The reviewer recently purchased a Jeep Gladiator and was excited to test out its various features. One of the first things they noticed was how easy it was to communicate with the vehicle's speaker system, which allowed them to hear each other clearly even at high speeds. They were pleasantly surprised by this feature, as they had expected it to be noisy and less effective.

The reviewer also tested the soft top on their Gladiator, which they found to be a great asset. At 40 miles per hour, they could barely hear any wind noise, thanks to its excellent sealing abilities. The soft top was easy to fold back and secure with the two levers on the side, allowing for a range of configurations and options.

However, the reviewer's initial reluctance to install a hardtop has changed after experiencing the benefits of the soft top. They had expected it to be noisy and less effective, but were pleasantly surprised by its performance. The soft top has become one of their favorite features, and they now regret not opting for it from the start.

The reviewer also mentioned that shifting in the Gladiator is as smooth as butter, thanks to its excellent transmission. They compared it favorably to another vehicle at a nearby shop, PDW Performance Diesel Warehouse, where their own Duramax truck was getting some upgrades.

Speaking of the Duramax, the reviewer had recently taken it in for repairs due to issues with its steering box. The box was feeling looser and looser over time, and needed to be replaced. Fortunately, the new steering box will make a big difference, especially with the addition of new wheels and tires. The Duramax's performance should now feel like that of a new truck again.

In addition to the Duramax upgrades, the reviewer had also decided to modify their Gladiator as their daily driver. This included installing a lift kit from Fabtech, which added an extra 1.5-4 inches of height to the vehicle. They also opted for defenders bumpers and new wheels and tires, which they were excited to install.

The reviewer was particularly drawn to the metal fenders that come with these upgrades, as they would add a cool touch to their Gladiator's design. However, they did acknowledge that their base model Jeep was not the most impressive in terms of features or build quality. Still, they had opted for the cheapest options available and were willing to make do.

One area where the reviewer felt that they had found a good solution was with the installation of LED lights in their Gladiator's bed. These added a welcome touch to the vehicle's overall appearance, and made it stand out from the crowd.

Finally, the reviewer mentioned that they would be attempting to lift their 2020 Jeep Wrangler in the near future. They acknowledged that this project would require some trial and error, but were excited about the potential for success. With a little creativity and resourcefulness, they were confident that they could overcome any challenges and achieve the desired results.

In conclusion, the reviewer was thoroughly enjoying their Gladiator experience so far. From its smooth shifting to its excellent soft top, this vehicle had exceeded their expectations in many ways. As they continued to modify and upgrade their Jeep, they looked forward to seeing how these changes would impact its performance and overall appeal.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enoh that looks epic body massive tire I mean the Jeep is gonna sit I mean the Jeep has to clear this good good morning folks and welcome back to the channel I hope you guys are having a great day as always I know that I have kind of neglected the gladiator because I bought it and then like two days later I had all the McLaren stuff going on but we're back with the gladiator today and you know one of the reasons why I haven't really showed much of the gladiator is because let's be real it looks like poop it's a cool little truck and I do like it but it just looks like absolute poop if you have a jeep laddie a tur or a different Jeep model it definitely needs to be lifted with some big chunky wheels and tires on it and that's exactly what we're doing today it's gonna look so sick all black with the wheel and tire set up I have mmm it's gonna be good get ready no more crappy stock Jeep I don't like it I want it to be lifted with big chunky wheels and tires on it I can't wait first a little update we are calling the winner of our gt500 on Friday this Friday the 11th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time so that is when we will be calling the winner we have them right now I haven't seen their name yet though I've not seen it so I don't know you know I don't know who it is whose name it is but we will be calling Friday the 11th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time had your phone and keep an eye out for a 7 1 7 number and I couldn't resist taking a quick Drive in the McLaren as well so we haven't really done that yet and don't worry I have a whole video coming out on my first acceleration which I have not done yet in the car because I'm taking it easy for the little break-in period see we only have 231 miles on it so that video will be coming but this car is done skies it's not really hard to capture the feel of this car on camera because there's so much that you just have to actually feel but that is so incredible I love it I let's one of my favorite things about this car so far is just the sound it makes with that roof snorkel and all you hear are the turbos right above your head the whole time you're driving right above your head that's all you hear doing 20 and and a 35 but yeah it's pretty happy definitely 1,000% epic I wanted to give you guys a quick update on orders we are waiting for one shipment of staying life shirts orders are going out I know that the last week was kind of crazy BAM has definitely spotted us with his water jug there it is don't worry orders are going out it just might take a little bit longer than normal given folks a quick update on orders things are going out so nice nice 500 left so if you're one of the 500 I apologize but we're doing the best we can stacks on stacks nice long stacks nice body dude dude the cars looking so sexy thank you sir I appreciate it love the cut dude they're Carbon accents full carbon yeah well I went for the I went for the big carbon yeah a big mistake because the car was ridiculously expensive but it looks good go check it out by roughly 500 left nice dude nice I mean we still got a bunch we go so right we're waiting on staying life shirts yes and one knife design and one key tag right yeah we also got a like let them now all these are like return the Senators we're calling we're emailing and like stupid because some post offices were like knock on the door ring the doorbell nobody's there they'll take it back and they'll do it again and then if they don't sounds about right I don't know freaking send it back to us and they post office it most office it's annoying unreal yeah we hate it's pretty bad hat I'll show them a little there it is just a little bit it's I mean Shane's car is is that low to the ground I mean my zr1 is like up here that is low we cut out a half-inch it looks and it looks insane that's the only the downside is it looks amazing but it's impractical I know I can't wait to see it Hummer wheels are you selling them dude those will sell you really really selling them yeah these are fuel octane 20 by 12s negative negative 44 on - really good Toya - yo open country right yeah the two fronts or the - no it's an it Oh trail draft Oh gotcha and then the the other ones are a little bald they're just a bit but if you want these I'll put them on my story but yeah those will sell for sure six lug and what's what's the other one 6 lug chevy probably probably Ford or Dodge as well that looks epic body it looks like a proper Hummer all right it rides way better is great and now we're gonna do the wrap on it Hecky I did hey yeah oh so Shane and I got the exact same wheels because we're cute like that I got mine for the dirty he's got his for the Humvee but they look really good dude Congrats yeah black rhino is a new like friend of the chat dude they love it I love it rich is Colin absolutely let's see what rich has to say hello I know yeah yeah I'm over 2 Chainz what's up yeah I'll be I'll be home in 10 minutes I'll come help you rich wait for me I'll come help we are back and the lift kit is here which is one more reason why I wanted to drive around and waste time um so the lift kit got delivered from our boys over at fab tech I don't know if it says it anywhere on the box I don't think it does and it doesn't but it's from fabtech and what we got here is a lift kit I won't actually well I'm gonna say how big do you think we went now again you know I would love to do like a 10 inch lift and put the thing on 44 here are going for a daily driver we want something that is bigger and badder and off-road capable but something we can drive to the off-road park as well not just a rig we have to trailer so put your guesses below but we went with a three and a half to four inch lift and that is going to allow us to clear aha these enormous tires let me get him haha out of my room here look at all my my crap zr1 wheels tires mostly from MacLaren's those are for the rod oh I'm gonna get these out and we'll stack them up next to the truck big big tires coming out of the garage but we went with our some 37 by 12 and a half 17s so 37 s are pretty they're about at the limit of where you want to be a daily driver 40s would be the next step up 40s would look great but then you have to go to an even bigger lift which is more complicated this is pretty simple so a smaller lift a smaller tire it's going to be easy to install should still be a great daily and it's still gonna it's still gonna give you an amazing look as well as great off-road capability 37 is a huge tire the old jeep at 35 s my Duramax on a 12 inch lift is running 37 s so a 37 is a really big tire I'll put it over here just to kind of show you well what we're looking at but yeah so that's it that's a 37 and you can see it's about past the mirror or about equal with the mirror on my McLaren so that's a pretty massive tire I mean the Jeep is gonna sit I mean the Jeep has to clear this so the fenders gonna be up here the Jeep is gonna be sitting up like the body of the Jeep is only gonna start on top of the doors of the McLaren so it's gonna be pretty pretty freakin tall and I'll get a little thing to stop it from rolling but it's gonna look amazing it really is gonna do this for pretty cheap you know I wanted to keep this as a realistic build you know not something crazy so if you have a gladiator you want a gladiator you can make it look really cool for not a ton of money with the tires you're looking at around like 3500 bucks for the whole thing and that's pretty I feel like that's a pretty good deal yeah now that is how a jeep gladiator should look now of course you have to picture them under the truck they are gonna poke a little bit I went pretty aggressive on the wheel offset so the tires will be out about like that it's gonna give it a really good really nice muscular stance after this we're gonna do bumpers and a few other little goodies but man the Jeep is I just can't wait to see it when it's got this stuff on am i running around I'm a little bit late but Shane is staying at the shop late but I want to get this dropped off so we can get the lift kit installed right away let's do it warm up warm up for a second I love the reverse things like a Volkswagen deep by the way is still great I love this truck I've been driving it everyday I already have 514 miles on it and I think a little bit under a week yet so I'm definitely driving it a lot now I didn't have a hundred on it when I got it so we'll say about four hundred miles but it's a really smooth comfortable good daily driver I'm very impressed without even being a manual like it's it's so easy to drive around and I really like I said I'm impressed by the fact that it's a super capable off-roader but they also made it like a really nice daily driver I mean that's the crazy thing for me and I guess I don't know I guess I'm kind of used to like an older Jeep so it came as such a surprise to me but it's wonderful to drive and I know I'm singing its praises a lot I'm not being paid by Jeep because I know I keep saying the same thing like how great it is but it's really nice I can see why people like the gladiator it's cool it's a pickup truck and a Jeep get the best of both worlds thing if it is the new Giles are such a big step up like if you drove a JK era Jeep and then you get into Jael like it's total it's a totally different world like they really stepped up their game this is but it feels much better bill it feels more solid it's just it's a way better vehicle all around so that's where the that's why it feels so good because I'm used to that so this one's just miles better and the quality of the materials now it's a lot of plastic which you want because it's rugged and it's designed to kind of get wet and muddy and dirty so you don't want like a lot of soft cloth material but even the plastic feels like good like it's not it doesn't move around it doesn't like creak and stuff like everything's it just feels well bill the steering wheel is nice and comfy and soft you know and this is like a base model you can get heated seats you can get all that good stuff if you wanted it you connect system from dodges one of the better ones on the market as far as cars are concerned so it works really well like it always connects to my phone talking on the phone with the vehicle is easy people can hear me I can hear them it's a good system then with the soft top at 40 miles an hour you can't really hear any wind noise you can hear a little bit definitely more than a hardtop but I was kind of expecting it to be like real loud and crappy but it you know it seals very nicely I kind of expected that maybe I would have to raise my voice when I'm talking on film but I don't speaking of the soft top it's really nice because if you use the two levers on the side you can fold the top back and it just holds in place so you can have this open or you can open the whole thing you can do a lot of different things with the top gotta be one of my upgrades was going to be a hardtop because I that I wasn't going to like the soft-top but after having it I don't mind it at all so I don't I think I'm gonna not even get the hard talk this is fine shifting is as smooth as butter back at PDW performance diesel warehouse where my Duramax also is I think it's sitting you can see it right there next to that little like orange light thing way off in the distance Duramax is getting a new steering box because it feels like crap it's been getting looser and looser as time goes on and you know you never want to loose box so we're getting a brand new one it's gonna feel a lot better especially with those wheels and tires so the Duramax is gonna feel like a new truck again I really need it for anything and I don't like I didn't need a steering box but there's a few other things I wanted unlike readjusting the front bumper since it was tweaked a little bit in my accident figured I would drop it off and get all that little stuff done while I have the time because I have this to drive and though now I'm modifying this so that's what you do when you have a daily driver you just modify it and then you can't use it yeah I got it and a half to four inch lifts that's what it says three-and-a-half to four it's in the box it can't be hard it's only got two little boxes probably take you 25 minutes speech it is fabtech we get a long one here I didn't want to spend all that money defenders bumpers the lift kit wheels and tires it's gonna look sick the funders let go yeah I want to do like metal metal like cool metal fenders will be nuts don't make fun of my base model things I don't appreciate it like cheap down I wanted it's even a manual I wanted the cheapest gladiator I could get I will what maybe next season when it's warm out oh yeah it's cold man I want to drive around no doors yeah I got the bed liner that's something that's better than my Duramax still have a bed liner in that five years later who's gonna be one of my first mods - got the LED lights in the bed yeah or after a while I guess guess that answers that I think you I think there's a button in there Jane and I were talking about how we're gonna figure out how to lift my 20 or not Lord knows I'm not driving around with de F fluid I'm not doing that so the EPA I'll have to get in touch with them and maybe bribe em or something yeah I'll have to do something be like hey listen I have a YouTube channel but yeah it's like a Deez Nuts I'm a youtuber I let me do what I want they'll believe they'll agree right whatever tomorrow doesn't have to be tomorrow by the weekend would be nice cuz I was gonna I was gonna have some fun with it but hurry overpowers they don't have him yet well I'll just drive on these look funny for a couple days the wheels aren't in yet I'm still waiting on it they're sick though they might be I don't know yet yeah there it is the Jeep is dropped off the Duramax is gone the cr1 is gone this is no longer really mine I guess the crotteaus here but you know I mean it actually no now it runs and drive so I could drive that but I'm basically down to the 600 which is just fine with me so the Jeep should be back by tomorrow evening look for an update the wheels should be in by the weekend look for an update on that as well and I hope you guys enjoy this upload let me know what you think of the direction the gladiator build is going I'm excited I'm hype can't wait if you did enjoy don't forget to give it a big thumbs up take care and have a great night guysoh that looks epic body massive tire I mean the Jeep is gonna sit I mean the Jeep has to clear this good good morning folks and welcome back to the channel I hope you guys are having a great day as always I know that I have kind of neglected the gladiator because I bought it and then like two days later I had all the McLaren stuff going on but we're back with the gladiator today and you know one of the reasons why I haven't really showed much of the gladiator is because let's be real it looks like poop it's a cool little truck and I do like it but it just looks like absolute poop if you have a jeep laddie a tur or a different Jeep model it definitely needs to be lifted with some big chunky wheels and tires on it and that's exactly what we're doing today it's gonna look so sick all black with the wheel and tire set up I have mmm it's gonna be good get ready no more crappy stock Jeep I don't like it I want it to be lifted with big chunky wheels and tires on it I can't wait first a little update we are calling the winner of our gt500 on Friday this Friday the 11th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time so that is when we will be calling the winner we have them right now I haven't seen their name yet though I've not seen it so I don't know you know I don't know who it is whose name it is but we will be calling Friday the 11th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time had your phone and keep an eye out for a 7 1 7 number and I couldn't resist taking a quick Drive in the McLaren as well so we haven't really done that yet and don't worry I have a whole video coming out on my first acceleration which I have not done yet in the car because I'm taking it easy for the little break-in period see we only have 231 miles on it so that video will be coming but this car is done skies it's not really hard to capture the feel of this car on camera because there's so much that you just have to actually feel but that is so incredible I love it I let's one of my favorite things about this car so far is just the sound it makes with that roof snorkel and all you hear are the turbos right above your head the whole time you're driving right above your head that's all you hear doing 20 and and a 35 but yeah it's pretty happy definitely 1,000% epic I wanted to give you guys a quick update on orders we are waiting for one shipment of staying life shirts orders are going out I know that the last week was kind of crazy BAM has definitely spotted us with his water jug there it is don't worry orders are going out it just might take a little bit longer than normal given folks a quick update on orders things are going out so nice nice 500 left so if you're one of the 500 I apologize but we're doing the best we can stacks on stacks nice long stacks nice body dude dude the cars looking so sexy thank you sir I appreciate it love the cut dude they're Carbon accents full carbon yeah well I went for the I went for the big carbon yeah a big mistake because the car was ridiculously expensive but it looks good go check it out by roughly 500 left nice dude nice I mean we still got a bunch we go so right we're waiting on staying life shirts yes and one knife design and one key tag right yeah we also got a like let them now all these are like return the Senators we're calling we're emailing and like stupid because some post offices were like knock on the door ring the doorbell nobody's there they'll take it back and they'll do it again and then if they don't sounds about right I don't know freaking send it back to us and they post office it most office it's annoying unreal yeah we hate it's pretty bad hat I'll show them a little there it is just a little bit it's I mean Shane's car is is that low to the ground I mean my zr1 is like up here that is low we cut out a half-inch it looks and it looks insane that's the only the downside is it looks amazing but it's impractical I know I can't wait to see it Hummer wheels are you selling them dude those will sell you really really selling them yeah these are fuel octane 20 by 12s negative negative 44 on - really good Toya - yo open country right yeah the two fronts or the - no it's an it Oh trail draft Oh gotcha and then the the other ones are a little bald they're just a bit but if you want these I'll put them on my story but yeah those will sell for sure six lug and what's what's the other one 6 lug chevy probably probably Ford or Dodge as well that looks epic body it looks like a proper Hummer all right it rides way better is great and now we're gonna do the wrap on it Hecky I did hey yeah oh so Shane and I got the exact same wheels because we're cute like that I got mine for the dirty he's got his for the Humvee but they look really good dude Congrats yeah black rhino is a new like friend of the chat dude they love it I love it rich is Colin absolutely let's see what rich has to say hello I know yeah yeah I'm over 2 Chainz what's up yeah I'll be I'll be home in 10 minutes I'll come help you rich wait for me I'll come help we are back and the lift kit is here which is one more reason why I wanted to drive around and waste time um so the lift kit got delivered from our boys over at fab tech I don't know if it says it anywhere on the box I don't think it does and it doesn't but it's from fabtech and what we got here is a lift kit I won't actually well I'm gonna say how big do you think we went now again you know I would love to do like a 10 inch lift and put the thing on 44 here are going for a daily driver we want something that is bigger and badder and off-road capable but something we can drive to the off-road park as well not just a rig we have to trailer so put your guesses below but we went with a three and a half to four inch lift and that is going to allow us to clear aha these enormous tires let me get him haha out of my room here look at all my my crap zr1 wheels tires mostly from MacLaren's those are for the rod oh I'm gonna get these out and we'll stack them up next to the truck big big tires coming out of the garage but we went with our some 37 by 12 and a half 17s so 37 s are pretty they're about at the limit of where you want to be a daily driver 40s would be the next step up 40s would look great but then you have to go to an even bigger lift which is more complicated this is pretty simple so a smaller lift a smaller tire it's going to be easy to install should still be a great daily and it's still gonna it's still gonna give you an amazing look as well as great off-road capability 37 is a huge tire the old jeep at 35 s my Duramax on a 12 inch lift is running 37 s so a 37 is a really big tire I'll put it over here just to kind of show you well what we're looking at but yeah so that's it that's a 37 and you can see it's about past the mirror or about equal with the mirror on my McLaren so that's a pretty massive tire I mean the Jeep is gonna sit I mean the Jeep has to clear this so the fenders gonna be up here the Jeep is gonna be sitting up like the body of the Jeep is only gonna start on top of the doors of the McLaren so it's gonna be pretty pretty freakin tall and I'll get a little thing to stop it from rolling but it's gonna look amazing it really is gonna do this for pretty cheap you know I wanted to keep this as a realistic build you know not something crazy so if you have a gladiator you want a gladiator you can make it look really cool for not a ton of money with the tires you're looking at around like 3500 bucks for the whole thing and that's pretty I feel like that's a pretty good deal yeah now that is how a jeep gladiator should look now of course you have to picture them under the truck they are gonna poke a little bit I went pretty aggressive on the wheel offset so the tires will be out about like that it's gonna give it a really good really nice muscular stance after this we're gonna do bumpers and a few other little goodies but man the Jeep is I just can't wait to see it when it's got this stuff on am i running around I'm a little bit late but Shane is staying at the shop late but I want to get this dropped off so we can get the lift kit installed right away let's do it warm up warm up for a second I love the reverse things like a Volkswagen deep by the way is still great I love this truck I've been driving it everyday I already have 514 miles on it and I think a little bit under a week yet so I'm definitely driving it a lot now I didn't have a hundred on it when I got it so we'll say about four hundred miles but it's a really smooth comfortable good daily driver I'm very impressed without even being a manual like it's it's so easy to drive around and I really like I said I'm impressed by the fact that it's a super capable off-roader but they also made it like a really nice daily driver I mean that's the crazy thing for me and I guess I don't know I guess I'm kind of used to like an older Jeep so it came as such a surprise to me but it's wonderful to drive and I know I'm singing its praises a lot I'm not being paid by Jeep because I know I keep saying the same thing like how great it is but it's really nice I can see why people like the gladiator it's cool it's a pickup truck and a Jeep get the best of both worlds thing if it is the new Giles are such a big step up like if you drove a JK era Jeep and then you get into Jael like it's total it's a totally different world like they really stepped up their game this is but it feels much better bill it feels more solid it's just it's a way better vehicle all around so that's where the that's why it feels so good because I'm used to that so this one's just miles better and the quality of the materials now it's a lot of plastic which you want because it's rugged and it's designed to kind of get wet and muddy and dirty so you don't want like a lot of soft cloth material but even the plastic feels like good like it's not it doesn't move around it doesn't like creak and stuff like everything's it just feels well bill the steering wheel is nice and comfy and soft you know and this is like a base model you can get heated seats you can get all that good stuff if you wanted it you connect system from dodges one of the better ones on the market as far as cars are concerned so it works really well like it always connects to my phone talking on the phone with the vehicle is easy people can hear me I can hear them it's a good system then with the soft top at 40 miles an hour you can't really hear any wind noise you can hear a little bit definitely more than a hardtop but I was kind of expecting it to be like real loud and crappy but it you know it seals very nicely I kind of expected that maybe I would have to raise my voice when I'm talking on film but I don't speaking of the soft top it's really nice because if you use the two levers on the side you can fold the top back and it just holds in place so you can have this open or you can open the whole thing you can do a lot of different things with the top gotta be one of my upgrades was going to be a hardtop because I that I wasn't going to like the soft-top but after having it I don't mind it at all so I don't I think I'm gonna not even get the hard talk this is fine shifting is as smooth as butter back at PDW performance diesel warehouse where my Duramax also is I think it's sitting you can see it right there next to that little like orange light thing way off in the distance Duramax is getting a new steering box because it feels like crap it's been getting looser and looser as time goes on and you know you never want to loose box so we're getting a brand new one it's gonna feel a lot better especially with those wheels and tires so the Duramax is gonna feel like a new truck again I really need it for anything and I don't like I didn't need a steering box but there's a few other things I wanted unlike readjusting the front bumper since it was tweaked a little bit in my accident figured I would drop it off and get all that little stuff done while I have the time because I have this to drive and though now I'm modifying this so that's what you do when you have a daily driver you just modify it and then you can't use it yeah I got it and a half to four inch lifts that's what it says three-and-a-half to four it's in the box it can't be hard it's only got two little boxes probably take you 25 minutes speech it is fabtech we get a long one here I didn't want to spend all that money defenders bumpers the lift kit wheels and tires it's gonna look sick the funders let go yeah I want to do like metal metal like cool metal fenders will be nuts don't make fun of my base model things I don't appreciate it like cheap down I wanted it's even a manual I wanted the cheapest gladiator I could get I will what maybe next season when it's warm out oh yeah it's cold man I want to drive around no doors yeah I got the bed liner that's something that's better than my Duramax still have a bed liner in that five years later who's gonna be one of my first mods - got the LED lights in the bed yeah or after a while I guess guess that answers that I think you I think there's a button in there Jane and I were talking about how we're gonna figure out how to lift my 20 or not Lord knows I'm not driving around with de F fluid I'm not doing that so the EPA I'll have to get in touch with them and maybe bribe em or something yeah I'll have to do something be like hey listen I have a YouTube channel but yeah it's like a Deez Nuts I'm a youtuber I let me do what I want they'll believe they'll agree right whatever tomorrow doesn't have to be tomorrow by the weekend would be nice cuz I was gonna I was gonna have some fun with it but hurry overpowers they don't have him yet well I'll just drive on these look funny for a couple days the wheels aren't in yet I'm still waiting on it they're sick though they might be I don't know yet yeah there it is the Jeep is dropped off the Duramax is gone the cr1 is gone this is no longer really mine I guess the crotteaus here but you know I mean it actually no now it runs and drive so I could drive that but I'm basically down to the 600 which is just fine with me so the Jeep should be back by tomorrow evening look for an update the wheels should be in by the weekend look for an update on that as well and I hope you guys enjoy this upload let me know what you think of the direction the gladiator build is going I'm excited I'm hype can't wait if you did enjoy don't forget to give it a big thumbs up take care and have a great night guys\n"