Any tall owners?

[Rozik169]

6’3 250 overland cloth no issues

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[Blade1668]

Well I'm in the 6' 1-2" range depending on when I'm measure my height and now too much on weight.? My head is right at sound bar or touching it to a 1/2 in off of it depending on how I adjust the seat back. I'm good with leg room, but my work vehicle sucks in about all ways. Too the point almost all vehicles suck for me, the Renegade is okay when I test drove a few, it was supposed to have been tested for comfortable up to 6' 6" people I almost bought one a few years before the JT came out.
My MJ is way to short on leg room for me but I do still like it, I didn't have that problem with my XJ's though.
But after 20 plus years of being cramped in military hummer's, Bradley's ECT ECT. I'm used to it. When I went through the up armour hummer "training" I was wedged in place between door and radio mount knees in dash I didn't move ? getting out was the real PTA on that. After being stuffed in Bradley's I was started having back and shoulder(s) problems but not according to the Army. ?

 

[TARHEELKIDD]

I am 6'4 and it's fine. I do pump my seat down as far as it will go and lean the seat back a little. My left knee does lean against the door the entire time I drive.

 

[Scott0700]

If you are hitting the sound bar, remove the plastic from it. Makes for much more head room.

 

[DanW]

If you are hitting the sound bar, remove the plastic from it. Makes for much more head room.

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I'm 6'5 and while I don't hit it, it's very, very close. Otherwise I'm very comfortable.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I'm 6'5 and I don't care if I ever drive the stupid thing again.

Head doesn't fit under the soundbar, at all.

Can't see the traffic lights or anything but the visor.

Transfer case shifter hits my knee, hard.

Door rope thing digs into my calf hard enough to leave welts.

If the Gladiator were actually my vehicle, it would be a Bronco, which I had absolutely no issues with.

 

[DanW]

Hey all, I actually think I found the opposite to be true about cloth vs leather seats (6'5'', 250lbs). I have tried sitting in 5 Gladiators and one JL. I found with the seats all the way down and back, I was still touching the dash with my knees on 2 of the cloth seat versions. The 2 leather seat versions I wasn't touching. One of the cloth (Gladiator, not JL) seat versions, my knees also didn't touch. I thought the cloth seats were slightly plumper, but maybe it's more unit to unit variation in how they drill the seat bolt holes. Don't know. I also thought the Gladiators had more room (1/4" maybe) than the JL's, but again this could be my imagination or unit to unit variation. HTH.

My JL is cloth and my JT is leather. I like the sitting position and feel a little better in the JL but now that you mention this, I feel like I have very slightly more leg/knee and head room in the JT.

I'll go sit in them both tonight to see if the differences are actually measurable or just in my head.

 

[Afternoon Spray]

I'm 6'5 and I don't care if I ever drive the stupid thing again.

Head doesn't fit under the soundbar, at all.

Can't see the traffic lights or anything but the visor.

Transfer case shifter hits my knee, hard.

Door rope thing digs into my calf hard enough to leave welts.

If the Gladiator were actually my vehicle, it would be a Bronco, which I had absolutely no issues with.

I'm 6'5" with none of these issues except traffic lights. But I got used to that after driving my JK for 5 years.

 

[Berserker]

I'm 6'3. My head hits both the hard top and the sound bar if I sit upright comfortably. I removed the driverside sun visor so I can see out of the windshield. Even then, I still have to crane my neck to see under the windshield frame. And yes, the seat is all the way down. The small driver space in the Gladiator is the only reason I'm considering going to a fullsize.

 

[Afternoon Spray]

I'm 6'3. My head hits both the hard top and the sound bar if I sit upright comfortably. I removed the driverside sun visor so I can see out of the windshield. Even then, I still have to crane my neck to see under the windshield frame. And yes, the seat is all the way down. The small driver space in the Gladiator is the only reason I'm considering going to a fullsize.

This is crazy. I'm 6'5" and admittedly slouch a tad but even sitting up as straight as possible leaves several inches before coming close to the hard top. The sound bar I would hit but not unless I recline the seat to the point of lounging and I would never drive in that position. I guess no two bodies are the same but I carry a lot of my height in my torso so it's definitely confusing me a bit.

 

[gonemad]

Everybody’s reality is different. I’m 6’3” 220 and traded an F150 Supercrew 4x4 and am very satistfied with my ’24 Gladiator. I wanted a smaller truck. I have sons 6’3” also, so I wanted room in back. Not nearly as roomy as the SuperCrew obviously, but I can get in back with the front seat all the way back. No complaints from me, especially as compared to the other offerings out there in the way of small 4x4 trucks.

 

[Duece McCracken]

I'm 6'5 and I don't care if I ever drive the stupid thing again.

Head doesn't fit under the soundbar, at all.

Can't see the traffic lights or anything but the visor.

Transfer case shifter hits my knee, hard.

Door rope thing digs into my calf hard enough to leave welts.

If the Gladiator were actually my vehicle, it would be a Bronco, which I had absolutely no issues with.

Yeah I'm 6'4" and mostly torso, not skinny, lol. My head would hit the soundbar.

Ended up taking a portaband to the seat brackets and running Desert Does It seat slammers. Now my head clears the sound bar with me sitting tall in the seat. I get a little slouchier with the doors off and a foot out, lol.

One of my favorite mods. Sucks that the jeep seats dont fit us taller guys right from the factory.

 

[dmwphoto]

6’4 zero issues

 

[GMag]

Yeah I'm 6'4" and mostly torso, not skinny, lol. My head would hit the soundbar.

Ended up taking a portaband to the seat brackets and running Desert Does It seat slammers. Now my head clears the sound bar with me sitting tall in the seat. I get a little slouchier with the doors off and a foot out, lol.

One of my favorite mods. Sucks that the jeep seats dont fit us taller guys right from the factory.

6'2" here and same problem and solution. I recommend the slammers as well. Very comfortable now. Was a bit nervous cutting the seat frame, but very glad I did. I drove 8hrs to Rubicon, 2 days of wheeling, and 8hrs back, and was very comfortable the entire trip.

 

[Chadp82]

I will have to ask my wife. I am 6-4, so does that make her the tall owner?

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