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yeah, this is normal. When the axle moves up far enough to contact the bump stop, it makes a thunk since it moving up really fast. These serve to deaccelerate the axle before it hits the hard stop. Love having them, well worth the noise off-road.

Absolutely. It's all in the shocks. If you were to get some comparable shocks it would ride just like it. The ones on the Mojave are about $1500 per shock. You can find ones that can get close to that, ride-wise around $1000 per shock. They are expensive but that alone is what makes the ride up...

On stock tires it looks too narrow and boring. Honestly I don't care for the bone stock look. Adding the horizontal "stripe" across the back makes it look visually wider... just like wearing horizontal stripes in a shirt if you're really skinny or why you don't wear horizontal stripes if you're...

Suspension is everything. You really want a high quality suspension that addresses all the geometry changes associated with a lift. Unfortunately they're not cheap but they are worth their weight in gold. At a minimum, in my opinion, you should have adjustable upper and lower control arms so you...

I have a 2020 with about 21K miles on it now. Zero issues other than I'm on my second windshield. I do off road it but it's also my daily driver.

True. I raced cars for years so I'm well aware of the suspension's role in it. I've been amazed with this JT though at how well balanced it is in the corners. I've drifted mine a bit at full throttle around long sweeping curves and it's surprisingly predictable and easy to control. All traction...

Actually the JT is a bit unique in that it does NOT have a "light rear end" like most pickup trucks. With the front wheels set way forward for increased approach angle, it has nearly a 50/50 weight distribution with 53% front axle and 47% rear axle. Most all pickup trucks have the engine over...

Since you're not going real fast, I would say the noise you're hearing is the front suspension bouncing off the hydraulic bump stops. I've added hydraulic bumps to my Rubicon and I go very fast through big bump areas in the sand. It's noisy when they're constantly engaging but never a harsh hit...

This ^^ While I don't do it very often, I also will periodically take mine to the car wash and just power wash the engine. Soap and Rinse. I've done that for years on all mine as well. Just careful on the electronics/battery areas but the engine itself gets a good cleaning. Every time you drive...

I should update this post quickly. On the screwdriver antenna mount to the Diamondback lid, I had originally installed it with the base it came with. After watching it move around I decided that the base was too small and most likely causing too much flex in the metal at the mount point, which...

Just my personal opinion but I've owned a lot of vehicles, and a lot of Jeeps. Best for off-road is really ambiguous but honestly I would have to say it's a "Yes" from me for the most extreme terrain. The biggest reason is it is so easily modifiable but even stock I think it's top. It's nothing...

It's done exceptionally well. I do have the lids ground strapped to the center piece, and the all-metal clamps that hold the center piece contact bare metal where they connect. I have an analyzer as well as a transmit SWR on the radio showing I'm able to easily hit 1.5 or less even down on 40...

I've run Mickey Thompson, Falken, Coopers, and Nittos. Albeit the Falkens were not 37s. I've been a long time Mickey fan and have run their mud tires for years on my rigs but this last time I went with Nitto Trail Grapplers and they have impressed the hell out me. The grip off road, and the...

I would say you would be fine with 8-10 ga wire. I would probably go with 8 ga. Personally I ran 4 ga wire to that spot as I'm powering two radios but granted I won't be broadcasting on both simultaneously. The thicker the wire, the less voltage drop you'll have to that location. I ran from the...

Why not put it under the seat or something? Mine is under the rear passenger side seat and power and antennas all terminate there. The mic which has all the controls on can go anywhere. Just get you a Ethernet CAT6 cable and you can extend the mic anywhere you want.

One thing I noticed about that harness is that it's really tight. You really have to crank on it with your hands and wiggle it around to get it to fully click in place. I know I thought mine were fully connected and found out I wasn't pushing hard enough to get it to fully seat in. (I bought...

Thanks. the two on the left are NMO mounts, one for UHF/VHF and the center one for GMRS but I can swap any antennas in I want and match them at the radios since they all terminate at the same place. The right one though is a fixed HF breedlove mount for the screwdriver antenna. This cover...

I've had a number of Diamondback lids over the years on my trucks and now on my Gladiator. I absolutely love them and I don't think you could go wrong with any of them. I seriously thought about the 270 but ended up with the regular one. I walk around on top of them all the time and they make an...

Also, from the bed area, all the antennas plus an extra power feed run through the bed plug, then down and back up through that same drain hole under the rear seat so all antennas (3 of them currently) and all power are there in one easy to get to spot under the rear seat.

Unfortunately I don't have a picture of it, but I ran a 4-ga marine wire from the battery in the engine compartment, down and tucked along the frame to the rear and came up through a drain plug under the rear seat passenger side where I terminated it into a fuse block. All the radios and power...