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If the soft tops came with the plastic "door surround" pieces I'm sure people would appreciate you selling or giving them away rather than tossing them. Everyone is always hunting for them! -Dan

... I'm not saying anything.. it's not my secret to give! ;) -Dan

That was a summit built by AT Overland Equipment.. they're made out of aluminum, and not related the Ursa Minor at all. John and I talked at length about the Gladiator J30 (or whatever you want to call it) at SEMA late last year. ... let's just say I'm super interested! -Dan

For anyone interested it's not that hard to ship a vehicle in a container from Alexandria (2 hours from Cairo) to the East Coast of Canada or USA. I just did it a year ago, price was $2,500. -Dan

You've gotta think FCA would have seen all those problems and issues and fixed them all in the EcoDiesel before they moved it into the Wrangler. They did make an "all new" version of the engine for the RAM 1500 and Wrangler this year, so it surely included some fixes. I'm very curious about...

Has anyone tried to seal between the awning and the Jeep/J30 so that rain doesn't come in there? -Dan

I was wondering if anyone has actually taken delivery of one yet.. I have not seen any videos on YT which makes me think maybe not. The VM engine is made in Italy, so it makes sense the EGR cooler is too.. -Dan

Thank you, that's it! I did a bunch of googling trying to find it again and couldn't. -Dan

There was a *very* detailled article written by a guy who used to work at FCA. ALL the mid and large pickups tow ratings these days are limited by only one thing - engine cooling. They had to work exceedingly hard to get the cooling right on the gladiator to get best in class towing. The other...

My 3.8 JK doesn't have that extra resonator in the exhaust, but I'd say my tank is closer to the exhaust than the one pictured at the top of this thread. (Note, there is a thin metal rock guard between the plastic and the exhaust, they are about half an inch apart I would have thought if it...

My plastic water tank is that close to the exhaust (with a thin steel rock guard) and I've never had an issue driving 10 hour days is 120F heat. -Dan

Does it have a front locker? How does the price compare to a Rubi? -Dan

A used one has come up for sale in Calgary, Alberta, Canada...

I have to assume it's coming. Here's a review from a Canadian site where they make it sound certain that it's coming. https://www.autotrader.ca/expert/20191112/2020-jeep-wrangler-ecodiesel-first-drive-review/ -Dan

There is no need to put smart in quotes. They are using it and it works for them. Therefore it is a smart choice. There is no need to put overlanding in quotes. They are driving from AK to Argentina. If that doesn't define overlanding, nothing does. So they are indeed making a smart choice and...

I had the stock struts, and was running very light flexible solar panels. I upgraded them to regular "heavy" panels, and about six months later the roof got very hard to open, the struts weren't up to it. John sent me a set of the heavy duty struts and I upgraded them in about half an hour, and...

If you don't mind, please take some measurements before/after and post some pics. I'm still entirely on the fence about this, but thinking more about it every day! Thanks, -Dan

It's an indication of the current sate of electric vehicle touring. Like I said, it will only get better in the coming years, and sooner or later we're going to cross the "ready for mainstream overlanding" barrier. It's just a question of when. -Dan

Lots of them were running RTTs, fridges and basically everything else you can possibly imagine. AEV doesn't recommend them unless you are very heavy. I never saw one with sag, these springs are STOUT! -Dan

They're doing it, so I think by definition that makes it good enough. Like I said, not perfect, but good enough. Truth be told the Jeeps I've driven around continents weren't perfect either. In fact, I don't believe anything is perfect, and aiming for that is just an endless money and time...