Brake Ducting

[Sunbeam63]

My base sport max tow Gladiator got in a fight with a Toyota Tacoma a couple months ago when an old lady backed into my truck (my Jeep won). Only damage was some scratches to my bumper. The front tow hook ripped off the Tacoma’s rear bumper.

I ended up buying a used plastic Rubicon bumper for $200 for replacement. While preparing to swap bumpers, I saw the fog light mount pattern and see my sport fog light brackets are different compared to a Rubicon. As I was looking up fog light brackets, I got to thinking about other uses for the holes, and thought about using the open holes for brake ducting. Although I obviously don’t use the Gladiator for racing, I do use it for towing. Think brake ducting would help the Gladiator’s brakes?

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[ShadowsPapa]

My base sport max tow Gladiator got in a fight with a Toyota Tacoma a couple months ago when an old lady backed into my truck (my Jeep won). Only damage was some scratches to my bumper. The front tow hook ripped off the Tacoma’s rear bumper.

I ended up buying a used plastic Rubicon bumper for $200 for replacement. While preparing to swap bumpers, I saw the fog light mount pattern and see my sport fog light brackets are different compared to a Rubicon. As I was looking up fog light brackets, I got to thinking about other uses for the holes, and thought about using the open holes for brake ducting. Although I obviously don’t use the Gladiator for racing, I do use it for towing. Think brake ducting would help the Gladiator’s brakes?

No. Not unless you abuse them in mountains and you experience fade. It's more for road rally, racing - like in places where you make your brakes really hot and use them constantly.
The brakes on your trailer should take the extra load of stopping the trailer.
If you drive an automatic, pop it into manual mode to downshift and use engine braking on down-hills, etc.
I went up, and down, Pike's Peak with my JT and my brakes weren't hot - heck, hardly warm, at the brake check. I let the engine do most of the work.