Klutch
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I picked up a Sport S with Max Towing last Christmas. Love the truck! I live in Colorado near some amazing trails and would like to use my Gladiator to get into overlanding. This is all new to me and I'm looking for advice for planning some basic mods to my JT. I recently finished a complete, rotisserie restoration on a 1970 Mustang Mach 1, so I should be able to handle any mechanical work myself.
I'm not interested in doing any rock crawling or seriously difficult trails. But some of the trails I'm interested in are mostly "Blue" with short "Red" sections. I don't want to scrape or get stuck on the Red trail areas. In summary:
- Thinking of doing a "budget boost", but I'm seeing a lot of spacers. Would it be better to simply install bigger springs?
- I would like wider tires, but I'm reluctant to install taller tires because I don't want to kill my factory 4.10 gearing or mess with the spedometer
- Most of the aftermarket bumpers I'm seeing online are steel. I'm thinking that would add a lot of weight to my truck. Would aluminum bumpers be a better choice?
- My JT currently has the factory optional side steps which are plastic. They're great for helping Mrs. Klutch get in and out, but I want something that could double as a rock rail and a step. Is this doable? Again, aluminum would be nice to save on weight, but maybe that's not durable enough for rock rails.
Thanks!
I'm not interested in doing any rock crawling or seriously difficult trails. But some of the trails I'm interested in are mostly "Blue" with short "Red" sections. I don't want to scrape or get stuck on the Red trail areas. In summary:
- Thinking of doing a "budget boost", but I'm seeing a lot of spacers. Would it be better to simply install bigger springs?
- I would like wider tires, but I'm reluctant to install taller tires because I don't want to kill my factory 4.10 gearing or mess with the spedometer
- Most of the aftermarket bumpers I'm seeing online are steel. I'm thinking that would add a lot of weight to my truck. Would aluminum bumpers be a better choice?
- My JT currently has the factory optional side steps which are plastic. They're great for helping Mrs. Klutch get in and out, but I want something that could double as a rock rail and a step. Is this doable? Again, aluminum would be nice to save on weight, but maybe that's not durable enough for rock rails.
Thanks!
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