It is loud with a soft top, like a drummer. I ditched KC’ mount and went with Metalcloak’s Rocklander Front Hoop. That helped a lot, but put the hard top back on and it’s basically the same as before I put the lights on. The KC mount was really messing up the paint underneath so I am glad I...
Yep, you buy the donor vehicle registered in Cali, send it to AMW (or some other place) for a swap. I was told over a year ago that a 392 Gladiator factory tuned swap was days away from approval. Similarly, Stark Futures can’t even get their electric VARG offroad motorcycle approved for over 2...
Lots of good suspension advice from others but I discovered a little hack for washboard roads. Put it in four-wheel high. I was on miles and miles of washboards and had to climb over something and left the in 4wheel. Got back up to speed and I was shocked that it felt smoother. Looked at the...
It’s a hall-pass. I had a friend who went thru all the work to make his car legal and two years later he got a letter revoking (because of a rule change ) his status and because they flagged his VIN there was nothing he could do but sell it out of state or put everything back to stock. I will...
I did it. You can’t do any out of state transfers before the swap, they always get smogged. I started with a Jeep Gladiator I purchased in and registered in CA. Then I did the swap. New gasoline powered vehicles have 8 years before they need to be re-smogged or unless sold or transferred...
I will check that. Does the aux battery charge from the main or only when driving from the alternator? I put an ammeter on all my aftermarket lines and after putting switches in-line nothing was sucking on it that I could see but it still drains from something OEM.
My Battery is dead if I don't drive it for 3 or 4 days. I put every accessory on hard switches and it still drains dead. I ended up replacing my battery with an Antigravity Lithium with a reserve shutoff. Now I just push the remote button (came with the battery) or push the button on top of the...
Here in Southern California the traffic reporter on AM790 will announce debris on the road, what it is and which lane it’s in and then he does his other announcements. Last week he said this after all the traffic news in his normal dry advertising tone “this announcement is brought to you by...
Those are options.
I bought the Hellcat version. I did a ton of research on converting a gladiator to a decent engine when I stumbled onto AMW’s website. I had a specific reason: I wanted it bullet proof, mostly MOPAR parts, no engine fault lights, be able to go to any dealer and have it...
My normal go-to company said the same thing (Ability Center) but then I saw this at the ability show in LA. It was in the Ability Center floor space booth and a rep who runs a different location showed it to us. Apparently people at these stores are not really seeing what’s new and emerging OR...
It can be installed in front driver or front passenger position on Wrangler JL and Gladiators. Now hold your breath. $14k installed. It’s about $2k-$4k more than normal ones installed in full-size trucks. Lots of engineering and software to position through the small door But it goes lower than...
Check this out. Not cheap by any means but.. life changer. We are getting it installed first week of May 2023. Works on Jeep JLU and Gladiator driver or passenger side. Must order the side you want it on, can’t switch. Maintains factory seat, adds in a cool tilt and slide, like having a 7way...