Seems like a few of them use the engine mounts, thanks for the tip on access difficulty. I am no longer at an age where it’s free to spend hours under a truck at awkward angles.
My son has long hair. Since he doesn’t need sun protection from the top, just hair control, he’s been wearing those old school terry cloth sweat bands that tennis players used to wear. Depending on your style, might give that a try.
And on any other car you can break the window and actuate the non-locking release lever. None of these are that hard to defeat, but good at keeping honest people honest. I just installed this set today. Also took a little adjusting to dial in the retention so that pushing down on the hood does...
I used the fender removal method shown in this video around the 5:40 mark. Was pretty good. Broke a couple of the clips that hold the fender on during removal. But a 25 pack of them is $8.
25PCS Fender Flare Clips, Rocker Moulding Retainer Clip 68039280-AA Replacement for Jeep Wrangler JK &...
Also consider some sort of a cut-off or solenoid for the winch. So that you don’t have live wires always present at the front bumper (in case of a collision).
WARN 62132 Power Interrupt Kit with Battery Lead, Hardware, Solenoid, Switch and Wiring...
Might be what you’re looking for.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/warn-winch-vr10s-install-anyone-done-one.19589/post-701410
I’m going to try and make my stock sport plastic bumper work with a winch. Worst case, I buy a new bumper.
I’ve been considering this aspect of winching myself. I have no experience in this area, but figure if folks at Warn are shipping their winches with hooks, it can’t possibly be that high of a risk. Obviously if you have $200 with absolutely nothing else to spend it on, a closed system is...
I have a base Sport model: manual door locks, manual windows. No proximity entry and no remote door unlock. My truck honks when I exit, also does it with no doors installed. Since all Gladiators are push-to-start, including the very base Sport model, it’s probably the interior sensors that are...
In the final compressed state, after everything is tightened down, the foam block allows the weather strip to maintain its original vertical shape without too much distortion.
Overall, I was a bit disappointed in the cover, only the 2 brackets holding the siderails down, don't compress the...
Then I backed it up a bit and forced it into the little space under the weather strip (since the bed bulkhead is not a hard 90-degree turn, there is a little space under the weather strip where the bulkhead curves downward).
Just did this install after I put my bedrug on. The picture of the foam block in the instructions is pure BS, no way to have the vertical part of the weather seal you install in the previous step intersect the foam block as pictured without A)cutting the weather seal flush with the block, or...
I think it was a joke, since it’s not possible to compress water. But dissecting a joke is like dissecting a frog: you learn more about it, but have to kill it in the process.
For the fob key, so you put the key into the cap, which allows you to remove the cap. Do you then leave the key in the cap while fueling? So the key fob is dangling from the cap as it hangs on the side of the fuel door while pumping? This doesn't seem ideal, thinking a small dedicated key might...
Might a be a stupid question, but is your deposit refundable? Many dealers use refundable deposits because they’re not worried about selling a truck you walk away from in this market.
I’m no pro at that pricing sheet, just another dude that used it to price my Jeep, but looks like 23 is the manual transmission version of each truck, 24 is the auto, 26 is the diesel/auto since there is no manual option for the diesel.
Try no to sweat the MSRP, not every dealer is willing to...