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

[ATLTiger]

Added a mopar winch guard and KC slimlite LEDs to the bumper. Winch is coming this week and lift is being installed on Friday.

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[Alans17]

Made a hoist/pulley system for the rooftop tent and took it off for winter storage.

I am REALLY liking this. I’m going to have to explore this option since I eventually. want a rack and tent, but don’t really want it permanently installed.

 

[Lucky1]

Just doing the air feeds for the on-board air and few asked how the KC eras looked like a bit back so here ya go

That's an extremely odd angle you were able to take those pics at!

 

[Bama_Swampfox]

After many "wasted" hours (according to my bride) researching the many combinations, I finally decided on a roof rack/basket combo. What I found very confusing was whether or not use the rain gutters on the Freedom Panels. Mopar distinctly says "NO", while many do indeed use them.

The other issue I still have a problem with is weight capacity. If the JT roof can only support ~140 pounds, why in the world would you have steel baskets that weigh ~40 pounds? By the time you take into account the weight of the crossbars, brackets and basket, you're left about 90 pounds of capacity.

In any case, I settled on Thule Evo Wingbars and a large Yakima Off-Grid basket. There is a surprisingly low amount of additional wind noise - at least when not loaded.

And by only attaching the bars to the gutters on the fixed roof, I can still remove the Freedom Panels without removing the rack/basket. The other things I like about the Off-Grid is that you can easily remove the wind deflector and basket cross bars for loading long flat stuff.

Like anything in life, it's certainly not perfect but fits my needs - at least at this point.....

 

[brain]

After many "wasted" hours (according to my bride) researching the many combinations, I finally decided on a roof rack/basket combo. What I found very confusing was whether or not use the rain gutters on the Freedom Panels. Mopar distinctly says "NO", while many do indeed use them.

The other issue I still have a problem with is weight capacity. If the JT roof can only support ~140 pounds, why in the world would you have steel baskets that weigh ~40 pounds? By the time you take into account the weight of the crossbars, brackets and basket, you're left about 90 pounds of capacity.

In any case, I settled on Thule Evo Wingbars and a large Yakima Off-Grid basket. There is a surprisingly low amount of additional wind noise - at least when not loaded.

And by only attaching the bars to the gutters on the fixed roof, I can still remove the Freedom Panels without removing the rack/basket. The other things I like about the Off-Grid is that you can easily remove the wind deflector and basket cross bars for loading long flat stuff.

Like anything in life, it's certainly not perfect but fits my needs - at least at this point.....

I've used that same basket on a couple of my 2DR JLs. They are terrific. I often used it to carry my spare tire (because it looks cool).

 

[mx5red]

Interesting as people before had said those don't fit the OEM rails

They don’t fit the strut type rails (BuiltRight)

 

[mx5red]

Dometic hardwire kit installed.

Is that under a tonneau??

 

[Xwelder]

Were you in north Georgia Saturday?

 

[SGxJT]

Not even through the tank of gas the dealer bought.. and the itch caught me. Loving the upgrade from my 2015 Cherokee.

 

[Troybilt]

Made a hoist/pulley system for the rooftop tent and took it off for winter storage.

Nicely done. I also like how you have the RTT mounted quite lower than most that I have seen. Is that custom mounting?

 

[DrJ]

Nicely done. I also like how you have the RTT mounted quite lower than most that I have seen. Is that custom mounting?

Thanks!

It's not custom; it's the Truck Covers USA tonneau with Yakima rails installed from factory and Yakima rack installed on it. RTT is then mounted to the Yakima rack.

 

[Jdyowa]

Yes. Still he

Were you in north Georgia Saturday?

Were you in north Georgia Saturday?

Yes! Still here in Morganton. Headed to Tallulah Falls tomorrow for the day.

 

[Kirk_Dirksen]

After many "wasted" hours (according to my bride) researching the many combinations, I finally decided on a roof rack/basket combo. What I found very confusing was whether or not use the rain gutters on the Freedom Panels. Mopar distinctly says "NO", while many do indeed use them.

The other issue I still have a problem with is weight capacity. If the JT roof can only support ~140 pounds, why in the world would you have steel baskets that weigh ~40 pounds? By the time you take into account the weight of the crossbars, brackets and basket, you're left about 90 pounds of capacity.

In any case, I settled on Thule Evo Wingbars and a large Yakima Off-Grid basket. There is a surprisingly low amount of additional wind noise - at least when not loaded.

And by only attaching the bars to the gutters on the fixed roof, I can still remove the Freedom Panels without removing the rack/basket. The other things I like about the Off-Grid is that you can easily remove the wind deflector and basket cross bars for loading long flat stuff.

Like anything in life, it's certainly not perfect but fits my needs - at least at this point.....

Thanks for posting this! I’ve been trying to find the same solution that allows use of the freedom panels. Love this forum

 

[Deleted member 30519]

After many "wasted" hours (according to my bride) researching the many combinations, I finally decided on a roof rack/basket combo. What I found very confusing was whether or not use the rain gutters on the Freedom Panels. Mopar distinctly says "NO", while many do indeed use them.

The other issue I still have a problem with is weight capacity. If the JT roof can only support ~140 pounds, why in the world would you have steel baskets that weigh ~40 pounds? By the time you take into account the weight of the crossbars, brackets and basket, you're left about 90 pounds of capacity.

In any case, I settled on Thule Evo Wingbars and a large Yakima Off-Grid basket. There is a surprisingly low amount of additional wind noise - at least when not loaded.

And by only attaching the bars to the gutters on the fixed roof, I can still remove the Freedom Panels without removing the rack/basket. The other things I like about the Off-Grid is that you can easily remove the wind deflector and basket cross bars for loading long flat stuff.

Like anything in life, it's certainly not perfect but fits my needs - at least at this point.....

Nice rack

I was on the fence about the weight capacity on the gutters too but took a chance with the Mopar roof rails. So far it's been great but I haven't had the chance to add a basket yet. I think I'll wait until winters over with.

 

[CWGrisw0ld]

Installed the console cover from leatherseats.com with the inductive phone charger.

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