BRIGHT WHITE Gladiator JT Club

[Stan H]

My nephew’s XJ, my son and myself in the JT at Pickett State Forest in TN, before hydrolocking the XJ…

Did you pull all the plugs and crank it over for awhile

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[Tech Tim]

202...???

That's it, a 202, so it doesn't have all the electrics that come on a modern day JT.....



It's a 2020, I blame my blazing fast single finger typing for the mistake!

 

[Stan H]

That's it, a 202, so it doesn't have all the electrics that come on a modern day JT.....



It's a 2020, I blame my blazing fast single finger typing for the mistake!

Oh uh hmmm , hey Its your finger do what ya want with it.

 

[Orange01z28]

 

[JTdiRtyD]

soon enough you wont be able to see it

 

[Jclayc]

Yeah, pulled the plugs and 2 of the 6 were wet, soaked up all the water in the throttle body and she fired right up. Let it run for about 30 mins then tried to drive it and it stalled every time we got on the throttle. Ended up having to come back the next day and do an oil change, change the plugs and drove it off that trail but only on 4 cylinders. Trailered it back home. Gladiator got stuck in the same hole, just got me all wet and had to clean the carpet…

Did you pull all the plugs and crank it over for awhile

 

[Stan H]

Yeah, pulled the plugs and 2 of the 6 were wet, soaked up all the water in the throttle body and she fired right up. Let it run for about 30 mins then tried to drive it and it stalled every time we got on the throttle. Ended up having to come back the next day and do an oil change, change the plugs and drove it off that trail but only on 4 cylinders. Trailered it back home. Gladiator got stuck in the same hole, just got me all wet and had to clean the carpet…

What is diagnosis ? Bent valve ?

 

[Jclayc]

What is diagnosis ? Bent valve ?

Not sure yet, he's pulling the heads this week. It was 35-ish degrees so may have bent a valve or cracked a piston, water was pretty cold. He’s ready to bore it out if he has to get in the heads.

 

[VA6489]

 

[DRHansen]

I've been lurking for a while looking at all these beautiful Gladiators so I figured I would finally join in. I'd been looking a long time trying to decide which model to go with and what trim package and finally settled on the Mojave X. Living in Utah, I can't throw a rock without hitting a Rubicon of some sort. I bought this to tow behind a motorhome and my daily driver, also to replace my RZR to a certain extent.

I finally found one at a dealer near me. I told my wife I was going to take a test drive to see if it's really what I wanted. She told me if you like it just buy it. With the way the economy is going it's only going to get more expensive, plus they were doing some deep discounts. I was a hesitant with the dealer so they turned me loose in it for the weekend. Let's say it was a good call on their part.

Before I took delivery, I had them put the Mopar (AVE) 2" spacer lift on as well as Rough Country power steps. It took them nearly 2 weeks for them to do those two simple tasks and do some paint work where it got chipped on the rear fenders from the dealer drive from Idaho. Luckily it gave me two weeks to get the wheels and tires ordered. I went with TIS wheels and Toyo 37x12.5x17. It also gave me time to get all the goodies I ordered on Amazon.

Since then, I've added a RC 12,000 winch, a tri-fold tonneau cover, PPF (paint protection film) to the entire front end and completely wrapped the rear fenders. During this time, I was really trying to live with the rake on the front (Not my preference). With some help from the forum, I removed the 2" spacer in the front a put a teraflex 3.5 spacer in. That didn't sit well, with the noise in the front, so I replaced the front coils with 3.5 coils from Teraflex and now it rides like factory if not a little better. I couldn't find bumpers that I liked better than the factory, so I just had them powder coated and I think they turned out great. (some may say too much white, luckily, they never have to drive it).

I drove up the canyon to the ski resorts to get some pictures in the snow, but we have had warm weather, so they weren't even making snow. Needless to say, this is the best I have for now.

I have wrenched on this thing more in 4 months then I ever did on my Ram 3500 in 11 years. I fear I've reached the point where I might need to seek help for my addiction. I'm not done, but have slowed down for now. My next task is finding something for the bed, rack, roll bar, shell?

If you made it this far, sorry to ramble, but now for the good stuff.

 

[GeekJT]

I've been lurking for a while looking at all these beautiful Gladiators so I figured I would finally join in. I'd been looking a long time trying to decide which model to go with and what trim package and finally settled on the Mojave X. Living in Utah, I can't throw a rock without hitting a Rubicon of some sort. I bought this to tow behind a motorhome and my daily driver, also to replace my RZR to a certain extent.

I finally found one at a dealer near me. I told my wife I was going to take a test drive to see if it's really what I wanted. She told me if you like it just buy it. With the way the economy is going it's only going to get more expensive, plus they were doing some deep discounts. I was a hesitant with the dealer so they turned me loose in it for the weekend. Let's say it was a good call on their part.

Before I took delivery, I had them put the Mopar (AVE) 2" spacer lift on as well as Rough Country power steps. It took them nearly 2 weeks for them to do those two simple tasks and do some paint work where it got chipped on the rear fenders from the dealer drive from Idaho. Luckily it gave me two weeks to get the wheels and tires ordered. I went with TIS wheels and Toyo 37x12.5x17. It also gave me time to get all the goodies I ordered on Amazon.

Since then, I've added a RC 12,000 winch, a tri-fold tonneau cover, PPF (paint protection film) to the entire front end and completely wrapped the rear fenders. During this time, I was really trying to live with the rake on the front (Not my preference). With some help from the forum, I removed the 2" spacer in the front a put a teraflex 3.5 spacer in. That didn't sit well, with the noise in the front, so I replaced the front coils with 3.5 coils from Teraflex and now it rides like factory if not a little better. I couldn't find bumpers that I liked better than the factory, so I just had them powder coated and I think they turned out great. (some may say too much white, luckily, they never have to drive it).

I drove up the canyon to the ski resorts to get some pictures in the snow, but we have had warm weather, so they weren't even making snow. Needless to say, this is the best I have for now.

I have wrenched on this thing more in 4 months then I ever did on my Ram 3500 in 11 years. I fear I've reached the point where I might need to seek help for my addiction. I'm not done, but have slowed down for now. My next task is finding something for the bed, rack, roll bar, shell?

If you made it this far, sorry to ramble, but now for the good stuff.

I like it, it's different with the all white. Have to call it

Frostbite
Whiteout
Yeti Runner

LOL something cool for the theme. Man get some white door handles, hood latches, tailgate handle, etc. Will be so cool.

 

[DRHansen]

It’s probably hard to see in the pictures because I was trying to capture more of the background, but there is a name and theme.

 

[NewGladdyOWNR]

Haters will say it’s photoshopped

 

[Stan H]

Haters will say it’s photoshopped

Photo shopped

 

[Stan H]

Photo shopped

not a stitch of dirt on them tires frame clean as a whistle after climbing up there hmmm . And the shiny splotches on that front tire are sitting in the exact same location. Hey but I give an A for effort on the shadow under the truck even though the sun isn't shining and the sky is cloudy.

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