What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[ColoradoMike]

Looks like a great event. I purchased my Grenadier from Red Noland and was wondering if their owner events would be any good. I will definitely sign up for a future edition.

You definitely should come out for the events. TONS of fun!

 

[ECrider]

Looks great, but I think the light grills maybe on the wrong sides. If they're the ebay ones I've been looking at, then the straight edge is on the outside and rounded on the inside.

Good spot. I have mine orientated as you describe.

 

[Tergosa]

Was my first time off-road with my Grenadier and a perfect event to learn how to use my buttons and toggle switches. Many thanks to Thom and Red Nolan for an outstanding event! We also met many great people of like minds and look forward to new adventures.

 

[NEKO]

OWL Talons, Scottish White, 17" with upsized KO2s. Actually drives better with the offset change of the Talon Wheels (Less wondering in the lane)...recommend!

 

[angstorms]

Snow here now, so doing some project on the truck, Rival Radius Arm skid plates showed up, Have the rears on. I wish I had the fronts when I installed the engine/transmission skid, you reuse the crossbar long bolt for both. Put the back skid plates on for now.

My Crossbar was tight between the frame, and spacer they provide never fit, so they need a little bit persuasion to get both sides to fit, but it nice to have them installed now.

I am also planning on installing the Racing Optics Windshield Defense Film this afternoon. Looking forward to see how this works out.

greg

 

[ryket]

I finally bought one! I had cancelled my reservation back in 2023 but after seeing more and more Grenadiers on the street I was starting to feel left out.

I went for a long drive up into the Sierras. The car drove well in the snow and was a little mountain goat. It could use a heated windshield and headlight washers, but apart from that I was impressed with it as a winter car. It has a few problems, almost all of which are caused by bad software design and should be fixable.

The good: fun to drive, felt safe in a snowstorm, heating worked ok, plenty of power, got compliments from random people on how cool my car is.

The not so good: ADAS is trash and kept going into fault mode, TPMS warnings fluctuated between high/low pressure alerts as the temperature changed, other known quirks like the keyfob rape alarm and the paranoiac low fuel warning...

 

[angstorms]

Well that was quick and easy to install of the Racing Optics Windshield Defense Film. it is great to be ready for winter now with three clean peel-able layers

Prior pealing protective film for the glue side.

Film installed,

 

[ColoradoMike]

Was my first time off-road with my Grenadier and a perfect event to learn how to use my buttons and toggle switches. Many thanks to Thom and Red Nolan for an outstanding event! We also met many great people of like minds and look forward to new adventures.

What a fun time! Was terrific to meet you and the rest of the bunch!!!

 

[ColoradoMike]

Well that was quick and easy to install of the Racing Optics Windshield Defense Film. it is great to be ready for winter now with three clean peel-able layers
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Prior pealing protective film for the glue side.

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Film installed,
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I’m interested! Was there a Grenadier cutout or did you use one of the Jeep ones and trim to fit.

 

[angstorms]

I’m interested! Was there a Grenadier cutout or did you use one of the Jeep ones and trim to fit.

It is cut for the Grenadier windscreen.

 

[ColoradoMike]

It is cut for the Grenadier windscreen.

Thanks! I checked their website but didn’t see it listed there. I suppose I have to give them a call. I do like the idea as you know Colorado roads are notoriously horrid for pitting, chips, and cracks….ask me how I know….lol

 

[angstorms]

@ColoradoMike Yep you have to love the sand and mini pebbles they roles when It snows.

 

[angstorms]

Thanks! I checked their website but didn’t see it listed there. I suppose I have to give them a call. I do like the idea as you know Colorado roads are notoriously horrid for pitting, chips, and cracks….ask me how I know….lol

here is the link https://racingopticsjeep.com/product/ig2024/

I saw Tint World up by you also installs it.

 

[ColoradoMike]

here is the link https://racingopticsjeep.com/product/ig2024/

I saw Tint World up by you also installs it.

Thanks just found it! Seems pretty easy to install with two folks. They have a 20% off coupon HOLIDAY20 so I just purchased one! I have never used this product before but figured I would give it a shot! Thanks again for posting it up!

Mike

 

[MTNDOG]

Well that was quick and easy to install of the Racing Optics Windshield Defense Film. it is great to be ready for winter now with three clean peel-able layers
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Prior pealing protective film for the glue side.

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Film installed,
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Just ordered. Any tips or tricks for the install?

 

[angstorms]

Just ordered. Any tips or tricks for the install?

Have a friend help with two step ladders, watch the video before you install it, do not be in hurry, remember to overlap you squeegee actions, also spray windscreen and film until they fully wetted out before applying. have good lighting as well.


Also make sure you

Keep the film top wet while you squeeze the water out with scraper, remember use paper towel or microfiber cloth when it do your second pass on the snapper
Finally do not over work the film once you squeeze the solution out, you can impact the adhesive end of with blotch mark.

The video for the film

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGPNoU8Qj4


End of this video is good on laying down film, we have less steps this is for exosheld in one of there video they used nylon Brillo pad to clean the windshield and the fluid.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r40rJiIew8s


Greg

 

[ORSO]

New trip to Timau

 

[Tinki]

Landed back in London after a trip early hours of the morning . A bit of snow on the ground . And as usual people with summer tires were not having fun at all .
Was happy to give a hand where i could .

Fellow passenger in long term parking , battery did not like the cold , noco to the rescue man on his way .

Getting out of london presumably because of the snow, GPS send me through the back roads . Happily i obliged .

Snow driving was fun and at 2 o'clock in the morning there was almost no one on the roads . From the snow i could see that the roads i was traveling on ,no one had been on since the snow fell . We talking about 5-6 cm of snow . Nothing exciting .

Half an hour into my journey i met 2 cars trying to climb a small hill incline . 2 guys trying to push a car up the hill but the summer Tires were just spinning in situ.

I could see that there was no way they would do it so i offered to pull them up the hill .

NB make sure you know where the towing eye of your car is stored and remember that the threads are left handed . Anyway gave them both a pull up the hill with a kinetic rope .

I turned around again and begun the trip home and 100 m later i found another car with 2 ladies in the same situation. Gave them also a pull up the hill .

Rest of the way on their respective paths was mainly flat .

So i wished them all luck and continued my trip home .

Nothing else exciting happened but the snow was “heavy” at times.

The grenadier earned its keep . Fair and square . This was by no means anything difficult or challenging . No lockers or low gear used . It was as if going to pick up Some milk . I expected nothing else .

I always make sure i carry all the gear in the car for cases like these , i would feel very annoyed if i knew i could help but had no straps or ropes with me .

Positives :
-Defrost took literally 3 minutes ( I have a protective film on my windshield not sure if that helped )
-power never an issue
-BF tires worked perfectly well in the snow and slush , never lost grip . As expected braking performance is less but you adapt your driving .

Bad
-had to stop 2x to clean my headlights because of snow build up . The LEDs are simly not hot enough to get rid of the snow and at somepoint i was struggling to see . Not sure what the solution for this is . Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Hope everyone is enjoying the white stuff !! Remember to wash the car after they salt the roads .

 

[parb]

I put sound insulation in all doors. Open the doors, taped up the windows and removed the window lift mechanism assembly. Places the sound deadener on the door sheet metal, from bottom all the way up to the interior of the door handles.

Also installed the sound deadener in the trunk under the plastic cover directly on the sheet metal.

This really helped make the cabin quiet. Highly recommended.

If interested I can share what material I used for the sound deadener.

 

[ForceV4]

Had a blast with some incredible folks just several hours ago. Red Noland of Colorado Springs set up the first event of 2025..."Ineos Grenadier 2025 Winterfest"!

Thom Buckley, Co Owner of Red Noland dealerships, puts on these events to build a sense of community, learn some things, and bottom line have a blast!

We had nine Grenadiers for the run and enjoyed every minute of it. Thom had moved a bit ahead and set up a lunch spot where we had a campfire and ate delicious chili and cornbread with hot cider!

Enjoy!

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That was a GREAT trip - Thom