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Do yourself a favor and get the armor for them. I bought my steps without the armor and was gonna try to fabricate something up myself, but wasn’t able to do it cleanly so then I went ahead and ordered the armor before doing the Rubicon and they hold up very well with the armor. I’ve slid off of...

I think many of us, myself for sure would accept a lower tow rating. You said they already did that with a diesel model, so they 100% could do the same for a V8 in the gladiator, if they wanted to. and yeah, you’re right about that video. Glad you were able to remember it, that was their main...

Somewhere around 2018 give or take a year there was at least one interview with I think it was a jeep engineer who said the V8 in the JL would not work. Those of us that have been watching the JL from before it was even released remember it. Pretty hard to go back and find that although maybe...

I wish some of the people on here that have done the AMW swap would chime in on if they overheat on a daily basis? Or if they have to sign a paper saying that they won’t tow anything? I’ve never seen any complaints from AMW owners.

To get the full 470 hp yes it takes more fuel and more air and more cooling. But, to tow 7,000 lbs up a 6 percent hill with a 6,000 lb truck at 50 mph will take approximately the same amount of power, no matter what engine you have. The problem comes when you have more horsepower, so you think...

‘Member when Jeep said that they couldn’t and wouldn’t put a V8 in the JL? All the while AMW was slapping them in left and right! People speculated that it wouldn’t pass a crash test. That it would take too much whatever to make it pass a crash test. Seems like there were a couple more excuses...

How much travel do you get on the Gladiator?

My guess would also be a bent axle around the FAD. A very competent shop can straighten the axle and truss it, or you should be able to use your insurance to replace the entire axle.

I was there last week and ran Fins N Things, Hells Revenge, and Metal Masher in the rain. The first two were no problem, and it was a light rain during Metal Masher, which was pretty cool as we even saw a waterfal, but I wouldn’t do that one in a heavy rain. We also did Lost World right after...

I give up!

Sorry, but you’re not understanding this. The point is at stock ride height The two arms are close enough to parallel to each other that you don’t notice bump steer. As you start lifting the vehicle so say you have a 3 inch lift they are no longer parallel or close enough to parallel, so you...

Here’s my proof. Suspension fully drooped (11.5” travel) drag link at 14 degrees and the track bar at 18 degrees. They are not parallel. So the farther the axle gets away from the frame, the bigger the difference in the arc that they travel. The shorter track bar is traveling in a shorter arc...

The track bar is shorter than the drag link. At stock ride height everything works great. The farther the axle moves away from the frame the more the bump steer will be induced. That’s why they sell one bracket for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches of lift and another one for 4 1/2 inches. If you push up...

any track bar bracket will require me to flip the drag link as it will make the track bar and drag link not parallel to one another as they are now. Not true. I’ve done as have others. The two mentioned above strictly deal with bump steer from lifting the Jeep. No flip kit required.

Push up and down on the front bumper as hard as you can and watch the steering wheel. If it rocks back and forth then you have bump steer from the lift causing the drag link and track bar being at different angles. The stock setup works at the stock ride height, but as soon as you start lifting...

At 6:10 in Lite Brites latest video Kevin mentions that Jeep is putting the 392 into the gladiator. I don’t watch much of their stuff anymore, but this one was pretty interesting being basically an AMW commercial.

I ran 39” bfg mud terrains for 54,000 miles on stock 4:10 gears on my Rubicon JLUR. I’ve never had any complaints. It did not use 8th gear, but it stayed in seventh just fine on the highway. Never hunting for gears. Plenty of power, stops good. Now I’m on 38 inch Nito’s. The only difference when...

It’s dead guys!

Link please?

I’d like to buy one, but not for the $200-$1000 that people are asking for it on EBay!!!