What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[Lunentucker]

Broke Slim's delicate hand off, so I had to get inventive with a couple of zip ties.

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[WILDHOBO]

Broke Slim's delicate hand off, so I had to get inventive with a couple of zip ties.

Is that a Mohave, or did you have orange handles made just for Halloween?

 

[Vanishing Point]

Got the shovel mounted.

 

[doc-ketamine]

Ran a 15' USB-A to USB-C cable through the dash, through the center console, to the rear USB port ... ostensibly to power my MagSafe charger so I wouldn't have ugly cables coming out of the front dash. Some takeaways:

(1) any place I stick the USB cable to power the MagSafe mount seems to preclude me from using the wireless CarPlay adapter. Scratching my head at this one ... so I plugged it into the inverter outlet. Sigh.
(2) 10 feet would have been more than long enough.
(3) Red cable looks sharp, but black would have been more stealth.

 

[Lunentucker]

Is that a Mohave, or did you have orange handles made just for Halloween?

It's a Mojave.

 

[WILDHOBO]

It's a Mojave.

I figured. Just having fun. I dig the skeleton.

 

[Pigman67]

Put the door nuts back on for the winter months.

It's too cold in the mornings to got without anymore this year.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I have multiple spots on mine 1.5yrs old. repair looks good. I was told about $300 to powder coat it

Got mine powder coated for $246 including Iowa 7% sales tax.
I took it to them disassembled, they blasted and prepped it and the finish is perfect, a great match to the stock finish of the MOPAR parts. Nice and black.
Mine survived 2 years before needing to be dealt with.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Ran a 15' USB-A to USB-C cable through the dash, through the center console, to the rear USB port ... ostensibly to power my MagSafe charger so I wouldn't have ugly cables coming out of the front dash. Some takeaways:

(1) any place I stick the USB cable to power the MagSafe mount seems to preclude me from using the wireless CarPlay adapter. Scratching my head at this one ... so I plugged it into the inverter outlet. Sigh.
(2) 10 feet would have been more than long enough.
(3) Red cable looks sharp, but black would have been more stealth.

USB power shuts off a while after ignition goes off............ I think it's 60 minutes, or was it 30 minutes....

 

[mx5red]

Ran a 15' USB-A to USB-C cable through the dash, through the center console, to the rear USB port ... ostensibly to power my MagSafe charger so I wouldn't have ugly cables coming out of the front dash. Some takeaways:

(1) any place I stick the USB cable to power the MagSafe mount seems to preclude me from using the wireless CarPlay adapter. Scratching my head at this one ... so I plugged it into the inverter outlet. Sigh.
(2) 10 feet would have been more than long enough.
(3) Red cable looks sharp, but black would have been more stealth.

Tie it into the extra aux lines in passenger footwell or get a (quadratec) 12v power adapter so it’s not tied into the stereo?

 

[drewcnit]

Finally got around to installing my bumpers. Motobilt hammer front and rear. They’ve been sitting around powder coated for about 2 months now, but between vacation, work and normal around the house stuff they got put on the back burner. Besides installing my Quake headlights probably my last mod for the year, gotta get in the shop and start making stuff for Christmas. Next spring will be Motobilt crusher rocker armor with steps if I can convince myself that I’m comfortable with drilling into the trucks body

Any issues with the install? Mine came with no instructions and none that I can find on their website, I'm assuming it's pretty bolt on straight forward?
Also noticed you have the same year/make/model/trim as I do and that your license plate lights aren't installed on your rear. Is that because the Sport S bezel/bracket didn't fit?
What did you get to fix that up?

 

[USMC_1Wire6337]

Any issues with the install? Mine came with no instructions and none that I can find on their website, I'm assuming it's pretty bolt on straight forward?
Also noticed you have the same year/make/model/trim as I do and that your license plate lights aren't installed on your rear. Is that because the Sport S bezel/bracket didn't fit?
What did you get to fix that up?

Looks like they cheesed out and are using someone's video as instructions for the front.

https://motobilt.com/blogs/first-bl...og-light-mounts-and-skid-plate-for-jeep-jl-jt

 

[Bacstar]

Installed the Clayton 3.5" Overland + lift with Fox Performance 2.0 shocks over the weekend. Hopefully, I get to test them out offroad next weekend.

 

[drewcnit]

Looks like they cheesed out and are using someone's video as instructions for the front.

https://motobilt.com/blogs/first-bl...og-light-mounts-and-skid-plate-for-jeep-jl-jt

That's exactly what they sent me for the front, it's not even a great video... ? ?

 

[PaJeeper]

Any issues with the install? Mine came with no instructions and none that I can find on their website, I'm assuming it's pretty bolt on straight forward?
Also noticed you have the same year/make/model/trim as I do and that your license plate lights aren't installed on your rear. Is that because the Sport S bezel/bracket didn't fit?
What did you get to fix that up?

instal was very straight forward. Packaging left a little to be desired all the bolt bags were broken open so the nuts and bolts were all through the box. As for the plate lights they use the bezels for the steel bumpers.You still have to grind some ridges off so they snap together. I ended up ordering them from Quadratec, one of the 4 pieces is still on back order so I have one light zip tied to the bumper. Besides that little issue I absolutely love the bumpers.

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