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

[RemodelMonster]

The top won’t fit under the bars as shown in the pics. The easiest approach is to loosen two screws in the feet and take them off.

Can the crossbars be loosened and then slid all the way forward to get about 75% of the bed available? I'm guessing that you would have to make something up to secure the X4 to the crossbar.

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[Bkinnell]

Removed the silver from the overland model and painted the honeycomb red. All the exterior silver is gone now. Time for the inside. If anyone has any tips on interior door handle I would appreciate it.

The honeycomb red looks great! What did you use?

 

[bastage]

First I got my ARB High Output single installed. I went with this one specifically because of the location making sure it would leave plenty of room between it & the cat. Wasn't sure where I was going to put an outlet, but knew I wanted it up high as to require the hood to be open to use it. That way if its being used to air up the hood is open so it'll help keep things cool. Used the ARB mount & cut it down then drilled a single centered hole for the mount. The hose for that is the 0.5m hose so its a nice short run. It basically drops straight down with just a little jog in it. Also I didn't realize I didn't have the ARB manifold so I had to run to Ace Hardware to get what you see there. I like the brass anyway.

Then I put my stock tires back on. 3 of 4 of my new tires got delivered Friday & since I will be dismounting & remounting during the week I wanted to be able to take my sweet ass time on the beadlocks. With my old 35's my kid said my truck missed leg day.. Now it REALLY looks like it.

 

[Ols5370]

The honeycomb red looks great! What did you use?

Krylon fusion red pepper. And satin clear
Thx

 

[eternus]

Installed Rubicon F/R Shocks & Front Springs.
Installed stubby antenna.

 

[Logan94605]

I have a wind noise in the same area but have not worked on solving it yet.
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Ha Ha yes! As in my teen years I just turn up the stereo! Or take off the top.

 

[d k]

Make sure you get that handled before you get 12000 miles on the car.


*and* make sure they document it on the RO.
If they come back and say we adjusted this or that, take it and see how it is, ask for it to be documented.

I got to find a way to pop that cam out a little more. Z Automotive....You got that mount available yet?

I've narrowed down my wind noise to the door seal. It doesn't look terribly out of alignment but there's definitely more noise without the tape. When you say alignment are you referring to hinge pin or the hinge mount screws?

 

[RSK]

I got to find a way to pop that cam out a little more. Z Automotive....You got that mount available yet?

I've narrowed down my wind noise to the door seal. It doesn't look terribly out of alignment but there's definitely more noise without the tape. When you say alignment are you referring to hinge pin or the hinge mount screws?

Check the triangled piece of plastic on the door corner near the mirror. Took me 3 months to figure out the passenger side wasn’t totally flush like the driver side and only held on with a push clip. If loose it will flap in the wind when driving over 50 MPH. If you find the same don’t pull off the triangle piece, but work some clear or black silicone under each corner. Doesn’t take much. Then clamp or clothes pin until dry. My wind noise went away 90% and it’s been over a year.

 

[Logan94605]

Check the triangled piece of plastic on the door corner near the mirror. Took me 3 months to figure out the passenger side wasn’t totally flush like the driver side and only held on with a push clip. If loose it will flap in the wind when driving over 50 MPH. If you find the same don’t pull off the triangle piece, but work some clear or black silicone under each corner. Doesn’t take much. Then clamp or clothes pin until dry. My wind noise went away 90% and it’s been over a year.

Thanks RSK..... That was the first thing I taped off and it didn't seem to make a difference. Mine seems to be the door seal along that same section. I've had tape along the windshield and down the door. I found if I throw a rag in the door at that area it knocks down the noise considerably. I'll let the dealer deal with it at the first service.

 

[Logan94605]

Reposting here after pissing people off by posting in the WDYD WITH forum accidently ;-)

I installed the WeatherTech bed mat. I've had WeatherTech mats and cargo liners in all my vehicles so of course I wanted to try their bed liner. It was a challenge to get on the west coast. The local dealer couldn't order yet so I had to go direct and pay the shipping. When it got here it was missing a critical trim piece for the tailgate so I waited another week for that.

The install was easy and it fits like a glove. It's a little on the thin side so maybe not for everyone but it will definitely keep the bed scratch free. I just love how detailed the fit is and the fact that when it does get trashed I can toss it and get another.

The tailgate is is pretty sweet too but there's some room for improvement. The holes for the access panel screws are a little big and I can see they could tear out easily. The bottom of the gate is lacking the same kind of trim as the top and I'm a little afraid it will catch on something and rip the whole thing off at the dumps or something like that.

Overall I'm happy with it given the alternatives. Keeps things from sliding around, protects from light impacts and scratches.

 

[Erievon]

Hit it with this stuff, works pretty well. I don't know how long it will last as a wax, but as a detail spray I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Logan94605]

Hit it with this stuff, works pretty well. I don't know how long it will last as a wax, but as a detail spray I'm pretty happy with it.

I used 303 on the liner... Looks pretty good. I used back to black on the fenders and that seemed to have more depth to the finish. 303 reminds me of the ArmorAll days of yesteryear..... Like the more you use it the more you have to use it

 

[Erievon]

I used 303 on the liner... Looks pretty good. I used back to black on the fenders and that seemed to have more depth to the finish. 303 reminds me of the ArmorAll days of yesteryear..... Like the more you use it the more you have to use it

I haven't tried 303, but I've heard great stuff about it. Supposed to be fantastic on the tonneau too, it's next on the chemical bucket list lol.

 

[Strider62]

It's been a while since I last got around to posting any WDYDTYGT, so this covers everything back to probably July when I started getting ready for our big Rocky Mountains trip last month. Trying to remember the order I did all these things, but I guess it doesn't really matter...

Installed a Midland GMRS radio on the side of the center console, and put the ghost antenna on top of the speaker bar. Antenna fits under the soft top like a glove.

Ran the antenna cable under the center console/dash trim, behind the driver's knee panel (used a couple of stick-on cable clips on the back side of the panel to keep the cable from sagging down into view), then up the door frame beside the windshield (shoved it behind the weather stripping)

and back across the top of the door frame

to the speaker bar, where I snaked all the extra cable around and taped it down to keep it all from overlapping or looping.

I may have gone a little overboard on the tape...

Getting ready for our trip I picked up a pair of hard MOLLE panels from Greyman Tactical
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to hang on the back of the Driver and Passenger front seats, and loaded them up with a FAK, a folding knife, a multitool, a utility pouch, two handheld GMRS radios, a holster for my pistol, and a BFK (for ... you know ... chopping kindling and stuff...)

Also installed a 67Designs mount with a RAM Mounts claw for my iPad ... for the navigation station (i.e. my wife). After the trip I changed that claw mount out for a RAM Tab-Tite Holder for 9" Tablets with Heavy Duty Cases...which doesn't look like it's going to give you eight puncture wounds in the chest if the airbag goes off.

We had a lot of gear in the bed, and since there's no way to mount a tonneau with the Fab Fours Overland Rack (and that's not the only reason I'm thinking of ditching it...), I picked up a Tuff Truck bed bag Tuff Truck Bag - Black Waterproof Truck Bed Cargo Carrier, 40'' x 50'' x 22''
and a Gladiator cargo net Gladiator Cargo Net - RipProof Mesh Cargo Tarp - Small - 4.75' x 6' (SMT-100) .

After we got back from our two week overlanding trip through 12 states and 7 national parks, wherein we had a Mountain Lion walk through our campsite and decide not to eat our dog, and had a mutant Utah Desert Weasel climb into our engine bay and decide to eat our truck,

(apparently red rubber terminal covers and gray foam insulation are tasty treats for desert vermin), I installed the KC Cyclone underhood light set (not that it would have had any impact whatsoever on either of those critters, but it is a cool, useful and easy mod...)

I probably could have used the existing holes for the plastic clips that hold the heat/noise shield in that area, but decided to drill new holes for the self-tapping screws that come with the kit. Then I mounted the switch in the corner of the engine bay, next to the fuse box, and snaked the wires up through the hood channels on either side (since you can't get across the middle of the inside of the hood...grrrrrr). Long Zip-ties make great wire guides for snaking through tight spaces, just in case you didn't already know that. Once I got the wires in there, I fed some split-tube wire loom over them - probably didn't need it inside the hood, but didn't like seeing that red wire flopping around in there. The I did the same for the wires inside the engine bay, cut out some holes in the heat/noise shield for the lights with a pair of tin snips, and reinstalled the heat/noise shield.

And here's what they look like, night and day (so to speak...)

And then, icing on the cake, installed some new graphics from Pixeldecals:

On the passenger side, my wife's sigil -- a Bluebird in flight, and

on the driver's side mine -- a Black Rhino.

 

[RSK]

Sad day, went from an entire summer of open air & nakedness (4+ months straight with no top and doors).

To unnaked and starting to winterize.

Tough day!

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