Forum Activity! Adding the WK Owners.

[IamJEEP]

The activity you have been seeing is basically from us three, LOL.....Seriously tho, I wouldn't mind sharing with the WK guys just as long as we don't become the red headed stepchild in our own forum.

[Sal-XK]

We do have the core XK guys who mod on this site. Which I knew if that core group came the other forum would suffer from that. In our defense the other forum wasn't loyal to the core jeeper that was driving the activity and the draw to there forum. You were just another number over there and someone on there first day there would get defended over you.

[Matt]

From what I've seen on jeepforum I don't think the XK will get stepchild'ed here if we do xk / wk. I'm sure we'll be outnumbered. ... but since most of the aftermarket is interchangeable and the thread topics similar, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

And as a disclaimer, I don't have anything against any other forums. I've just become more comfortable with the atmosphere here.... but I still frequent the other sites just as much (because quite frankly, there's not much activity anywhere)

[Sal-XK]

I frequent a few as well but this one is my favorite. Then I swing in on the xk\wk section of jeepforum I don't go to the other site usually unless I get bored or I'm trying to draw attention to something like this site but I usually have alterior motives for the visit.

[LWM]

This site can add the WK format without too much work if you feel it would be in the best interest of the forum.

I would have to buy another web address and link it to this site as I am not sure the WK owners would want to type www.xk-forum.com to see WK info.

[Matt]

I think it would help... i would also throw down for the lifetime membership at that point as well. Only reason I haven't yet is because there's 3 forums I frequent for the XK and 3 memberships gets a bit costly (but I do think that I help support the forums with my posts which hopefully help retain members... so its not like im just coasting along sucking up the resources )

So i was planning on giving it some time to really decide where i'd call "home". But considering that it was my recommendation to bring WK's here and that would be some work/cost on your part. I'll man up to the membership

FYI that's another good way at looking at it... there's really no "home" forums for the WK guys. So a creative domain that incorporates both may bring more attention; like JeepXKWK-Forum

[Sal-XK]

I don't have a problem with the idea of bringing WK's over here. I think it would also attract a lot more traffic and since a few of us are plugged in on other sites we could PM for some interest. I also have WK members on my Sal-XK page I could promote the site there as well. I might be willing to chip in a few bucks toward the venture after I get threw camp commander. Like Matt said we share the same platform and were for the most part doing a lot of the same mods so we do fit together.

[LWM]

I have looked a little bit and I can change our header and forum title and then purchase WK-Forum.com and link both to this site, my yearly would go up by $10 for the new domain but the monthly hosting would still be at $10.00 and I own the forum software (cost me $300 I think).

[LWM]

I was talking to Doc today about a revamp of our forum and he said "you can call it the Grand Commander Forum". I am glad some members think it might be a good idea to open up and welcome the WK, any other opinions either way?

[ped4599]

I still use the other forum since its where I got my start and have put lots into.

However, I am growing tired of it being mostly the same old questions and "reposts" of the basic concepts posted by new commander owners that post before searching or reading.

I think by the time someone starts to MOD their XK, they probably have decided to be a long term XK owner. This means they will start to use and share more advanced/useful content. PLUS they are probably the people who actually use their XK offroad and take pics and Videos of it, which is what I like about the forums and why I am here. I see this site as sort of the next level of XK owners.

I want to be out offroading, but when I can not be, seeing NEW pics and VIDs of others offroading in an XK is the next best thing!
I hope people continue to throw the camera in the XK when they hit the trail...then post it for the rest of us!

I dont have any thing against the WK since its basically the same vehicle with a different body. It just depends on if you are looking for expanding for the future since the XK is now a discontinued classic. Do you want to keep this site a niche market for the XK, or become marketable for the future since the grand cherokee is probably gona be around for awhile. I just hope it doesnt expand to the point where this site becomes just like the other one did---lost focus on the members---which is why this one got started.....for the XK owners.