PUNK'N Gladiator JT Club

[Jessem]

Sad day. After having place my order Friday for my punk'n. I received a call from my broker today relaying a message from the factory that the body color hard top, trail cam, hard top headliner, and steel bumper are not available.

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[Slapping_Rabbits]

Ah hell. Even the damn trail cam is unavailable. Wth!

 

[Doolin64]

Can someone help explain to me why these options would not be available due to color?

 

[SilyRabit77]

Can someone help explain to me why these options would not be available due to color?

Ditto! And I vote we fire the inventory manager at the plant and get a new one. At my job if I even get close to low inventory I get heat from the upper management.

 

[WXman]

I'm assuming that painting a fiberglass piece and making it match perfectly with a steel/aluminum/magnesium piece takes a little time to perfect, which is likely the reason why the body colored hard tops have always been shown as "late availability" even after that particular color is released for ordering.

The part that really puzzled me is the rumor that Jeep is forcing the factory spray-in bed liner on certain paint colors. Why would you force an option like that? Painting the bed should be a cake walk, and a lot of folks don't want the factory bedliner because the warranty isn't as good and the price is the same as aftermarket.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Sad day. After having place my order Friday for my punk'n. I received a call from my broker today relaying a message from the factory that the body color hard top, trail cam, hard top headliner, and steel bumper are not available.

Noooo! If the Trail Cam has gone 404 then I'm out. I don't care about the hard top or headliner, and I can install the steel bumper myself. But the Trail Cam would be a deal killer for me.

 

[MirMir]

Sad day. After having place my order Friday for my punk'n. I received a call from my broker today relaying a message from the factory that the body color hard top, trail cam, hard top headliner, and steel bumper are not available.

I wonder why no one else has gotten this information? I haven’t heard anything from anyone about those things being unavailable.

 

[Slapping_Rabbits]

I wonder why no one else has gotten this information? I haven’t heard anything from anyone about those things being unavailable.

Because no one else's dealer is planning on stealing the jeep he ordered when it arrives

 

[MirMir]

Because no one else's dealer is planning on stealing the jeep he ordered when it arrives

Haha seriously! I ordered everything he mentioned (except the steel bumper because it wasn’t available when I placed my order) so that would suck!

 

[MirMir]

Finally got a copy of my submitted build/order sheet. I have a feeling some of the options I selected will push back my delivery.

 

[Jessem]

I wonder why no one else has gotten this information? I haven’t heard anything from anyone about those things being unavailable.

Mine was fully loaded so probably not to many running into the issues. I have known about the steel bumper not being available since early may. Hard to believe that is still the case since they are on the wrangler.

 

[Doolin64]

Hard to believe they're having trouble color matching on plastic versus steel, etc. This process is not new l, the colors have been used on the wrangler with the same material. Incall BS.

 

[Slapping_Rabbits]

Talked to my dealer and he said the only thing that didn't pass the audit was the trail cam. He had the option to run the order when the trail cam was available. That was only a couple days later. He already said he got a von or something and it's in d status so I guess that's a start. I did have matching fenders and didn't have the matching hard top for my Rubicon.

 

[BrichJeepUtopia]

Ordered 7/19. Checked with my dealer today, have a VIN and it’s in D status.

 

[MirMir]

I checked my built on the “Gladiator Window Sticker and Build Sheet Order Tracking” section and it says Ordered on 9/19/19... What the heck? What does everyone else’s say as their ordered date?

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...sticker-and-build-sheet-order-tracking.15238/

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