One of the best things about owning a Jeep Wrangler JK is that over the dozen years the JK series has been around, aftermarket companies have come up with literally thousands of parts to customize the Wrangler JK. These upgrades can make your Wrangler more attractive, unique, reliable, capable and/or bombproof! Mopar Performance, for instance, has a ton of great parts for the Wrangler JK, all designed to fit right and look great. Our other go-to when it’s time to drool over the most B.A. Jeep Wrangler JK accessories is Quadratec, online at quadratec.com. They have hundreds of quality aftermarket parts for the Jeep Wrangler JK, from winches to roll bars to body armor to full replacement hardtops. If you’ve got a Wrangler, it’s a great place to browse. If you DON’T have a Wrangler, stop in today at McLarty Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat in Springdale, where we have an excellent selection of Jeep Wranglers! It’s the last year of the JK series after a 12-year run, and we’ve got to move them out to make room for the all-new Jeep Wrangler JL’s. If you want to get in on some Jeep fun, come see us, or shop our selection of Jeep Wranglers online right now. Also: read on for very cool Quadratec Jeep parts!

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Smittybilt Overlander Tent
Price: $889.99
Smittybilt Overlander Tent

If you’re one of the lucky few who had a treehouse as a kid, remember how cool it was to hang out in there? Looking down on the world, having your own space, asking anybody who wanted the rope ladder lowered down for the double-secret password? Having a kind of rolling treehouse — and keeping pesky critters from joining you in your tent at night out on the trail — is a big part of the charm of the Smittybilt Overlander Tent. Made of rip-stop polyester, the tent mounts to the top of your Wrangler JK, attaching to Smittybilt’s SRC Overhead Rack (sold separately), with a fold-and-go design that stows in place on top of your Wrangler. The tent includes a high-density foam mattress, a telescoping ladder, and a built in aluminum light strip. For lifted Wranglers, a ladder extension (seen in the image above) is available.

Quadratec Door Storage Hangers
Price $129.99

Knowing that people love the flexibility of their Jeeps, the engineers behind the 2018 Jeep Wrangler JK made pulling off the doors ridiculously easy. Two bolts, unplug some wiring and remove the check strap, and they lift right off. Once you’ve got the doors removed, though, you’re left with one big question: What do you do with two or four big, bulky rectanglish items covered in fragile paint and made of dentable sheet metal, breakable plastic and shatterable glass? You could lean them up against the wall, but that’s just inviting disaster. For those who won’t make that invitation, Quadratec offers an easy answer, with their wall-mounted door hangers. The powder coated steel hanger plate mounts securely to wall studs, and holds one pair of doors with their painted side facing the wall for added protection. Just drop your door’s stock hinge pins into sturdy steel barrel sockets just like those on your Jeep’s door frame, and you’re good to go. Note: if you have a four-door Wrangler, you’ll need to buy two hangers.

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Deluxe Heavy Duty Hardtop Storage Cart
Price: $219

Like they do with the doors, Jeep engineering makes pulling the hardtop off your Jeep Wrangler JK easy as pie. Once you’ve got it off and the bolts stored someplace, though, what the heck do you do with that top, with its square yards of fragile safety glass, just waiting to be smashed? If you have a garage, hallway, spare bedroom or enclosed patio with a smooth floor, Quadratec has you covered with their Deluxe Heavy Duty Hardtop Storage Cart. Made of thick, padded wood and powder coated steel, the cart is designed to fit your Wrangler JK four-door’s top perfectly and hold it securely in a vertical position to save space. Need to move it? Heavy duty locking casters allow you to roll the cart around easily on any smooth surface.

Rampage Products Trail Can Utility Tool Box
Price: $89.99

Part of the challenge of taking your Keep Wrangler JK waaaay off road is: you’ve got to bring everything with you that you might need for camping, food, basic hygiene and/or to repair your Jeep if something goes wrong. Space is always a premium in a situation like that, so you might not have room for a big, bulky, completely necessary toolbox. Knowing that — and knowing nothing looks better than the classic look of a steel jerry can mounted to the back of a Jeep Wrangler — Rampage Products produced their new Trail Can Utility Tool Box. Made of heavy duty black or red powder coated steel, the can features a locking lid, and looks just like a standard old-school gas can until it flips open to reveal a lift-out tool tray, two removable drawers, screwdriver slots, and more. Paired with Rampage’s matching trail-can mount that can be securely bolted pretty much anywhere on your Wrangler, it’s a smart and practical solution to the age old problem of finding space.
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There’s four very cool Jeep Wrangler accessories that you didn’t even know you needed! That’s just a drop in the bucket of the hundreds of JK accessories and parts Quadratec sells. If you’ve got a Jeep, be sure to check out their website for items big and small, cheap and expensive, that will make your Wrangler JK cooler, more capable, and more fun. If you are looking to buy a 2018 Jeep Wrangler JK in Fayettville, come see us at McLarty Daniel CDJRF in Springdale. There’s deals to be had on both the last year of the Wrangler JK series, and the first year of the incredible, all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL. Visit us today for a test drive, put the keys to a new Wrangler in your pocket, and then hit up Quadratec to make your JK cooler than the average bear.

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From the mountains of Northwest Arkansas to the piney woods of South Arkansas, the cropland of the Delta to the swamps of Southeast Arkansas, the Natural State has pretty much every kind of terrain short of a desert or a frozen tundra. Knowing that, it’s easy to see why film directors and movie location scouts have flocked here since the early days of cinema, looking for locations. There’s been over 50 full-length films shot in Arkansas over the years, plus hundreds more film shorts and TV episodes. If you’re a film buff looking for a weekend road trip to take in that great new or used car you bought from McLarty Daniel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for six famous film locations in Arkansas. If you’re in need of a new or used vehicle to get you there, you’ve also come to the right place: McLarty Daniel CDJRF of Springdale! Stop in today for a test drive, shop our big selection of vehicles online, and read on for a few places that saw lights, camera and action in the Natural State!

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The Old Mill North Little Rock, ArkansasSeen in: “Gone With the Wind” (1939)

Though it made one of the most memorable Arkansas location appearances ever in a major Hollywood film, a brief glimpse during the opening credits of the 1939 Civil War classic “Gone With the Wind,” North Little Rock’s Old Mill turns out to not be an actual mill at all. Though it looks the part, with multiple floors, a mill wheel that once turned, and internal details like railings pulleys and a mill stone, the Old Mill is actually only a replica of a classic American grist mill. At the time of the filming, it was only a few years old having been created by Mexican artist Dionicio Rodriguez as the centerpiece of a park which was itself the centerpiece of a neighborhood going up in the area. Though the mill looks like it is made of wood, right down to the grain in its doors, is actually all concrete, as are the stunningly intricate, fairytale-like “log” benches, bridges, benches, troughs and arches around it. A favorite backdrop for portraits and wedding photos, today, the Old Mill is the last structure seen in “Gone With the Wind” that’s still standing.

I-30 SpeedwayAlexander, ArkansasSeen in: “White Lightning” (1973)

Directed by John Sargent, the movie “White Lightning” stars up-and-coming Hollywood leading man Burt Reynolds (still years from superstardom in flicks like “Smokey and the Bandit”) as Arkansas moonshine runner and stock car racer Gator McKlusky. Gator is an Arkansas prison inmate who cuts a deal with the feds to gain his release. He then infiltrates the local illegal moonshining operation in order to seek revenge against the corrupt local Sheriff (Ned Beatty, who co-starred with Reynolds in 1972’s “Deliverance”) after the Sheriff and his minions kill McKlusky’s brother. An underrated classic of the 1970s fast cars genre, Burt Reynolds’ “White Lighting” is set in the fictional Bogan County, Arkansas. However, the film does include several real locations in Arkansas, including a car chase through the Benton town square, McKlusky emerging from a real-life Arkansas Department of Correction prison near Grady, and the I-30 Speedway, a still-operational stock car dirt racing track (then known as The Benton Speedbowl.)

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Downtown CamdenCamden, ArkansasSeen in: “Boxcar Bertha” (1972)

In 1972, following up on  the cult success of “Bloody Mama,” which he’d filmed in Arkansas, schlock director and producer returned to Arkansas to shoot another Depression-Era film, “Boxcar Bertha.” Loosely based on real-life train robbers Boxcar Bertha Thompson and “Big” Bill Shelly, who become wanted fugitives after a gambler was murdered, the film stars big names like David Carradine and Barbara Hershey, and was largely shot in the southwest Arkansas town of Camden. While it’s not a great film, the most interesting thing about “Boxcar Bertha” is who was behind the camera: a young Martin Scorsese, the brilliant, Oscar-winning director who would go on to direct classics like “Goodfellas,” “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “Casino,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Gangs of New York” and loads of other great American films.

The Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum and Study CenterPiggott, ArkansasSeen in: “A Face in the Crowd” (1957)

The great director Elia Kazan came to the northeast Arkansas town of Piggott in 1957 to shoot portions of his classic “A Face in the Crowd.” Starring a young Andy Griffith, Lee Remick and Patricia Neal, the film is a cautionary tale about the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes (Griffith), a shiftless drifter who attains previously undreamed of levels of money, power and political influence through devious manipulation of both radio and the fledgling television medium before his hubris lays him low. The mansion of local leading lights Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer makes a cameo in the film as Rhodes’ palatial estate, complete with the swimming pool the production company had put in for the scene. Today, the house is the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum and Study Center, and open to the public. Other scenes for the film were shot at the Clay County Courthouse and a local football field.

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Piggly Wiggly Grocery StoreDumas, ArkansasSeen in: “Mud” (2013)

Screenwriter, director and Little Rock native Jeff Nichols has been slowly making a name for himself as one of the best young directors working in Hollywood today, and the film that really helped him arrive was 2013’s “Mud,” starring megastar Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive who seeks the help of two boys in Southeast Arkansas. Nichols fought hard with the studio to make sure the movie was filmed in Arkansas, and when he got his wish, he did so in a lot of real southeast Arkansas towns, including Dumas and Stuttgart. The Piggly Wiggly grocery store on Highway 65 in Dumas was a crucial interior and exterior backdrop for several scenes, as was the Executive Inn Motel just down the street.

Garry’s Sling Blade Drive-InBenton, ArkansasSeen in: “Sling Blade” (1996)

Made on a shoestring budget by the then largely-unknown writer, actor, director and Malvern-native Billy Bob Thornton, the simple, powerful story of friendship and sacrifice seen in 1996’s “Sling Blade” went on to win the hearts of millions of moviegoers, a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Thornton, and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in a year when romantic juggernaut “Titanic” mostly ruled the other categories. “Sling Blade” was almost wholly shot in the Saline County town of Benton, and you can still have some of them French-fried pertaters at the same restaurant where the film’s childlike protagonist Karl Childers liked to get his in the film: Garry’s Drive-In on Edison Ave., now called Garry’s Sling Blade. It’s a great bit of Arkansas film history, and a classic little diner with terrific food, too.  

If you’re looking to get out to where the lights, camera and action are this summer and fall, come see us today at McLarty Daniel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat in Springdale. With hundred of new and used cars of every make and model, plus easy in-house financing, we’re sure to be able to find you the car you need to find your own silver screen-worthy adventures in The Natural State. Stop in and see us today, or shop our big selection of great cars, trucks, vans and SUV’s online.

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Summer’s here, and it’s a great time to get out there and see the beauty, peace and splendor of Northwest Arkansas. For our money, there is no better way to do that than by packing up your tent, camp chairs, ice chest and marshmallow-toasting sticks and finding your way to one of the many, many great places to camp in the Ozarks and Boston Mountains. There’s too many great camping spots in our area to list in full here, of course, but we thought we’d share a few of our favorite places to camp in Northwest Arkansas. So… what are you waiting for? Get out there and make some memories! And if you need a great new or used vehicle to get you there, shop our big selection at McLarty Daniel CDJRF of Springdale.

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Devil’s Den State Park

11333 W. AR Hwy. 74 West Fork, AR

Established during the Great Depression by FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps, Devil’s Den State Park still includes many CCC-built structures, including the stone dam that impounded Lee Creek to create the lovely Lake Devil. In addition to hiking, backpacking and mountain bike trails along with canoe and paddle boat rentals, the park features seventeen romantic and fully equipped cabins, all with wood-burning fireplaces, if you want to go “glamping.” If you have a slightly more rustic experience in mind, Devil’s Den also features 143 campsites for tents, including 44 class AAA sites with water, electrical and sewer, 24 class D campsites, and eight that are “hike in” only, meaning you’ve got to work to get to them. There are showers, garbage pickup, and plentiful opportunities for adventure or peaceful reflection. Feel free to bring your horse, too. There’s 20 miles of riding trails at Devil’s Den. Camping rates range from $13 to $34 per night, depending on amenities.

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Withrow Springs State Park

33424 Spur 23, Huntsville, AR

The Arkansas State Park system is full of undiscovered, off-the-beaten-path gems with all the beauty of the parks that get all the headlines, but a fraction of the visitors. One of those is Withrow Springs State Park near Huntsville. Secluded deep in a valley hemmed by limestone bluffs along War Eagle Creek, the petite park is a favorite spot for camping, with opportunities for fishing for a number of sport fish species, canoe rentals, and hiking on War Eagle Trail, Dogwood Natural Trail, or Forest Trail. In addition to a swimming pool, tennis courts, pavilions and baseball and softball fields, Withrow Springs State Park includes 30 Class AAA campsites with power, water and sewer hookups, allowing the sites to accept either tent or RV campers. Nightly camping fees are $34. The park is located five miles north of Huntsville near Arkansas Highway 23.

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Lake Fort Smith State Park

18160 Shepherd Spring Road, Mountainburg

Another under-appreciated gem of the Arkansas State Parks system, Lake Fort Smith State Park near Mountainburg is a beautiful site set in the Boston Mountains, on one edge of the 1,400-acre Lake Fort Smith. No matter what you’re hoping to get up to (other than swimming; Lake Ft. Smith is a drinking water reservoir, so swimming, tubing, jet skiing, skiing and other similar activities aren’t allowed), there’s something for you at Lake Fort Smith State Park, including a huge swimming pool, hiking, backpacking along the Ozark Highland National Recreation Trail, ten picturesque cabins, an 8,000 square foot visitor’s center with exhibits on local history and geology, a theater, and year-round interpretive programs. We’re here to talk about camping, though, and Lake Fort Smith features plenty of that: 30 capsites — 20 AAA with water, sewer and electrical hookups, and 10 Class B with only water and electrical — with nearby showers, dump stations, and restroom facilities. Nightly rates for tent or RV camping range from $22 to $34 per night.

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Time is finite, and you’re never going to get back today’s sunset! Once it’s gone, it’s gone. So get the camping stuff out of the garage, round up your family and friends — or just go solo — and get out to one of these camping sites Northwest Arkansas! NWA camping can be truly magical. And if you need a ride to help you find your way to campfires and nights under the stars, stop in at McLarty Daniel CDJRF of Springdale. We’ve got a huge selection, so we’re sure to have something that fits your needs and your budget. Come see us today!

McLarty Daniel CDJRF is a new and used vehicle dealership in Springdale that is proud to serve the communities of Northwest Arkansas, including West Fork, Mountainburg, Rogers, Springdale, Bentonville, Lowell, Siloam Springs, Eureka Springs, Pea Ridge, Fayetteville, Eureka Springs and all points in between.

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It’s June, which means it’s time again for the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship LPGA golf tournament, sponsored in part by McLarty Daniel Auto Group! Started in 2007, the NWA Championship has evolved into a full week of events, with opportunities to eat, run, network, have fun or get up close with the superstars of the LPGA tour.

This year, events associated with the Walmart NWA Championship will be held from June 18-24 at various locations, including downtown Bentonville, the John Q. Hammons Center and the Walmart AMP amphitheater. The official tournament will run from June 22-24 at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers. For more information, or to purchase tickets, click here to visit their website for more details and a full schedule.

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Golf isn’t all there is to the NWA Championship, of course. Read on for just a taste of some of the great events happening during LPGA tournament week in Northwest Arkansas.

1. RUN!: June is a terrific time to head out for a run, and the “5k @the LPGA” event is a terrific time to get out the running shoes and strut your stuff for a great cause, with a 5k, 1k fun-run, and “Corporate Challenge” for company groups, with prizes awarded in categories like”fittest office” and fastest group average time. The 5k @ the LPGA five-kilometer run will be held on Saturday, June 23, with proceeds benefiting the Mercy hospital system. Early registration is $20, and all participants receive a t-shirt, a free breakfast after the race, a daily ticket to the NWA LPGA championship, a race medal, and the good feeling that comes from knowing they’ve helped out one of the hospitals that helps keep Northwest Arkansas healthy and happy.
2. EAT!: The three-night “Bite NW Arkansas” event, now in its fourth year, runs from 6 to 9 p.m. nightly from June 20-22 at 8th Street Market in downtown Bentonville, and is a chance for the culinary community of Northwest Arkansas to show there’s more to eat here than chicken strips and barbecue. Drawing on all the delights of the Northwest Arkansas food culture in NWA, there’s a different theme on each night of Bite NW Arkansas, with chefs from some of the best restaurants in the region dishing up all the fanciful flavors our burgeoning restaurant scene has to offer. Tickets are $30 for each night of Bite NW Arkansas, with proceeds benefitting the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank.
3. EMPOWER!: The Northwest Arkansas Championship LPGA tournament is bringing some of the world’s greatest athletes to town, and for the vast majority of them, there was a turning point where some role model told them anything was possible. Fostering that physical and mental strength in the next generation of women athletes is what the Yoga for Girls event, sponsored by Dove, is all about. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 19 beginning at 10 a.m., and it’s free to enter for girls ages 6 to 12 and their parents or roll models, who are welcome to join them in their yoga routine. The event will include a special pep talk by an LPGA star who will share how her role models and practicing yoga has changed her life. The first 200 participants to sign up get a free gift.

McLarty Daniel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat of Springdale and the McLarty Daniel Auto Group are proud to help sponsor the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship LPGA event. We’ve made a commitment to truly being part of the fabric of community in Northwest Arkansas, and making this place we call home a flourishing and fun place to live.

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One of the downsides to taking a road trip of any duration is finding places to securely stow all your stuff. There’s nothing worse that starting out on an extended trip in a car that, once you get it packed, looks like the Joads lighting out for California in “The Grapes of Wrath.” Luckily for you, there’s the 2018 Dodge Journey, and it’s packed with well-hidden cubbies, hidey holes, compartments and bins to make keeping your stuff secure, safe and out of sight on a trip to the store or across America easier than ever. If you’re thinking you might want to buy a 2018 Dodge Journey in Rogers, Arkansas, come see us at McLarty Daniel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat in Springdale. We can walk you through the 2018 Journey’s innovative Smart Storage System. Stop in today for a test drive, shop our selection of 2018 Journeys online, and read on for more details about the storage options to be had in the new 2018 Dodge Journey that’s waiting for you at McClarty Daniel CDJRF in Springdale!

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Front Passenger Seat Storage

One of the few downsides of owning an SUV instead of a sedan is the lack of a lockable trunk in which to to store small valuables when you’re on the road or just running around town. Leave a camera, wallet, designer sunglasses or smartphone out in the open and forget to lock the doors just once, and that’ll be the day someone with light fingers strolls by, looking for an easy score. That’s what makes the 2018 Dodge Journey’s secret compartment under the passenger-side front seat cushion so valuable. Big enough to store a small laptop or full-size DSLR camera, the space is easily accessible from the driver’s seat as long as you don’t have a passenger, and what thief is going to think of looking under the passenger seat cushion while quickly rifling through an unlocked car? When combined with the large compartment in the front console and huge door bins, it makes for several cubic feet of handy storage where you need it most.

Second-Row In-Floor Storage Bins

Don’t get us started on traveling with kids. From snacks to wet-wipes, diapers to roll-up changing pads, iPads to favorite stuffed toys, kids sure do need a lot of stuff for people so small! If you feel like you need to hire a sherpa to help with the cargo every time you go on a trip with the kids in the back seat, the 2018 Dodge Journey’s second-row in-floor storage bins were made for you. There’s two of them, one under each second row floor mat. Each has a sturdy ABS lid and 1.6 gallons of interior room with the lid shut. Even better for long trips when you don’t want to do a lot of stopping for cold sodas and perishable snacks, each is insulated like an ice chest, with a removable, watertight liner, and each one can hold up to a dozen 12-ounce cans! No more lugging around that heavy, leaking ice chest!

Cargo Area In-Floor Storage

Another of those why-didn’t-somebody-think-of-this-before ideas that has been made reality in the 2018 Dodge Journey is the storage compartment that runs the full width of the rear cargo floor behind the third-row seats. Big enough for golf clubs, baseball bats and gear, golf umbrellas, compact folding chairs, or anything else you need to take along with you on a trip, the compartment is accessible by twisting a convenient latch, and the heavy-duty ABS plastic lid is tough enough to not collapse, even if you pile on heavy stuff in the rear cargo area.

Fold Flat Seats

While all that hidden, lidded cargo space in the 2018 Dodge Journey is more than welcome in today’s fast-paced world, what if you’ve got something too big to fit even in the Journey’s available storage compartments? A taxidermied llama, for instance, or that life-sized statue of James Earl Jones, or the eight-foot log your sister just had to have for her log collection? Well, when in need, the entire interior of the 2018 Dodge Journey can become a storage compartment, thanks to the Journey’s fold-flat seats. Standard on all 2018 Dodge Journey Models, both the second and third row seats and the front passenger seat can fold down flat, opening up a whopping 67.6 cubic feet of space for cargo. That’s big enough for a full-sized kayak, or, in a pinch, a full-sized friend whose girlfriend temporarily kicked him out of the house!

Whatever you need to stow, hide, carry, squirrel away or keep from prying eyes, the 2018 Dodge Journey has a clever compartment for that, and they’re just a few of the incredible and innovative design features to be found on the all-new 2018 Dodge Journey. If you’re in need of a road-tripping machine that can really haul the family freight, come see us at McLarty Daniel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat in Springdale! We’ve got beautiful, capable, comfortable 2018 Dodge Journeys in stock and ready to start helping you make your family trips safer and more enjoyable, whether you’re going across town or across the map. Stop in today for a test drive, or browse our wide variety of 2018 Dodge Journey models online today!

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