First time ride in snow/ice

[TennesseePA]

One of the first things I did to my JT was add the Mopar performance rock sliders. They are wide enough to use a a step to get into the truck and keep the road spray from the front tires off of the side of the truck

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[TrailHiker]

I used the Mopar Mud flaps on my Dakota, they worked well to keep the sides clean. I plan to add the front Mopar flaps to my Gladiator, now that I know my running boards do little to keep the splash off the truck’s sides.
Cheers

 

[PyrPatriot]

One of the first things I did to my JT was add the Mopar performance rock sliders. They are wide enough to use a a step to get into the truck and keep the road spray from the front tires off of the side of the truck

I hope the Mopar Steps I added work similarly to that effect. There was an explicit statement of the mud/splash guards not being compatible with them

 

[giskard]

Rokblokz has mud flaps available for the JT. They're the only ones I know of that sell flaps that fit the Rubicon (Mopar doesn't even have any for a Rubicon). I don't have my JT yet but I plan on installing a set of these shortly after it arrives.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Had our first storm in Connecticut this week. Not used to driving a truck and lost my ass end almost immediately just not expecting it. Once I woke up was good to go. My issue is the amount of slush that sprays up onto the truck. Its crazy. Thinking the lift and 35's allows so much more to spray?

Does anybody have/use mudflaps? Any suggestions? Is it every worth trying those out?

From a guy who has driven all sorts of trucks over the years, including grain trucks, etc. - yeah, the lift and taller tires absolutely impact the stuff thrown up. Follow any truck on the road after a storm and you can easily tell what throws the most stuff out there. You leave a ton of space for that wheel to toss stuff up into the open air - and to the side of the truck. Lifts are horrible for anyone following a vehicle with a lift.
The courser tires also grab, hold and throw much more slush and water.

 

[MarineHawk]

The courser tires also grab, hold and throw much more slush and water.

Cool.

 

[Gatorized]

Rokblokz has mud flaps available for the JT. They're the only ones I know of that sell flaps that fit the Rubicon (Mopar doesn't even have any for a Rubicon). I don't have my JT yet but I plan on installing a set of these shortly after it arrives.

Weather tech has flaps for each trim level.
https://www.weathertech.com/jeep/2020/gladiator/mudflap-no-drill-digitalfit/

 

[Proximo]

Had our first storm in Connecticut this week. Not used to driving a truck and lost my ass end almost immediately just not expecting it. Once I woke up was good to go. My issue is the amount of slush that sprays up onto the truck. Its crazy. Thinking the lift and 35's allows so much more to spray?

Does anybody have/use mudflaps? Any suggestions? Is it every worth trying those out?

@ShadowsPapa has some great pics of his mud flaps

 

[ShadowsPapa]

You drill one hole for each in the plastic wheel well liner, otherwise the POM rivets that hold these take the place of the rivets that hold the trim on the fenders. They come with the POM rivets - as long as you have the tool, and a drill, you'll be fine.
These are the MOPAR ones that you get if you go to any Jeep dealer and ask for JT splash guards. The front, at least for Overland, are standard Wrangler, the rears are specific to the JT
To do the rears you have to remove the wheels to get in and drill the one hole, for the fronts you simply turn the wheels to move them out of your way.

 

[Tom in Long Island NY]

@G8R some ideas and solutions for the defrosters.....
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/question-regarding-the-windsheld-defrost.15276/

I’m gonna try some of the plugs mentioned from McMaster. See if it disperse the air flow better.
Cheers

Tom here in NY. JTLE.. the square plugs from ebay work great! simple solution. .

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Gee, I always used to just toss my gloves on the dash.
These days I pull the visors down to trap the warmer air by the glass instead of it just flying by up to the roof. It does help. My wife kept asking me why I had the visors down every morning when I drove us to work in the winter - I told her. She tried it a couple of times and said yeah, it helped warm the windshield faster, at least it defogged faster.
Every car I've ever had has had some wiper and/or defrost quirk, especially depending on the weather at that time. Iowa - every single storm is different. Temps can change 20 degrees in an hour. Or more at times.

 

[augustwest]

You drill one hole for each in the plastic wheel well liner, otherwise the POM rivets that hold these take the place of the rivets that hold the trim on the fenders. They come with the POM rivets - as long as you have the tool, and a drill, you'll be fine.
These are the MOPAR ones that you get if you go to any Jeep dealer and ask for JT splash guards. The front, at least for Overland, are standard Wrangler, the rears are specific to the JT
To do the rears you have to remove the wheels to get in and drill the one hole, for the fronts you simply turn the wheels to move them out of your way.

Gonna have to look into this. Think all this salty slush will effect the truck or am I just paranoid?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Gonna have to look into this. Think all this salty slush will effect the truck or am I just paranoid?

Not paranoid. I've owned a number of trucks, SUVs and cars, I collect and restore cars........ salt, slush, the sand the spread with the salt around here - I've seen things............if you can prevent stuff from being tossed at the rocker panels, the bottom edges of the rocker panels, and various other areas where it gets up into and you can't easily wash out or where it can plug the drain holes and passages, where it gets between spot welded panels and so on.
Even new vehicles have those spots - in some cases, worse, because of the large amount of vinyl and plastic type trim where stuff gets caught between it and steel or behind the trim parts.
You also help avoid rock chips. You don't need a gravel road for those. I drove a show car from my home to St. Louis a few years ago and got dinged because of rock chips. What rock chips? Yeah, the interstate has rocks and crud, too - there they were, behind the rear wheel where a splash guard would have protected it. Then you have exposed metal and it takes only minutes for rust to start.

 

[giskard]

Weather tech has flaps for each trim level.
https://www.weathertech.com/jeep/2020/gladiator/mudflap-no-drill-digitalfit/

Good to know. The last time I checked they didn't have a full set available for the Rubicon yet.

 

[Rocksalt]

Had our first storm in Connecticut this week. Not used to driving a truck and lost my ass end almost immediately just not expecting it. Once I woke up was good to go. My issue is the amount of slush that sprays up onto the truck. Its crazy. Thinking the lift and 35's allows so much more to spray?

Does anybody have/use mudflaps? Any suggestions? Is it every worth trying those out?

throw some weight in the bed.. pickups while in 2wd have light ass ends

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