Introductions & Welcome Thread 👋

[Supazuk]

I don't know how I missed this..
I lurked here for a year or 2 before signed up (day I bought mine)
Hi my Name is Jay I live in NH and I have a 4x4 proble....................... ops wrong forum!
Most people have 8 cars in their life time .... I have 9 vehicles on the my property and 5 of them are suzuki's... wait do samurai Tubs on frames count?? ok 8 1/2, yes I am one of those pesky Samurai guys .... and I am not reformed.
However The gladiator is just quirky enough to fill my niche (I was brought home as Newborn in a Gremlin)
I am retired from 20 years in the USCG as of 2022 and now work the State of NH
along the way I have been part time in various off road fab shops and do some work out of my 24 x 24 mess of a shop

I have a Black 2023 Gladiator Sport S with Max tow with dual door group a month after I bought it

now 11 months later
Front: JL Rubicon front springs Teraflex 2 spacer, lower control arms, and trac bar
Rear: factory Max tow spring and 1 inch tera flex spacer
Tires 35 X 11.5 17 Toyo's
apex winch and baracade HD bumper and enhanced rubi rails

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[fox123]

Hi, I’m Brent from Baltimore County MD. 1st time Jeep owner, just purchased a well loved preowned. Think I got an awesome starting platform to take it further if I want, or enjoy what has already been done. In the slim chance previous owner sees this, great job and thanks!

 

[stellarpod]

Greetings! Just traded my 2019 Wrangler Rubicon JLU and a 162,000 mile Ford F150 Lariat for a brand new 2025 Gladiator Rubicon X.

Hope to learn much from you and possibly contribute a bit here and there.

Steve

 

[GMANJTX]

Just purchased on Saturday 2025 Mojave X. This is my 12th Jeep and I currently have a 1982 Scrambler about half way through restoration. Looking forward to sharing with all of you.

 

[Neomonk21]

This is my new-to-me 2023 Jeep Gladiator Mojave in Punkn. My previous Jeep was a 2005 2-door Rubicon in Safety Orange. I guess I have a thing for orange Jeeps! Before my last Jeep, I had a 92 YJ that was a lot of fun to work on.

I was sad selling my old Jeep but I needed 4-doors so it's easier for my daughter to sit in the back, and I also needed something with a truck bed for hauling small stuff. I got lucky when someone told me this just hit the lot of a local dealership and I couldn't pass it up. I can't believe how nice it rides compared to my previous Jeeps. Each day I enjoy it more and more. I'm still in the honeymoon phase of owning it and don't want anything to happen to it. I'm constantly afraid something will break on it, especially since everything is electrical on these new ones.

I have a lot to learn about it and can't wait to do it!

 

[Renaton]

Hi to all!
I'm Renato from Italy and this is my Gladiator 2021 Overland a little modded. I'm in continuos upgrade.
i'm very happy to learn a lot about it from your community!

 

[stellarpod]

Hi to all!
I'm Renato from Italy and this is my Gladiator 2021 Overland a little modded. I'm in continuos upgrade.
i'm very happy to learn a lot about it from your community!

Very nice looking Gladiator, Renato.

 

[SargeG60]

Good Afternoon, all you Jeep maniacs out there!
So, my wife has owned a Wrangler since 2021, and she recently got a Willy's all decked out and ready to play. However, I did not own my own baby until just about a week ago. I found a 2023 Gladiator Freedom, Oscar-Mike edition in Sarge green. I will post some pics soon, but I am so excited to finally have one of my own. She told me she wanted us "to be a true Jeep family", so you know how it goes: happy wife, happy life!
I look forward to learning more about Jeeps through this forum. I look forward even more to going out and getting into some mud!

 

[problematique]

Hi, newbie from southwestern ohio area. Just bought a 2021 gladiator and looking for info to improve it a bit. Already added 20” rough country wheels and bilsteins just to correct previous owners lack of care. Hoping to be a good addition to the forum. Thanks for reading!

 

[SRFRAT67]

Hello All- Mike from NW FL, new member here and thanks to all here who helped me get my Gladiator to where it is today! I was a lurker for a while ..lol. I got my wife a high Tide last year and I was hooked, got the Mojave two months later, both first time jeep owners and love em.

2024 Mojave
MOPAR lift
DV8 side step sliders
OEM hard top and MOPAR soft top
MOPAR Rubicon bumper
Baja Designs 10" lightbar
Harbor freight Roadshock edge 4 and Roadshock ditch lights - all wired into OEM up fitter switches
spray in Bedliner
quadratec tube doors

 

[Alpine Warthog]

Hi to all!
I'm Renato from Italy and this is my Gladiator 2021 Overland a little modded. I'm in continuos upgrade.
i'm very happy to learn a lot about it from your community!

Beautiful setup! I've always wondered how the Gladi would fit on European streets.

 

[Renaton]

I've always wondered how the Gladi would fit on European streets.

In Italy is all undersized for the gladiator....

 

[Rumpofsteelskin]

When I bought my ‘21 JT Willy’s:

When I got it home:

The JK is the wife’s, the JT and WRX are mine.

 

[Tim Allan]

Just picked up a 23 rubicon, if you're near north central wv let's meet up.

 

[Socket-Jockey]

Hello Jeepers,

I've finally joined the cult and have started drinking the Jeep Juice.

I'm an old crusty computer Sys Admin that has turned more than a few wrenches, and has plenty of welding-splatter scars over my arms. While not new to the 4-wheeling world, this is my first Jeep.

I used to be a Yota fanboy (in my younger years) and created a heavily modified '99 4Runner with a 3-link SAS using a D44 from an old Jeep Grand Wagoneer. I ripped out the rear coils and welded in long travel springs, which gave much better flexibility. This thing was a beast and a lot of fun for many years. I learned a lot on this vehicle, including how to setup the caster correctly so I didn't get any death-wobble. This type of setup required cutting the knuckles and rewelding them to correct the caster. The guy at the alignment shop was thoroughly impressed with the alignment numbers considering this configuration of parts.

I then moved onto Dirt bikes and Adventure bikes. Riding around the states on a KTM 500EXC, and now a KTM 790 Adventure with a KTM 350XCF. So, with the move to dirt bikes, I decided a truck was in order, enter the 2017 Silverado, Mad Max edition.

I installed a CST 4.5" lift with adjustable coils in the front and some helper springs in the rear to help carry a bike off the hitch. This was a lot of fun, until some uninsured wacked out driver decided to pull a u-turn in the middle of the intersection. Wrecked the steering, and now even with a new steering rack-n-pinion steering and electric assist motor, it still doesn't drive right.

So, the Silverado and another car was traded in on the 25 Rubicon X. In my gray hair years, comfort and a decent sound system are important to me, so the Rubicon X was really the only option.

I do have plans for 2.5" lift to roll on 35" tires, along with the obligatory adjustable track bars, steering stabilizer, and go-fast stickers.

I'm happy, and most important, my wife is actually happy with how the Jeep Gladiator rides. She has been pleasantly surprised at how nice the ride is. Of course she asked me if I was going to lift it, and my look of, "uhhh, yeah, of course", was no surprise to her.

Anywho, glad to be part of the Jeep family.

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