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

[WILDHOBO]

Yooo... My old ass need those.

So far my old as can’t find them to get the wheel onto them. I need more practice.

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[SaiintNick]

I don't know if I did this TO my Gladiator, but the lens fell off my @Diode Dynamics side marker. I know I didn't hit it on anything. Light still works. Wonder if I can just replace the lens. They have a 3 year warranty so hopefully it's as easy as a lens replacement or maybe full replacement.

Called Diode Dynamics this morning and they are replacing my side marker. Easiest warranty claim ever. Great job @Diode Dynamics!

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

Called Diode Dynamics this morning and they are replacing my side marker. Easiest warranty claim ever. Great job @Diode Dynamics!

Outstanding!!!! This is good to hear because they’re my front runner for when I finally decide to get some lighting on the Jeep.

 

[SaiintNick]

Outstanding!!!! This is good to hear because they’re my front runner for when I finally decide to get some lighting on the Jeep.

Their lighting has always been fantastic on the many vehicles I've used them on.

 

[NC_Overland]

Boring stuff. Oil change yesterday and 5 way rotation today. It was my first time using the steelman rods for easier mounting. They’ll take some getting used to, but they definitely work.

Ok. I give up. How does that work? They screw on temporarily and then you put the other log nuts on and then take them off? They’d be awesome for my euro cars with wheel studs.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Ok. I give up. How does that work? They screw on temporarily and then you put the other log nuts on and then take them off? They’d be awesome for my euro cars with wheel studs.

Yes. They thread on just to make it easier to mount the wheel without fighting, and with less dragging on the threads. They make male ones for lug bolt cars like yours. We have one like that as well. But the wheels are so light it might be overkill.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Ok. I give up. How does that work? They screw on temporarily and then you put the other log nuts on and then take them off? They’d be awesome for my euro cars with wheel studs.

This is a bunch of them.

https://steelmantools.com/search?q=lug+guide&options[prefix]=last

 

[NC_Overland]

Yes. They thread on just to make it easier to mount the wheel without fighting, and with less dragging on the threads. They make male ones for lug bolt cars like yours. We have one like that as well. But the wheels are so light it might be overkill.

Yeah I thought about that after I typed it. My 19s were heavy AF on my S3, but all of my other German cars have had really light wheels.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Yeah I thought about that after I typed it. My 19s were heavy AF on my S3, but all of my other German cars have had really light wheels.

The Volvo 20’s are very light. But maybe I’m used to 37x12.5 MT’s. For a lug bolt car, I’d only get a single one I think.

 

[NC_Overland]

The Volvo 20’s are very light. But maybe I’m used to 37x12.5 MT’s.

You got all bulked up from the 37s. Haha.

 

[WILDHOBO]

You got all bulked up from the 37s. Haha.

Or they are tearing me apart.

 

[NC_Overland]

I get that. I’m in my mid 40s now and I regret a lot of the wear and tear on my body.

 

[WILDHOBO]

I get that. I’m in my mid 40s now and I regret a lot of the wear and tear on my body.

I’m in the last year of that decade, and I’m feeling it as well.

 

[HooliganActual]

I get that. I’m in my mid 40s now and I regret a lot of the wear and tear on my body.

I’m in the last year of that decade, and I’m feeling it as well.

60's here and I'm certainly feeling 20 years of playing rugby (which I didn't start until I was 30) and ~15 years of rock climbing before that!

Funny story: When I was dating my now-wife back around 1995, I had dragged her to a huge rugby tournament up in South Dakota. I didn't go with a team and was planning on "whore-ing" in as most Club Rugby teams don't travel well and they are always looking for people to help fill a side. Because it was a big tournament, they were only playing 30 minute matches instead of the regulation 80, and I think I counted 17 matches in which I played...LOL.

When we were headed back home to Iowa, she was driving and I was laying in the passenger seat just whining and groaning and moaning. She says "You know, you may be getting too old to play rugby" to which I replied "No...I'm getting too old for the day after."

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

Turned my Sport into a Rubicon today!!!

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