Lucrob
Member
- First Name
- Lucas
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2021
- Threads
- 0
- Messages
- 10
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- San Diego County
- Vehicle(s)
- Gladiator
- Occupation
- PPF & Large format graphics production
What we need is what we have, people like you and I talking about things the manufacturer doesn't.This is really not a useful statement. Opinions and user specific desires/needs will make one "better" than the other, but a judgement of "inferior" isn't empirically true for all users. The v2 only has a handful in the wild, so its really way too early to start saying it's no good.
I have no dog in this race as both have been priced out of reality for my purposes, but I have investigated both thoroughly enough to feel fairly well versed. The ONLY data point that isn't clear is if the v2 is breaking for people... which I think maybe @Lucrob saying? I could find 1 post on the GFC forums suggesting the bolts came loose on the drive home from picking it up.
If I had an unlimited budget today, I'd get the Super Pacific ONLY because it's longer and lets you stand in the bed while the bed is fully deployed. I would regret losing removable panels, but otherwise it seems like nobody is losing if they choose one over the other.
While you're drooling over toppers, someone should also talk about Hiatus-Campers, though they are current projecting new builds to start in May 2023. That's right, pay today, wait 2 years for it to be built.
What we really need is MORE small companies building roughly the same stuff so the lead times stop sucking so bad.
To GFC credit, they allowed the customer with the loose bolts post to stand on their own forum. I appreciate that level of openness. However, my concern is the stresses that caused those bolts to lossen up. Read my follow up to that customer's experience for details. Bolts don't come loose when thier not under stress. The structure is not designed correctly if it all rides on the ability of bolts staying tight. Bouncing off road is as extreme a test as their is. This guy only did a bit of fire roads on his journey home. Something basic is wrong.
And I do have a dog in this, $9500 of them...
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