What Did You Do FOR Your Gladiator Today?

[geneinhouston]

I have ordered her some new gear, will be arriving over the next couple of weeks lol

* ARB Dual compressor (hem hawed between this and a power tank)
* 813 Fabrication and Design under seat compressor bracket and panel
* Ohio Diesel front seat 1" spacers (I have the armalite flooring, this will accommodate space for compressor)
* Rough Country driver & passenger side Molle bed panels
* Billet 4x4 five-gallon NATO steel jerry can holder
* Midland MXT275VP4 GRMS radio bundle (many groups use GRMS, and found out Jeep Jamborees often require them, I will keep my CB radio installed, as its great backup and talking to truckers)
* Set of Midland X-Talker T71vp3, 36 channel walkie talkies
* Rhino USA rapid tire deflator and tire inflator
* 3.5mm audio jack splitter (I have a dash mounted speaker for my CB will tie the GRMS radio into it)
* Bungie cords
* Set of Tackform 20mm ball mounts, arm and a off brand CB mic holder to put on my Bullet dash mount slotted system

With my already installed gear, recovery equipment etc, this brings my build closer to being exactly how I want it. Been working on it since March of 21. Mostly accessories and trail gear now as the actual Jeep build is basically complete. (for the moment that is LOL)

omg your avatar is the best one on this board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have never seen my favorite that way (Popeye!)

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[Lunentucker]

Got the door hangers up, but I'm still waiting on the adhesive backed padding for the brackets.
That's due Friday.

 

[Raven65]

Picked up some (barely) used Rubicon wheels w/Wildpeak AT's for my 4-month-old Sport S. No more skinny street tires! Whoo Hoo! I'd love to do 35s/37s & re-gear at some point, but this will be a nice upgrade for now. Can't wait to bolt them on.

 

[Lunentucker]

I finally got the the materials to finish the door storage racks this weekend, and I really like how they turned out!
I may add a small shelf or something for hardware storage, but it's otherwise done.

Materials:
2x12x8 cut to 76 inches
#10x3-1/2 inch deck screws
16 inch heavy duty shelf brackets
Neoprene foam strip with adhesive backing
2 inch black gorilla tape

I didn't like the neoprene alone and the adhesive seemed shoddy, so I wrapped them in gorilla tape for a cleaner look and to make the doors slide without binding. It seems to be enough cushioning, but if not I will cover them with pipe insulation later.

I'm liking the Aries tube doors! Can't wait for proper weather!

 

[gladicanuck]

Used the warranty. Had a lot of niggling issues built up over the first year (nothing majorly affecting drive, just minor stuff - like the tire pressure system insisting one wheel was at 1700psi, when it very clearly... wasn't). Three pages of notes, flashes, and fixes later, very happy to see a total owing of $0.00, and feeling good on the still-winter mountain highways

 

[Challenger85]

Ordered a new door hanger and some quadratec tube doors!!

 

[Blitzinger]

Won a Winch by Road Armor, one of the sponsors of an overland event I went to in NJ. Met so many wonderful people and they had some cool competitions.

 

[drewcnit]

Started my inner fender project.
Got primer down last night, wet sanding today, top coat tomorrow.

 

[chorky]

First wash and wax
of the year.

Started with Meguiars pink foamer, and a scrub wash with ceramic wash. Then did a 3 part wax for a base - dried with SiO2 hybrid ceramic wax, rinsed again with SiO2, and dried finally with SiO2 ceramic wax.

should be a good start until some more products arrive. Gotta get ready for a film crew in a few weeks!

 

[azmojave]

First wash and wax
of the year.

Started with Meguiars pink foamer, and a scrub wash with ceramic wash. Then did a 3 part wax for a base - dried with SiO2 hybrid ceramic wax, rinsed again with SiO2, and dried finally with SiO2 ceramic wax.

should be a good start until some more products arrive. Gotta get ready for a film crew in a few weeks!

Film crew?

 

[chorky]

Film crew?

Yeah - I'll post more about it in a few weeks, but have been asked to be in a short documentary.

 

[Pescatoral Pursuit]

 

[MarylandMojave]

Installed Armorlite, took 2 of us 90 mins. Looks great.

 

[mx5red]

I had some 3D printed wrenches made for my Teraflex Nomad wheels

Maybe I just have fingers of a wee lass, but for whatever reason my stem caps are very hard to loosen with my hands.. and the metal caps have kinda sharp edges. I only finger tighten them so they shouldn’t be harder to loosen.

anyways, I learned my local library has a 3d printer… so after exploring their flyer and playing on Tinkercad I designed a couple versions of wrenches/knobs to use. The CAD program is pretty basic and I needed to make the inner radius larger to fit the cap in, but they work.

 

[mx5red]

I had some 3D printed wrenches made for my Teraflex Nomad wheels

Maybe I just have fingers of a wee lass, but for whatever reason my stem caps are very hard to loosen with my hands.. and the metal caps have kinda sharp edges. I only finger tighten them so they shouldn’t be harder to loosen.

anyways, I learned my local library has a 3d printer… so after exploring their flyer and playing on Tinkercad I designed a couple versions of wrenches/knobs to use. The CAD program is pretty basic and I needed to make the inner radius larger to fit the cap in, but they work.

Here is a Link to the files on Thingiverse to 3D print a knob to help loosen the deflator valve or stem caps on Teraflex Nomad wheels.

My first versions were just a hair tight and required a little sanding to fit, so I waited to post the revised version that fits easier.

My local library has a 3D printer and charged me $1.20 to print this, so it’d be nice if I didn’t see somebody trying to market them for $35 or something.

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