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

[WILDHOBO]

First time taking the back doors off after 5.5 years of owning this Jeep. Felt like my youngest son was finally ok to ride back there and I was right, he loves it.

It took me until I got some second hand tube doors, before I was comfortable with the kids in back. It was years before the rears came off.

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[Mud Pie]

It took me until I got some second hand tube doors, before I was comfortable with the kids in back. It was years before the rears came off.

You could've done it earlier and after they FAFO'd you could stand over them and say the line our parents said to us whenever we acted stupid and got hurt...

"So....what'd we learn ?".



My parents were STRONG believers in letting you learn on your own. I once took a sheet of thin plywood, propped it up against our picnic table and was going to jump it with my Schwinn Apple Crate 5-speed bike (best bike EVER). I did a lap around the house to gain speed and hit the ramp. The plywood flexed, popped under the table and I hit the table edge with my bike. Flipped the table on its side, me going with it. Knocked the wind out of me. As I lay there in the grass gasping, my Dad, who was watching me the whole time from the back patio, yells over, "Try it again, stupid !!". I'm on my feet now, hands on my knees, trying to breathe. I shake my head, no. Then he says, "What'd we learn ?".

 

[WILDHOBO]

You could've done it earlier and after they FAFO'd you could stand over them and say the line our parents said to us whenever we acted stupid and got hurt...

"So....what'd we learn ?".



My parents were STRONG believers in letting you learn on your own. I once took a sheet of thin plywood, propped it up against our picnic table and was going to jump it with my Schwinn Apple Crate 5-speed bike (best bike EVER). I did a lap around the house to gain speed and hit the ramp. The plywood flexed, popped under the table and I hit the table edge with my bike. Flipped the table on its side, me going with it. Knocked the wind out of me. As I lay there in the grass gasping, my Dad, who was watching me the whole time from the back patio, yells over, "Try it again, stupid !!". I'm on my feet now, hands on my knees, trying to breathe. I shake my head, no. Then he says, "What'd we learn ?".

I get that with some things. But I already feel guilty that mine is a 21 and there aren’t air bags in the back for them. It’s the other drivers I worry about. A t bone accident especially. But I’m not to the point that they don’t have fun and do dumb things to learn. But they can be safer than I was. The number of concussions because of not wearing a helmet in my youth; that they can skip.

 

[ChrisNLA]

More organizing courtesy of Lowes. Straps easier to access, rubber hammer has been handy to have, though I may move it to the other side and graduate from d-rings to soft shackles and hang them in this corner by the straps.

 

[Mud Pie]

Thanks. Now I have "U can't Touch This" stuck in my head....

 

[ChrisNLA]

Priming / painting the diff covers i bought last year i think. Got em for a good deal. Im thinking about a spur of the moment Moab trip in October. FOMO/mid life is giving me an itch to hit the road again. Its been too long.

 

[Mud Pie]

I'm still waiting for my endoscope to be delivered so I can give my Jeep a colonoscopy to find that missing screwdriver bit. Let's see how HE likes getting a camera jammed up an orifice.

I may wait until tomorrow. I have that Start/Stop kill doohickie to plug in also, it's sitting on the floorboard. I previously said it was no big deal hitting the kill button on start up, yeah, that got old. I bought one.

 

[ChrisNLA]

I'm still waiting for my endoscope to be delivered so I can give my Jeep a colonoscopy to find that missing screwdriver bit. Let's see how HE likes getting a camera jammed up an orifice.

I may wait until tomorrow. I have that Start/Stop kill doohickie to plug in also, it's sitting on the floorboard. I previously said it was no big deal hitting the kill button on start up, yeah, that got old. I bought one.

Ive been pressing the button for four years now.

Not sure i wanna break tradition at this point.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

Priming / painting the diff covers i bought last year i think. Got em for a good deal. Im thinking about a spur of the moment Moab trip in October. FOMO/mid life is giving me an itch to hit the road again. Its been too long.

When I clicked on this thread the picture came up and I couldn’t see what it said. Talk about a mind screw!!!! I sat here for a minute like what the heck is this dude up to now??!!

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