They're the same ones you'll see on any 80th Anniversary edition if you want to ride by a dealership to look at some in person. They are a slight off-black against stark black lettering if that makes sense, but not as purple-looking as in that photo. Could always spray paint them black before...
Blew my mind but one of these passed me today right after seeing one for the first time in your post. I took a cell phone pic from the back but couldn’t exactly flag him down for a side view. But that was the Jeep.
Because they were crooked to the point I didn't even fully trust them. For me, that's unacceptable from the factory on a brand new special-ordered truck.
I think a lot of that was the angle of the photo. I didn't take calipers to it or anything but the drilled holes don't appear to be off...
I think he’s referring to the Gladiator fender badges. If so, they look black on the truck. Not sure why they were catching the light like that but I had the sun at my back taking that photo. The Jeep emblem overlay is gator pattern I got off of Etsy. They’ll be going back to black at some point.
Got my hood latches replaced finally. This wasn’t something I wanted to do as much as I was overly irritated that they came very crooked from the factory and the dealership “couldn’t” fix it. So put a set of Rugged Ridge on.
Installed an Under The Sun insert. It looked too open with the honeycomb black parts taken out so I replaced them and now you couldn't make out the olive drab flag. Fortunately I got it double sided (with one side in black just in case), so just flipped it and replaced the OEM black grill. Not a...
Most subtle mod ever. I never loved that you could see through the grill so well so got an Under The Sun insert to put there. Wish I'd photo'ed the whole journey but didn't bring my phone out until I was finished. I thankfully got a 2 sided one, olive drab American flag on one side, and black on...
I got my vaccine yesterday, I was holding out for the one shot Johnson & Johnson. If it's good enough for my dream girl Dolly Parton, it's good enough for me! I kid (well, not about loving me some Dolly) but lots of folks I know were in bed after 2nd doses of Pfizer, and one shot seemed better...
Went again today for last day of the season and got another. First time I've ever gotten 2 turkeys in the same year. I'll sous vide this one and pan sear, my favorite way to make wild turkey.
The only bad news: When leaving the turkey trail, my Gladiator's backup camera wouldn't work. Just a...
I put this all in my personal build thread but thought I'd share here in case anyone else might want to do the same. First thing this week was I finally got my (permanent) license plate and got it put on. No pic required. I'd wanted a Wildlife specialty plate with 1911 as my tag # but the...
Also got a badass rechargable LED Maglight and rollbar mount. It fits so tight you can barely notice it. The flashlight is one a cop buddy of mine showed me and I've wanted one since. $140 bucks, but charges very fast and throws a ton of light. On medium it's rated for 79 hours, but I haven't...
Got my 80th Anniversary Gladiator "decals" to replace the factory stickers that were bothering me. I like these much better. Wasn't meaning to take a selfie in the process but no getting around it.
Haven't gotten around to removing the gator Jeep overlays and change my mind on them every time I...