It's a few extra frame welds and the gladiator already has a strong frame with no frame bending issues so meh. Iron knuckles I'll give you, but I bought reid for 700 bucks, and they both have the same steering box.
As mentioned, if you get the diesel Rubicon you also get all this already as well.
Never had issues once I used 2 18 inch adjustable wrenches honestly. More annoying to adjust everything but once I got it all tightened up I've been pretty secure.
I ended up grinding a relief in my 2 inch aluminum bar after talking to RPM steering who said a small relief in the non thread section wouldn't make a difference
Half the life left I don't think I'd go for more than 25 maybe 30% of new personally. Mostly cause the hassle of picking them up getting them mounted and balanced, and taking a chance on them having any defects etc. plus it's just not a big size and there is a lot of take off competition at that...
2nd for the synergy bump stop pucks, on the JT i made my own out of hockey pucks, but on the wife's i went with synergy and wont bother making my own next time.
Toyota sells more camry's than BMW sells BMW's in a year, but I dont think they're cancelling the entire brand any time soon. The 55K gladiators is still an amazing profit considering the margin on these trucks is huge. The gladiator is a luxury/lifestyle truck, its never designed to outsell the...
Fully agree, i've gone franken lift on both the JT and the JL and couldnt be happier. I'm particular in what I was looking for so going to invidual vendors let me pick the parts that met what I was looking for (example MC arms because i prefer their joints, but clayton springs because I need the...
14.1 is the alternator charging, not the actual batteries. Bypass the aux small battery by pulling the ground and fuse, then change the 12v and see if that gets you going.
On our trip back from pigeon forge we went through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and on the downhill side in max regen I gained 63% battery while only occassionally having to hit the accelerator because the max regen brakes were too strong lol.
I use these on my KMC's they're protected behind the lip pretty well, not saying they cant get damaged but they're not "Out there" either. Air down in a really quick jiffy though.
Cooper AT3 XLT. Its a mild AT that will handle light off roading no problem but they are light, super long wearing, quiet, and really smooth.
If you want something more AT oriented the Grabber ATX's were fantastic and also long wearing (50K miles or so) quiet and smooth as well. Just not quite...
39's on a 3" Rock Krawler lift with KMC tank Beadlocks. Still on factory 3.73's still under 7 seconds (Usually closer to 6.5) to 60
Previously was on 37's with a 2 inch AEV spacer lift:
Just the way it is, they call come with 4 hi auto so we just keep ours in 4ha. It also is a bit slow if you don't have the gas engine lit to start, in that case flooring it just confuses it a bit since it tries to go on electric while the gas is being lit and then makes an unsmooth transition...
Even at less than 1% it's got full power, in that video the dude was doing those runs on a <1% battery. You were most likely in 2h where it really limits torque vs 4h auto where it will scoot to 60 in mid 5s, and hang with a 392 to 30 mph.
Short answer, no.
Long answer, they are substantially different vehicles. The 4xe is much more sporty, composed, better handling and way quicker.
The gladiators has a few advantages of a bed and tow rating, slightly better in the wind, and a roomier back seat for passengers.
If you don't need...