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Quality of life upgrades?

QuintusMaximus

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I'm looking for some specific suggestions on upgrades for the daily driving side of things. I feel like the performance related upgrades I have a good handle on, but looking to improve the daily comfort, since its my daily driver. The few things I've done so far:

- I installed this windshield protection film: https://www.grab-gard.com/products/jeep-wrangler-windshield

- I installed the tazer mini to remove the auto start/stop

- I installed cheap/basic seatback covers with pockets (I have two small kids), just something generic off of amazon

- extreme terrain tonneau cover


I'm looking for some specific areas that I want to improve, but if people have other suggestions for things that really improved their daily driving experience, I'd love to hear those as well. The specific areas I'm looking for:

- Some way to organize things in the bed. When I go grocery shopping, its a jumbled mess back there by the time I get home
- my 4 year old has trouble climbing into his seat. Any suggestions on a step?
- Phone holder for when I'm using it for navigation
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  • Desert Does It seat jackers
  • Bullet point cell phone mount
Those are my quality of life suggestions
 

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Cargo bar in the back with milk crates and a tray from a great Dane kennel. The cargo bar let's you hold things close to the tail gate and not tipped over. The tray makes it easy to pull things out if they do slide.

For steps, do you want steps or actual rock rails or both?
 

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Two of the most impactful daily driving upgrades for me:
  1. Seat Slammers (I fabricated them myself before DD launched theirs)
  2. Aftermarket seats
    1. This is taking things to another level, especially if you want to keep the seat airbags. Installing Recaro seats made my Gladiator 1000x better.
 

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Just cut a 2x8 to the right width for the bed. Be sure to measure as the necessary width to be held in place varies depending on if you have a bedliner and how thick it is. There is already a slot in the bed designed for the 2x8 - it's intended for keeping drywall/plywood stabilized, but works great for keeping groceries and other stuff in place.
 

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for bed organization, i just use a 2x6 in the rear pockets to keep stuff within the last 1.5' of the bed. works good for the most part and was inexpensive.

for steps, i put on the rock slide engineering power steps. not cheap but made the 5'2" wife very happy :).
 

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Some of my favorites are:
- Dead pedal for comfort.
- Side steps from an Overland make it way easier to get in & out.
- Mud flaps to keep the sides clean.
- A Tuff Truck Bag for family road trips to keep stuff clean & dry in the bed. Although I have a Mopar tri-fold cover, you can't rely on it to keep things clean or 100% dry.
 

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i have a saddle bag type plastic bin the goes in front of the shift leaver. very nice bit of extra space. There is a really nice youtube video tho i don't remember the channel about comfort accessors
 

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Here's some things with links for you

For the bed I ordered - The Tuff Viking Convertible 3 compartment SUV Trunk organizer. It's under my tonneau cover and it's been a great addition. What I like is that it is easily removable. Here's the link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RM8N1J8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For steps I ordered - NFAB predator steps from Quadratec and my grandkids (5 and under) have no problem getting in and out. Here's the link https://www.quadratec.com/p/n-fab/predator-pro--nerf-step-jeep-gladiator-jt

If you want to reduce the road noise and help with changes in the interior temp, I installed the coverking topliner. It gives the interior a finished look. Here's the link https://realtruck.com/p/coverking-t...CRmi52q8MQ-vwJ4sPdoaAlz_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

If you like having the freedom panels off than the Besttop Sunrider is a must. After installing the sunrider, my wife told me the freedom panels probably won't be going back on LOL

Hope that helps, and enjoy the ride!
 

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One modification that has been a great improvement for me was the Oracle rear bumper LED reverse lights with the harness kit.

Significant better visibility while going in reverse at night... Stock setup just lacks.

I really like my Bulletpoint RubiGrid Dash Mount Platform... I know you went a different route... but I really did not have any use for that tray in the dash. Now both phones are easy to see from each seat and I find it perfectly placed...

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