I thought the window slides out. Now I need to find a picture.
This one confuses me. This is the soft top with the top still on, but... !? why is this different from @Jake 's picture? So in that picture above they removed the top and the glass, but left the side sections? Huh? Maybe it has to do with the doors not having been removed in that picture, but they were in this one?
This is funny. Jake's picture is with no roof or window, but with doors and rear corner sections.This one confuses me. This is the soft top with the top still on, but... !? why is this different from @Jake 's picture? So in that picture above they removed the top and the glass, but left the side sections? Huh? Maybe it has to do with the doors not having been removed in that picture, but they were in this one?
Love the part where he says, they went out of their way to keep the BED sides LOW . . . HOGWASH ! Easiest decision imaginable. . . look at the horizontal lines of the Cabin, then look at the CONTINUATION of these lines on the BED ! This tells me they had NO choice - IF they were to follow along with every other Jeep Product Design cues ! If they added another 2" to the bed side height, it would throw off the entire "LOOK," and look stupid-silly ! Just my humble opinion, after all my (old) degree is in architectural DESIGN and drafting . Ok, now it's time for the Apps Department guys to create a JT with a 2+ inch bed side height - lets see those "bastard JT"S" ! YEA !
Well they could have added 2" to the line running down the truck too. I'm sure it's all tied together. I doubt they were like, "Lets put a line down the truck here. Well I guess the box has to be 18" tall now."
Your missing the point . . . the line location is meaningless . . . they felt the need to continue the design element front to rear - which IMO is a good thing . If they physically raised the bed side height 2" to 191/2" then what happens to the Rear Window aspect ? Or the roof line height ? See what happens ? It all gets F'd up at that point . Sure add 2 MORE inches to the height of the Cabin . . . it would look ODD !? Bigger windshield, worse aerodynamics . . . etcetera !
i'm confused, if they raised the bed, couldn't they make the bottom of the door taller, and the front fenders/quarter panels higher as well?
NOW YOUR CONFUSING ME ! STOP THAT ! Just get someone to come up with a rendering of some of this silliness so we can SEE how it would look ! But I think if I hear you correctly you said Raise the bed . . . don't want to do that cause in essence your having to raise the entire vehicle ! I'm saying raise the Wall height / KEEP the actual Bed Floor where it is (and needs to be, in order for the entire design flow to "work" and look good !
You know.......if full size trucks just raised their bed levels up, you could still reach the bottom of the bed while standing on the ground. THEN with all of that unused space below the new deck height, they could design a 50"x4" slot under the bed, to slide plywood into. Perfect!
Or create storage area much like in the, ugh, Honda "truck" ! But by doing what you say, the depth would be Less . . . like I believe the RAM 1500 bed wall height is ~21" ? If you keep it the same, then you loose rear window height visibility !
no, keep the rails of the bed same height so the rear window is same height, just raise the bed level 4 inches. Then the bed wall will be 17" tall with a 3" cubby for plywood underneath it.
Went to the Vancouver International Auto Show after work yesterday. There were two JT's on display. A red manual Rubicon on a turntable with the doors removed and a small quad in the back. Pointed skyward on some fake rocks surrounded by fake ferns. No touch!
The other JT was a silver Overland that was wide open for inspection. It was an auto. Very comfortable for me at 6'1" and well on the wrong side of 230. Rear seats were pretty comfortable for shortish runs and have adequate leg room IMHO. I got the VIN.
