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

[starrskream]

Jeep was hungry, i Ordered a snack.
and what im about to do is exhaust and sliders

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[WILDHOBO]

Took mine to the dealer to get the oil changed, tired rotated and have an issue looked for.
There were no codes to pull, which didn't surprise me.
I've had what I believe to be the ABS pump (grinding/pulsing sound) randomly kick on for a few seconds for what appears to be no reason. It happened in the past while I was having ABS, traction control, service 4wd lights coming on.
Dealer replaced wheel speed sensor and 4wd sensor and some pigtails. Then I went 2ish months with no issues. Couple weekends ago while coming home in a rain storm the grinding sound returned, but no warning lights.
They didn't see anything obvious, nothing loose, etc.
They did find this...

Picture doesn't look as bad as in person. No ill effects, but it'll need replaced.
Guess I know what I'll be researching next.

Can you be more specific?

 

[RudeJeepin]

Can you be more specific?

About the dented steering stabilizer, or about something else?

 

[WILDHOBO]

About the dented steering stabilizer, or about something else?

I was trying to figure out what we were looking at. Now that you say that, I see it. FWIW, I’d not spend the money on an Oem replacement. If you want an Oem one though, you can have mine for free plus shipping.

 

[RudeJeepin]

I was trying to figure out what we were looking at. Now that you say that, I see it. FWIW, I’d not spend the money on an Oem replacement. If you want an Oem one though, you can have mine for free plus shipping.

I appreciate the offer. I'm gonna take it as an opportunity to upgrade and go with a high mount.
Just gotta dig in a little and decide which kit.

 

[SPED1]

Waiting since 4/26 for the check on my totaled Gladiator....... Looking wistfully at new ones.......

 

[GWolgamott]

Added bracket for Dune flag and picked up some emblems to replace stickers on the jeep. Didn't need the emblems from gladius offroad, but local Michigan guy plus I get to remove the stickers that way. JT will be on driver side tail replacing the dealer sticker and the stylized gladiator will replace the sport sticker.

 

[chorky]

Waiting since 4/26 for the check on my totaled Gladiator....... Looking wistfully at new ones.......

Oh man! This is becoming far too often... :-(

 

[Silverator]

Took a lot of research, and a ton of planning - but two days ago it came together -

- Clayton 2.5" Overland + lift w/ Falcon SP2 3.3 shocks and Steering Stabilizer w/ relocation bracket
- Curry Currect-Lync steering system
- Toyo Open Country AT3's (5) 35x11.50R17
- Rock Hard Patriot Sliders
- Racho Diff Skids
- Tazer Mini

Loving everything so far. The gladiator looks like a jeep should now.....

 

[Shibbyjeep]

Waiting since 4/26 for the check on my totaled Gladiator....... Looking wistfully at new ones.......

Totaled?

 

[Hootbro]

Flex day off work and installed a set of AEV diff covers front/rear. Also got the back half Clayton Off Road control arms installed. Front half will be another day.

 

[fade2black]

Dropped new front bumper off to be stripped and Rhino Lined. Should be back next week.

 

[WanderingTrail]

Took a lot of research, and a ton of planning - but two days ago it came together -

- Clayton 2.5" Overland + lift w/ Falcon SP2 3.3 shocks and Steering Stabilizer w/ relocation bracket
- Curry Currect-Lync steering system
- Toyo Open Country AT3's (5) 35x11.50R17
- Rock Hard Patriot Sliders
- Racho Diff Skids
- Tazer Mini

Loving everything so far. The gladiator looks like a jeep should now.....

Looks really good how much lift did you get in the front and rear.

Ron

 

[JCappy]

I thought this too when I initially saw Crutchfield.com recommending them for the sound bar. But people on the forum have done the same install with positive results. I think replacing the ones in the dash make the biggest difference though and adding them to the sound bar is much less noticeable. We shall see…

Keep in mind though, I’m just going off YouTube videos, product reviews, and forum testimonies. I’m no sound or speaker expert AT ALL

Edit: I also saw a video where a guy showed the smaller OEM speaker in the soundbar and it looked exactly like the OEM dash speaker. Maybe they are the same. I’ll check the part numbers when I pull them tomorrow. I should also mention that I have the regular, non-alpine sound system

The speaker in the dash and the smaller one in the sound bar are in fact the same speaker, at least they were in mine. I installed those same Kenwood speakers in the sound bar and there wasn't much of a difference to me so I returned them and went a different direction. BTW mine has the upgraded Alpine system so not sure how much difference that makes.

 

[DailyMoparGuy]

The speaker in the dash and the smaller one in the sound bar are in fact the same speaker, at least they were in mine. I installed those same Kenwood speakers in the sound bar and there wasn't much of a difference to me so I returned them and went a different direction. BTW mine has the upgraded Alpine system so not sure how much difference that makes.

Yup same speaker in mine too. However, it was a pretty solid improvement adding them to the sound bar as well.

Now it doesn’t sound overly loud up front. I guess I could’ve just adjusted the fader to rear but I’ll roll with this setup.

I don’t need the truck to sound like it has a Harman Kardon system tbh. I primarily wanted to be able to hear my podcasts more clearly on highway drives. The extra quality to my music is a nice bonus though. I can’t imagine how loud the shit would be with an amp upgrade, goodness

Right one was replaced (this is from sitting behind the passenger seat)

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