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

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In my case also helps protect the portruding hubs(mostly up front) One of these days when I recover from back surgery I'll get to go out and play in the Rocks. The owner of our JLU with the same axles/wheels swears by them.
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If you get hooked on the Oxy's I'll gladly give you some cash for some parts off that beast of a rig you have :CWL:
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Dropped mine off at dealer today to install the Mopar Big Brake Kit - new front and rear rotors, calipers and brake lines!!!
The MOPAR BBK fits and is an improvement?
 

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The MOPAR BBK fits and is an improvement?
No, not at all. It was identical front rotors and calipers. Worse rear rotors (non vented). It would be an upgrade to some lower level (non rubi) Wranglers.

I ended up spending a little more than intended and going with Wilwood.
 

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Just dropped our JT off at Beyond Wraps to get fully wrapped with a color change and a cool design with our logo. Huge plans for our Gladiator coming in the next 2 months.

After the Jeep is finished with the wrap we take the truck over to Edelbrock headquarters to let them test their E-force supercharger and much more.
Now... that Edelbrock comment is one I am very interested in!

I went with Edelbrock on my JKURX and am looking at the Magnusson while waiting to see what Edelbrock is going to do with the Glladiator.
 
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Awesome! That's good to know. I spent hours looking for one but I wasn't crazy about the ones that leave the tires totally exposed. Do you have any pics I'm getting anxious. I have a ton of stuff ordered but nothing's moving.:swear:
There's a pic on here that I posted. Nothing in phone anymore
 

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No, not at all. It was identical front rotors and calipers. Worse rear rotors (non vented). It would be an upgrade to some lower level (non rubi) Wranglers.

I ended up spending a little more than intended and going with Wilwood.
Yeah,... I was reading the posts in order and eventually caught up with your conversation. I do enjoy the MOPAR BBK on my JKURX and was initially curious about the "JT" version... no worries, all is good.

Oh, and I finally made it to the most recent post(s) of this thread...
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Now... that Edelbrock comment is one I am very interested in!

I went with Edelbrock on my JKURX and am looking at the Magnusson while waiting to see what Edelbrock is going to do with the Glladiator.
I went with the Hamburger and have regretted it since the install. I should have just bit the bullet and done the Hemi-swap up front.
 

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Curious about the new compact antenna too...
Damage was just a small paint gouge down to the metal. A little touch-up paint and some XPEL film to protect it going forward and you can't even see it under the new bracket. I'll get some shots of the compactenna a bit later. Performance is good enough but I'm thinking the curvature of the hood is preventing it from working to its full potential... it's designed (per its inventor) to be a corner or edge mounted antenna but it's also sitting mostly below its ground plane. I need to do some testing vs my 1/4 wave flexible stubby and 5/8 wave that I leave on when I'm not off road and I might just end up shelving it until we get my wife her XJ or Xterra where it is likely to work better.
 
 



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