Lets see all those Gladiators with lifts and bigger tires!

[Deleted member 28696]

• Lift manufacturer = JKS J Venture
• Tire size - 37x20 Nitto TG M/T
• Wheel specs & brand 20x9 +.001 offset fuel Stroke Wheels
• Lift size = 3”

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[thrash]

Rock Krawler 1.5” budget boost (front and rear)
35x12.5 Nitto Trail Grapplers on 17” Dirty Life Roadkill beadlocks

 

[bakobobby]

Teraflex ST4 4.5” lift
Tire size - 37x12.5 Toyo Open Country RT
Wheel specs & brand Icon Rebound 17x8.5 4.75” backspacing 0mm offset

 

[WILDHOBO]

3-3.5 JKS Lift, Yeti steer smarts upgrades up front, clayton bent track bar in back, sumo springs to replace bump stops all around, ram 1500 rear springs mod to get the rake back, 5.13 gears, 37/12.5/17 Mickey Thomson Baja Boss ATs. It rides great at 80mph, and works great on the tough lines in Moab. Couldn’t be happier with it. The ram spring mod helps a ton with steep climbs and departure angle.

 

[MikeDevenney]

Tires: 35x12.5x17 Wrangler Ultraterrains
Wheels: 7x9 ProComp 05 Series
Lift: 1.5" Extreme Terrain levelling (planned)

 

[Shadowmaker]

• Lift manufacturer - AEV 2.5" Dual Sport RT
• Tire size - 37x12.5xr17 Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT
• Wheel specs - Teraflex Nomads
• Gears - 5.13

 

[Vtac2]

How did it ride with the 3.5 spacer compared to stock? thanks!

The dealer installed the RC spacer lift, so I never drove it before. With RC lift It rode ok I guess, but I wasn’t happy. Jeep felt a bit bouncy, specially in the rear over any bumps specially at Hwy speed. I changed out the entire suspension last week to a proper lift, with correct arm geometry, upgraded front steering linkage etc. now it’s a completely different ride.

I don’t recommend the RC spacer lift at all. I guess if you are only going to mall crawl it will be ok, or want the lifted look, but really it’s not the proper lift. Eventually, other issues can arise down the road. Mine developed death wobble (steering oscillation,) my rig only had 9000kms on it, and I knew immediately it was from the cheap RC track bar or due to incorrect geometry from the larger spacer lift. My front end is too new for ball joints, tie rod or drag link ends to be worn out. I re-torqued the entire thing to correct specs and death wobble persisted.

I swapped out entire lift to Tera Flex 3.5 lift, TF .5 spacers, TF drop brackets, TF rear trackbar bracket, TF HD front trackbar w joint kit, Falcon shocks, falcon Nexus SS, TF HD tie rod, and Tazer. Now the Jeep rides the way it should. Tight, no wandering, soaks up the bumps, couldn’t be happier. Zero death wobble.

 

[Vtac2]

Pic of the new lift explained in above post. I wanted the adjustable Falcon SP2 3.3 shocks but they aren’t avail around here until this summer. Couldn’t wait that long. Very happy with the 2.1’s

 

[Shadowmaker]

Pic of the new lift explained in above post. I wanted the adjustable Falcon SP2 3.3 shocks but they aren’t avail around here until this summer. Couldn’t wait that long. Very happy with the 2.1’s

The bouncy probably did not come from the RC Spacer lift. OEM springs have a bit of a floaty boat feeling to them. Ride looks great!

 

[vmiaptetr]

Mopar 2” Lift
Nitto Ridge Grappler 37x12.5x17
Method Wheels 703 in bronze

 

[Mr.Wilson]

Finally got my 2022 JT. So far I’ve only done a few mods.
2” Mopar Lift
37x12.50r17 Cooper Evolution M/T
Fuel wheels with a -12 offset

 

[Vtac2]

The bouncy probably did not come from the RC Spacer lift. OEM springs have a bit of a floaty boat feeling to them. Ride looks great!

Thanks, hard to say, I did drive my brothers stock launch edition gladiator back in May of 2020 and it didn’t feel bouncy at all compared to how mine drove RC lifted. The added 3.5 spacers and longer RC shocks over the OEM Fox shocks did however feel bouncy and unsettled at times. With the new suspension the Jeep feels planted, no movement, and solid steering.

 

[NapOnAGlad]

2021 Mojave
Fuel tech wheels
4 inch readylift to maintain Fox suspension
Got rid of the orange decal
BF Goodrich K02 37s on there
nFab runners
Want to regear to 4.88s soon

 

[MasterBlaster14]

2022 Sport S w/ Max Tow
2.5" AEV lift, 35x12.5 Atturo Trail Blade X/T's, 17" wheels from a Rubicon.

 

[Mdean]

2020 gladiator
4.5" lift
Rock Krawler Lift
37"x12 Nitto All-Terain
KMC Beadlocks
Fox 3.0 shocks to level out and support the additional weight.

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