Bought my JLU Dec 2018 and took a road trip 3 days later. When I packed I had to rearrange how I packed because items did not fit the same as in the JK.
Finally got around to taking a few measurements and sure enough, the JLU has less usable cargo space then the JKU.
The floor depth loses 1-1.5" floor to top of the rear door (closed) because the rear seat is further back and leaned further back. Doesn't seam like much until you put a suitcase in on it's long side and it doesn't fit (fits in the JKU).
The amount of lost space between the roll bars was more than I thought it would be...the amount of useless space between the roll bar and the windows :doh:
Don't understand the roll bar design other than possibly thin material and the need to provide the strength thru the square beam - "tripod" design
The width of the floor space because of all the "decorative" panels...loss of 4"! 4" matter! (yep, that's what she said) , panels look nice, but I'd rather have the useable space.
Plan now is to remove the panels off the roll bar, the upper panels (40.75") take up too much space - hoping there's no wiring behind them.
Going to research the panels on the sides and see what's behind them before I start taking it out.
hey FCA... what happened to all that extra SPACE!! a Jeeper needs cargo space! Not rear seat space, nobody sits there anyway??
Need going out to the trails space, not going to the mall space :doh::doh::doh:
Ok, rant over, maybe I should sell it before it pisses me off more :thinking: :cheesy:
Finally got around to taking a few measurements and sure enough, the JLU has less usable cargo space then the JKU.
The floor depth loses 1-1.5" floor to top of the rear door (closed) because the rear seat is further back and leaned further back. Doesn't seam like much until you put a suitcase in on it's long side and it doesn't fit (fits in the JKU).
The amount of lost space between the roll bars was more than I thought it would be...the amount of useless space between the roll bar and the windows :doh:
Don't understand the roll bar design other than possibly thin material and the need to provide the strength thru the square beam - "tripod" design
The width of the floor space because of all the "decorative" panels...loss of 4"! 4" matter! (yep, that's what she said) , panels look nice, but I'd rather have the useable space.
Plan now is to remove the panels off the roll bar, the upper panels (40.75") take up too much space - hoping there's no wiring behind them.
Going to research the panels on the sides and see what's behind them before I start taking it out.
hey FCA... what happened to all that extra SPACE!! a Jeeper needs cargo space! Not rear seat space, nobody sits there anyway??
Need going out to the trails space, not going to the mall space :doh::doh::doh:
Ok, rant over, maybe I should sell it before it pisses me off more :thinking: :cheesy: