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Took us 3 days in a 110 degree shop, but we’re finally done. I wanted to post a few things, and my opinion, as I searched when I had a few tough spots and didn’t get much luck. Here we go! I am in 8th gear a lot, but my current results indicate 0 to slim gas mileage increase. It still felt...

12/6/22-- New ball joints and tires eliminated most wobbling. Since adding metalcloak steering brace, I've experienced no wobble, even on cold mornings and actively trying to initiate a wobble. After going through all of the below, my wobbling, induced by hitting a pothole or similar road...

I went wheeling, and once again when I got back to the road, the steering wheel is about a half-hour rotation clockwise. This seems to happen a lot, and it's getting frustrating. It's insanely easy to fix, of course, but I get paranoid it's the tie rod collar coming undone. I'm going to align...

Like clockwork, when it gets a bit chilly, the wobs come on strong. Same thing in my last 2 JKs as well. Luckily I can usually just accelerate out of it, but still so annoying that it likes to come back from the dead during winter. I'm 95% certain my wobble is tire-related, as the cold 37s...

I bought a bracket from Northridge4x4 to raise my track bar and get a stabilizer relocation all in one. As soon as I unbolted everything, I realized that this bolts to the side of the original bracket-- which I cut off to make room for my sway bar disconnects. (sigh) Anyway the restock fee...

Sport S MT 3.5" JKS lift Main comparison-- as against Fox 2.0 shocks I like my JKS lift. It appropriately did the job of raising the vehicle's ride height. I will say I greatly enjoyed the on road experience of the stock suspension for the few hundred miles it was on, but a majority of my...

I recently upgraded to Vertex shocks, so the Fox shocks that came with my JKS lift are up for sale. My gladiator only have 6k miles on it, and I didn’t put the lift on until about 3k miles. $300 for all of em. I can ship but will add that to the price. These are from Southern California...

A year into my gladiator ownership, one of the things that just plain SUCKS about the change from the JK to the JL/T is the HVAC/radio controls. I never use a dial to tune the radio-- that should be a button. Changing the vents from dash-floot-mix should be a knob (win for JK). Changing the...

I really don't like most of the styles of bed rack out there. There's only one that I think really compliments the lines of the gladiator, but... it's for an RC car: The closest version I could find is ADD: Am I missing any racks that resemble the Axial version?

First Impression: I put in a set of Metalcloak's durospring's bump stops. I was excited to try them out, but now my Jeep feels harsher than before. I'll note that I didn't lower my bump stop extensions, which right now are 3". I have 37s on a 3.5" JKS lift. I'm going to try and play around...

I've recently been noticing a very annoying ticking/rattling/knocking/tapping sound coming from my engine area. It's become more noticeable when it's cold, and seems to sometimes mitigate as the engine warms up, or if it's warmer outside. It is not any trim pieces from what I can tell. I can...

TLDR-- Bulbs the same, $200 price difference. Buy Hikari. I bought the Hikari LED bulbs and was completely happy with them. Not a problem. However, there was -some- strangeness to the light pattern by way of artifacts and slight dark spots, and was persuaded by HR’s videos to try their bulbs...

I noticed the other day that my start-stop feature hasn't been activating... at all. Luckily this is a complete win as I find it to be annoying AF, but I'm curious why it stopped doing its thing all of a sudden. It used to happen at nearly every traffic light a few months ago, but now with the...

I got a through- shaft stabilizer, non adjustable, from a friend. I felt the stock SS was fine, and still is, but it hangs down low strangely and I wanted to relocate it anyway. So I popped on this stabilizer, and after driving it, I’m glad I didn’t pay money for this. I’ve read a lot of...

I’ve had a 2013 JK, a 2017 JKUR, and this new gladiator. I’m well versed in the handling of solid axle vehicles. The gladiator’s steering is horrible from the factory. Mine had a significant deadzone, and constantly pulled to the right. I dropped my Jt at the dealer with a 3.5” lift, including...

So, there’s already a fantastic video out there of the dash disassembly, so I won’t reinvent the wheel. This is the first install I think in recent history where nothing went wrong; no broken bolts, parts, or difficulty. I actually had fun instead of frustration! I’d rate this install a 2/5 for...

I've had my eye on new bumpstops. More importantly I want to have a last piece of cushion before my axle might bend on a hard hit. Does anyone have experience with progressive bumpstops? Here are the ones I've found: Teraflex ($100 fpr 4) Timbren ($265 for 2) Generic Air/Hydro Bumps ($500)

We ran Holcomb Creek Trail this past Saturday in Big Bear. It’s a very fun trail with big boulders in two of its rock gardens, and a challenging entry/exit involving a 90 degree turn onto wet boulders. I have a sport MT— 3.5” JKS lift and 37s. I had previously done this trail with a 2 door JK, a...

The title's grumpy face is an expression of my current feelings. I went with a sport MaxT assuming that certainly lockers would hit the market soon. That hasn't been the case. Do we have any news that lockers for the 210/220 are even in development?

A bit last minute, but my group is headed to heartbreak ridge tomorrow around 8 from the Palm Springs area. Keep an eye out for my Orange gladiator on 37s! :)