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For anyone thinking about it - these are brilliant tires, and a perfect size for the JK so you don't need spacers or re-gearing. GLWS. -Dan

..I have more than one set if anyone else is interested. -Dan

Hi All, I have brand new, un-opened Truck-lite / Rigid Industries heated LED replacement 7 inch headlights made specifically for the JK (07-18) Wrangler. These come with the required anti-flicker harness so they are plug and play, they take 5 minutes to install, and make a world of difference...

I think they'll have them at EJS for the media to drive, and in the booth in downtown Moab.. and a good chance they'll announce pricing there. Hopefully! -Dan

I agree, and I have some announcements to make about that soon :) -Dan

Egypt will be the end of the road for this expedition. I'll load the Jeep into a container in Alexandria and ship back to North America. -Dan

Thanks for the kind words! I need to keep updating WikiOverland with the details from every country, which I promise to do soon (ish). You are right, shipping into or out of South Africa makes a Carnet mandatory. For Egypt, I have found a way to get one from a local fixer there who will meet me...

Hi All, After taking the extremely remote Lake Turkana route up into Ethiopia, I immediately bumped into these guys This is the first country I have seen civilains with AKs (or really any guns) and suddenly they are everywhere. After all this time on the continent, I finally got to hold one...

Huh, it looks like Dave leaves the mud terrains on for winter. That's a surprise, I thought they were pretty bad on ice. -Dan

Yep, mine rattle. What I did was cut a very short piece of rubber hose that is the exact length of the cylindrical piece, then I sliced it lengthwise and put it on the cylinder. They have been like that for 50k+ miles and have never come off and have stopped the rattle. -Dan

I suspect we're going to see a lot of different overland / camper setups for the Gladiator in the coming 24 months. Great! -Dan

Thanks for the kind words! Absolutely, I'll be writing extremely detailed gear review articles, "what worked and what didn't" and anything else that people might find useful. It will all come when everything is said and done, and I'll likely even do some of them as speaking appearances around...

Do you feel as if you have them really, really tight? Mine has been almost three years of everyday use on the worst roads on the planet, never had a failure like that. -Dan

Wow, that's a really cool comparison photo. It's actually hard for me to tell which one is the JL and what the differences are to the JK (Though I have yet to see a JL in real life, so I'm not good at seeing the differences. They're thin on the ground in Africa :) ) Keep it up! -Dan

Hi All, I've been super-busy lately moving through Kenya. Without a front driveshaft I managed to slide into a ditch, and had to pull out the winch for the 2nd time in a couple of weeks. Story here: http://theroadchoseme.com/to-lake-naivasha The I spent time in the Masi Mara National Park -...

I put mine on the San Diego Craigs List, and a guy came to pick it up from John's shop while the J30 was going on. -Dan

1. It's awesome. I highly, highly recommend it. This is the best photo I have of mine: 2. The J30 top is based on the pre-2011 hardtop, which has narrow rear glass compared to 2011+ hard tops. If your top is 2011+, you can't use it. If you have a pre-2011, you might be able to use your own...

Nice, that's going to be awesome! After over 2.5 years full-time, I'm still extremely happy with mine. -Dan

There was a video of one of the designers during the unveil and the Jeep guy was extremely, extremely candid and refreshing. He said "We would all love a 2 door version, but given the JK/JL sells 80/20 4 door/2 door (which is the opposite of what Jeep predicted in 2007 when the JKU came out)...

As far as I know it's not available to order yet, though I heard a birdie whisper that it is getting closer, and we'll all get a look at it in the not too distant future ;) -Dan