2 door or 4 door?

[DUCK01]

I've had three 4 doors over the past 12 years and went with a 2 door when I bought another Jeep last September. I knew I'd be sacrificing a lot of storage space, but figure it's my daily driver and I only have to take my 2 kids a mile down the road to school and back, but it's just me most of the other times.

The 2 door has virtually zero storage space behind the rear seat. I can only fit my briefcase and one son's backpack back there. With the rear seat flipped forward, it's fine for day to day running - getting a week's worth of groceries and stuff like that. I fit 12 boxes of floor tile and 4 tubs of grout a few weeks ago with no issues. The only PITA on my 2 door is that it's a soft top and you either have to reach under the rear window or pop it out and awkwardly hold it up, but that's a small tradeoff for the ease of going topless 60% of the year.

If my family of four is going on any kind of a trip, we take my wife's 4 door and there's plenty of room for 4 suitcases plus all of the extra crap we bring along. We've done a few 1500 mile road trips in it and it's manageable.

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[eljefe]

What wheels are those? Any profile pics? Thanks

Ciao R3TRO!

Here ya go!

Wheels are Nomad Convoys in “Salt” with a -10 offset and 17” if you were curious about those specs as well.

 

[dstevens]

2 doors are around 10% of sales ... less if you count the gladiator in the mix. The Wrangler brand in its current form would not survive on annual sales of less than 20,000 (more like 12,500 now).

 

[yokramer]

2 doors are around 10% of sales ... less if you count the gladiator in the mix. The Wrangler brand in its current form would not survive on annual sales of less than 20,000 (more like 12,500 now).

cant really use current numbers after the minivanification of the wrangler with the U, had it never been a thing those numbers obviously would be different. What would they be no clue, could the wrangler have survived? Maybe maybe not, but we will never know for sure.

 

[SlickRicksWilly]

I've had three 4 doors over the past 12 years and went with a 2 door when I bought another Jeep last September. I knew I'd be sacrificing a lot of storage space, but figure it's my daily driver and I only have to take my 2 kids a mile down the road to school and back, but it's just me most of the other times.

The 2 door has virtually zero storage space behind the rear seat. I can only fit my briefcase and one son's backpack back there. With the rear seat flipped forward, it's fine for day to day running - getting a week's worth of groceries and stuff like that. I fit 12 boxes of floor tile and 4 tubs of grout a few weeks ago with no issues. The only PITA on my 2 door is that it's a soft top and you either have to reach under the rear window or pop it out and awkwardly hold it up, but that's a small tradeoff for the ease of going topless 60% of the year.

If my family of four is going on any kind of a trip, we take my wife's 4 door and there's plenty of room for 4 suitcases plus all of the extra crap we bring along. We've done a few 1500 mile road trips in it and it's manageable.

I recommend some bungee cords to hold stuff in. The 2 orange ones in the picture are permanently in the Jeep. I use them for groceries and all kinds of crap.
For this adventure I was able to fit a 3 person tent, 2 camping mattresses, 3 sleeping bags, and a cot. The blue bungee over the top was extra to keep stuff in while topless.

 

[Only-In-A-Jeep]

I recommend some bungee cords to hold stuff in. The 2 orange ones in the picture are permanently in the Jeep. I use them for groceries and all kinds of crap.
For this adventure I was able to fit a 3 person tent, 2 camping mattresses, 3 sleeping bags, and a cot. The blue bungee over the top was extra to keep stuff in while topless.

You went on an overnight adventure topless? Did you have an emergency cover with you? Or just faith in a rain free forecast?

 

[yokramer]

You went on an overnight adventure topless? Did you have an emergency cover with you? Or just faith in a rain free forecast?

He is in Texas

 

[Poseidon20]

The 4 door has zero space. I can't imagine having another 2 door again. Plus loading my dog in a 2 door with all my soccer gear for coaching would never work plus a fridge. The 4 door is barely big enough and sometimes it's not. Now having an extended 4 door would be perfect.

I believe they do make those, its called a Gladiator lol

 

[Only-In-A-Jeep]

He is in Texas

I guess that does help for sure. Good point.

 

[DUCK01]

I recommend some bungee cords to hold stuff in. The 2 orange ones in the picture are permanently in the Jeep. I use them for groceries and all kinds of crap.
For this adventure I was able to fit a 3 person tent, 2 camping mattresses, 3 sleeping bags, and a cot. The blue bungee over the top was extra to keep stuff in while topless.

Ha Ha! Yep, I do the same. I have 6 PinchaPenny chlorine containers that I have to haul ~30 miles to get filled up every other month or so. When the top is off of mine, I have a couple of bungee cords that I weave through the handles to keep the empties from flying out. The closest grocery store is about 20 miles away, but I just tie off the bags and throw cold stuff in a cooler for the ride home and haven't lost anything along the way.

 

[SlickRicksWilly]

You went on an overnight adventure topless? Did you have an emergency cover with you? Or just faith in a rain free forecast?

Yep, no cover, trust in the forecast. I have been on several overnight or weekend trips topless and doorless.

I got the first topless rain out of the way the first week of ownership. Was headed to a friend's lake house the weekend after I bought it. The forecast was no rain where I was at or where I was going, the path there was a different story and eneded up driving through a 10 minute, absolute turd floater of a downpour. Soaked me and the wife, she was my inside windshield wiper while trying to make it through. Just an FYI the center console is not safe from water and will let water in.

Since then I have had a few low percentage rain days that caught me out as well. Interior dries pretty quick.

 

[mellophonium]

I have a 2 door because the wife got a Grand Cherokee L that just happened to be 4 wheel drive. If it had been a 2 wheel drive, I would have gotten another unlimited.
On a side note, I feel like the unlimited should have been marketed as a Cherokee.

 

[GinaC]

I'm jealous of the 2 doors. They look so much more correct for a Jeep.

The only reason I have a 4 door now is because the 4xe doesn't have a 2 door version. It's easier to get my dogs out of the back seat now, though. And groceries.

Here is a very dirty winter girl. It's the first winter I've had a vehicle with heated steering wheel and seats, and I very much like them!

 

[wrath]

After wheeling a JLUR, it's like wheeling a lighter fullsize truck. Except you have no useful storage space. So you get 4 doors which I guess is great if you need 4 doors.

2 door is great, except you still have no storage space and the misery of 2 doors to get in the back seat (if you actually need a seat in it... you can touch the front seats from the rear so why bother?). But since it's so short, you almost never have to back up and you can fit it anywhere. So if you don't need to do soccer parent duty, 2 doors is probably fine. It's also very light for the power, as compared to every Jeep before it.

A "longer" 2 door would probably be popular, but only as popular as the 2-door Bronco.

 

[ChuckMalone]

Silly Question!

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