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

[TotallyReasonable]

I need to get some better pictures, but got back from Discount Tire today. Another great experience with them and i'm so happy with how it turned out. Need to get some better glamor shots, dont judge the dirty garage too much please haha.

37/12.50/17 Milestar Patagonia MT02
Tactik Steel Wheels

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[Discount Tire]

@TotallyReasonable Thank you for your patronage. A solid looking fitment. Nice looking rig!

 

[carmigo]

Thank you! I couldn’t stand the Christmas theme Lol. Next up is painting the dash bronze.

Lol Christmas theme, i don't blame ya, that's all i think when i see red and green. Can't wait to see the bronze dash, hope you update us with pics!

 

[carmigo]

I need to get some better pictures, but got back from Discount Tire today. Another great experience with them and i'm so happy with how it turned out. Need to get some better glamor shots, dont judge the dirty garage too much please haha.

37/12.50/17 Milestar Patagonia MT02
Tactik Steel Wheels

That garage is cleaner than most I've seen, but anyway, gotta love discount tire. The wheels look great!

 

[JTPatriot]

Replaced my winch hook with an Agency 6 billet winch shackle and applied the L&B design works hood decal

 

[Raven65]

Those are the same wheels and tires that I have on my Hydro Blue '22 Rubicon and I think they look really great. However, I'm about to pull them off and upgrade to 35's. So I'm wondering, how did you go about shopping for those? Craigslist? Ebay? Facebook Marketplace? Did you buy local and pick them up, or did you search nationwide and have them shipped?

It would be useful to get an idea of where folks are scavenging for take offs to upgrade their vehicles.

Facebook Marketplace. I had been watching it daily - sometimes multiple times a day - for several weeks - searching a 100-mile radius (though it’ll still show you results farther away). I checked Craigslist a couple of times but never saw much of anything on there. I kept seeing the same sets over and over on FB Marketplace… there were several sets near me - but never could find the perfect set. They were either too expensive, had too many miles on the tires, didn’t include the TPMS sensors that (most don’t) or were farther away than I wanted to drive to get them. Then finally this set appeared - less than 4K miles on the tires, WITH the TPMS sensors that were compatible with my ‘22 (had to be from a Gladiator built after June ‘21) - AND the price was low. Significantly lowere than most I’d seen. Sounded too good to be true. The only catch was they were two hours away. I contacted the seller immediately and verified that there were no issues with them - tires had never been patched/plugged… no balance issues, etc. and he confirmed that there were no issues whatsoever - that they’d never even been off-road. Just for the heck of it, I asked if he’d be willing to to meet me part way and he said he would. I told him to pick the meeting spot depending on how far he wanted to drive - and he picked a spot exactly halfway between us - so each of us drove an hour to meet. He saved me two additional hours of driving! So… I paid him an extra $50 for his trouble. The transaction couldn’t have been any smoother and I got EXACTLY what I had been looking for.

 

[ChrisNLA]

Picked up a KB VooDoo Max Modular rack second hand from a friend. Think I am going to add an awning / room and some storage and lighting to utilize for upcoming trips.

 

[Sportsbiz]

Installed a @Diode Dynamics hitchmount LED reverse light kit.

 

[TotallyReasonable]

No pictures, but I got my tazer set up. Set the tire size to 36 for my new 37s and that got me pretty spot on speed wise when comparing with my phone. I was using jscan earlier, but having everything done through the jeeps screen is much nicer than going through an app (IMO).

I got the lite over the mini because I really just wanted to change my tires/gearing and the start/stop disable. When updating the firmware online I saw I can unlock the full features of the mini for another 125 bucks, which is nice to know is an option if I ever want it.

 

[Jeepmonster]

Added a battery powered maplight. Pretty expensive for what it is ($100), but the fit and finish is really nice. Light is very bright and color temperature appears to be the same as the dome light and directional lights. Looks like it can be easily hardwired with any 12 volt to USB power. Turns on and off "softly" (fades). Batteries are odd size (N, LR1, MN9100, E90) but pretty cheap on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ2BPVRT?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[TigerInFL]

if only it wasn't battery powered and could be hard wired so when the doors open, the light would come on.

 

[Camaroboi13]

I got my extra wiring and disconnect in the mail today, my power wire for my winch was about 19” too short. I wanted a way to be able to disconnect it from the battery if need be so this came as a perfect solution. Also finally figured out how to connect my Homelink with my garage door opener after 6 months of trying ?

 

[Tuna]

Bumper finally arrived. Threw it on, plus a SB X20 winch. Thought I did a good job until I saw that I didn't level the fairlead ?‍
The bumper and winch only dropped the front 1/4". Not sure if that's normal since I have Fox 2.5 shocks and they're a lot stiffer than the stock fox shocks. Plus I did add a couple clicks to the compression dials.

 

[rconkin]

I’ve done all the other mods myself, but decided to take it to the shop in Asheville my brother runs for a TeraFlex 1-1/2” leveling kit which I think worked out perfect since I had added 100 lbs with front bumper then more with winch. He also installed my Rockhard Patriot rear bumper while I was there. He even gave me a couple takeoff red tow hooks. I only had the one black one. Gotta love brotherly love.

 

[Darkamek]

Finally got the Teraflex Nomad wheels mounted on 35” Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T. Had a problem installing the rash rings on one. When I was removing one of the bolts it seized in there, had to drill and retap the hole.

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