ZR2 vs Gladiator
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securityguy
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Not a Gladiator fan at all. Never liked them and never will.
NullNomad
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I do wish Jeep would have released a Gladiator closer to what the J10 was.
Never understood the Jeep craze. A 2 seater off-road build I get. But the 4 doors and now the “trucks” can’t comprehend.
can’t haul. Can’t tow, can’t fit anything inside. 4 cylinder power 8 cylinder gas mileage. They drive like ass, leak water off the showroom floor. Frame is a pool noodle.
But people love them. So more power to them.
can’t haul. Can’t tow, can’t fit anything inside. 4 cylinder power 8 cylinder gas mileage. They drive like ass, leak water off the showroom floor. Frame is a pool noodle.
But people love them. So more power to them.
That's what she said
The Rubicon is pretty awesome tho, espessially like this build. I seen a couple of them come off a trail that I don't think the ZR2 would have been able to make. I was in my SXS and was impressed they made it back that far. They were running on 40s, so lots of clearance and had some cool bits added. I figured they were $100k hunting rigs...... guys were bow hunting for deer.
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andrec10
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Drove a Gladiator and it sucked compared to the ZR2. Not even the same class.
scubatech
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They are good off - road if you can get the ground clearance like the one in your picture. My friend has a Diesel Gladiator. They only have a 5 foot bed and they aren't much of a truck. 37" tires are great on a 4 door Rubicon, but 40" - 42" tires are a must on the Gladiator for belly clearance. My wife and I both had JK, Rubicon's a few years back. I pulled the sorry Ass engine out of mine at 600 miles and put a 6.4 liter Hemi in it. SXS are damn impressive except in the rocks and steep ledges as in Moab & Sand Hollow area's. It seems like they break a lot of axles and steering component's in those situations. I've had a lot of different off -road rigs and non of them would perform like the Jeeps do. The V6 engines suck in the sand. Otherwise they are great in the dirt and rocks.
You pretty much need a V8 to keep up the wheel speed to stay on top of the sand. Or, a SXS, LOL.
Has anyone done a comparison? I've never thought about comparing them, because they seem like completely different rigs from jump street. If someone did a comparison, that Gladiator would smoke it off road.
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ZR2NYC
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ZR2 is OK if your doing light work. You need a Gladiator when you take off your skirt!
Because they are adult Lego cars. You can literally change/build every part.
That's definitely a fair comparison. I wanna take that Colorado ZR2 Bison on some gnarly trails.
I don't have a lot of Jeep expertise as an owner. I used to rent them frequently for work in the 90s. I would mostly get the Cherokee Sports, but occasionally a Grand Cherokee. They did incredibly well off road. I've done thousands of miles in them running in rugged terrain on cross country tranmission line projects. They did great running highways too. Got one high centered and another stuck in some mud. They didn't miss a beat. These were my outdoor office for days on end.
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NullNomad
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As a recovering Jeep owner of many years, they’re kind of in their own class. The analogy of being a Lego car is pretty spot on. There’s things in the wrangler and gladiator you have no reason to do, but heritage says so. Like the folding front windshield. 99% of owners never do it, yet it’s still there and every year Jeep continues to make that function better.
As far as off road capabilities, more specifically 4 Low and slow wrangler, it’s hard to beat. The stance, traditional steering box, fixed axel articulation… the list goes on. The re-introduction and end of the FJ, the current Bronco, maybe on a stretch a 4Runner TRD Pro came close. The re-intro of the gladiator was a bold move. Take a cut down 1500 Ram frame and slap 2/3rds of a wrangler on it. Drives totally different and that is more of a comparison to the mid size truck market and whatever “pro off road package” you can slap on it. I’ll add though, a skilled driver in anything will beat a rookie in the most built wrangler.
Jeep is a lifestyle vehicle.
As far as off road capabilities, more specifically 4 Low and slow wrangler, it’s hard to beat. The stance, traditional steering box, fixed axel articulation… the list goes on. The re-introduction and end of the FJ, the current Bronco, maybe on a stretch a 4Runner TRD Pro came close. The re-intro of the gladiator was a bold move. Take a cut down 1500 Ram frame and slap 2/3rds of a wrangler on it. Drives totally different and that is more of a comparison to the mid size truck market and whatever “pro off road package” you can slap on it. I’ll add though, a skilled driver in anything will beat a rookie in the most built wrangler.
Jeep is a lifestyle vehicle.
securityguy
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