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

[kevman65]

Was a few days ago, but I switched out the 4-3.5" speakers (dash and roll bar) to the Amazon Kicker speakers for the Dodge Dart.

Great improvement in clarity on the voice coil. Can hear the rapid percussion hits instead of just a muddy roll of noise.

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[Free_state_gladiator]

Picked up some wrangler altitude wheels and tires

 

[77badriand]

My Metal Cloak rear sway bar reinforcements came today. Am a bit disappointed as I was all set to wrench this afternoon and it ended up taking longer to get the Glady up on the lift and tools collected than the install took. Very nice product and now I don't have to worry about that weak point. Also, some have mentioned exctra brackets that had to be removed and a heat shield that is in the way. On my 2021 Mojave, there was none of that. Simply remove 2 bolts ane end link then reassemble. About 4 minutes per side.

Took me like 5 mins to put on as it sit, no lift or adjustments. Actually prob 10 mins as i took off and painted black then put back on. The gold color stuck out to much for me since i have my fenders cut.

 

[Gren71]

Installed a set of Quadratec brute strength sliders/steps

Im working through the thread, so sorry if this has already been asked. Have any more pics? These look nice

 

[JeepTaco]

Im working through the thread, so sorry if this has already been asked. Have any more pics? These look nice

Thanks. Here is another. Ill try to take some more.

 

[bailer]

Filled it with gas….. surprised the tripA info screen for fuel economy was bang on!

380km travelled,
14.7 L/100km per truck
14.68L/100km actual

(conversion is 16mpg us)
Not bad for all city on 37’s

 

[Kevin_D]

Got some actual LED headlights installed and tested...

I'm not a fan of Halos, especially with the DRLs in the fenders, so I put the Halos on an aux. switch.

Kevin

 

[Klicht87]

Got some actual LED headlights installed and tested...

I'm not a fan of Halos, especially with the DRLs in the fenders, so I put the Halos on an aux. switch.

Kevin

Let us know how good they are, please. I've been debating on those or the Kiwi Masters. The lights you have pictured are just LEDs in reflectors with that diffusion piece on the front, right?

 

[USMC-SSGT]

Filled it with gas….. surprised the tripA info screen for fuel economy was bang on!

380km travelled,
14.7 L/100km per truck
14.68L/100km actual

(conversion is 16mpg us)
Not bad for all city on 37’s

Loving summer. Im lifted with a stubby bumper on heavy 35s and heavy wheels.

Winter I’m around low 15s at best.
Summer I’m high 16s always, nearly 17mpg.

 

[redfish]

Put on Fox SS , need to get relocation bracket next

 

[pendragonz]

No pictures, but sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on the way home, guy on a motorcycle behind me ran into me. Did nothing but knock the cover off the blind spot monitor on my driver's side tail light. Soon as I got home, pulled out the tail light, couple plastic bits broken, couple wires had to be shoved back into the internal connector, but everything goes back together securely and works.

 

[1JeepFamily]

Officially named it today. Courtesy of @pixeldecals.

 

[DrJ]

Installed a Tazer mini bracket and gas cap holder from etsy.

Installed a driveshaft dropper from Rock Jock.

Mounted a new bike rack for my new bike (Happy new bike day to me!)

Put on the tube doors and went for a ride/cruise.

 

[Kevin_D]

Let us know how good they are, please. I've been debating on those or the Kiwi Masters. The lights you have pictured are just LEDs in reflectors with that diffusion piece on the front, right?

These lights are not projector lamps like the Kiwis you mentioned. They are just LED chips relying on the reflector design.

The low beam LED is behind the small black shield, circled in the picture.

This shows the high beam LED, again circled in red.

The Halos are behind the diffuser and around the outer edge.

They have a nice sharp cutoff for the low beam.

My biggest complaint is the dead space directly in front of the Jeep for about 10 feet. I'll need to run with the fog lights on if I want illumination directly in front of the vehicle. Otherwise I'm satisfied with these lights.

I got the BICYACO brand, and they come with the supplies needed to hook up the halos to the fusebox. And they include, "CAN buss adapters (resistors)," that you'll not need for the JT.
They also have vertical adjusters built in, whereas the Kiwis do not: they rely on some half-assed spring & screw setup on the housing mounts to allow adjustment.

I'll try these for a while, and see if I can get used to the deadband. Otherwise the light output is pretty good.

Kevin

 

[Klicht87]

These lights are not projector lamps like the Kiwis you mentioned. They are just LED chips relying on the reflector design.

The low beam LED is behind the small black shield, circled in the picture.

This shows the high beam LED, again circled in red.

The Halos are behind the diffuser and around the outer edge.

They have a nice sharp cutoff for the low beam.

My biggest complaint is the dead space directly in front of the Jeep for about 10 feet. I'll need to run with the fog lights on if I want illumination directly in front of the vehicle. Otherwise I'm satisfied with these lights.

I got the BICYACO brand, and they come with the supplies needed to hook up the halos to the fusebox. And they include, "CAN buss adapters (resistors)," that you'll not need for the JT.
They also have vertical adjusters built in, whereas the Kiwis do not: they rely on some half-assed spring & screw setup on the housing mounts to allow adjustment.

I'll try these for a while, and see if I can get used to the deadband. Otherwise the light output is pretty good.

Kevin

Thanks for the reply and writeup. Much appreciated.

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