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

[Troybilt]

Added a "badge" before the real badge comes snail mail

How was the trip and trails? I am thinking of doing a weekend trip there soon.

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[Mopar King]

Wow, I just did some google on those and I see bags for fronts at a bit over 100, then bags for rears - 200. That's over 300 for front and rear door bags! Ouch.

For the top, I hoist it up and leave it hanging, I can drive my cars clean through the garage under the top hanging there.
The truck will just clear now, if I did a lift, likely won't clear but I can't see driving the truck clear through the garage anyway. I back it up a bit further than where normally parked, lift the top off, then when I park it I stop about 3 or 4" forward of the top.

Yeah, the bags weren't cheap but well worth it in my opinion. Nice! Thats not aweful...still very functional!

 

[Mopar King]

Too easy. Compared to my JK ... night and day

Its almost exactly the same as the JK. Maybe an extra bolt or two a little less awkward.

Maybe its just me....I have thought all my Jeeps were super simple in terms of taking the top off.

 

[Proximo]

How was the trip and trails? I am thinking of doing a weekend trip there soon.

Amazing, relaxing, and challenging. All packed into 2 days of beautiful wooded trails. I highly recommend you go. Just when you get a little bored, another rock climb or descend pops up and requires you to get out and scout your line. All of the water fording is 24" with rock bottom. 1 nasty clay rutted section, but you are plenty big enough to get through. We were solo on 35's and didn't feel like getting out in the mud for winching, so turned around. Marble Head Steps was a great challenge, I wouldn't do it without spotters though. Great trip and I will do it again. Worth my 5.5hr drive. Probably 6.5+ for you. I have a bunch of pictures posted in previous "WITH" posts. Plenty more if you want

 

[Proximo]

How was the trip and trails? I am thinking of doing a weekend trip there soon.

I also have pics of Marble Head Steps in the "WHEEL" thread

 

[stingrey]

New 9" LED headlights c/w halos. Much, much better than the halogen

$285.99 CAD
Plug and play for H/L beam. For halos, run a wire to fuse F46
Light beam cutoff lines hit same as the OEMs but are adjustable if needed.
Amazon.ca LINK
TewlTalk YouTube channel install instructions

 

[BLK HOLE]

Its almost exactly the same as the JK. Maybe an extra bolt or two a little less awkward.

Maybe its just me....I have thought all my Jeeps were super simple in terms of taking the top off.

You can't take a JK hard top off, lifting with one hand and walking away to set it down.

 

[Mopar King]

You can't take a JK hard top off, lifting with one hand and walking away to set it down.

To be fair, even though you may be able to.....I wouldn't do that with my JT top either.

 

[BLK HOLE]

To be fair, even though you may be able to.....I wouldn't do that with my JT top either.

Its easy...I walked right off the tailgate with it. Just need a step.

 

[Mopar King]

Its easy...I walked right off the tailgate with it. Just need a step.

Yeah until you miss step or slip or etc. I have seen more than one post where guy has dropped his top and scraped his paint or worse.

More power to ya, I just wouldn't risk it!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Yeah until you miss step or slip or etc. I have seen more than one post where guy has dropped his top and scraped his paint or worse.

More power to ya, I just wouldn't risk it!

I agree that there are safer and better ways...just that JT vs JK tops are not near the same.

 

[Mopar King]

I agree that there are safer and better ways...just that JT vs JK tops are not near the same.

LOL, to me they are though. I never tried to lift them. I drop my hoist and pull off. Same amount of time and effort for me both ways.

 

[LEXUSF]

I have to say that this was a game changer for me in drivability. I would definitely recommend it.

 

[dstrout]

Rock hard down-angled sliders. Did not encounter the horror stories about red locktite and snapped bolts. Bolts were stiff but I was able to remove them with my 18” socket wrench. You will need to drill out the holes - plan on it.

 

[TrainMan]

I removed my dealer sticker with a hair dryer, and put on this Gladiator decal. It's small but looks much better. Every truck I've bought in the past had the truck name on the tailgate except for the Gladiator.

Then I installed my train coupler hitch cover! Everyone who doesn't know anything about trains always asks me "what kind of hitch is that?"

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