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In early November last year I did what I said I wasn’t going to do, bought a Gladiator. Then to top it off, I went to the dealership with the intentions of buying a Sport, because I knew that I was going to do a pretty extensive build, but when I seen this Rubicon on the showroom floor i couldn’t help myself. So here we go.

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Current build plan is this.
-Rock Krawler 3.0 X factor no limits lift
-Fox 3.0 internal bypass shocks
-Fox IFP bump stops front and rear
-RCV 300m axles front and rear
-Artec Truss on front axle
-Fusion 4x4 2.5 ton steering kit
-PSC hydraulic steering kit
-Artec inner fenders liners front and rear
-Artec nighthawk front bumper
-Warn 10s winch
-Motobilt crusher rear bumper
-Motobilt full belly skid plate system
-Rebel Off-road Halo 2 racks
-KC Hilites gravity pro lightbar
-Hardrock rock rails
-KMC Grenade 20” Beadlocks
-40” Maxxis Razr tires
-RLD designs canopy
-Decked system for the bed.

Most everything has been ordered. I do have a few things to pick up and a few thing to figure out; such as where am I going to put the spare?
 
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I wish, I do have most of the parts taking up space in the garage. I'll start posting some unboxing pics soon. Still waiting on the Lift(8 weeks backorder), Shocks(16 weeks backorder) and Axles(12 weeks backorder). Everything was ordered on Black Friday so I should see the lift soon, but probably going to be March before I actually get it done.
 

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I wish, I do have most of the parts taking up space in the garage. I'll start posting some unboxing pics soon. Still waiting on the Lift(8 weeks backorder), Shocks(16 weeks backorder) and Axles(12 weeks backorder). Everything was ordered on Black Friday so I should see the lift soon, but probably going to be March before I actually get it done.
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None yet, The lift should have shipped last week, but no update. The shocks hit there 16 week back order window so they should be shipping any day now. The rear RCV axles should be shipping by the end of the month. The garage is so full of Jeep parts, its getting hard to move around in.

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I have been able to install a few pieces. I have the Decked drawers installed, along with a Mountain Hatch tailgate cover. The RLD topper is also on it, but I haven't taken any pictures with it on

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In early November last year I did what I said I wasn’t going to do, bought a Gladiator. Then to top it off, I went to the dealership with the intentions of buying a Sport, because I knew that I was going to do a pretty extensive build, but when I seen this Rubicon on the showroom floor i couldn’t help myself. So here we go.
Ha! I did the same thing: told myself i'd get a Sport S off the lot and some aftermarket wheels.
Ended up building my own JTR. Mods are slowly piling up in the garage as I patiently wait for the call that it arrived :)
 
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Found this on the porch when I got home today!

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Got a set of Reid Knuckles today. The shocks and bumpstops have finally shipped after 19 weeks on back order. Still no update on the lift.

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Yeah the garage is getting full, the lift is going to ship on the 14th so I should be able to get started once it arrives, but I got to get my XJ finished as well. Just finishing up a front and rear 4 link on it.

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