Mods you regret

[905_gladiator]

regret going 37's should have just pulled the trigger and went 40's and re-gear!

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[Trailman]

Just look at the carpet where the drain hole in the slush mat is. There is a pre-cut oval there that is hidden by the carpet fibers. It's only held in by about a 1/4 or so of uncut carpet on the sides of the oval. complete the cut and pull out that small piece of carpet and there will be a rubber plug in the tub. Pull out that rubber plug and then install the slush mat. Press down at the drain plug area for the slush mat to seat itself into that hole in the tub. Provides a direct way to drain water or whatnot out of the floor boards without ever taking the mat out.

And now I'm just - "why the hell didn't they* do this already?"

*(or... me)

 

[Kevin_D]

And now I'm just - "why the hell didn't they* do this already?"

*(or... me)

Mine came from the dealer already fitted. They even gave me the little carpet ovals...

Kevin

 

[Trailman]

Mine came from the dealer already fitted. They even gave me the little carpet ovals...

Kevin

Mine was a GM demo. I suspect they maybe added the mats at the dealership but didn't want to permanently modify?

 

[Jonny A]

There are two different handles, one for the front row and a different set for the second row. Not sure if they sent you two sets of front grab handles. I have them and they fit, but two different part numbers..

I keep reading reviews of the Molar grab handles. Poor fit, hit glass, hard to install. Took me all of 10 minutes to install all 4. Perfect fit and never as yet bang on window glass. Are folks mounting these wrong? Or like you said, installing fronts on rear or vise versa?

 

[Jackdforme]

I keep reading reviews of the Molar grab handles. Poor fit, hit glass, hard to install. Took me all of 10 minutes to install all 4. Perfect fit and never as yet bang on window glass. Are folks mounting these wrong? Or like you said, installing fronts on rear or vise versa?

They come new in the car with a wire tie on the hole to remind you that you can't just lay em in.

 

[TheHops]

I haven't done many spontaneous mods (ones that I didn't extensively plan out). The only one that I can think of that I somewhat regret is the Airaid CAI. The sound is great, and it definitely does help me make more accurate shifts because I can actually hear my engine under load now. If I could do it again though I'd probably go with the S&B. It just seems like a cleaner product, and they offer it with the functional hood scoop modification which I like. If I ever see one on a steep sale, I may swap mine out, but for now the Airaid works fine.

 

[Jonny A]

They come new in the car with a wire tie on the hole to remind you that you can't just lay em in.

Don't really understand that. But I purchased mine and installed as the instructions stated. Seem like the grab handles could be stock.

 

[Hockeypilot44]

There are two different handles, one for the front row and a different set for the second row. Not sure if they sent you two sets of front grab handles. I have them and they fit, but two different part numbers..

The soft top hardware is in the way so I can only install the rear if I remove the hard top or leave it opened. The rear handle works fine with a hard top.

 

[Flexin]

I keep reading reviews of the Molar grab handles. Poor fit, hit glass, hard to install. Took me all of 10 minutes to install all 4. Perfect fit and never as yet bang on window glass. Are folks mounting these wrong? Or like you said, installing fronts on rear or vise versa?

When I was at the dealership, the person behind the desk caught they were different, or else I would have ended up with two front sets. Mine had not hit the window, but I may have been on a hard trail that shook me and something else was louder than the handle hitting the window lol. I don't have the drivers front side on because I would hit my head all the time getting in and out. So they are all around except for the driver side. And with that, my wife never complains it's not there when she steals the truck which is all the time! I'm going to get lumber for a project and it's gone..

 

[Flexin]

The soft top hardware is in the way so I can only install the rear if I remove the hard top or leave it opened. The rear handle works fine with a hard top.

That could be and thanks for sharing that, I've only had the hardtop and the besttop sunrider on it with no problems.

 

[NCLife]

my 1K trifold cover...

If you could do it over, what would you buy instead?

 

[Jt-wrx]

This storage cubby. It limits seat travel so I opted not to install.

i bought this set, did not use the driver side as my leg would have rested on it, so i used the right side with extra sticky sided tape they gave for both and it's my main napkin storage holder, will take a thick stack of micky dees nappies, so it's a win for me as that was all i was looking for anyway

 

[Jt-wrx]

sport s, 6-speed

mods i regretted and changed:

1. rr 15" antenna, sucked, put factory back on and i have radio again when needed
2. 4.5" -12 bs wheels...stick out too far, spray crap everywhere, stay positive my friends, positive offset that is, +25-30 is ideal poke just to the edge before the spray will be a pain
3. 35" tires, should have gone 37's to start
4. steel powdercoated front bumper, heavy, rust showed within a couple months (fab fours stubby), put stock bumper back on

mods i don't regret:

1. 4.88's for those 37's i did go to...pure awesomeness, +25-30 offset wheel set up
2. magnaflow street side exit exhaust (6 spd manual, would not exhaust the 8 spd unless diesel or v8)
3. speed dawg shift knob (6 spd manual)
4. stereo upgrade, added a couple thousand watts, feel like i'm clubbing in the 90's again
5. rigid lighting upgrades, 3" pods in foglights and 10" thin lightbar mounted center, both tied into my high beams switch (about 18,000 additional lumens over the stock high beams), also flush mounted a rigid diffused beside license plate and tied into bed lights so i have manual control over extra rear lighting duties (everything sr pro line from recollection)
6. 2" mopar lift with 3/4" spacers additional up front
7. Curt echo trailer brake controller for the bit of vacation towing i do
8. the combo cell/phone drink bracket, which i only use for my phone
9. the overland running boards(side steps), lightweight, protection (door dings/rocks), no rust
10. rokbloks front mud flaps to close gap between fender and overland side steps, trimmed heavily with tin snips so not sticking out or hanging down offensively, mostly just for gap closure
11. 6'x4' rubber exercise mat from fitness store, cut for truck box, approx. 1/2" thick maybe a little less
12. tazer jl mini
13. access cover lorado tonneau

build on ig @gladiatoryyc, tall skinny dad truck mobile that will go where no half ton will go

for maybe the ideal offset wheel to fit my tastes black rhino mozambique run the right offset, as it is i went back to stock wheel plus 1/2" spacers, to give same +25-30 offset, ideal max push to edge of fenders before spray gets one into the car wash way too often

 

[BDK]

The only thing SB I have is front seat covers, and I like them a lot.

Same here. Very happy with their front seat covers.

Only rap would be they don't make a matching rear seat cover that fits good.

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