2023 Galdiator Rubicon "Cookie" Build

[Cruizer]

Hello everyone, this truck is my wife's daily driver and our family vehicle for now. So I've promised we're not lifting it or going any bigger than the 33" tires while we're driving it daily. She named her Cookie because she's the Hydro Blue, which really is a beautiful color.

I'll leave the rest of this post for what's on the truck and what plans we have so far.

Current Mods:

OEDRO 5ft Hard Tri-Fold Tonneau Cover
Rugged Ridge All-Terrain Door Entry Guards
Bulletpoint Dash Mount System
Tubular Rock Slider/Side Steps
Window Tint Front Doors
JL Grab Tray Passenger Storage Tray
Bedside Vinyl Sticker Bar with Gladiator Image
Front Fender Pocket Vinyl America Flag
Stationary Back Window American Flag Trim

Future Mods:

20x10 Fuel Hardline Black/Blue Wheels with 305/55R20 AT tires
Goodyear In-Channel Rain Guards
Front Bumper (Undecided)
Rear Bumper (Undecided)
Winch


Before/After:
Only before for now.

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[antwon412]

My unasked for $0.02 - I would rethink the black and blue, two-tone wheels. They never look very good. Get some thing in a more classic color way and it will fit the jeep much better. And, going with an 18” wheel and tire set up instead of 20”would give you a better ride. Little more sidewall.

Nice rig though - Hydro Blue is in if their best colors!

 

[Cruizer]

Yesterday the first few boxes showed up in the mail. Received the tonneau cover, door sills, and Bulletpoint phone mounting system all arrived. I'm mostly getting what we need to take on vacation when we hit the Outer Banks in a couple months.

The tonneau took the longest to install only because all the install options I didn't not need for the Gladiator, lol. It's heavy and has amazing seals. I don't see it getting very wet in the bed with it on.

The door sills are very much like installing rain guards. They use double sided automotive tape. With kids this was very necessary.

The Bulletpoint Phone mounting system is very impressive. Should be for the price but I like the GoPro idea it allows for. I don't see this thing dropping our phones.

I have ordered the wheels and tires. The truck came with MT tires and I don't want to drive them on the highway during vacation. Below is a pic of the wheels, side steps, and a couple more pictures of the truck.

 

[Cruizer]

My unasked for $0.02 - I would rethink the black and blue, two-tone wheels. They never look very good. Get some thing in a more classic color way and it will fit the jeep much better. And, going with an 18” wheel and tire set up instead of 20”would give you a better ride. Little more sidewall.

Nice rig though - Hydro Blue is in if their best colors!

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to stiffen the truck up a little right now. These wheels will be for on-road only. I will keep the 17" wheels with 33" MT's for off-road use. I'm also not the only one looking at wheel options. The wife loves the one's in the previous post.

I had a red Ram years ago. Lifted on 20x10's with 35" tires. The wheels had red inserts. I was concerned when they showed up and I held an insert next to my truck. They were way brighter than my truck. But inside the black wheels you couldn't even tell they weren't the same color. I think the black made the inserts look darker. But I got plenty of compliments on those wheels.

 

[Cruizer]

Just a few details to make it our own. Vinyl bed side graphic, tailgate tail light Gladiator graphic, stationary back window cover. Wheels/tires and rock slider/side steps are showing up next week. Also have the front fender pocket American flag graphic, rain guards, and trying to order the Mopar Extreme Fender Extensions.

 

[Cruizer]

So I had the idea to run the Jeep up the backstop of my gun range. I wanted to see how the sway bar disconnect and the off-road features all worked. I'm impressed again by Jeep. The Commander was a beast in the snow with that Hemi. The Cherokee Trail Hawk we had was amazing in winter, but we never really thought about going off-road with them.

We're already planning our first off-road outing after vacation. I can already see how this is addicting. As a hunter and someone who loves to camp, we're going to have some great family outing in this truck. Here's a few pictures on my little hill.

 

[Cruizer]

After my failed attempt at window tint, again... I don't know why I think I can do window tint. Something always gets me. This time it was a short hair like a dog hair and a spec of dust. So yesterday I took her down for window tint with someone far better than myself, lol.

With the steps here and front fender graphic here. Today was a good day to get a few things done. I have to say I'm quite disappointed on the rock slider/steps. Not only did I find a couple flaws, not major, but for the price. They also went on like crap. I've taken rails off and put on enough to know this was wrong. It's almost like the driver's side was warped when they were welded. I did get them on with some serious wrestling. I will say I do love how they look.

I also installed the front fender graphic. I feel it was a hair small for the space. But what I get for getting it from eBay. I couldn't find this graphic from my normal places and kept finding only the straightened flag graphic.

Thursday the wheels are supposed to show up. Then probably a break until we get back from vacation. The pictures aren't great. I'll get some better ones soon after the wheels are on.

 

[Hhjester]

Looks great!

 

[Cruizer]

Lookin good. The flag graphic looks fine to me.

The thing that I noticed is the top of the graphic does not line up with the fender line like all the other pocket graphics I've seen for that slot. I have a little OCD so I noticed, most probably will not. Thanks for the compliments.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

My unasked for $0.02 - I would rethink the black and blue, two-tone wheels. They never look very good. Get some thing in a more classic color way and it will fit the jeep much better. And, going with an 18” wheel and tire set up instead of 20”would give you a better ride. Little more sidewall.

Nice rig though - Hydro Blue is in if their best colors!

There is 6.6" of sidewall on a 305/55/20.

I wouldn't be concerned about sidewall height with this setup.

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