Love watching your channel and am excited for this new build and adventure. As much as I love having everything enclosed in the cab of an SUV, the Gladiator does tick all the right boxes of a strong, durable overland vehicle. I think you made a great choice!
I would go with the FJ simply because you like it more. You'll take it out more and enjoy it more than the Tacoma.... as long as you aren't worried about it breaking.
I'd suggest giving it a proper once over, new fluids everywhere and maybe a belt or two. New brakes, new tie rod ends, new...
Oh so the new Venture edition also has a locker?! Ah I did not know that. I thought the Venture and Trail editions were the same but without a locker. Learned something new today! So the Venture edition is basically an Off-Road but with the TRD wheels and black appearance updates? Trying to make...
You got this. My wife and I inherited a 4WD 2002 Ford Escape a while back and I went through the same process. Except... I only did the Rear diff and PTU, not the transmission fluid, in an apartment parking lot using a little hand-help pump. It wasn't bad at all. Drive it though and see if any...
Here she is in Big Bend at the beginning of our 6000mi western road trip.
This was just after the 265/70 BFG KO2s were installed along with Bilstein 5100s set at 1.75 in the front with 1.5" Cornfed spacers and Airlift 1000 airbags in the rear.
This suspension set-up is miles better than the...
Then don't drive a JKU. lol I just drove mine from Houston to Mobile for work (only like 7-hours) and on these roads, my back is shot. I really wish I would have brought my wife's 4Runner instead. It rides so much nicer.
I'm planning on jumping on the Bilstein train as well here in a month but...
What are your thoughts on 4Runners? A Grand Cherokee? Or another Lexus? Wranglers are great and all but quite different. As such... we usually take our 4Runner on longer trips where rock crawling isn't the destination.
Yeah this is the most annoying thing about living in the south. Camping anywhere around here is miserable for those of us who don't like sweating through the night from April or May through October.
Just read your full write up on your blog. What a cool trail and such amazing things to see. As soon as this virus is over I have got to get this bucket list vacation crossed off!
Awesome pictures and cool stories! Amazing times we live in indeed. So what pushed you to the point of embarking on this new adventure? I envy those who can reinvent themselves and/or drop everything and chase after something new and relatively unknown.
Again, I can't get over the quality and attention to detail your work entails. You've inspired me to start using my welder and just start puttering around in the garage and make some stuff. Great work!
I had a feeling I'd get some flack for this. lol
I honestly do mean it but I only mean it on the JK or JL with the Pentastar V6 which is the common one. I am not saying Toyota vs FCA because that's a big difference. Everyone knows that. I just mean the Wrangler is simple and hasn't changed much...
I've been looking into doing one of these for a while now... just kinda curious if it's worth the cost for some more casual travelers like my wife and I who have never done a rally before.
Eh.... listen to the guy from "The Road Chose Me" and his reasons why he bought a JKUR for world travel.
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I didn't mention reliability...
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