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

[Jeepmonster]

Finished wiring up my winch with a Warn power interrupt switch (Warn 62132). I contemplated using a manual switch like I did in my JK, but I thought I would take advantage of the aux switches I had installed earlier. Finding a good clean mounting location was a challenge, so I made a custom bracket out of a piece of ABS I bought on Amazon (12"x12", 1/8" thick). I circled the bolt holes I planned on using.

I used a piece of cardboard to make a template. Then I traced it onto the ABS (with painter's tape, to make the lines visible).

Then I cut it out with a small circular saw and fine tooth hand saw. I used a sanding disc to remove sharp edges and rounded out the corners.

I clamped the flat piece between two pieces of scrap wood and heated it slowly with a heat gun. Then I used another board to slowly form a 90 degree bend.

I drilled a couple holes and threaded in shallow head truss screws (#10). I glued some thick rubber washers to prevent the head from rubbing (and causing a short to ground) later.

I drilled a couple mounting holes (for top of fender) and further shaped it using a sanding disc. I mounted the switch onto the bracket. I oriented it to have the cleanest routing of the positive battery leads (from winch and to battery).

Here it is mounted and tested. I powered the switch/solenoid to Aux 3. I bought a 6mm fender bolt and used touch up paint to match the billet silver of the other bolts. Pretty happy with the outcome.

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[SF_E60]

67 Design phone holder
RAM Mount w/Grab bar ball mount
Rebel Offroad bedrail system
Line-X bedliner

Waiting to install buildrightindustries drivers side bedside rack system in order to install my power tank.

 

[121Ranger]

Added Baja Designs LP 6 lights and SAE fog lights. Theses puppies are BRIGHT!

 

[AlienGladiator]

Added Bolt hood lock, blacked out grille, fog light bezels, and emblems, added slightly bigger A/T tires to replace the stock all season Bridgestones on the stock wheels, dash mounted phone mount from Amazon, Roav dash cam, Bushwacker bug deflector, and off-brand door sill guards.

I don't have pictures of everything, but these are the bigger things in the photos. I'd like to reiterate I'm very much new to the Jeep life. Incoming is a Sunrider and the bedliner. Sorry if pictures are bad quality, I had to severly resize/crop them to be able to upload.

 

[PNWGladiator]

I used the JScan app to reprogram my speedometer after having my larger tires installed.

 

[Tall Mike]

Not much today..

Just made a tire pressure adjustment and re-checked the lug nut torque.

 

[Rayzzz]

I got to find a way to pop that cam out a little more. Z Automotive....You got that mount available yet?

I've narrowed down my wind noise to the door seal. It doesn't look terribly out of alignment but there's definitely more noise without the tape. When you say alignment are you referring to hinge pin or the hinge mount screws?

I have a wind noise in the same area but have not worked on solving it yet.
My jeep likes my money

 

[BlackDog]

Successful install: Rusty's rear lower control arm skid (frame side) and Rock Hard 4x4 rear shock mount skid. Solid products, easy install.

Failed install: Rock Hard 4x4 rear lower control arm skids. I pushed, pulled, pried, grinded, pulled again, grinded more, and could not get the holes to line up to put the bolt back through. Maybe a shop with a lift can do it for me later.

Future install: Rock Hard 4x4 front control arm skids. Ran out of time dealing with above.

 

[atxatxatx]

A few things today, removed the front doors for the first time, took the freedom panels and hardtop off.
Installed the hothead headliners. No big deal doing it.
Took my kid around the neighborhood with no front doors and roof on, it was enjoyed immensely.

After I installed the front doors, I had an error message that the BSM was not functioning, a quick online search and it was related to the wired connectors for the doors. Had to contort myself to look at the connection pins on the body side, figured out that maybe two of the pins were misaligned slightly, then had to bend them back gently. After screwing with it for 30 mins I got it working again. From my online searching it looks like a pretty common issue for the JL and thus the JT, to me its a really delicate setup, wish they had a more robust connector. Anyway I'll be a lot more careful when removing it in the future.

After that then it was time to put on my license plates, I had a VLED's rear license plate LED reverse light sitting in my garage for over three years, I figured that this would work good on my JT so I wired it up. It's bright for sure.

Some pics:

Doors off

Hardtop off

Headliners

Annoying connectors

VLED rear LED reverse (excuse the crappy license plate blocking)

 

[unsocbl]

Decorated war machine

 

[Devil Dog]

I wrapped my grab handles with paracord.

 

[alara1972]

Added:

Tazer JL Mini
Mopar grab handles
Mopar rail system
67 Designs phone mount

 

[The Crown wrench]

37s on Method wheels. No lift yet.

 

[Angler3]

37s on Method wheels. No lift yet.

I’m curious.... no rubbing? Looks great

 

[Ols5370]

Removed the silver from the overland model and painted the honeycomb red. All the exterior silver is gone now. Time for the inside. If anyone has any tips on interior door handle I would appreciate it.

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