Where Rear "Disc" Brakes an Option on the KJ?

[Moab]

Just wondering about the rear "Disc" Brakes on my KJ.
Was it an option in 2005?
Did it come as part of the Tow Package?

 

[ptsb5a]

Were rear discs an option? Don't think so. I still have the window sticker for my KJ and four wheel discs were standard.

 

[HoosierJeeper]

02's had drums, discs might have been an option. But from 03+, it was discs all they way around.

 

[J-Thompson]

02's had drums, discs might have been an option. But from 03+, it was discs all they way around.

yup '03 and newer got rear disk
and the very rare '03 with disk and the 45rfe does exist
some one near me drives one ,my old KJ
I just saw it a little while ago

 

[LibertyFever]

When I bought my 04 Libby Sport I was surprised & pleased it came with rear disc brakes.

Also I was surprised & pleased that it didn't come with ABS. I thought all vehicles with four wheel disc brakes automatically came with ABS.

 

[jeeper4life]

ya my 04 has disc's in the rear also, which I was happy to find..

95Y "all my vehicles including the YJ have disc brakes in the rear" Jman

 

[67Customs]

Standard equipment.

 

[yellocoyote]

Yep. I have one of those '02's with drums.

 

[twack]

yup i got those damn drums too

 

[Dave]

When I bought my 04 Libby Sport I was surprised & pleased it came with rear disc brakes.

Also I was surprised & pleased that it didn't come with ABS. I thought all vehicles with four wheel disc brakes automatically came with ABS.

Yeah, my 05 has disks.

ABS was an option in 05 at least on mine. I think starting with the 06 MY it became standard along with all the other safety stuff (ESC etc) mandated by the Fed Gov't.

Dave

 

[Marlon_JB2]

No '02 had factory rear discs.
Every KJ/KK from '03+ had rear discs. Problem solved, hehe. It was strictly a model year change.

 

[ChiefRudy]

Rear discs became a standard along with the ESP in 05-06. None in 02 and optional with the rest of years in between.

 

[tommudd]

and every time I hear that 05 was the first year for ESP I once again know I made the right choice in buying an 04 new

 

[67Customs]

Rear discs became a standard along with the ESP in 05-06. None in 02 and optional with the rest of years in between.

and every time I hear that 05 was the first year for ESP I once again know I made the right choice in buying an 04 new

ESP was not a requirement and was not standard equipment on a '05.

I know this because my 2005 Limited dosn't have it.

So, Tom, you could have actually gotten the awesomeness that is the 2005 KJ without having to put up with the ESP crap.:burnout:

2006 on the other hand...

 

[Dave]

and every time I hear that 05 was the first year for ESP I once again know I made the right choice in buying an 04 new

The ESP and all the other crap was standard equipment starting in 06. Mine is an 05 and I don't have all that stuff. (Except I do have ABS which was an option in 05.......but standard equipment starting in 06 along with the ESP etc)

Dave

 

[tommudd]

But 05 is when it seemed to start getting worse as far as the "extra" crap