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

[Dr Kel]

Amazonian?

LOL! I have been accused of it.

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[Soedog]

Had the front windows tinted to match and bed coated with Linex.

 

[jjmstang]

Bought a $100 deductible, 8yr/125k mi Mopar Max Care warranty from Tom Winkels.

I keep my vehicles for a while, so extended warranties have always paid off for me on my past Jeep GCs (three of them), ususally based on electronics breaking.

Can you post his contact info or pm it to me ?

Thanks and Happy New Year

 

[rafaelsmith]

Bought a $100 deductible, 8yr/125k mi Mopar Max Care warranty from Tom Winkels.

I keep my vehicles for a while, so extended warranties have always paid off for me on my past Jeep GCs (three of them), ususally based on electronics breaking.

Something I was considering for my JT...but looks like not available to Florida customers...at least according to Mopar Warranty web page.

 

[Mark Doiron]

Had the front windows tinted to match and bed coated with Linex.
...

Why would you bed coat the front windows?

Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-)

 

[Paladin_JTR]

please post picks and tips when you complete the Raptor liner. I am seriously considering doing one of these myself. Thanks!

Just got the first coat applied and I am waiting the necessary 60 minute flash time before applying coat 2. It only took my 2 hours to mask, prep, clean, and spray the first coat. Here is what I did.

1. Put down frog tape to give myself visual borders and make sure I liked where I was spraying.
2. Removed tailgate, very simple, two clips for the brake light and backup cam. Then remove the bracket that locks the tailgate in on the passenger side. Lift and slide out. Also remove the two tie downs in the front of the bed, use your Jeep toolkit for this. I do not recall the exact size but one of them fits. That same torx bit will also fit when you go to remove the cables holding the tailgate on.
3. Used the Nylon Cup Brush to scuff sand everything.
4. Used my air nozzle to blow out most of the dust
5. Used Acetone to degrease and wipe out any remaining dust/dirt
6. Masked everything up. (Personal Opinion!: I only masked the lights, plastic rail caps and used foamy ear plugs for all the threaded holes that the rail system mounts to. This also includes the two larger threaded holes on the front of the bed near the bed floor. I do not have the outlet in mine so I did not bother masking that off.)
7. Hit it with 2 bottles of Raptor. 2 bottles left a fairly decent coat but I plan to hit it with another 2 bottles in about 10 more minutes.

 

[Paladin_JTR]

Finished the second coat and tore down the masking, didnt want tape drying up in the edges. Cutting and sanding on the Jeep did not make me nervous, drilling did not make me nervous....but I was terrified while carefully removing the masking making sure it was not drooping on the exterior paint! For the cost of Raptor ($60) I am completely happy with the end result. Time will tell how it holds up.

 

[Red Hot Sloth]

Finished the second coat and tore down the masking, didnt want tape drying up in the edges. Cutting and sanding on the Jeep did not make me nervous, drilling did not make me nervous....but I was terrified while carefully removing the masking making sure it was not drooping on the exterior paint! For the cost of Raptor ($60) I am completely happy with the end result. Time will tell how it holds up.

Dang, that looks goood!!!

 

[Hootbro]

Finished the second coat and tore down the masking, didnt want tape drying up in the edges. Cutting and sanding on the Jeep did not make me nervous, drilling did not make me nervous....but I was terrified while carefully removing the masking making sure it was not drooping on the exterior paint! For the cost of Raptor ($60) I am completely happy with the end result. Time will tell how it holds up.

Looks good. Better than some other commercial sprayed liners I have seen.

 

[Red Hot Sloth]

Looks good. Better than some other commercial sprayed liners I have seen.

Agree 100%

 

[Soedog]

Why would you bed coat the front windows?

Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-)

Why would you bed coat the front windows?

Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-)

Yeah that didn’t come out as intended...Bahahahaha!

 

[Texops]

I'm hoping to "re-spring" mine soon - what compressor did you use? I'll have to check and see if any of mine will work - they may not because mine are car specific to some extent. The springs won't necessarily be longer but compressing is faster than more disassembly and jacking it higher.

i'll have to see when I get home what kind I have I used them for my 07 Sequoia coil overs.

 

[TRI-JAB]

Can you post his contact info or pm it to me ?

Thanks and Happy New Year

check out Post #43:

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/extended-warranty-or-not.14941/page-3#post-392949

Mine cost $2350 for the $100 deductible for 8 yrs/12k mi.

 

[TRI-JAB]

Something I was considering for my JT...but looks like not available to Florida customers...at least according to Mopar Warranty web page.

Not trying to be a sales guy for Tom, but you may want to give him a call to see if that is true.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Y'all must have much better ears than I have, because this Alpine system is freaking great.

My silverado system was way better.
The Alpine system I installed in my Comanche blows this one away. Muddy. No decent EQ.

But other responses are valid because each person's ears age differently, some lose different frequencies as they age, others are more sensitive to different frequencies than others.

But I'm comparing to a very high end system I built in my other Jeep pickup - this one really disappointed me bigly.
Bass is muddy, not enough highs. Others apparently have felt the same based on the number of posts about it on this forum.

Back on the topic - here's what I did - not the best ones, but they fit sort of ok. Fronts are a better fit than the rears for sure.

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