100,000 mile Gladiator review

[5JeepsAz]

We need a 200,000 miles update!

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[biodiesel]

He just responded to me on facebook. He said he had a slow start to this year and only has 119,000 miles on the Jeep.

 

[Blade1668]

He just responded to me on facebook. He said he had a slow start to this year and only has 119,000 miles on the Jeep.

Let him know that he don't have to stay away since he's not put a lot of miles on it. He's got a lot of experience with a JT that many people wouldn't get in 15 years of being a owner.

 

[biodiesel]

Let him know that he don't have to stay away since he's not put a lot of miles on it. He's got a lot of experience with a JT that many people wouldn't get in 15 years of being a owner.

I passed on the information. I'm sure he appreciates the encouragement. He posted today that he's temporally coming off the road to work at home. Hopefully he'll be back as a pilot Jeep soon!

 

[The office]

It is with sad regret that I have fully retired off the road . Between work getting harder to lock in and insurance rates climbing to $18,000 a year it was not a good ratio on income . Which means now I get to work a 7-4 job as a butcher during the week and weekend I get to explore and fly fish in the Montana mountains and rivers
I finished my job at 120,000 miles and will be modifiy my Jeep to be more of a weekend overland set up I am truly looking forward to the new adventure

 

[The office]

What is your top gear usage during your escort on flat hywy?

Much thanks for treating all of us who started out w/ doubts about our JT.

On 80% of the highway I would be in 7-8 gear

 

[The office]

I'm hoping that I can get at least 50-60k miles from my brakes. It's a mix of city and highway and plenty of off-roading with muddy conditions. It looks like it will be $100 for a set of pads and $100/rotor average when it comes time to replace them.

I just replaced brake pads at 118,000 miles and probably had about another 40,000 life left on them but all highway certainly let's them last longer

 

[The office]

How many halogen bulbs have you gone through?

I replaced them all every 50,000 miles as I did want one to burn out while working

 

[The office]

Very nice write up! I do have a question: can you clarify what you've done to protect the windshield from the temperature changes due to the defroster? I'm not sure how or what you did. Thanks!

I don't use the defrost
I would start jeep on regular vents and after it warmed up slowly would switch to defrost on low . That appears to help . Kind of a pain

 

[KevinC]

Thank you for the informative reviews and posts. Look forward to your future ones.

Good luck in your new endeavors.

KevinC

 

[5JeepsAz]

Congratulations on the retirement, for all the reasons. Thanks for keeping us safe out there in your Jeep Truck.

 

[seven30]

I had several questions while reading through it that magically got answered once I saw the pics.

Yeah like blade????

 

[seven30]

Great info I have already saved there site to my home screen and will be adding that to it thank you
I was looking into a normal isolator but these look way better

Note LiFePO4 do not catch fire like Lion cells either. The only down side is they have to be above freezing to CHARGE.

 

[seven30]

All the hinges have rock hits all jeep get them these just a bit more then normal

No noises or squeak

I would love to sell this to jeep at 999,999 miles and let them get the last one
And yes definitely get another one this is such a great driver

Ha ever consider a job at CarandDriver? Seem to me they could use someone of your caliber!

 

[Trippin01]

Excellent review! Thanks for the post, very useful.

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