Arizona Gladiator Owners Thread

[Orange01z28]

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[Orange01z28]

Looks cold and miserable LOL

You missed the trail, it’s IN the wash. Can’t say I blame you though, too wet.

. We were doing the parallel bypass trail since the actual trail was a running river at the moment ?

 

[AzGladius]

Finally spending some coin on the Gladiator... Took advantage of the Tax Sale at JCR to purchase a Mauler front bumper and a full height bed rack with the Molle headache rack insert. Once those arrive I'll be adding a winch and RTT. Just in time to sit for the summer unless travel to Utah or Idaho to camp. lol

 

[HooliganActual]

Hello everyone! Tempe here. I've been on the forum for a while but just never been to this thread. Is anyone going to Overland Expo up in Flag this year?

Here's a shot of my girls. From left to right are:
- My wife's 2018 Granite Crystal JKUR
- "Mrs. Jones" my 2016 Mojave Sand JKUR, and
- "Wanda" our 2020 JTR

 

[Redruby]

I’ve volunteered there for the past 7-8 years and it’s been getting more and more crowded every year. Haven’t decided yet for this year, planning an extended trip to Alaska and thinking of starting in Key West at mile 0 on Hwy 1

 

[AzGladius]

Hello everyone! Tempe here. I've been on the forum for a while but just never been to this thread. Is anyone going to Overland Expo up in Flag this year?

Here's a shot of my girls. From left to right are:
- My wife's 2018 Granite Crystal JKUR
- "Mrs. Jones" my 2016 Mojave Sand JKUR, and
- "Wanda" our 2020 JTR

I won't be ready this year with my build out. JCR still hasn't shipped my bumper or tent risers. I still haven't decided on the RTT and I have a ton of details to pin down. I'm two months out on completion. That sucks, but I'll be ready for Fall camping.

 

[HooliganActual]

Nice fleet. Every year I think about going to the expo, but then remember how crowded it will be and I go somewhere else.

I have been in n the same frame of mind every year too. Then we sit and watch all the YouTube videos afterwards and wish we had gone. We decided to brave it this year because we are considering replacing our RTT and figure it will be the best way to actually look at and try out the options. We currently have a Jame Baroud Evasion and while there are lots of great tents out there, I’m not sure that any actually tick the boxes for us the way our Baroud does. Now…if Redtail Overland would actually start producing their tents, I’d be dropping coin ASAP!!!

 

[HooliganActual]

I won't be ready this year with my build out.

Yeah, I’m just finishing up with my v2 build out. We spent 2 weeks wandering through Idaho and Utah last October and decided we needed a remodel. Prior to the Gladiator, we had the 2016 Wrangler built out for overlanding and just transferred stuff over. But most of the stuff was built for the Wrangler and really didn’t optimize the Gladiator’s bed space. So while we were sitting in Utah’s Dixie National Forest, we planned out the remodel and literally ordered about 70% of what we needed so that it would be arriving when we got back into town. It’s been a process of install & test ever since, lol. The last planned items should be going on this next week!!! Yay!!

 

[Redruby]

All of us are always remodeling our rigs, I’ve done 06 at least 5 or 6 times and my gladiator is almost done, no more redo’s I hope

 

[Orange01z28]

Now that mine is at a place of "done" I have been having sick ideas to move to a Wrangler

I think I just need to put together a spreadsheet of everything i've done to scare me off

 

[AzGladius]

Now that mine is at a place of "done" I have been having sick ideas to move to a Wrangler

I think I just need to put together a spreadsheet of everything i've done to scare me off

Just, well, I wouldn't. lol

 

[tonywin]

Now that mine is at a place of "done" I have been having sick ideas to move to a Wrangler

I think I just need to put together a spreadsheet of everything i've done to scare me off

I had a stint of moving to a wrangler last year. I rented a nice JL Rubicon in Hawaii and the ride quality was inferior to my Gladiator. It just felt rougher and not as comfortable.

Granted my Gladiator is modded but the trunk space was the deal breaker. Having the bed to throw golf clubs, bikes, the kids sporting equipment just makes it easy.

 

[Orange01z28]

I had a stint of moving to a wrangler last year. I rented a nice JL Rubicon in Hawaii and the ride quality was inferior to my Gladiator. It just felt rougher and not as comfortable.

Granted my Gladiator is modded but the trunk space was the deal breaker. Having the bed to throw golf clubs, bikes, the kids sporting equipment just makes it easy.

Even though my wife and I are going to get an EV DD to share depending on the days she has to drive to Tucson and I have to drive to Tempe, I would still end up using the JT to drove the kids to sports

Having that bed sure is nice for a kid with a Catcher's bag

 

[Redruby]

Just finished my dual swing away rear carrier, ordered new tires 35’s and new Clayton suspension will be ordered in the next few days and still waiting for the custom gas tank

 

[AzGladius]

Just finished my dual swing away rear carrier, ordered new tires 35’s and new Clayton suspension will be ordered in the next few days and still waiting for the custom gas tank

Badass!

Do you still have your Rubi steel front bumper? This JCR Mauler I bought sucks ass. They do a one size fits all design being that they base the frame horn stud circle off the JK and expect JL owners (who have a slightly smaller circle) to overdrill the holes to 3/4 or bigger. Not comfortable removing that much material on something that acts as a winch plate mounting point. Kind of a dumb design. In stating that, I still want a stubby steel bumper for the JT.

TIA.

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