Mstrpoz's First Jeep build-- 2022 Gladiator Sport!

[mstrpoz]

I am a long time Silverado owner (past 12 years) and finally decided it was time to upgrade my 2010 with ~175,000 miles. I had been wanting to upgrade to a 2022 Trailboss but this Jeep came across my Instagram Tuesday evening and I had to go see it in person Wednesday morning-little did I know I'd be driving it home that night!

It is a 2022 Gladiator Sport with dealer installed lift/wheels/tires. Here is a picture of the window sticker and photo of the truck. Got out the door for $49k with a spray in bed liner, paint protection package, interior protection package and undercoating. I am pretty pleased with the deal.

The Lift is a Fabtech 3" Sport II lift kit with shock extension (K4162) with Fox performance series 2.0 smooth body IFP shocks (985-24-179) all the way around.

The wheels are black 20" x 9.5" Black Rhino Raids -18 offset & 4.54 backspacing with matching spare wrapped in 35" x 13.5" Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T tires.

My first upgrade will be running boards to help my girls climb in so share recommendations!

I am excited to join the Jeep community, I can already tell I am going to quickly be addicted to upgrading this truck.

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[same_O_G]

Welcome!

Say hello to a new community and farewell to your savings account.

 

[Artsifrtsi]

Nice and clean... now go get it dirty!

 

[mstrpoz]

Spent the last week obsessing over upgrades and got some goodies showing up over the weekend:

Rough Country Nerf steps (https://www.roughcountry.com/rc-jee...t.html?find=2022-jeep-gladiator-jt-4wd-856061)

TuXedo Pro X15 tonneau cover (https://realtruck.com/p/truxedo-pro-x15-tonneau-cover/trx-1423201/)

Elevate TS Rails so I can add cross rails/racks down the road(https://realtruck.com/p/elevate-rack-system/trx-1118414/)

Two pairs of Kenwood Excelon KFC-X3C for the dash and soundbar (https://www.crutchfield.com/S-6KyTmwVruk7/p_113X3C/Kenwood-Excelon-KFC-X3C.html)

I can see how this can become a problem quickly LOL!

 

[Labswine]

Welcome to the Matrix (the building dilemma )

Just remember...Jeep stands for:

Just Empty Every Pocket

 

[mstrpoz]

I got the nerf bars installed. The brackets were a little twisted/off so I really had to man handle them to get some of the holes aligned, but overall I am super happy with them.

 

[mstrpoz]

Got our first duck last night #BeKinder

 

[Minty JL]

Great looking rig to start out with.

Welcome to your new addiction, there is a reason Jeep stands for Just Empty Every Pocket.

Prime time right now for buying parts with on going Labor Day sales

 

[mstrpoz]

Great looking rig to start out with.

Welcome to your new addiction, there is a reason Jeep stands for Just Empty Every Pocket.

Prime time right now for buying parts with on going Labor Day sales

I am trying to resist the urge LOL. I think the next upgrade I want is the Bestop Sunrider. This looks like it makes popping open the roof more convenient at times.

 

[Minty JL]

I am trying to resist the urge LOL. I think the next upgrade I want is the Bestop Sunrider. This looks like it makes popping open the roof more convenient at times.

A lot more convenient then removing the freedom panels and home w/o them and it decides to rain lol

 

[mstrpoz]

Dropped the truck off Tuesday for the dealer to do the spray in liner along with the interior and exterior protection package that we included with the purchase. She looked great minus a few minor details I will have them address my next time in.

With the liner in I was finally able to install the T-rails and tonneau cover and I am super pleased. It did take me a bit longer than anticipated to get them installed, but we made it.

 

[Jimko71]

Welcome Ryan! Nice to see another local (Ashland) Jeep Gladiator owner. We also bought ours from Whitten Brothers last month.

 

[mstrpoz]

Welcome Ryan! Nice to see another local (Ashland) Jeep Gladiator owner. We also bought ours from Whitten Brothers last month.

Right on, good to have a local community!

 

[mstrpoz]

Ordered a Go Rhino XRS Cross Bar kit - super excited to get this. It is modular and mount the the T-slots on my rails.

 

[RJinPV]

Thanks for posting this. I am considering the TS-rails and the X-15 cover that you have just installed. Please post a picture of the GO Rhino rack after you get them on. The pic you have posted shows them on a T-slot that has a large plate area either side of the slot. The TS Elevate T-slots are raised and have a much smaller area to carry the load from the base of the Go Rhino posts. I'm curious if this is a real or just imagined problem.

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