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  1. Should I use anti-seize on my side steps?

    Don't recall where I read about this stuff, but should I, before they (possibly) seize up, get some Loctite silver anti-seize and put it on the bolts (especially the ones that go up into the body) before they decide to seize up (again)? Thinking about this from the standpoint of: I live in...
  2. Learning to use a winch, safely, suggestions?

    OK, beyond the obvious of getting stuck somewhere. Getting a bumper and winch installed in a bit over a month, and I'm the sort that will research and read and try to understand on a technical level what I'm about to do. Winching is going to be no different. I've looked through the online...
  3. Winch battery disconnect switch, to install it, or not to install it...

    Presuming (and from another post here it sounds like it will) the 25% Harbor Freight coupon I got in my email today is good for the Apex winch, tomorrow I'll be getting a winch to go with my new bumper (when it gets here.) My question is, and I did some research on this, to install it with the...
  4. Removing a broken bolt for NERF bars...

    Working on swapping out my old NERF steps for new, and I had one stupid bolt that decided it wanted to stay. Not realized it was either rusted in or rusty enough on the exposed threads inside the bracket, well... It broke off and I wasn't even using a cheater bar to try to turn it (see the...
  5. Portable compressor to re-fill...

    So I'm looking to get a portable air compressor, something that will run off the battery, and not a "built-in" air. I'm looking to get it for those times I perhaps go off-road and air down some (right now and for the foreseeable future I'm on stock street tires) so I can air back up before...
  6. Spring for an installer, or go for it and DIY for a bumper install...

    It seems threatening to hold my breath until I turn blue unless the wife lets me have my way might've worked! OK, fine, that's a joke, but being an expensive purchase I did have to discuss it with the wife. Ordered today a MetalCloak frame built bumper, with the 56" end caps for my fog lights...
  7. Rust on my Nerf bars, remove and paint or start shopping?

    Not long after I got the Jeep (so early 2022) I bought a set of N-Fab Nerf RS side-steps (my wife is short, even a stock Gladiator is tall for her!) and mounted them. Well, as you can see in the pictures, they rusted in spots and not where one would expect, were road debris gets kicked up...
  8. School me on bumpers...

    Currently driving a stock '22 Sport S and I'm looking to get a front bumper. I like the look of mid-widths, I want to keep the stock fog lights, and I'm likely to put a winch on it. I'd also like to be able to keep the Jeep in the garage still, so nothing that sticks out farther than the stock...
  9. Metro Detroit area, anyone want to go to Camp 4Fest?

    So, some months back the wife and I thought this would be something neat to do. Buy the Camp 4Fest admission, spend a weekend at the county park and taking the Gladiator to Holly Oaks ORV park, then back to the campground. Plans have a way of changing... We're still going to attend 4Fest, but...
  10. Back seats begone!

    ......... So, removed my back seats today to put in some storage boxes, what in the seven rings of Hell does Jeep use for threadlocker on the bloody seat bolts? If I were going to do things like this more often, I'd go out and buy a longer handled socket wrench and a cheater bar! They've...
  11. Installing a dead pedal, should be simple, right?

    And it sure looks like it, except for getting the BLASTED nuts off that the dead pedal I bought mounts to! It's the two 13mm nuts behind the brake pedal on the firewall. I've got a box wrench, goes on fine, but did Jeep bloody use red Loctite on the things? Try as I might, I could NOT get the...
  12. Factory Rubicon wheels on a Sport S

    I love my Gladiator, although the wheels are OK (base silver 5 spoke wheels). I do like the look of the black/silver Rubicon factory wheels which leads to my question. Can I, if I can find someone selling a set of Rubicon wheels (hopefully, because I'm lazy, with tires), can I just take off my...
  13. Question about putting tops back on with a bikini top?

    Bought a Bestop safari style bikini top (Link to the exact one) for my Gladiator, in part because from the description, I should be able to leave it on and put the tops back on. Note I said "should." The rear top, no problem! It's the front tops, there's a problem, unless I'm doing it wrong...
  14. Bikini top for just driving around home?

    Looking at getting a BesTop extended safari style bikini top (mesh) for my Gladiator. The intent behind it will be to put on when the weather's nice so we don't get quite as cooked by the sun with the hard top off. Longer drives the hard tops will be put back on, just because one never knows...
  15. Decaling the hood, some questions

    My hood decals (thanks Pixel Decals!) have been ordered, and for the large center of the hood decal, I'm going to need to take the bumpers / washer sprayers off. Now, I watched the install video on their site and it looks like it should be fairly straight forward, but my question is on...
  16. Newbie towing question...

    So Friday is going to be an exciting day for the wife and I... We're going to be picking up our teardrop camper AND (roast me, go ahead) it's ALSO going to be the first time we've EVER towed anything. I *was* going to be renting a UHaul 5x8 on Sunday to get a feel for towing, but, well, it's...
  17. Removing the roof (3-peice hardtop) with a short wife and a tall husband?

    Summer is coming and I WILL be going topless in the Jeep but a friend suggested looking into a way to rig up a hoist for the roof (especially the back 1/3) in the garage, rather than the wife and I trying to lift it off. I'm about 6'-1", the wife however is about 5'-2" or 3"... Will we be able...
  18. Decaling my Jeep, advice needed...

    Once the weather warms up, it's going to be time to start personalizing my Jeep Gladiator (Sport S in black) with some decals. I've found a place I can get the logo I want for the hood (no, it's not a Punisher skull or anything like that,) but they only go up to 23"x23" and while at some point...




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