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Aftermarket Jeep Parts and Jeep Vehicle Conversions

  • JK Outpost CamperOutpost Camper (JK)
    SEMA 2006
  • TJ Diesel ConversionCRD Diesel 2.8 (TJ)
    Moab EJS 2006
  • XK Iceland ExpeditionIceland Commander (XK)
    SEMA 2005
  • TJ Iceland ExpeditionIceland Wrangler (TJ)
    SEMA 2005
  • WK MojaveMojave Grand Cherokee (WK)
    SEMA 2004
  • TJ Hemi Conversion570 HEMI (TJ)
    SEMA 2003
  • TJ BruteBrute Concept (TJ)
    SEMA 2002
  • WJ Grand CherokeeGrand Cherokee (WJ)
    SEMA 2000
  • AfricanaAfricana Cherokee (XJ)
    SEMA 1999
  • TJ LWBWrangler LWB 112" (TJ)
    SEMA 1998

AEV TJ Brute Pickup Truck Concept TJ

The Brute Debuted at the 2002 SEMA Show. Take a Jeep, combine it with a utility truck and the Brute was born. The name Brute came from the Aussie term "ute", short for a small work truck. The Brute was the hit of the SEMA show where nearly everyone was running around saying "you've got to go see the Chrysler booth!" This is the vehicle that really put AEV on the map outside of the Jeep community.

AEV HEMI TJ Wrangler

AEV 570 Brute Wrangler TJ - vehicle was shown at the 2002 SEMA show

Features:

  • Rubicon Express 4.5" Lift
  • 35" Goodyear MTR tires
  • ARB Bullbar
  • IPF Lights
  • Safari Snorkel
  • Warn 9.5ti winch
  • AEV Brute Conversion
  • AEV Rocker Guards

From the Designer

This was one of the first Rubicons delivered into public hands and we promptly cut it up into pieces. In fact, it was sitting on the SEMA Show floor with 11 miles on the odometer. This was also at the time that AEV was converting from drawing stuff on paper to using one of the new 3D CAD systems. We had just paid an insane amount of money for new software and hardware and no one really knew how to run it. All this with a really big project due!

This was also the first time AEV designed an entire project in 3D before any metal was cut. We basically spent 5 weeks on the computer and about 5 days building the vehicle...it was amazing. At the time, Dave Yegge (now Operations Manager for AEV) was the TJ development engineer at Jeep and took some vacation days to help us get the car ready to show. I think we might have overworked him a bit because he kept disappearing to try and get some sleep. During this project I learned that you WILL start hallucinating after about four days of no sleep...and day five is just weird!

When we showed up at SEMA, we were all still in the same clothes and I had a red respirator mark on my face...that's how fresh the paint was. -dh

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Award Winner

Outpost JK initial Sketch

Chrysler Design Excellence
Award Winner

At AEV we're honored to be presented with several Chrysler Design Excellence awards over the past 10 years. This vehicle won our 3rd award.

Other Award Winning AEV Show Vehicles:

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