What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[JTdiRtyD]

Well I WILL be giving it a bath after work....

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[WILDHOBO]

Well I WILL be giving it a bath after work....

Damn

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Damn

I had to stop twice to clean the windshield in 20 miles.

I also had the freedom panels off and have a few stuck to the inside of the windshield also

 

[WILDHOBO]

I had to stop twice to clean the windshield in 20 miles.

I also had the freedom panels off and have a few stuck to the inside of the windshield also

Ouch

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Replaced carpet with armorlite

Does the armorlite run up high on the edges under the trim? I've been thinking about going this route in hopes it will be easier to clean in the winter by just running some water over it, but I don't want it to leak over the edges and get underneath and freeze.

EDIT: Nevermind, I see in other posts that they won't do much for trapping water. Lots of cuts and openings

 

[KevinM60]

Well I WILL be giving it a bath after work....

That looks like what I get in the spring when I drive through the Central Valley heading up to Oregon. I clean the windshield and front with the squeegee to keep it from getting too thick. Have to do the same on the way home too.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

That looks like what I get in the spring when I drive through the Central Valley heading up to Oregon. I clean the windshield and front with the squeegee to keep it from getting too thick. Have to do the same on the way home too.

Yeah spring time here gets pretty bad, but this year we are going through a unusual hot spell for this time of year (in the 90's), so bugs are coming out thick near any water. I don't even want to know what the mayflies are like around their common spots, they get bad enough during normal springs. They'll get so thick it sounds like its raining. Luckily by the end of the week it's supposed to be back down to normal 50's and 60's for highs so it outta kill a lot of them off.

 

[BlueScapegoat]

Finished splitting the fenders and fitting the Savvy liners. Front liners are painted and on. Rears were fitted but off now for paint. At least I can drive it around like this till I get around to painting them. Also new 4" lift Fox shocks and Metalcloak rear sway link reinforcement brackets.

Next up I've got the Rock Crawler rear triangulation kit, Core4x4 arms all around, 4.88 gears, axle shafts... lot of work still.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Finished splitting the fenders and fitting the Savvy liners. Front liners are painted and on. Rears were fitted but off now for paint. At least I can drive it around like this till I get around to painting them. Also new 4" lift Fox shocks and Metalcloak rear sway link reinforcement brackets.

Next up I've got the Rock Crawler rear triangulation kit, Core4x4 arms all around, 5.13 gears, axle shafts... lot of work still.

That the Rebel half rack? Don't suppose you could measure the length of the side plates? I'm STILL waiting on mine, it's been over a month and I keep getting different excuses as to why they haven't shipped. I'm about to tell them to refund me the cost of the plates and I'll draw some up in Fusion and have a local shop cut them.

 

[BlueScapegoat]

That the Rebel half rack? Don't suppose you could measure the length of the side plates? I'm STILL waiting on mine, it's been over a month and I keep getting different excuses as to why they haven't shipped. I'm about to tell them to refund me the cost of the plates and I'll draw some up in Fusion and have a local shop cut them.

It is. Panels are 27-5/16" x 8-1/2"
Mounting holes are 26-5/16" x 7-1/2" on center.
5/32 thick including the powdercoat.

I've thought about having sendcutsend cut some out of aluminum myself. The steel is already rusting after a couple seasons, as to be expected with just about ANYTHING that comes "powdercoated."

 

[JTdiRtyD]

It is. Panels are 27-5/16" x 8-1/2"
Mounting holes are 26-5/16" x 7-1/2" on center.
5/32 thick including the powdercoat.

I've thought about having sendcutsend cut some out of aluminum myself. The steel is already rusting after a couple seasons, as to be expected with just about ANYTHING that comes "powdercoated."

Sweet thanks.

They did recently revise the panels to be .125 alum and have a bend for rigidity. Apparently these are the panels I'll be getting as thats why I haven't received them yet, I guess they don't fit the boxes that they used for the previous version.

They also just posted to their site lockable side opening panels out of .125 alum.

 

[Neomonk21]

My SmartStartStop arrived today so I installed it. So far it works great. It was a little bit of a pain to install since I have large hands.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Did an initial test fit of the steersmarts front track bar relocation bracket. I’m cutting one non-structural part off for better swaybar link clearance. And I had to grab a m10x1.5 to hopefully clean out some threads that have been exposed for a while. The part in red is coming off.

 

[bill61]

Well I WILL be giving it a bath after work....

Who Farted? Lol

 

['22JTRD]

Ran the JScan / VLink Bluetooth
Reset tire size to 37" for new 38x11.50r17
Turned off :
Auto Stop/Start
And
Seatbelt Chime
Activated :
All Windows Express up & down
And
All Doors Lock/Unlock

Don't know what I am going to do with the extra second I've got back by not having to push the ASS button every time I start up from now on.

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