My dealer gave me $1100 for the 4 wheels 5 tires off my Rubi, I kept the steel spare rim and bought 5 tires from them. And 4 Method wheels. They matched Tirerack pricing so I was actually surprised to get a reasonable deal through them. Was nice to pick up the vehicle lifted and sitting on the...
Sorry I have no kayak carrying experience. I bought some of these a few weeks back to rig up my hard top hoist. My understanding is Kayak folks use these for front end tie downs. Like what you were looking to do with the windshield tie downs...
Assemble the parts with the screws in but not quite tight. With hard top pulled off, align the assembly for width and hole alignment to the back of the Jeep itself. Carefully remove without altering the pieces alignment and tighten the screws. Double check before applying weatherstrip.
On my F150 I previously had shiny metal caps that had hex nut flats on them. I think they disappeared when I parked at the airport. Some people suck. Not worth the battle so I just run black plastic cheapies.
Back when we had deep snow here in Denver and I had the truck in 4Hi on the cul-de-sac in front of my house I would hear noise from the front at full lock when turning around. Sounded a lot like a rub but in retrospect I think it was ABS getting triggered somehow by all the traction control...
I like having the JT in the garage but for crisis I'd like to have something simpler and non-computer controlled around. Like an 80's YJ or comparable era or older 4x4. Maybe two of them so you can raid parts... two is one, one is none...
I bought those in anticipation back when that original thread came out. When I tried them on my soft top, the forward set of bolts would not go in all the way with the thumbturn. The big plastic wheels hit the painted metal too much to crank in after about half the threads.
The included Jeep...
Thanks yes it totally is. Stays the same noise source regardless of hard or soft top. There's a big gap outside there at the windshield hinge and I doubt the attempt from factory to seal all the air down low is sufficient.
I don't hear noise from the back with my hard top. Mostly from front especially around the windshield frame sides. I'd suggest you pull the freedom panels, remove the bolts that hold down the top and lift the offending rear corner to check the weatherstripping is there, and flat/consistent...
I also parked in the sun, and squished the front corners of the top down onto the weatherstrip. Also double check your front plastic door surrounds to make sure they are fully seated down near the windshield.
Yeah I saw a Wrangler with full-matching green halo's on Headlight and Foglights driving around Denver the other day, and also had some F-150 guy with behind-the-grille red fog lights on running them during the day this past weekend. People don't seem to realize these are illegal for street use...
1 - front Rigid 360 offroad lights
2 - rear Rigid D2 backup/work lights
3 - winch power disconnect relay
4 - "backlights" included on the front Rigid 360's (aka amber look-cool lights, kinda cosmetic)
I wish they had at least 6 switches and had a way to label them. I'd have a cb or other trail...
Resounding no for me. Lots of perfectly valid functional mods to do to a Gladiator without cluttering it with stickers, changing out the logo's, etc. One man's opinion.