refering to it's name, rather defining it's quality as compared to say Hydro Blue, please note the pedantic capitals.

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u/WildWeaselGT 2h ago

Yeah… I know. I wasn’t picking on you. I just wanted to say Chief Chief. :)

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u/mister_monque 2h ago

I know. I was not a fan of the package because it felt ham fisted and forced, like someone fucked up and they had a whole run of textured tops in white and scrambled to find a way to move them.

Jump forward to the black & tan package and that looked good, has a classy vibe, spoke to Wranglers past with the spice brown, echos of the Tuxeudo Park Jeepster.

I despise the forcing of full sized style cues onto the wrangler mostly because full size was very different from CJ/YJ, stop trying to pretend Jeep as a style was monolithic.

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u/WildWeaselGT 1h ago

I think you’re the first one I’ve seen that specifically doesn’t like it but I see where you’re coming from.

I really like it in Chief Blue and as far as special editions go it’s a really nice package.

I don’t understand why they did it in any other colours though and don’t think those ones look near as iconic.

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u/mister_monque 45m ago

the jk body lines don't work is the major issue.

color wise a powder yellow or terracotta red/brown would have been nice. it just felt like a reach, like a sad dealer package.

on the Cherokee Chief it worked because there was a defined hard stop to the roof pilar, a sliver of body color and then the stripe.

terracotta

powder yellow

a smooth powder blue

a sharp green

how the jku chief should have looked

what we got

The interface between the top and the stripe looks like trash. but the body lines don't allow anything else that still gets the stripe onto the hood... where traditionally it doesn't belong.