Is there a JL truck conversion out there yet?

[four low]

I've said this before, a way to make a JLU into a pickup is rear half doors , a bulkhead behind driver/ passenger seats; Bestop Roadster wrap around soft top and the extended tonneau.
Collins Brothers Jeeps in Texas made bulkheads and hard top half cabs for the JKU, so maybe the JLU will be next

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[Poordad]

I would give AEV a call to see if they were planning anything. They brought us the Brute.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Rear half doors with no external handles would be ideal. It would be cheaper to modify full doors that way than to get Mopar half doors. All you would need on the back side is a sheetmetal panel and a latch.

 

[Jeepnutz]

Doubt it will ever happen en mass with the JT available.

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"If you want a 2 door Gladiator, buy a Wrangler Unlimited." -Mark Allen, head of Jeep design

It's never going to happen because it wouldn't sell.

I don't understand the appeal anyway. I grew up with regular cab trucks and they were fricking miserable.

Not everyone wants a truck with a break over of a limo though. An extended cab would sell. Remember, FCA said there would NEVER be a V8 option LOL...

 

[Tank the Jeep]

I would give AEV a call to see if they were planning anything. They brought us the Brute.

If AEV made a conversion, it might be out by 2030. Those dudes are slow.

 

[Poordad]

If AEV made a conversion, it might be out by 2030. Those dudes are slow.

The OP never said he was in a hurry!

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Here is the JK kit. It sold poorly, so it’s very doubtful there will be a JL version. It was cool, but you had to buy the JK first, then spend $5k for this kit and another $5k in labor (if you didn’t do any of the work).

https://uncrate.com/mopar-jk-8-jeep-kit/

 

[XJfanatic]

I think someone needs to make a removable bulk head for a JLU and block off panels for the rear doors like a HMMWV. That way you can still get into the rear foot well for storage.

 

[sardog12]

An extra cab gladiator would prove useful to some as well.

You mean something like this?

 

[Tank the Jeep]

I think someone needs to make a removable bulk head for a JLU and block off panels for the rear doors like a HMMWV. That way you can still get into the rear foot well for storage.

That is pretty much what the DV8 kit was. Plus it had a drop in bed liner. I was looking at buying converted JK. I didn’t because my wife smelled exhaust. I think it was the adhesives still curing. Either way it was $$$. Oh well, I ended up with my JLURD.

 

[Oilburner]

Something like that would be the only thing I’d give up my 2006 LJRU for-

 

[Dan M.]

I have a 2 door and took out the back seat. The Gladiator was never an option for me as it is just too big. I personally would consider a 2 door Gladiator, but I don't know if there are enough people like me out there that would buy one to make it worth while for Jeep to make it.

 

[aldo98229]

I would argue that's not really true.
Manufacturers make the majority 4 door trucks, yes. But they don't even offer the 2 door, maybe if it's a stripped down work truck.
It's easy to say that's what buyers want when that's all that is on the lot.
Go back to the 90's and look at regular cabs vs the 4 door offerings...no contest.
Jeep would be smart to make a 2 door Gladiator. They have all the tooling.

4-door vehicles outsell their 2-door counterparts 9-to-1. This is the pattern in sales mix whenever there’s been a 4-door and 2-door offered side-by-side, like it was for Honda Civic and Accord. Honda has since killed both 2-door versions.

Wrangler sales are gradually approaching those proportions. When JK first appeared, 4-door sales were 50-50 with 2-door. By the time JK came to the end of its cycle, sales were 25% 2-door/75% 4-door. And the trend has accelerated with JL. Last time I checked, 2-door accounted for less than 15% of total JL sales.

Consumer demand is the biggest driver for these sales patterns. 4-doors simply offer a lot more functionality to the vast majority of buyers.

In Wrangler’s case, FCA’s decisions play a role in driving 2-door sales lower. It hasn’t offered 2-door in several versions —i.e., Moab, North, Recon, Sahara, Sahara Altitude, High Altitude, 4Xe and 392. Despite all the 1941 Easter eggs, FCA continues to treat 2-door like the step child. For instance, you cannot get a tan soft top on most 2-door versions, while you still can in 4-doors. To make matters worse, FCA’s pricing policies place 2-door at a disadvantage; making Wrangler so expensive prompts many buyers to “step up” to the 4-door.

FCA is motivated by greed; it doesn’t give a shit; all it wants is to charge the most money for each sale. But these decisions are pushing sales of 2-door even lower.

PS - Bronco 2-door will sell well during the first 2 years. But I’d be surprised if Ford continues to offer it after its first redesign.

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[mwilk012]

Whoah, a corporation that is focused on profits in a market based economy? Shocker.

 

[Gee-pah]

Jeep would be smart to make a 2 door Gladiator. They have all the tooling.

Would they....I mean I don't know--not that I'm saying that you're wrong.

Wouldn't such a truck, in addition to all the costs of bringing it to market risk taking away from sales of at least some JTs?

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