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Eventually, sun damage will discolor the plastics inside your Jeep (black plastics become whitish), and the plastic will become dry and brittle. Seats, whether leather or fabric, will also fade and degrade over time with exposure to the sun. I'd suggest at least getting a bikini top (not for...

Its amazing how narrow some chokepoints are. Here is the Ever Green in the Suez Canal before it was freed. Source: ABC News

For anyone interested, here is a map of global chokepoints (narrow shipping straits like the Suez Canal). The volume of oil that moves through each chokepoint, measured in million barrels of oil per day (mbpd), is in the red circles, and the thickness of the dark blue arrows represents volume of...

I don't have one in a Gladiator, but a buddy has one in his Tacoma. In my opinion, they are not cheaply made, but feel quite solid. You could hold a dance party on top of the Decked platform. The drawback with Decked is the lost storage space. Yes, you gain organization and access to gear, but...

Like you say, a lot of container ships do sail directly across the Pacific from the east coast of China (for example) to the west coast of the U.S. Our ports on the west coast handle massive volume (Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Seattle-Tacoma are three of the five busiest ports in America). The...

There seem to be a lot of problems super-charging this higher compression version of the Pentastar. Are there folks out there with good experiences? If so, auto or manual?

Another vote for the BFG KO2. They do not specialize in any one condition, but they do everything pretty well - except heavy mud. They are not a mud tire. 1. They have a higher speed rating than most other AT tires, and all the MT tires I checked out, so they are a good highway tire - and they...

That's good to know, and thanks for your reply! There's a big difference between having some annoying issues and scheduling a trip to the dealer, and getting stranded.

Question: did either issue (clogged DEF injector / EGR cooler) leave you stranded (or in limp mode) or were there warning signs that provided you with enough notice so that you could schedule an appointment and take in the vehicle at a time and place of your choosing? Thanks in advance!

In 2013 and 2014 no one was buying FJs and you could get a new one for a lot less than 35k! Amazing the appreciation. I almost bought one in 2014; I was going to trade a 1997 Tacoma and pay 18k for the FJ (plus tax) - if I am remembering correctly. They were desperate to get rid of them!

The FJ is a great vehicle: super reliable (built at the Japanese factory that makes land cruisers and 4-runners), manual transfer case, manual transmission option, the manual was full-time all wheel drive, and you could shift into true four wheel drive (very appealing for snow country and...

Was Freebird on the radio, and was your Gladiator holding a lighter? Note: I am available for diagnosing any other mechanical problems you might be having.

Ahhh, I think I get your point. Thanks! I'm going to put it in my own words - and if you don't mind - correct me if I'm wrong: (1) The stock ecodiesel gearing (3.73) is not the correct gearing for a stock tire (when you say stock tire do you mean the Rubicon 33-inch tire, of the other models...

I don’t get your argument. You say diesels have a narrow power band, so don’t regear. Isn’t that even more of a reason to regear if you put on bigger tires? The larger tires will throw off the factory designed gear ratio, so the narrow power band of the diesel makes it even more important to get...

Good to know!

Sorry - didn’t review the whole thread - were these service techs who told you this? This is a deal breaker for me, at least for model year 2021. It is below -10 F where I live nearly every morning for three months. Sometimes below -20. Most of my trips are less than an hour. I know DEF freezes...

My two cents: if you want one car that does both, I think you should be looking at a sporty SUV (Cayenne, Audi SQ5, Audi Q7, BMW X-something), not an S4. The S4 is so low to the ground it does not really do anything that the Gladiator can do.

I never claimed to be an expert. That should be clear from my post. In fact - I was totally transparent in my post - I say I knew nothing about the quote, I explained my brief research process, and I cited my sources. I started with Wikipedia, and then tracked down their source, and then I found...

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and assume that the OP created the account because he was having problems, and he was looking for some advice on a forum.

I had never seen this quote before (copied above), but it made me curious, so I googled it. According to Wikipedia, the quote was a hoax, and the book it came from (A Racial Program for the 20th Century) never existed, but Rep. Thomas Abernethy of Mississippi read the quote into the...