I have a 15 year old special needs child who will be transitioning to a JKU shortly. His "seat" is the rear passenger. I plan on starting off with a roll bar grab handle, as well as a grab handle on the back of the front passenger headrest and the passenger rear head rest (by the neck of the rear passenger) as well. That'll give him three potential grab points. I hope this works for him. Good luck and keep us posted! C

 

when my 78 year old mother or mother in-law go I bring a rubber maid two step stool. it works great as it is nice and stable and light weight plastic just throw it in the back. I find they are able to get in and out of the front seat much easier then the back on my jkur.

 

I just order a front and rear set of the GraBars on Cyber Monday from Extreme Terrain: GraBars Wrangler Handles, Front and Rear 1003 (07-15 Wrangler JK 2 Door) - Free Shipping

They seem much sturdier than the traditional grab handles. I'll let you know how they work out once installed! Another thing that could be helpful are door stops to keep the door from swinging closed while he's getting up in the car.

 

I just order a front and rear set of the GraBars on Cyber Monday from Extreme Terrain: GraBars Wrangler Handles, Front and Rear 1003 (07-15 Wrangler JK 2 Door) - Free Shipping

They seem much sturdier than the traditional grab handles. I'll let you know how they work out once installed! Another thing that could be helpful are door stops to keep the door from swinging closed while he's getting up in the car.

 

I just order a front and rear set of the GraBars on Cyber Monday from Extreme Terrain: GraBars Wrangler Handles, Front and Rear 1003 (07-15 Wrangler JK 2 Door) - Free Shipping

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Thanks everyone. I had wondered about the grab bars and how they would work for the older crowd (that will be me in a short few years, lol). thank you for the recommendation.

I had wondered about these things: Handybar - Lee Valley Tools

The problem I was thinking with these you guys mentioned, they aren't solid and would move.

I made a small wooded step like the gorilla folding step but its actually a little too tall to step up on, good height to sit from but too tall to step up on.

 

Hire a coupla gangstas to hydro/bag the suspension; they'll have your transfer case scraping the ground in no time! Rimz, fake lights, and giggly hood ornament optional.

 

Hire a coupla gangstas to hydro/bag the suspension; they'll have your transfer case scraping the ground in no time! Rimz, fake lights, and giggly hood ornament optional.

I thought that jeep had a stock suspension and the girl was just heavier than she looks.

 

I just order this. Waiting on it to arrive, if your still looking by the time I receive it ill let you know how it works out for me. http://www.4wheelparts.com/Side-Ste...s-Running-Boards/Quick-N-Easy-Step.aspx?t_c=70&t_s=75&t_pt=3232&t_pn=OLY711-404

 

One of the guys we run with has a lifted Jeep - not huge or anything. He brought his mother. They had one of those folding kitchen step/stair/stool things with like 2 or 3 steps. Worked perfectly, then just bungied it to the roll bar after she was in.

 

I hear ya. I've got the stock Sport with beef bars. My Mom is 91 and doesn't get around so good. I roll her up in her chair, hold the door with one hand and give her a boost out with the other. Once she's upright she holds the door and this little handle thingie that slides over the latch bar on the body. I nudge her onto the little collapsible stool, she turns and gets one leg in then plops down lifting her other leg in. She's a trooper. The key for me is hands on. She doesn't need to be lifted as much as she needs to just be steadied.

 

X2 on the GraBars. The guy who invented them actually did so after his mother asked him why there weren't any good handles for her to use to get in. The story is on his website, I believe.

My mother is in her 70s, she's about five foot tall and on the heavy side. She couldn't get into the back seat (I only have front GraBars) at all. With the GraBars (and a piece of landscape timber) she was able to haul herself right up.

The biggest difference with the GraBars is they are SOLID. They don't move when you grab them and they stay where you expect them to be as you're moving. I equate the web or paracord handles to swinging on a trapeze and takes away your feeling of security.

 

 

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LOL, those are classic. Thanks for the input.

 

this is what I use for my 86 year old grandfather. works great and it folds flat to store in the JKU

Easy Reach by Gorilla Ladders 1-Step Plastic Stool with 300 lb. Load Capacity-PL-1 at The Home Depot

 

Firemia, that is genius! Way cool. Tell us what you did??

 

All Things Jeep - Cowboy Stirrup Step (Sold individually)

 

I got me a set of these
Rear Side Grab Handles, Black, 07-15 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JK)

They allow attachment to places where they are a little more practical. The picture shows it attaching to the sound bar for rear seat, but they can also be attached to the A-Piller, and Sun Visor, for front seat access.

 

I have what insylem has but made my own on my 12JK...strap from an old soft side cooler and black rubber hose, then tarp eyelets from harbor freight. Mother In-law has pulled back full weight on them...very strong and I have full confidence they are safe.
Step stool like that gorilla ladder works for her.

 

Some guy here posted a picture of a dog ramp. I think it'd be a better solution, stairs Become less friendly as you get older. A folding ramp with an easy incline should do the trick. This, with maybe 2 more sections (or even stock, if you have a steel stair/rock guard): http://www.overstock.com/#/Pet-Supplies/Jeep-Tri-fold-Pet-Automotive-Ramp/3905971/product.html

 

My dad is in his mid 70's and doesn't like steps and stairs much anymore. Going down is ok, but going up, no. I have found the best thing to do is to get as close to the curb as possible so he can get in while being higher up. It's free, and works really well for him. On the go I try to do curbside pick up for him.

 

I wonder if you could modify the mounts for the stock steps to get them a little lower to the ground. That and some inventive grab handle placement may get you to where you need to be.

I sometimes carry a 5 gallon bucket in the back seat as a step up for passengers. I don't think that would help your father-in-law, but I know it can be a struggle for some people.

Please let me know if you see anything on our site that you think might help. I'd love to get some thing over to you to help out. No one should miss out on riding in a Jeep!

-Ryan

 

 

Ocd_dave. That is so my humor that my wife says I need to keep at the fire station and that normal people don't joke like that. I'm literally LOLing! It's nice to know I'm not alone in this world.

 

In my family we wisecrack all the time, my grandmother was worse then I could ever be, I made sure to say at her funeral "Hey, we buried her wrong, shes supposed to be upside down so the world can kiss her @ss" .....Those are her words by the way, she was a pistol!

 

For those of you that don't know. That is national lampoons family vacation with Chevy Chase when the grandmother died in the backseat and kids refused to ride in the car with her dead. So Clark strapped her on the roof. Classic.

 

Let's keep these ideas in mind (not the burial part!) for when WE get old and need to figure out how to get in!

 

I use a folding step stool as many have mentioned- but not being able to lift your arm up would be a problem. If the handle thingie mentioned above doesn't work- it would be pretty simple to add a strap that wraps around the front of the seat. That way he can grab the seat strap at normal height. Any strap with a good clipping system would work- even a rachet strap (with the buckle at the back). I have a behind the seat organizer that has two straps that come to the front- you don't even notice them once you're seated.