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

[Jeepbreath]

Installed the Mopar "cold" air kit. (Not cutting the hood and installing the flap). Not expecting much, the pipe from the air box to the throttle body is a lot larger, high flow filter and the air box cover is also different.

Also oil change and wheel rotation.

Please let us know if you feel any performance difference, sound difference, mpg difference. Thank you

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[spanishmack]

Installed the Mopar "cold" air kit. (Not cutting the hood and installing the flap). Not expecting much, the pipe from the air box to the throttle body is a lot larger, high flow filter and the air box cover is also different.

Mine came with the cold air intake already installed. What's this flap you're talking about?

 

[Killroy Was Here]

Please let us know if you feel any performance difference, sound difference, mpg difference. Thank you

You will basically only notice more noise. If you are thinking it will improve mileage, you will be disappointed.
How do I know? I have one on my Mojave.

 

[Hootbro]

You will basically only notice more noise. If you are thinking it will improve mileage, you will be disappointed.
How do I know? I have one on my Mojave.

Agreed. Pretty much any cold air intake without having a proper tune is throwing money down the drain. Most will get some very short term gains but once the stock PCM adaptive learning catches up with the new increased air density and compensates for it, the cold air intake just becomes a noise box.

 

[Killroy Was Here]

Agreed. Pretty much any cold air intake without having a proper tune is throwing money down the drain. Most will get some very short term gains but once the stock PCM adaptive learning catches up with the new increased air density and compensates for it, the cold air intake just becomes a noise box.

Don't get me wrong. It does sound tough as h*ll along with the AWE exhaust when you jump on it.

Just hated to see someone make the purchase thinking it will help their mileage, or vastly up the performance.
Or even worse, pay for itself in gas savings.

Would I do it again, probably not, but it does sound really good.

 

[bailer]

I really like your idea. Did the spray liner add much thickness and make parts tight or not line up with the tailgate, or did you account for that in the setup?

I had allowed for some thickness, but honestly the coated boards probably slide in easier than the raw lumber did.

 

[OVERLORD]

I guess I live a purty clean life.

Noted a lot of posts with low mileage Gladiators with nasty engine air filters, and cabin air filters.

As long as I was going in, I thought I'd have better replacements on hand.

Went with the Mopar "Hi Po" cleanable air filter.

K&N cleanable cabin filters too.

Geesh they weren't that bad ................

Popped the new ones in anyhoo.

 

[abe57]

Received today and installed a MPS over head molle panel. Ordered from molle platform solutions. This one is for soft tops only. Now I have a place to have my sunglasses and other things at a decent place I can reach! It came with self tapping screws but instead I drilled out the holes and tapped it out with a size of 6mm×1. I know not much metal area to tap but it's holding great ..

 

[Mocazen]

Wanted to add a little more lift in the front(running an AEV 2" kit) but didn't want to hassle with another lift and also was looking at LED lights. So I ordered the Rugged Ridge LED Chop fender kit for the Gladiator and thought it will look nice and also make the front look slightly higher. Quadratec emailed me that the order was backordered so in the meantime, I order the Quake Smoke LED Chop light kit.

The reason I wanted the Rugged Ridged set was because of the use of the inner liner, so I decided to modify with scissors, a drill, and a lighter and was able to mold and cut the liner. I made 4 additional holes for the liner to be held in place with the plastic trees(one on each light and one on both side on the frame).

I started the removal of the inner liners the day before to take my time, overall not a bad experience.

Tried my best to keep it looking somewhat stock. If I ever get the Rugged Ridge ones I will get another set of inner liners and make better cuts and moldings. Sorry for the dirty pics:

 

[Dawgfan89]

Got the new wheels and tires installed on it yesterday - Fuel Tactic wheels and BFG T/A KO2 (285/70R/17) tires. Also installed a Smartliner bed mat and swapped the silver front trim bezels for the black. Added the front license plate bracket as well and put on one of my UGA tags.

 

[MKAYMEOW]

Added Teraflex Alpine Adjustable control arms to front and rear and wow, it feels like a softer ride.

 

[chrismeece74]

Swapped my Rugged Ridge HD Full width for the Mopar Stubby, Warn winch plate and added the Agency 6 flatlink.

 

[JTR178]

Coming up on a year of ownership (I've only put 2430 miles on it) so I knocked out my first oil change and put a Fumoto valve on. I wish I would have used a decibel meter for a before/after comparison. I swear the engine runs so much smoother and quieter on Royal Purple.

 

[vmiaptetr]

Installed Amp Research step rails.

 

[sass JT]

I didn’t get pictures… my bad… but installed the z automotive front camera… all I can say to the jeep engineers is that stop using a stupid plastic plug on the firewall… go back to rubber!

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