Regrets & Reflections: The Ultimate Jeep Gladiator?

What would you change about my build?

I love your honesty. Anyone willing to be this straight forward and honest is worth watching. Keep up the great content and I'll keep watching. Thx Justin

When applying Thread locking compound, 1. clean the threads (make sure they are not contaminated with any residues) 2. Use the correct type of thread locker compound. (RED - "Large Diameter Bolt") 3. apply thread locker to the entire surfacer of the bolt, (not just a line or a dab) make sure the entire bolt is covered

My baby/child advice. Enjoy every single second with your child. When the baby is crying and it seems will never stop, believe me, it will. Time going so so fast God Bless you, your wife and your precious Angel

I have been running 37" Hankook Dynapro XT on my Gladiator that were installed during covid. I am in AZ and never had them in snow. Extreme heat, rock, sand, and dust have all been ok to very good. I have towed a small trailer to the Canadian border and back. The tires were great and we had no concerns. I had the Wilpeaks before and really liked them but again no experience with snow.

Justin, thanks for taking the time (major amount of time with all the verbose discussions) to put your experiences and assessments up on the tube. It will be very helpful for a newbie..

I have a camper on my gladiator, I'm curious how you solve the dust intrusion into the camper. Great video incredibly detailed and informative.

Just ordered the Anker C800. Your code / link worked on that one as well. I like the extra lights that come with it and was impressed when you reviewed it in Florida. It should serve my lower power needs well - fridge & 12v blanket when it’s cold. Thanks!

Great overview! Loved watching this one all the way through, looking forward to the content to come! Cheers!

Appreciate the honesty! I like the Harker Outdoors EDC - you don’t have to play Tetris with the bed floor (it swings up on struts), and it also annexes the tail gait for additional covered space, which is key for the midsize truck short boxes.

Solid video as always. I'm glad you like the Hest pillows, it was one of my first official "overland" purchases at Overland Expo West in 2021 and since then I've purchased the smaller travel pillow and covers for them. I'm glad they have 3-pack options because they are great gifts.

Great video. The honesty with sponsors on this was so good. I think the gladiator is the best overlanding option. It not perfect by no means but it’s the most capable in my opinion. I also went from the 2 drawer decked ti the single. I hated the single drawer and missed the 2 drawer for about a month of solid use. I now prefer the single drawer. Metal cloak for the win! Looking forward to part 2

I like your build; I'm running a Mojave rig currently. I will agree that the gladiator really needed a dead pedal. I added the Quadratec dead pedal with the pad and it is excellent, makes a huge difference for long drives. It's not cheap, but well worth it.

Hi Justin, really like the video about it to be very informative. Thank you so much for your honesty. Looking forward to your next video. Have a great day.

JBMB, great video, and congrats on the upcoming baby! I do appreciate your honesty with the aspects of each product that you like and don't like, whether purchased or donated, and whether you would purchase it yourself. As for you exploring the overlanding lifestyle in a Rivian, I would love to see what you do with an R1T. I myself am slowly working my own R1T towards an overland build, having finally pulled the trigger on an Xtrusion Overland bed rack for mounting my RTT. Would love to see what you would do!

One of the best Youtubers out there! Thanks for your content and honesty.

I have a nightmare story on the fuel pump recall. Video soon. It’s a catch 22 to release a video on that. I hear you on the overheat issue. I have not been pulled over yet with overheating but it’s above my confidence level. I’m hoping the regear to 4.56 helps with my 37s. Doing that in a few weeks. Agree with terraflex on the steering. I swapped my metalcloak for terraflex. Good reason.

I am so sick of seeing the words ULTIMATE and GAME CHANGER tied to everything I discount any content that has these phrases.

Rivian R1T Quad motor owner here, I can tell you we got this truck thinking it would be a great added challenge (the EV part) to our camping/overlanding adventures. It has been an amazing vehicle, absolutely solid and reliable (unlike our Rubicon), but after 4 trips we realized we just don't have the stomach to tolerate the risk of damaging a $110k truck. Absolutely fantastic vehicle though, highly recommend it to anyone thinking about it (get the full PPF, is totally worth it).

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