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

[RJinPV]

I finally got my Black Friday purchases installed on my new JTR:
I installed my Bestop Sunrider top, Bestop Soft rolling tonneau cover, N-Fab Predator Pro nerf steps, and a Redarc Tow Pro Elite brake controller.

I selected the Bestop tonneau cover because it sits on top of the bed rails providing the most cargo clearance, plus the twill fabric matches the Sunrider top. I'm not so keen on how the latches work, but I'll get used to it.

I picked the Predator Pro nerf steps because I don't plan on heavy rock crawling and they are light weight aluminum. However, they don't hide the piece weld as well as others. I also didn't like the nuts provided with the rails, so I replaced them with flange nuts to provide a better clamping force.

Here's the Redarc remote controller placement. For me, placing the electronics box was the trickiest. Also, don't drop the control knob down between the console and the seats! It took me a hour to find that little bugger and at one point I thought I was going to have to remove the seat! One of my next purchases will likely be some sort of gap filler to stop junk from falling into those black hole gaps.

The final mod was a homemade bed fence. It has the same dimensions as two stacked 2x4s, so it can be used for plywood support. However it weighs a fraction of what 2x4s would weigh and it allows for me to better tie down cargo with bungie cords so it won't slide around the bed.

Tomorrow my Diode Dynamics stage series driving lights are coming.

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[jbretthorton]

Installed my rear Rough Country Tubular Bumper!!
Funny thing.... When I bought the Rubi, I had to measure to make sure it would fit in my garage (I have a water softner directly in front of her) I had "plenty" of room, now with the addition of these two bumpers, I have about 3 inches in front and 1 inch in back! I have a hanging tennis ball to help park lol

 

[Gren71]

Installed my rear Rough Country Tubular Bumper!!

This is the first rear bumpers that actually looks good!

 

[Duece McCracken]

41.22 Hitch skid!

I take terrible pictures, lmfao

 

[antwon412]

Hey - nice. My job today as well -

 

[CAPTnKITTY]

Got the windows tinted. Fronts matched to the rear and 35 on the windshield. So much better looking now and going to more comfortable for my eyes lol

 

[Vtur]

Replacing the Aux battery. Shown 12.59v within minutes after filled, gonna charge it overnight.

 

[Jglad15]

Got the windows tinted. Fronts matched to the rear and 35 on the windshield. So much better looking now and going to more comfortable for my eyes lol

How is the front with 35% at night? I got everything to reach 5% all the way around but just did a 70% ceramic on the windshield to help with the heat. But I think I want darker eventually.

 

[rj74]

We already had the Yakima so figured why not. 8in Billie Bars.

 

[XJFanatic]

Been a while since I have been on here. End of the calendar year prep and some TDYs have kept me occupied. Finally got the lights I got for my birthday installed. Ran a 10ga wire from the battery, yes it’s over kill for these but my plan is to put some power outlets in eventually.

 

[CAPTnKITTY]

How is the front with 35% at night? I got everything to reach 5% all the way around but just did a 70% ceramic on the windshield to help with the heat. But I think I want darker eventually.

It doesn’t seem bad at all so far. But I’ve only had it for about 15 min driving at night and that was thru our small city with street lights lol

 

[Darkamek]

Installed a Diamondback HD cover using Teraflex bed rails.
Pulling the bed covers to install shims was fun.

 

[BlueScapegoat]

Installed the Access Literider tonneau cover. It does work with the Rebel rack indeed, but it was kind of tricky to figure out initially. Not the best instructions to begin with, then figuring out how to make it work with the rack just adds to the annoyance. But it's on, it's tight, it seems to clear the posts.

I added some extra foam to the sides between the rack uprights to keep it sealed up nicely, and added the extra gasket to the front. You see where I missed a little spot in the second photo, so I need to address that still. I think I'll also add an extra seal strip under the bottom of the rear of the cover to seal it to the top of the tailgate. With the way the cover sits on the top of the rack feet in the back, it leaves an air gap.

Alternatively the tonneau rails could probably be notched around the rack support posts... I don't know how most people actually install this thing. It would still, as far and I can tell, end up sitting on top of the rearmost rack post base.

 

[OffAxis2021]

41.22 Hitch skid!

Hey - nice. My job today as well -

Do either of you find this to be at all noisy?!? I have not installed mine, well… because winter, but thought I might hear it and it will drive me crazy. My radio is never ever on…

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[Bunchahoopla]

Installed a mopar 3 piece bumper but swapped the red tow hooks for the black. Also put on rock slide engineering 3rd gen steps.

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