I also bought from Gupton ~$60k Sticker/MSRP and ~$52k sales price. I am out west and went to TN pick it up and drive back, about 50 hours of driving across 3 days while seeing Badlands, Mt Rushmore, Sturgis, Bonneville .. was a great trip with my son.
Before deciding to drive it back, I...
I went with the LOD Black Ops, in part to be able to flat tow. I had issues with the stock skid plate, factory fog lights, and mostly their service working through the issues. I have a Harbor Freight Apex 12 that I am debating whether to install or just bring the 12 pack of beer to get winch...
I recently did the same size in Nitto Ridge Grapplers. I have about 3k miles on them and really liking them. They measure just over 34" on the JT so might not meet your criteria of being a true 35"
Seems like you had a great trip .. I did a very similar route back in October with Overland Bound. We had a "trail day" where we worked with the National Park Service to do trail repair, clean out trash from one of the old ranches, and collected seed pods from the Joshua trees.
Overland Bound...
Informing those with a Mojave looking at the LoD Black Ops front bumper .. maybe look at another vendor first.
I did my research through this forum and even PM'd @LODoffroad to confirm the bumper would fit with the stock skid plate.
Well the stock skid plate did not fit, frame tie-in needed...
Method 703
17" with 0mm offset
Matte black
Bead Grip tech
35x12.5 Nitto Ridge Grappler
No lift .. yet
Ordered the wheels through this forum from Real Truck .. Shout out to Alex at @RealTruck .. he has been great to deal with and always has really good pricing and ideas/solutions.
Install done...
Shipping cost from Gupton in Springfield, TN to South Lake Tahoe CA?
Waiting for Jeep to arrive and was going to drive it home but this might be a better option???
Has anyone tried the Bak X4s with Yakima outpost towers .. trying to find out if you can fully open the cover with the outpost towers (is there enough clearance)?
This looks like a great solution.
Checking to see if you looked at the Yakima OutPost tower setup. I already have the Yakima towers from a previous truck and want to order the Bak X4s for the Gladiator.
The Yakima towers are 13 inches in height but lean towards the center of the bed. They...
Stumbled on this picture trying to research if the Bak Revolver tonneau cover will actually roll up with the Yakima outpost towers installed. Did you happen to have a tonneau cover when you were running this setup?
I am wanting to run a solid cover that is useable without giving up the bed...
You might check with these guys to see if they have anything planned. They mostly do rack systems but might be worth connecting with them.
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Ha .. I went to look at a Mojave in Sacramento and the salesperson saw me looking at the window sticker and said "oh that is not the price" .. he closed the door to reveal the $19k dealer markup .. yep