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

[sass JT]

Metalcloak

wow... I want more picture of those sliders. They look amazeballz!

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[Greg75]

wow... I want more picture of those sliders. They look amazeballz!

Truly, they are. Promise to take and post better pictures tomorrow, in the light of day.

 

[Englane]

It took a day longer than expected, and now it’s either too late at night, or too early in the morning, but I finally got my Mopar lift and 37” tires on! Tomorrow will be a lot of ibuprofen, a trip to the car wash to get all the salt off, and hopefully some better pictures. This definitely convinced me that I need to invest in an impact driver.

Update: I havent washed it yet, but I did get the headlights adjusted and finally took a family picture with my LJ!

 

[mojocho]

Nice 851!

Went over to MetalCloak and CloakWorks this morning. Scott and his team installed my rear inner fenders, full Undercloak skid plate system (including skid for the rear differential), and Overline Rocker Rails—all, I believe, the first production units installed on a JT. Came out great. Will add better pics tomorrow, as it was too dark to take any good ones.

 

[Greg75]

Nice 851!

My favorite—only slightly behind my son and my dog. Thank you.

That plus more pics of new parts, as promised,

 

[mojocho]

Damn, I need those fenders!

 

[spazzyfry123]

Installed my new-to-me Tazer Mini. Pretty cool what all you can do and how simple it is! Just need to do more things to the Jeep to take full advantage of its capabilities

Finally got around to installing my Warn winch (VR EVO 10S). This was NOT straight forward. The instructions provided with the plate and winch or very rudimentary and there are definitely some errors/adjustments that need to be made for JT install. 5.5 hours later though it all came together. Really happy with how seemless it seems to integrate into the factory steel bumper. Kept the black and red theme going with a Factor 55 Flatlink.

@MarkO . I think this look fits your ride! #clean

I can dig the clean look (with the winch I want!). What were the snags?

 

[MoultrieGladiator]

Installed my new-to-me Tazer Mini. Pretty cool what all you can do and how simple it is! Just need to do more things to the Jeep to take full advantage of its capabilities


I can dig the clean look (with the winch I want!). What were the snags?

Mostly the order with which they tell you to detach and reattach things. Here are my tips:

1.) Make sure you have deep sockets for removing the bumper nuts. They have long screws associated with them.
2.) Have a set of wobble extension bars. Vital for reaching the inner most nuts on both sides of the bumper.

Also this is the order I did thinks to have success:
1.) Remove skid plate
2.) Remove steel bumper
3.) Attach warn winch plate
4.) Attach the steel bumper.
5.) Install the winch.
6.) Wire the winch
7.) TURN THE WINCH ON ITS SIDE (this will give you enough room to install the fair lead.)
8.) Install the fair lead.
9.) Use painters tape to secure the nuts inside their housing in the winch so you can get them easily lined up for installing the bolt.
10.) It is a TIGHT fit but a fit. Now place the winch in its appropriate horizontal position.
11.) Now the fun part of bolting the winch. The back two bolts are easy to get to but the FRONT two are now hidden between the bumper and the winch plate. You have top painstakingly tighten these by hand with a wrench. But it can be done and of course has to be.
12.) skid plate
13.) Beer.

This is how I did it. I am surely exposing that I did things out of order and maybe harder than I had to but everything was ultimately in place.
Good luck!

 

[spazzyfry123]

Mostly the order with which they tell you to detach and reattach things. Here are my tips:

1.) Make sure you have deep sockets for removing the bumper nuts. They have long screws associated with them.
2.) Have a set of wobble extension bars. Vital for reaching the inner most nuts on both sides of the bumper.

Also this is the order I did thinks to have success:
1.) Remove skid plate
2.) Remove steel bumper
3.) Attach warn winch plate
4.) Attach the steel bumper.
5.) Install the winch.
6.) Wire the winch
7.) TURN THE WINCH ON ITS SIDE (this will give you enough room to install the fair lead.)
8.) Install the fair lead.
9.) Use painters tape to secure the nuts inside their housing in the winch so you can get them easily lined up for installing the bolt.
10.) It is a TIGHT fit but a fit. Now place the winch in its appropriate horizontal position.
11.) Now the fun part of bolting the winch. The back two bolts are easy to get to but the FRONT two are now hidden between the bumper and the winch plate. You have top painstakingly tighten these by hand with a wrench. But it can be done and of course has to be.
12.) skid plate
13.) Beer.

This is how I did it. I am surely exposing that I did things out of order and maybe harder than I had to but everything was ultimately in place.
Good luck!

Excellent info. Still deciding the bumper but the Mopar steel is in the top three.

 

[robertm55]

Should be a simple RotopaX 72 hour preparedness conversion.

I was super disappointed in my rotopax first aid kit. Damn box isn't water tight. Drove in a slight rain and it was full of water.
Spent an hour packing first aid stuff in Ziploc bags to keep dry when mounted on the truck

 

[TYJ]

I was super disappointed in my rotopax first aid kit. Damn box isn't water tight. Drove in a slight rain and it was full of water.
Spent an hour packing first aid stuff in Ziploc bags to keep dry when mounted on the truck

Weak sauce Rotopax!!!

 

[Jdyowa]

Makeshift cover to keep the dust and the Florida sun off the leather.
I did color match the cover, though.

 

[Godfadr]

I was super disappointed in my rotopax first aid kit. Damn box isn't water tight. Drove in a slight rain and it was full of water.
Spent an hour packing first aid stuff in Ziploc bags to keep dry when mounted on the truck

Wow...that really sucks. Wonder if it was bad unit?

 

[Godfadr]

I replaced the torx bolts with knobbed bolts to facility the removal of my non-locking storage wall.

Edit to add link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077BGTD7B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Interesting. Why would you want to remove it?

 

[jebiruph]

Interesting. Why would you want to remove it?

To increase the area of flat floor space available for hauling large items.

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