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

[MarineHawk]

I finally went full-scale in modding my JT.

With the body mods, etc. …, now it looks like this:

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[ksh67]

Had my JT ceramic coated, picked it up today. Very shiny. Before that I put better Gladiator decals on it.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Splash guards installed - you can see in one or two where things actually do get between fender and running board. I was told with the Overland and running boards you couldn't install these - but hey, they are perfect! The package says they are for Wrangler, the rears are Gladiator specific.
For the fronts you can crank the wheels to get a drill in to drill into the plastic shield for the final POM rivet. The rears you must remove the wheels to get a drill in (for that matter to put in the new POM rivets - the tool won't clear otherwise)

 

[Markpod7]

3000 Miles and 1st windshield down! Lower your glass deductible before it happens to you! The nearly vertical glass is super susceptible to cracking with even the smallest pebbles!

Yup got me too! Make sure you guys have comprehensive coverage or its 500 bucks!

 

[jwilson2899]

Spent the day unpacking the soft top box from the Premium top I managed to snag a couple weeks ago for $1000. Wanted to get the bed back and get the top on the wall instead of taking up garage space. Also realized that between the LJ and JT, I have a lot of soft top and half doors parts Also realized come spring I’m going to need to find a home for 2 hardtops now and potentially 6 doors

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Spent the day unpacking the soft top box from the Premium top I managed to snag a couple weeks ago for $1000. Wanted to get the bed back and get the top on the wall instead of taking up garage space. Also realized that between the LJ and JT, I have a lot of soft top and half doors parts Also realized come spring I’m going to need to find a home for 2 hardtops now and potentially 6 doors

That's sort of my problem. We were running errands last week and my wife said "maybe next summer we can run this without the top" and I thought, yeah, was hoping - but reality hit - where the hell am I going to stash that huge thing in a shop that's already packed with paths for walking between the benches and stacks of parts and engines and transmissions anyway.................
What do people do when they remove a top - the "hard top" from these things"? How do they stash or store them?
I'm wondering about rigging some sort of pulley system in my garage or lean-to to raise the top off and let it hang up there.

 

[jwilson2899]

That's sort of my problem. We were running errands last week and my wife said "maybe next summer we can run this without the top" and I thought, yeah, was hoping - but reality hit - where the hell am I going to stash that huge thing in a shop that's already packed with paths for walking between the benches and stacks of parts and engines and transmissions anyway.................
What do people do when they remove a top - the "hard top" from these things"? How do they stash or store them?
I'm wondering about rigging some sort of pulley system in my garage or lean-to to raise the top off and let it hang up there.

I have the hoist for a hardtop and in the past we’ve only had one Jeep, so I used that and pulled it up to the ceiling for the summer. I guess I’m going to have to get a second for the JT top since I have nowhere to store it with parking 2 of 3 cars in the garage.

 

[Ghostrider29]

How much?

300$

 

[noside85]

Replaced OEM LED side markers with Diode Dynamics Clear ones. They look much better. Of course, I installed it the hard way first (popping those one time use rivets first, so now I need to replace those). Then I read the provided instructions and did the other one without messing with those rivets, that side took a few minutes. I watched some videos, and apparently the instructions got easier and updated.

Also, took off the Sunrider for the winter.

 

[Trauma PA]

Spent the day unpacking the soft top box from the Premium top I managed to snag a couple weeks ago for $1000. Wanted to get the bed back and get the top on the wall instead of taking up garage space. Also realized that between the LJ and JT, I have a lot of soft top and half doors parts Also realized come spring I’m going to need to find a home for 2 hardtops now and potentially 6 doors

$1000 is a steal. Lucky guy!

 

[canyonrat]

Diamondback SE install. A couple quirks but happy with the product overall. Took me all afternoon but not like I'm picky about alignment or anything...

 

[CasaGrande]

I kept the factory steel rim for the spare.

I went with full new spare when I went to 37’s Cooper Stt and it fit fine.

 

[Sespe]

I added my own power to the rear. I only need 12v anyway.

 

[scotticus]

I added my own power to the rear. I only need 12v anyway.

Nice setup.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I added my own power to the rear. I only need 12v anyway.

Running through aux switches or live all the time? That's a good looking setup.

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