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

[THE SANDALORIAN]

Installed an LoD Destroyer series rear bumper. Still working on the bed sliders as well. Have a LoD Destroyer front bumper, but waiting for the Diode Dynamics Elite Max headlights to show up so I can swap them at the same time.

Also installed Desert Does It Seat Jackers and a RockJock carrier bearing spacer.

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[nbajunkie]

I installed the ssv works speaker adaptors. Kicker 46cs674 6 3/4" speakers with sounds skins sound dampening(used one sheet between both Housings. It was very scary. And if i had known before hand that I'd have to hack away at the plastic surround . I'd probably never done any of it. Cost was around 220$. But the pay off is very nice. Sounds Punchy and the mid bass is there. I have the terra acoustics up front . So now the sound is much more balanced. I have the stock 7" non alpine system.

 

[Butch2020JT]

You might be able to squeak it out, if not cut on a straight section then use a band clamp if you wanted to reinstall

Got it done! Under 2 hours start to finish and old unit out in one piece.
Thrilled with the results.

 

[THE SANDALORIAN]

I installed the ssv works speaker adaptors. Kicker 46cs674 6 3/4" speakers with sounds skins sound dampening(used one sheet between both Housings. It was very scary. And if i had known before hand that I'd have to hack away at the plastic surround . I'd probably never done any of it. Cost was around 220$. But the pay off is very nice. Sounds Punchy and the mid bass is there. I have the terra acoustics up front . So now the sound is much more balanced. I have the stock 7" non alpine system.

Those turned out great!

 

[THE SANDALORIAN]

Got it done! Under 2 hours start to finish and old unit out in one piece.
Thrilled with the results.

Exhaust looks awesome! Every time I see Injen I think of Jurassic Park

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Got it done! Under 2 hours start to finish and old unit out in one piece.
Thrilled with the results.

 

[Climbhigh]

Set up my Gladiator for flat towing behind my crane. Rockhard 4x4 bumper with the 10,000lbs blue ox tow bar and cool tech flat tow harness

 

[Vtur]

Installed a winch and wired in the contactor and fuse holdaer. 1/2 inch carriage bolts works great for the fairlead with the Warn plate.

The thimble holder tapered spacers came in. Installed the fairlead. The 1/2" carriage bolts works perfectly with the Warn 1/2" slotted fairlead holes. Like some, I prefer not having the hook installed until it's needed.

Also, trimmed the factory plastic filler.

 

[TotallyReasonable]

The suction cup on my dash cam kept falling, either when it was really cold or really hot. Finally found a good solution on amazon, a small ball arm mount (looks like maybe 1/2"?) that attaches to the rearview mirror with a solid clamp. It came with a bunch of mount options and a “universal” option that let me disassemble my old suction cup mount and build a new attachment that works with the ball joint. I got it positioned to where I can barely see it from the inside of the cab too so its not blocking any of the windshield. Just need to tidy up the wiring now that it (hopefully) won't fall anymore.

EDIT - Here's the link, its cheap on amazon.

 

[Blade1668]

Knocked off a bunch of the ice. Started it up for a while drove a little to cycle parts in cold to loosen more ice. ?
Damn I moved to the south to get away from this stuff.

 

[USMC_1Wire6337]

Big upgrade. Brake light decal

Good for 20 HP, 5 MPG and 100 cool points ?

 

[ecidiego]

Installed OEM LED DRLs today, replacing my factory halogens on the Mojave. Fukking sucked. Cheers!! I can offer only a little advice:

 

[HikerBob]

Not much but still a “To”. New license plate frame “1 of 4190 Launch Edition” and a rain jacket for the cab. Hopefully this cold spell will move out soon so the doors can come off again.

 

[punk'n]

The suction cup on my dash cam kept falling, either when it was really cold or really hot. Finally found a good solution on amazon, a small ball arm mount (looks like maybe 1/2"?) that attaches to the rearview mirror with a solid clamp. It came with a bunch of mount options and a “universal” option that let me disassemble my old suction cup mount and build a new attachment that works with the ball joint. I got it positioned to where I can barely see it from the inside of the cab too so its not blocking any of the windshield. Just need to tidy up the wiring now that it (hopefully) won't fall anymore.

Can you share a link?

 

[doc-ketamine]

Repaired my loose / ineffective parking brake, which seems to be a fairly common issue. Some posts in this forum helped! Duplicated my wall of text here in case it helps people.

On Saturday after an hour drive I went to pull the parking brake as I always do when parked (habit, though I have an automatic). Pulled and there was no resistance. JTR could roll freely with the p-brake engaged ... this is the video in question which explains how to access the in-cab mechanism.

I was lucky, the cable locks that keep the parking brake cables in position, under tension, had popped out as the tension lessens after time. The above video was super helpful to visualize what I had to do. Tough to get my meaty paws in there, and ended up using all my socket extensions and a deep-well 10mm socket on the tension nut (and lock nut). Took me a while to figure out how much tension was ideal, but now I feel it works as it should with no drag. Can freely coast on a 1-degree incline, or straight, and the p-brake will keep me in position in neutral on a 7-degree incline (didn't have anything steeper nearby).

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