Hi All,
I’m happy to report that I’ve officially picked up my Grenadier after nearly a 2.5 year wait, originally putting a deposit down in January 2022. What a wait!
It’s a Fieldmaster, Donney Grey on Inky Black roof with lockers and some other options (hitch, side rails, etc). I’m already in process of planning out my build as it won’t stay as it sits for long. I’ll need to get some better pics to show the contrast as I haven’t seen many on here.
The crew at Elliott Bay was great and spent a lot of time going through the truck in detail. I also ran through my own ‘PDI’ that I documented from all the discussions on the forum here. I know our experiences can differ, but I can say that none of the issues I’ve seen pop up here were present on my truck (and I jotted down a lot of things!). The only thing I caught was that my subwoofer wasn’t switch to on.
In terms of my driving impressions, even with the stock steering damper, is much more compliant around town and on the freeway than the 2004 G500 I drove for 10+ years. The G500 was a required two-hand driving experience and the handling got really twitchy at speed. The Grenadier is sooo much better. I’d already ordered the Fox damper from Agile and installed it in about 20 minutes, torqued to spec. The factory damper is an absolute unit…I may go against the grain and re-install it. To me, some of the charm of this truck, like my old G500, is heavy steering and that feeling it’s not an ordinary car.
TLDR: Absolutely in love with the truck after one short weekend and can’t wait to mod the thing more.
I’m happy to report that I’ve officially picked up my Grenadier after nearly a 2.5 year wait, originally putting a deposit down in January 2022. What a wait!
It’s a Fieldmaster, Donney Grey on Inky Black roof with lockers and some other options (hitch, side rails, etc). I’m already in process of planning out my build as it won’t stay as it sits for long. I’ll need to get some better pics to show the contrast as I haven’t seen many on here.
The crew at Elliott Bay was great and spent a lot of time going through the truck in detail. I also ran through my own ‘PDI’ that I documented from all the discussions on the forum here. I know our experiences can differ, but I can say that none of the issues I’ve seen pop up here were present on my truck (and I jotted down a lot of things!). The only thing I caught was that my subwoofer wasn’t switch to on.
In terms of my driving impressions, even with the stock steering damper, is much more compliant around town and on the freeway than the 2004 G500 I drove for 10+ years. The G500 was a required two-hand driving experience and the handling got really twitchy at speed. The Grenadier is sooo much better. I’d already ordered the Fox damper from Agile and installed it in about 20 minutes, torqued to spec. The factory damper is an absolute unit…I may go against the grain and re-install it. To me, some of the charm of this truck, like my old G500, is heavy steering and that feeling it’s not an ordinary car.
TLDR: Absolutely in love with the truck after one short weekend and can’t wait to mod the thing more.
