Dan, I just wanted to complement you for putting out great and very professional content all the time. You single handedly made Edmunds videos worth watching. I am super happy to discover your personal channel. Keep making videos please 👍
Thank you for your work and sharing your knowledge. As a new Gladiator Rubicon owner and somewhat of a noob to the backtrails, I certainly appreciate your insight. It helps with me learning the limitations and capabilities of my Jeep.
love this stuff. would love to see you compare different setups. leaf vs 3link vs 4 link + radius arms + sway bar. keep it coming please. I'm trying to learn about suspension and you do an excellent job explaining things to a noob like me.
Would love to see the Mo(jave)-chine with the sway bar end links disconeccted. Most of us would (eventually) get some quick disconnect of some rype. Articulation is the key to making the Mo-chine into a rock crawling beast.
I think my new Mazda MX-5 could make it almost as far up that ramp. Okay, maybe not, but I'm loving your channel and the tremendously detailed and objective information you provide. Great stuff!
Dan, please include video of the compressed side of the rear suspension in your future videos. Id be curious to see if the spring/sway bar is the limiting factor in up travel, or if the bump stops are being engaged.
Interesting Numbers... I like this kind of content you are doing... Would it be possible to add a aftermarket sway bar with manual disconnect links on the Mojave trim to increase travel numbers? Thanks for the Video!!
I think every Gladiator every trim should come with the rear locker at least. With the ZR2 offering front and rear and the Tacoma offering a rear locker. For the money you spend for these Jeep Trucks a rear locker should be standard on every trim level
Gladiators are expensive, no doubt about it. Removable doors and top, folding windshield - the structure and design details needed to pull that off cost money. And the pricing, trim level distinctions and options strategy has to be similar to Wrangler. And a Gladiator has to cost more than a Wrangler, because there's more there. For both of them, the JL and the JT, the only way to create a decent-priced entry level trim like the Sport is to de-content it. And the Overland/Sahara is the pretty one that's more of a pavement crawler. Makes sense to me that Rubi and Mojave have one and they don't. My own Jeep is a 2-door JK Sport. Quite a bit cheaper than a 2-dr Rubicon. I added a lot of stuff (including lockers front and rear) with the money I saved, and I'm still under the price of a Rubicon. And I got to pick my own axle ratio in the bargain. And nobody has standard lockers - not Toyota, Chevy or Ford. You've got to buy up the range to get one. But, yeah, the Tacoma TRD Off-Road is a great value. Rear locker, crawl control, Multi-Terrain select. No wonder they're popular.
@@DanEdmunds this would be awesome, also a vehicle like a grand Cherokee or Range Rover to see the difference of travel in different settings of air suspension
Yes. The main issue any Gladiator has is the long wheelbase. Mild, being the operative word, it'll still be very good. You have a rear locker and great suspension-better than Rubicon, in my opinion. If you want to have more flex, aftermarket stabilizer bar disconnect upgrades are pretty cheap. You have to get out and pull a pin each time you want to get the benefit of flex (which mild mountain trails probably won't need) and then remember to reinsert it when you get back to pavement. I have just such an upgrade on my own JK Sport. I'll put it on the ramp someday soon and show how it works!
Dan Edmunds I totally sounds amazing I want to try to drive one tomorrow really enjoying your video so far thanks for the reply I really appreciate it!!!
Lol I’m getting my Mojave this week. But tbh I was doubting myself and wondering if I shoulda gone with the Rubicon but thanks for this thread! I feel much comfortable with my purchase. I’m from Texas so it’s a mixed bag of terrains lol you got coastal beaches, desert areas, and minor mountains/hills here and there lol.
Yes. I absolutely want to do a Rebel. But I think that a Crew+5.5 will ramp the same as a quad+6.5. They share the same wheelbase. In the end it's going to depend on which I can lay my hands on.
Dan, I just wanted to complement you for putting out great and very professional content all the time. You single handedly made Edmunds videos worth watching. I am super happy to discover your personal channel. Keep making videos please 👍
Thank you. It means a lot. I expect this is going to be a labor of love for quite some time, so it's nice to know it's appreciated.
Thank you for your work and sharing your knowledge. As a new Gladiator Rubicon owner and somewhat of a noob to the backtrails, I certainly appreciate your insight. It helps with me learning the limitations and capabilities of my Jeep.
Thanks, Leo. I assume you've also seen my Gladiator Rubicon flex video.
love this stuff. would love to see you compare different setups. leaf vs 3link vs 4 link + radius arms + sway bar. keep it coming please. I'm trying to learn about suspension and you do an excellent job explaining things to a noob like me.
Would love to see the Mo(jave)-chine with the sway bar end links disconeccted.
Most of us would (eventually) get some quick disconnect of some rype. Articulation is the key to making the Mo-chine into a rock crawling beast.
I think my new Mazda MX-5 could make it almost as far up that ramp. Okay, maybe not, but I'm loving your channel and the tremendously detailed and objective information you provide. Great stuff!
I would try it with a Paco Moto-equipped Miata. Anyone?
Dan, please include video of the compressed side of the rear suspension in your future videos. Id be curious to see if the spring/sway bar is the limiting factor in up travel, or if the bump stops are being engaged.
Yes. I'm working out the format. A 4-corner tour of clearances is in the works for next time.
I agree, I would love to see this video with the sway bar disconnected. It will show if even buying and aftermarket disconnect is worth it.
Your subscriber count is about to see a big bump. These videos are great. Keep it up.
I love to see this test done with an XJ Cherokee with the factory Up Country off road package.
Really cool video, fun and informative, nicely done
Could you pls do the Jeep wrangler rubicon has the same setup but short wheel base would be interesting .
Thank you Dan.
You're doing a very amazing job! This is incredible!
Interesting Numbers... I like this kind of content you are doing... Would it be possible to add a aftermarket sway bar with manual disconnect links on the Mojave trim to increase travel numbers? Thanks for the Video!!
I have those on my JK Wrangler. Works great. A bit of a pain, and you have to put them back in when you get to pavement, but they work wonders.
The mojave has reservoir shocks while the rubi has a smooth body internal floating piston shocks. That could restrict wheel travel.
I think every Gladiator every trim should come with the rear locker at least. With the ZR2 offering front and rear and the Tacoma offering a rear locker. For the money you spend for these Jeep Trucks a rear locker should be standard on every trim level
Lawren Downing The Mojave does come with rear locker
Rear e locker isnt standard on colorado or tacoma. Standard on mojave and rubi.
Gladiators are expensive, no doubt about it. Removable doors and top, folding windshield - the structure and design details needed to pull that off cost money. And the pricing, trim level distinctions and options strategy has to be similar to Wrangler. And a Gladiator has to cost more than a Wrangler, because there's more there. For both of them, the JL and the JT, the only way to create a decent-priced entry level trim like the Sport is to de-content it. And the Overland/Sahara is the pretty one that's more of a pavement crawler. Makes sense to me that Rubi and Mojave have one and they don't.
My own Jeep is a 2-door JK Sport. Quite a bit cheaper than a 2-dr Rubicon. I added a lot of stuff (including lockers front and rear) with the money I saved, and I'm still under the price of a Rubicon. And I got to pick my own axle ratio in the bargain.
And nobody has standard lockers - not Toyota, Chevy or Ford. You've got to buy up the range to get one. But, yeah, the Tacoma TRD Off-Road is a great value. Rear locker, crawl control, Multi-Terrain select. No wonder they're popular.
Did your get an option to test RTI for Roxor, it comes under farm category little bit off the comparison.
Test the Ram Power Wagon please!
When are you getting your hands on a Defender? Seeing what a off road oriented unibody will do on the ramp will be an interesting comparison.
Yes. It is on my to-do list. But I'm in a long line, and this channel doesn't have enough horsepower to jump to the head of the queue yet.
If you release the sway bar links you will go all the way up
Underrated channel
I'm kind of curious to see a Gladiator Sport now as a control.
Me, too. Also a Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon and a 2-door Wrangler Rubicon, to see the effects of wheelbase.
@@DanEdmunds this would be awesome, also a vehicle like a grand Cherokee or Range Rover to see the difference of travel in different settings of air suspension
I have a request. Can you do this for a Jeep Gladiator Max Tow?
Too bad you’re nothin Texas, I’ve got a MJ on 40’s that would be cool to test out.
Have you tested the Overland and the sport
What about the adjusted bump stop on Mojave
Can you please try a 2nd gen tundra TRD pro sir. Thank you
Great stuff!
Dan, would you lean forward if you are on Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson says "Dan Edmunds, you did it in 1 minute and ..."
Can you please try do a G wagon and a 4 Runner?
Whats the MFG code on those front coils?
Tundra trd pro flex
So if I want to do some mild mountain trails will the Mojave still work well for me???
Yes. The main issue any Gladiator has is the long wheelbase. Mild, being the operative word, it'll still be very good. You have a rear locker and great suspension-better than Rubicon, in my opinion. If you want to have more flex, aftermarket stabilizer bar disconnect upgrades are pretty cheap. You have to get out and pull a pin each time you want to get the benefit of flex (which mild mountain trails probably won't need) and then remember to reinsert it when you get back to pavement. I have just such an upgrade on my own JK Sport. I'll put it on the ramp someday soon and show how it works!
Dan Edmunds I totally sounds amazing I want to try to drive one tomorrow really enjoying your video so far thanks for the reply I really appreciate it!!!
Lol I’m getting my Mojave this week. But tbh I was doubting myself and wondering if I shoulda gone with the Rubicon but thanks for this thread! I feel much comfortable with my purchase.
I’m from Texas so it’s a mixed bag of terrains lol you got coastal beaches, desert areas, and minor mountains/hills here and there lol.
How about a standard pick-up, ram 1500, f-150, etc. to have as a base/control?
Yes. I've got every full-size truck on the list!
Flex on ram rebel quad cab, not crew cab.
Yes. I absolutely want to do a Rebel. But I think that a Crew+5.5 will ramp the same as a quad+6.5. They share the same wheelbase. In the end it's going to depend on which I can lay my hands on.
Flex on Bronco Sport Badlands
Climb thru the back door to get in.
monocoque SUVs please!
or maybe if there is a montero sport or fortuner in your country, it would be interesting to do a test for them. thanks!
shock it breaking
This is tong the rubicon could of went higher
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