I ordered mine from the factory with the running boards, they tell you that they need to be removed for off roading, I then ordered, from Mopar, the mud flaps and they match up with the running board and give a pretty sealed up blockage of mud.
Make a list of pros and cons, with the TJ you have a 4WD toy and convertible. Because to be honest, I'm not about to go tearing through the trails in a new clean almost $50,000 toy. I wanted to tow my boat and have a convertible all in one vehicle because that was all my needs, not a 4WD...
That is what I ended up with, add some mud flaps and it really cuts out the mud sling down the side. I'm not doing hard off roading, more muddy country road and it really keeps the truck looking good.
The problem I had, was the saleswoman I bought from was pretty knowledgeable and honest about not know things about a new vehicle, but she had been through a Jeep training about the Gladiator and there was little she had to find out about, but she had surgery right after I bought and was on...
For the most part Salesman are clueless and the biggest problem is they won't admit they don't know and just invent something, you should of seen the different answers I got about what and how to use the rubber pcs when you take off the hard top.
If you go leather, you will want heated seats if it get cold where you are. I got cloth and then got waterproof seat covers. But I couldn't get leather on the Max Tow.
And for me it still come down to one big point, I can to topless, doorless, and windshieldless. Do that with your Toyota, GMC, Ford, Chevy, Nissan, Dodge.
You can't take the top off a full size or any other truck. Jeeps are always a premium but if you look at all the Jeep stuff you get as a base on the Jeep. If you added the Jeep 4 wheel system with things like the heavy duty Dana front and back (no other truck has that). Yes you are paying a...
Point? Because not everyone is up to speed yet, we give up? I have confidence that even those below the curve can learn proper usage and better since masks and sanitizer are going to be a part of our everyday lives for a while if not longer. And as long as it is over his mouth it is still better...
The steering is looser than any vehicle I've had, but handling wise, I can take a very windy down hill run just as fast in my Gladiator as I did in my CLK350 Mercedes convertible. Now driving down the highway, I can't let my attention wander the way I could with other cars because it does wander...