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

[Jdyowa]

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[PDiddy]

Always a personal favorite upgrade, new tires. These are Cooper Evolution M/T 35s. I went with these because they are only 3lbs heavier than my stock Falken M/T and priced really well. Being light weight, they feel same. I can feel a little difference steering, with the extra contact patch. 4:88 Regear happens Monday.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Threw my new Bartacts on. What a bear to install, but NICE!

 

[MASS_JT]

Always a personal favorite upgrade, new tires. These are Cooper Evolution M/T 35s. I went with these because they are only 3lbs heavier than my stock Falken M/T and priced really well. Being light weight, they feel same. I can feel a little difference steering, with the extra contact patch. 4:88 Regear happens Monday.

Looks great! Those tires are on my short list, how are they with road noise?

 

[PDiddy]

Looks great! Those tires are on my short list, how are they with road noise?

I didn't notice any difference between these and my stock Falken M/Ts. But I don't know how the Falkens compare to other tires. I do need to reduce the air pressure though, so I get a better contact patch with the stock wheels.

 

[livewire_3020]

Threw my new Bartacts on. What a bear to install, but NICE!

i went with the bartact front and rear as well. pricey and definitely a pain to install... but looks great and fit like a glove... definitely high quality... i went black with gray inserts to match my sting gray

 

[J Sierra]

I put my plate on, not sure I like what it says.

 

[Alan_Hepburn]

You'd get a ticket here for parking there if some busy body saw it and ratted you out

It looks like a legal parking spot to me - no cross-hatch lines painted; no "No Parking" sign; no barricades set up - there is absolutely no reason to ticket it...

 

[trust]

Always a reason to write a ticket here.... HS kids were doing it a couple years ago because the snow was blocking a bunch of spots at the HS so the council passed an emergency ordinance to prohibit it, ticket then tow the offenders.... now that we have several cops per citizen, it seems, they need something to pass their shift

 

[mx5red]

Yes I am in the AARP age group and have been feeling the ol back complaining after tire rotations. 100 pound tire/wheel combos are around 2/3 my body weight.
the tire jack is something I had toying around in my head for a couple years. Finally hadmotivation to build a prototype. The castor wheels help move the tire to and fro. The wooden wheels were made with a hole saw. These allow rotation of the tire while it is lifted to height to line up the studs.
It worked but imrpvments are needed. The 1/2 inch threaded rods are strong enough but the hinge bolt was a bit anemic and allowed the front and rear tire supports to twist on each other.

Yes I am in the AARP age group and have been feeling the ol back complaining after tire rotations. 100 pound tire/wheel combos are around 2/3 my body weight.
the tire jack is something I had toying around in my head for a couple years. Finally hadmotivation to build a prototype. The castor wheels help move the tire to and fro. The wooden wheels were made with a hole saw. These allow rotation of the tire while it is lifted to height to line up the studs.
It worked but imrpvments are needed. The 1/2 inch threaded rods are strong enough but the hinge bolt was a bit anemic and allowed the front and rear tire supports to twist on each other.

Love the ingenuity!
The joint would be much stronger if you added two more struts, one each on the inside of each arm. That would support the rod/bolt acting as the hinge, though it does make it heavier.

 

[-miko-]

As a Jeep newby, spent some time with a Christmas present to learn a little of Jeep’s and the Gladiator’s history.

 

[punk'n]

Always a reason to write a ticket here.... HS kids were doing it a couple years ago because the snow was blocking a bunch of spots at the HS so the council passed an emergency ordinance to prohibit it, ticket then tow the offenders.... now that we have several cops per citizen, it seems, they need something to pass their shift

How does that ordinance read?

If there is snow in a parking spot you can't park there? So, basically, if it snows out there is no parking anywhere in town?

Or is it ordered by depth? 1/2", 1", 2" etc. Or if the parking spot has snow in half of it (as the picture posted did), its illegal to park in it?

 

[trust]

I dont know the precise language in the ordinance I just know that the kids parked their 4x4s on the big piles, letters to the editor followed and then a prohibition citing those were for depositing snow and you couldn't park in those spots when they were full of snow or you'd be cited. My kids were gone so it didnt affect me
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[Ohio JKU]

I waxed it, now I won’t want to get it dirty in the ohio slush.....

 

[Sportsbiz]

Added Lamin X amber film to my stock LED fog lights. Low budget option for something I've needed to cut through all the desert dust.

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