Joe: I'm Joe from ExtremeTerrain and on this very special episode of Throttle Out we're
at SEMA 2019.
So, we're inside the Convention Center at SEMA 2019.
I'm super excited to be here.
It is a great day to be a Jeep fan but I got to tell you guys 2019 is gonna be the year
of the Gladiator, Gladiator, Gladiator, Gladiator, these things are absolutely everywhere.
We're gonna show you some other cool builds too, JK, JL that is gonna be in this video.
We're gonna talk to some of our vendors, get the idea of new parts coming down the pipe
and, of course, my top three Jeeps of SEMA a little bit later on in the video.
So, stick around and let's get started.
Walking through the show, another one that caught my eye here, this is gonna be Black
Rhino's Lifted Gladiator.
This thing is a really nice overall build.
On the front here we do have a worn winch right behind me, full fab tech suspension,
40-inch trail grapples by Nitto wrapped around, the 17-inch Black Rhino Renos, that is a really
nice combination in my opinion.
This thing is fully bent liner as well in that hunter green, looks so good, and to top
of this build off we do have that overlander bed cat-back there which is really neat for
the Gladiator.
I haven't seen that yet.
Now, this might not be one of the most modified Gladiators out here, but as a unit overall,
I'd really dig this one.
So, moving through the show here, one JL that really caught my eye is this one right behind
me.
This is going by the Stormswamper.
Now, there's two things that go into that name, the most obvious one, this is gonna
be a little bit reminiscent of a Stormtrooper from Star Wars.
So, we have the Darth Vader grille up front.
It's a little bit shrouded, but you guys have seen that before on the JL.
Moving right along here to the second part of the name, we do have the 44-inch Super
Swampers here on all four corners.
This is definitely a really meaty tire, one of my personal favorites, Fox Skyjacker combo
for the suspension as well, definitely really well built.
We have the tube doors on the side here and as far as the interior goes, you have some
black quilted leather and the Stormswamper logo embroidered on the headrest that is a
really really nice touch as well.
To wrap things up, we do have the full exoskeleton roof rack with the KC HiLiTEs on the front
end and the fastback hardtop.
Now, as a Star Wars fan and as a Jeep fan to see the two come together with the Stormswamper,
this is a really nice buid.
So, this is my number three pick of the show.
It is the Hennessy Maximus 1000.
Hennessy, tuning legend out of Texas and they really turn this Gladiator up to 11.
Hellcat power plant, eight-speed transmission making 1,000 horsepower, 933 foot-pounds of
torque and that makes a good for zero to 60 in about 3.9 seconds.
Now, I wonder if they could get that any faster if they took the doors off but that's neither
here nor there.
It's also got a King 6-inch lift, BFG 40-inch tires wrapped around fuel wheels.
This thing is amazing.
It's one of 24 built, it could be yours for the cool price of $225,000 but it is a great
all-arounder and this thing is worthy of a number three.
So I'm gonna dub this Gladiator right here behind me the OG, sort of the old meets new.
In this case, OG is gonna stand for Original Gladiator.
We have the brand new JL Gladiator here right behind us but this has the old school Gladiator
grille conversion, which is completely custom.
And I think it actually really fits the front end of the JL Gladiator really well but that's
not all this Jeep has to offer.
We do have the DV8 bumpers, both front and rear, 37-inch tires with the Fox shocks as
well, some DV8 doors in the middle to really tie the whole DV8 theme together.
Everything is color-coordinated, that gray, black and red which I'm personally really
a big fan of.
And to top things off, we do have the tent on the bed which I have not seen on the Gladiator
yet but that is really, really cool.
This is definitely one that is worth seeing.
Guys, we're here at the DV8 booth with Brandon and he's the R&D and Marketing Manager.
I spot a couple of new parts on their Gladiator here, Brandon, why don't you take us through
a quick walkthrough here.
I eyed up this chase rack first, let's dive into that a little bit.
Brandon: Yeah.
So, the chase rack is made of eighth-inch steel and the nice thing about it is a no
drilling or anything required, it's full bolt-on.
Joe: And the light bar at the top, I noticed there's a big mount at the bottom and a smaller
one underneath, right?
Brandon: Yeah.
So, we actually wanted the ability for people to light up the bed as much as they wanted,
so does have the ability to have mount a 10-inch right in the center so you can angle down
this bed and light up the bed when you're working on it at night.
Joe: That's awesome.
Now, also one thing I noticed here this tire carrier is kind of a swing arm setup.
Brandon: So, this is specific of the JLs, our prototype, allows you to mount up to 42-inch
tire and have hydraulic assist when lifting it up.
Joe: That's great.
Yeah.
So, when you have stuff in the bed, you can have this in the up position, throw stuff
in there, take it right back out and then we're doing some daily driving, the idea is
you can swing that right back down, right?
Brandon: Exactly.
Joe: One more thing right here these bedside sliders.
Can you tell us a little bit about those?
Brandon: Yeah.
So, the bedside sliders are actually really cool.
Between the two they actually weigh about 100 pounds and the reason why they have so
much weight to them is we really wanted them be strong.
The outside of the slider you're looking at 3/16 metal, however the entire underside is
quarter-inch thick.
We really wanted the bracing on the underside to prevent any movement when coming down off
of the ledge.
Joe: Yeah, right.
With the Gladiator one thing that was always sort of a weak spot is this truck bed out
here, it kind of hurts the departure angle a little bit and something like this is definitely
gonna help if you plan on doing any wheeling in the Gladiator.
So, on the surface here, Brandon, this rear bumper, it's looking a little bit tame but
this does have a little bit of secret sauce in it, right?
Brandon: Yep, you have a little hidden storage.
Joe: That is so cool.
So instead of a spare, you can utilize that space to store some tools.
We have some cut foam in here, guys, this isn't exactly available just yet, but DV8
is gonna be bringing this to market very soon.
I'm sure it is gonna sell really well.
Brandon, thank you so much for walking us through this.
So, we're here at the Jeep booth standing in the middle of a bunch of, you guessed it,
Jeeps.
There are a lot of Gladiators here though.
We're gonna take a look around and see what the old OEM has to offer.
So, what we're standing in front of right here at the Jeep booth is the Jeep J6.
Now, if I were to make a Gladiator this is exactly what it would look like.
The main story with this one is we're lopping off two of the rear doors and this is strictly
put a two-door Gladiator.
Upping the bed size of the regular Gladiator to 6-foot, however, this has the regular wheelbase
of the stock JL.
So, you get the short wheelbase, long bed with two doors.
The paint is a throwback to the 1978 Jeep Poncho with stock motor but a lot of Jeep
concept parts on here.
This is the shut up and take my money kind of build.
Luckily, Jeep did say this was a prototype so that hints to a two-door Gladiator coming
in the future and I have my fingers crossed.
So, we're still at the Jeep booth and they are showing off a little bit with this Bikini
Pearl JL here.
This has some brand new Mopar concept parts on it that I really do wanna show you guys.
First thing's first, let's start with this steel bumper.
This is brand new from Mopar, just hit the market and you can see you do have the Mopar
by Warren Winch.
This satin black grille is cool, the vinyl sticker on the hood, but just moving around
to the side here we do have some brand new stuff for the JL.
This door skin right here is a brand new design, you can see it has a zipper right here.
This is gonna be great if you can't reach over a tube door to open it, you open that
up and you can pull the lever right in that zip which is a nice touch.
Of course, that is a really cool skin on there, I think that's gonna make a lot of people
really happy.
Also if you roll with tube doors, this mirror amount also brand new usually you did have
to ditch them with the Mopar tube doors but not with this design right here.
So, good work, Jeep.
We're standing right next to my number two pick and that is the Fab Fours Gladiator.
Now, this Jeep has a lot going for it and that's why it's gonna take my number two spot.
First thing's first, the suspension.
Dana 60 front axles, we have that really popular Fox Skyjacker Fox coil-over combo.
I love these tires too.
Mickey Thompson Baja 40-inch and they're wrapped around those race line beadlocks.
We have our high clearance fender flare.
This is a Fab Fours piece too, we have the gill box right behind it which, hey, the styling
there is maybe a little bit polarizing.
I like how it ties together the rock lights though.
We also have some tube doors, Gladiator specific sidesteps and to put the cherry on top, the
Smittybilt tent.
But that is not all this Gladiator is bringing to the table, I'll meet you around the other
side.
So, right above me this is the 23Zero awning.
Now, this is a great piece to compliment the Gladiator, mounted up to a Fab Fours roof
rack, this is exactly what you need when you go camping.
Now as an entire build this is really awesome and in my opinion, easy of a number two pick.
So, what we're standing in front of here is not exactly a Jeep but this is a kind of build
you can expect to see at SEMA.
This is a Scooby-Doo Monster Jam monster truck and this thing is absolutely insane.
The shocks are taller than me.
The tail on Scooby is almost hitting the roof.
The header setup on this thing is also insane.
This thing must be super duper loud.
And last but not least, we do have some 66-inch tires on this thing.
Guys, we're here with Hank, he's the director of marketing over at Rugged Ridge.
We spotted some brand new parts on your JL.
Why don't you walk us through these?
Hank: This is our new Venator bumper that is one of our stamp steel bumpers, so we have
a lot more design features in this that you can work with.
The overrider has some elements that tie into the grille, or these massive hooks allow for
two size of D-rings as well as a recovery strap.
Joe: Now this one is the Venator, this is not available just yet but in the past few
months you guys have been dropping some other bumpers as well?
Hank: Correct.
We've came out with the Arcus bumper which is another stamp steel bumper that's more
of a stubby version, and we came out with our HD line which has a stubby and a full
width.
But that's cut fold and weld and that's more of a off-road bumper.
Joe: I really like what you guys did with the bronze accents here on the winch too and
on the fairlead, that showing off a little bit.
Now, there's one more product we saw on here.
Can you tell us a little bit about these LED running lights?
Hank: Yeah, so chop brackets, we already had one without a daytime running light.
It allows you to cut your fender to create more clearance for your wheel and tire setup,
leaving the inner liner in or you can take all the inner liner out and still works.
Joe: But you guys have some other options for this style as well.
Hank: Correct.
We also are using this DRL in a complete new poly fender flare that has a stock look to
it.
It just gives him a high clearance as well.
Joe: Hank, thank you so much for showing us around these new products here.
Can't wait to see these on the market, let's get back to the show.
Now, where we're standing right here, this is gonna be brand new for SEMA 2019.
This is the Overland Experience and this whole pavilion is devoted to overlanding.
So, let's go ahead and take a look and see what we can find.
So, here's one that caught my eye.
This JL here is pretty much Smittybilt from front to back, bumpers, winch, rock sliders.
The only thing that is not Smittybilt, it's going to be the long arm kit that's from Rubicon
Express, really nice piece.
But the real story is gonna be out back here being the Overland Pavilion, Smittybilt does
have all their overlanding products on display.
And this scout trailer here is really cool.
Tons of storage space, you can see plenty for a generator, jerrycans, compressed air.
Over on the other side, we do have a little bit of a Coleman grille set up, sliding trays
out the back and that is perfect for a fridge freezer and also there's an awning over there
to provide you a little bit of shade.
Of course, there's also some sleeping quarters up top with the Smittybilt tent.
This is a great rig to go overlanding with.
Here's a great example of an overlanding rig taken to the extreme.
First thing's first, let's start with the JL up front of course lifted a little bit.
The Black Rhino wheels look really good.
Again though the real star of the show here is gonna be this Hiker Trailer's trailer back
here, you got the triple awning setup, you do have a shower, everything inside is gonna
double as sleeping and storage space.
You get a lot of pullout shelves in the back there, really nice and modern as well.
I definitely would not mind disappearing off the grid for a couple of days if I had something
like this.
So, here we are guys with my number one pick of SEMA 2019.
This is the Five Quarter, it originally started life as a 1968 Gladiator, but suffice to say
it's had just a little bit of work done.
First thing's first, full carbon fiber face here.
This thing looks really good.
Sitting right behind that we do have a Hellcat swap.
So, this thing is putting down 700 horsepower.
Moving into the suspension, we're rolling on 40s here, Full King coil-overs, exactly
what you wanna see.
Next up, let's talk a little bit about the interior that is also really immaculate and
actually the trans tunnel is made out of a supercharger casing, that is really cool to
see as well.
One thing I did wanna show you guys that is really, really neat.
This little bit of storage right here you can flip that open and pull that out to get
a couple of shot glasses and that is just so cool.
Let's move to the bed here which is full aluminum.
You have a couple of jerrycans, they're actually not full of gasoline but instead gin and tonic,
I really like that as well.
And gone are the leaf springs of the past, we have full tank coil overs back here, up
front we have a dyno track 60, in the rear we have a dyno track 80.
This is an immaculate build, I love this thing and it is well worthy of my number one pick
for SEMA 2019.
That's gonna do it guys for my SEMA 2019 coverage.
I had a ton of fun.
A lot of great Jeeps here.
The sun is going down on the Las Vegas desert though and it is time to wrap things up.
Now, I didn't go with into this thinking that my top three were going to be all Gladiator,
I really wanted to do kind of a mix but again, the Gladiator here really stole the show.
Wrangler did win SUV four by four of the year though, no doubt helped by the Gladiator.
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I'm Joe.
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