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

[JeepOfTheseus]

Appreciate the response.

I was more curious if somehow the solar panel hookup would allow the bed outlet to stay "live" with engine turned off. Currently it shuts off when the engine if off. I take a electric cooler on road trips that I keep in the bed plugged into the outlet....but when we stop for food, shopping, etc it does not stay powered on.

The solar panel itself? No. My setup is simply that it's attached to the battery. The MPPT controller that it came with has one set of wires that I can hook up an aux device to (assuming the power rating matches), but I'm not using it at the moment.

The factory bed outlet switch is going to be your issue. Given that I had to use the Tazer to "code" in the switch, my guess is it's tied to the computer system, and not just physically wired off an ACC/Run fuse, similar to the aux switches. I would imagine you will have to rewire the switch and/or inverter to achieve what you're looking for - or just install a new inverter entirely and wire it directly to the solar panel (I think that's possible - but haven't researched).

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[rafaelsmith]

The solar panel itself? No. My setup is simply that it's attached to the battery. The MPPT controller that it came with has one set of wires that I can hook up an aux device to (assuming the power rating matches), but I'm not using it at the moment.

The factory bed outlet switch is going to be your issue. Given that I had to use the Tazer to "code" in the switch, my guess is it's tied to the computer system, and not just physically wired off an ACC/Run fuse, similar to the aux switches. I would imagine you will have to rewire the switch and/or inverter to achieve what you're looking for - or just install a new inverter entirely and wire it directly to the solar panel (I think that's possible - but haven't researched).

Thanks.

Guess I will just go with my original plan and get some sorta powerbank (Jackery, etc) that allows passthru. So essentially use it as a make shift UPS for when bed outlet shuts off. Dont need a very big one to power cooler for a few hours at most.

 

[Gren71]

Removed this POS from my OBD port. Elo GPS tracker installed by the dealer. It was a dealer added option that they wouldn't remove or budge on. Looked over my sales documents and I do not see it added.

Supposed be like lowjack for you car and read diagnostic codes. But it's also sharing information back to dealer. They can read your engine codes and other information at any time and bug you about service.

where did you find it under the dash? can ya snap a pic of where I / we should be looking?

 

[Mouse]

Removed this POS from my OBD port. Elo GPS tracker installed by the dealer. It was a dealer added option that they wouldn't remove or budge on. Looked over my sales documents and I do not see it added.

Supposed be like lowjack for you car and read diagnostic codes. But it's also sharing information back to dealer. They can read your engine codes and other information at any time and bug you about service.

Take a trip to a used car dealership and plug it into one of their vehicles? Wonder if the jeep dealership would still get info

 

[Painkillerspe]

where did you find it under the dash? can ya snap a pic of where I / we should be looking?

It was pig tailed into the obd port. Not hard to tell if you have one installed. Plus they bug you to register it.

 

[Painkillerspe]

Take a trip to a used car dealership and plug it into one of their vehicles? Wonder if the jeep dealership would still get info

It would work. But from what I gathered the dealership has a main hub that has the Vin number and contact info of who they sold the car to.

I knew it was there when I bought it and asked for it gone. When I didn't see it on the sales documents I thought they had.

 

[Rockabillyroy]

yeah since I don’t have my DB yet and may still be awhile, I figured I’d get premium anyways even though it’s garage kept. Plus it looks darker which I like.

side question on your DB. You install the shims for the bed rail caps? If so, Overall how was that? Heard it can be a pain.

you definitely want to install the shims. I actually added more support that I made out of a rubber garage mat. But I think they're sending more shims now than when I requested it. If you don't have the factory trail rail, it's easy to get to the underside of the bed caps. If you do, they just something long and flat works. They suggest using a butter knife. That being said, it only take a moment to line up the cover when you get it. Then mark the borders of the center hinge piece with some painters tape on the tub. That's where you'll install the shims under the bed caps since that's where all the clamping pressure will be. If you don't shim it, you will end up deforming the caps. The outside edge of the cap will lift when the inside gets depressed and that's where water can creep in from the sides.

 

[CPTRU1114]

Removed this POS from my OBD port. Elo GPS tracker installed by the dealer. It was a dealer added option that they wouldn't remove or budge on. Looked over my sales documents and I do not see it added.

Supposed be like lowjack for you car and read diagnostic codes. But it's also sharing information back to dealer. They can read your engine codes and other information at any time and bug you about service.

This just happened to me and couldn't figure out why the dealer knew my Check Engine light was on. It was worry some. I would like to know a bit more detail of where you found this under the dash.

 

[Blue Ridge]

Couldn't help myself. Was going to put it in place of the original trail rated badge, but I prefer the blacked out one on my Willys. Also got one in honor of the dog. Orfdered these on Friday and they're already here. Loot designs was fast!

 

[Painkillerspe]

This just happened to me and couldn't figure out why the dealer knew my Check Engine light was on. It was worry some. I would like to know a bit more detail of where you found this under the dash.

It was mounted there with a pigtail that plugged into the obd port. Had a bunch of wires hanging down.

 

[redfish]

Attached some custom grab handles from @darksidedesign. Order some! You won’t be disappointed.

got a set waiting for me when I get home off this trip

 

[jorbasaurus]

RokBlokz installed, I had a few JT Easter egg decals left over and figured why not.

 

[cdyoung9799]

Latest Mod Took off the Jeep badge and replaced it with a Gladiator Tailgate Badge.

Looks great on black. Nice touch.

 

[Troybilt]

ive always been leery of these allowing the doors to not sit correctly. Ive noticed with my tube doors that they sit, and latch, differently if they are just sat in the mounts v/s when they are bolted in.

Im curious if anyone has heard of or experienced the oem doors sagging with just these pins? or am I just overthinking this whole thing...

I have never bolted my doors back up. Not once in my JK or my Gladiator. I have never seen any sign of a problem with doing so.

 

[Sanganois]

I have a Sport with very few options, max-tow, automatic transmission, tinted windows, hard top. Today I swapped out the 5"radio and installed a Mopar 7". I missed CarPlay and on screen guidance. Otherwise, I do like having the basic package. I did put Goodrich KO2 tires and Fab4 sliders on it.

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