I've run the following on various vehicles over the last 10 years
35" MTR's - wore out too fast
33 & 32" Duratracs - awesome snow tires, again wear out fast
32" Falken MT - pretty boring, lasted a while
40" Yokohama Geolandar - fantastic road handling, little noise and average wear...
These are my go-to lights, they can get pricey as you go up in "tiers" but are worth every penny. They are pretty modular too, so in the future if you want to remove them from your cowl you can get the proper adapter and put them in your bumper as fog lights...
Don't buy these.
I wanted to post this in a separate section from my build thread (which can be located Here )
The stock halogen headlights on the gladiators & JL's are absolutely terrible so i needed to upgrade them, here's a picture of stock vs the Bi-LED projector headlights & a step by...
Moving forward, skyjacker 4.5" lift arrived a day early Part number is GM452KMLT and this kit was a breeze to install. Only two holes had to be drilled for the rear trackbar mount bracket.
Everything else is bolt in, it took me about 7 hours to do this in my driveway. Note the one spring...
While i waited for the lift kit to arrive i started installing my headlights. These are HIDprojectors.com Expedition Series Bi-LED projector Headlights for the Gladiator / JL. Mine are heavily customized with paint & White / amber switch back halos.
Here's a quick installation guide...
Build log of my 21' Gladiator
Vehicle was delivered July 12th from Gupton motors
Started with DV8 Offroad beadlock wheels, the polished beadlock rings are nice but they would stand out too much
Had a local shop paint the beadlock ring to match the body color
40" Milestar patagonias...
A little under 1 3/4"
Your tire would probably stick out about 3/4" past the fender but it would fill them out better than +25 it would be more "aggressive" looking.
Final update
Ordered 6/3
Delivered to gupton 6/26
I cant actually pick it up until July 3rd because tread lightly hasn't kicked in yet..
2021 gladiator Sport S
sarge green
v6 gas
8 speed auto trans
cloth seats
max tow package
AEH popular equipment package
trail tail system