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

[Cobraj]

put this decal between the air vents in the Wife's gladiator to make it more interesting

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[bastage]

Almost 2 months of waiting, but my PixelDecals order finally came in. Its officially got a name.

 

[Logan94605]

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.

I learned a lesson today.... Never use 303 on your floor mats! Them things a slippery as ice and super annoying.

 

[Deleted member 30519]

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.

I've been using 303 since I had my 18 Wrangler and now the JT. I'll never use anything else.

 

[Logan94605]

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!

Dammm I want your garage!

 

[brain]

I just took delivery of a set of 35" Mickey Thompson BAJA MTZP3s wrapped around Black Rhino Armory Wheels for my Mojave.

I liked the 33" Falken Wildpeaks that came with the Gladiator but these Mickey Thompson lean more towards the offroad and mud view of the world.

NOTE: I'll be selling the Falken's and the gray Gladiator takeoff wheels (also pictured).

 

[SloW8]

I have a Voodoo rack a safari rack and tire strap.
https://www.amazon.com/N-Fab-BM1TSBL-Rapid-Strap-Universal/dp/B076ZZY5KF
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How did you mount your traction mats?

 

[Rubi_Rhod]

Installed the Rugged Ridge HiLo snorkel.

Have the low on now. While the hi mount is badass looking, its far more a liability as it just rests on the window. It’s bolted down, but theres no upper support. So I think its more prone to accidents, especially as I’m involved. We got a lot of tree lined trails so while I don’t see it being so flimsy that one hit will do it it, I’ll save it for “adventure weekends”.

I do have a K and N filter in as well. Along with the exhaust, it was a “fun”-ctional mod. I wanted more noise from the Powertrain, and this snorkel has the added benefit of bringing in cooler, dryer air than the underhood intake. Which in previous rigs have gotten wet many times with just splashing around. So this kit seals up the box and routes all the plumbing to the cowl out of the way from everything.

 

[immaechu]

Installed the Rugged Ridge HiLo snorkel.

Have the low on now. While the hi mount is badass looking, its far more a liability as it just rests on the window. It’s bolted down, but theres no upper support. So I think its more prone to accidents, especially as I’m involved. We got a lot of tree lined trails so while I don’t see it being so flimsy that one hit will do it it, I’ll save it for “adventure weekends”.

I do have a K and N filter in as well. Along with the exhaust, it was a “fun”-ctional mod. I wanted more noise from the Powertrain, and this snorkel has the added benefit of bringing in cooler, dryer air than the underhood intake. Which in previous rigs have gotten wet many times with just splashing around. So this kit seals up the box and routes all the plumbing to the cowl out of the way from everything.

This i so cool! Did you have to do any cutting to get the tubing to fit.

 

[Rubi_Rhod]

This i so cool! Did you have to do any cutting to get the tubing to fit.

This was the only cutting casualty. A bit of hidden plastic on the cowl trim. This install is really slick as far as snorkels go.

 

[Rubi_Rhod]

Also, no more prop rods. They drive me nuts. From maintenance to attaching the compressor to the battery, its better without the damn rod.

This one is from redline tuning. For the fancy types, they also have a stainless steel strut case finish. NGL it did look pretty snazzy, so for the fancy types its a nice bit of bling. But trying to show restraint damnit! So I got the black.

Also, has nice quick disconnects so its no problem at all to swing the hood all the way back.

And am glad it clears the snorkel no problem.

 

[JeepTrucker]

Also, no more prop rods. They drive me nuts. From maintenance to attaching the compressor to the battery, its better without the damn rod.

This one is from redline tuning. For the fancy types, they also have a stainless steel strut case finish. NGL it did look pretty snazzy, so for the fancy types its a nice bit of bling. But trying to show restraint damnit! So I got the black.

Also, has nice quick disconnects so its no problem at all to swing the hood all the way back.

And am glad it clears the snorkel no problem.

I like these as well. My Gladiator is the 3rd vehicle I have installed the Redline hood struts on, and it was the easiest.

 

[DaleG]

Stripped it naked for the first time and installed the Tan Spiderweb Sunshade...nice sunshade!

 

[Texops]

How did you mount your traction mats?

right now i have big tie wraps

 

[Ols5370]

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.

Question. What did you use on your a/c vents

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