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After watching a couple JL videos I am loosing interest. Lotsa cheesy cutting corners is what I am seeing. Looks cool though.
New Jeep Pick Up to be unveiled...The Gladiator
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After watching a couple JL videos I am loosing interest. Lotsa cheesy cutting corners is what I am seeing. Looks cool though.
DallasJKU
Adventurer
Funny you say that. I chose to get another JK because I like to feel the ******** into gear. Unfortunately this is the way auto makers have gone.
DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
Are you talking about the auto transmission shifter? It looks like it still has a proper transfer case shifter. I assume since they still have stick shifts that sharing (or at least similar) the center console is probably cheaper than having two different ones.
Todd780
OverCamper
Pretty sad that they crushed a pretty decent looking classic to make that ad. Hmm... I wonder if the headlights turning on while being crushed was a nod to 'Christine'?
Jeep or Tacoma
Explorer
Do any of you actually own a jl? I do I also had a jk for 10 years and a tacoma for 3 years. Hence my name. I also am a geologist and work off. Road alone and in the sticks
so here is my real world assessment of the shifter. Based on personal experience with the 3 vehicles above. And 40 years of off road work. The shifter is excellent. It is smooth and firm leaving no doubt about the engagement unlike those. Silly twist. Knobs. Or push buttons My first car was a 57 Plymouth fury with a push button trans. Not much tech advance. I like the shifter on the jeep it is solid. And smooth. The low range is very good for slow controlled driving. In treacherous traction conditions. Like snow where the bottom is melting. Creating mud beneath the snow. I have 16,600 miles on my jl it is a rubicon 4 dr it is the best off-road capibile vehicle I have ever owned period. And there have been a lot. Starting with a Jeep cj7. Including. Bronco blazers. 4 runners suburbans jeeps and a 100 series land cruiser. That’s my assessment. From a real world owners perspective.
so here is my real world assessment of the shifter. Based on personal experience with the 3 vehicles above. And 40 years of off road work. The shifter is excellent. It is smooth and firm leaving no doubt about the engagement unlike those. Silly twist. Knobs. Or push buttons My first car was a 57 Plymouth fury with a push button trans. Not much tech advance. I like the shifter on the jeep it is solid. And smooth. The low range is very good for slow controlled driving. In treacherous traction conditions. Like snow where the bottom is melting. Creating mud beneath the snow. I have 16,600 miles on my jl it is a rubicon 4 dr it is the best off-road capibile vehicle I have ever owned period. And there have been a lot. Starting with a Jeep cj7. Including. Bronco blazers. 4 runners suburbans jeeps and a 100 series land cruiser. That’s my assessment. From a real world owners perspective.
Todd780
OverCamper
Your first car was pretty close to my dream car. Which is the '58 Belvedere 'Fury' mentioned in the post above yours.
Jeep or Tacoma
Explorer
Yeah sweet Black with those big fins... Sold it pretty quick and got a covair cosair 4 speed with 4 single barrel carbs sweet little car and it was a sleeper for sure as many kids in my high school found out.
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I was thinking Terminator, but that works too! Yeah damn shame they crushed what looked like a nice original Gladiator. Top 5 all time favorite body styles....was hoping they would of slapped on the retro styled front clip since they called it Gladiator and not a Scrambler.
Oh well...
Check this out, while a CGI mockup...Wagoneer body kit for a JKU.
https://www.overlandkitted.com/four-wheel-drive/2018/1/10/x0ac9h480ec8hjlr0wwra0w85zv3n2
Todd780
OverCamper
Check this out, while a CGI mockup...Wagoneer body kit for a JKU.
https://www.overlandkitted.com/four-wheel-drive/2018/1/10/x0ac9h480ec8hjlr0wwra0w85zv3n2
Well that is pretty damn cool! I wonder if they'll alter it to fit a JL. Wonder what the cost would be by the time you bought the Jeep and installed the kit. I'm guessing more than a nice restored / resto modded Wagoneer would cost...
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Wonder what the cost would be by the time you bought the Jeep and installed the kit. I'm guessing more than a nice restored / resto modded Wagoneer would cost...
Probably!
Jeep or Tacoma
Explorer
I am guessing some enteprising person will start building front clips for that exact reason
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You can get the M715 kit for the JK, guessing they'll have them for the Gladiator/JL.
It is a smidge different than what was on the Jeep concepts.
http://www.actioncamper.com/art00482.php
justbecause
perpetually lost
except for the hood scoop that looks much better than what JEEP is producing. The Gladiator is a truck based off the FSJ platform, the Scrambler is a truck on a wrangler platform. If you're going to sell yourself as a company that values its history, at least keep the family names correct.
As good as that looks, if there is truth to the gladiator requiring smaller grill slots than the JL for more airflow then I doubt you can get away with closing off more than 50% of the front end.
As good as that looks, if there is truth to the gladiator requiring smaller grill slots than the JL for more airflow then I doubt you can get away with closing off more than 50% of the front end.
You can get the M715 kit for the JK, guessing they'll have them for the Gladiator/JL.
It is a smidge different than what was on the Jeep concepts.
http://www.actioncamper.com/art00482.php
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That video of them crushing the vintage Gladiator was a bit of a kick in the nuts.
Kinda like the Jeep version of the M715 better, has integrated turn signals, and the headlights aren't frenched as deep. Though... make mine the electric razor version.
