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

[punk'n]

The bumper bezel is $5? I must have read wrong. I thought it was $53.

They were $5 when i bought mine. Now they are up to $6....

https://parts.allmoparparts.com/oem-parts/mopar-rear-bumper-bezel-right-68342090aa

You may have looked at the kit.

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[NC_Overland]

They were $5 when i bought mine. Now they are up to $6....

https://parts.allmoparparts.com/oem-parts/mopar-rear-bumper-bezel-right-68342090aa

You may have looked at the kit.

No. It was another bezel. The diagram was misleading. Thank you for your post. I just ordered the bezel. I have the tow hook and bolts/washers

 

[Volksparts]

Well....the leveling kit I recently installed turned into a bit more... meaning that it lit the match that inspired me to do a more "official" lift. Picked up the Mopar 2" lift the other day from the dealer and installed it over the past 2 days. I left the 1" teraflex front spacer to account for the winch and bumper and left in the 3/4" Daystar spacer in the rear because I'm finally getting in my rack this week so needed to account for that weight and the RTT that's going on top. Right now sitting at 42" all the way around from ground to bottom of fenders. Getting my alignment tomorrow. Also installed a Mopar/fox steering stabilizer I never used on one of my old builds so it was new. Oh and lastly, installed my ASFIR skid plate.

Looks like 35s or 37s might be in my future.

 

[OnlyOne]

Well....the leveling kit I recently installed turned into a bit more. Picked up the Mopar 2" lift the other day from the dealer and installed it over the past 2 days. I left the 1" teraflex front spacer to account for the winch and bumper and left in the 3/4" Daystar spacer in the rear because I'm finally getting in my rack this week so needed to account for that weight and the RTT that's going on top. Right now sitting at 42" all the way around from ground to bottom of fenders. Getting my alignment tomorrow. Also installed a Mopar/fox steering stabilizer I never used on one of my old builds so it was new. Oh and lastly, installed my ASFIR skid plate.

Looks like 35s or 37s might be in my future.

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Looks great! FYI no reason to pay someone for an alignment, since the only thing you can adjust is toe. You can straiten your steering wheel with a 15 mm wrench.

 

[Volksparts]

Looks great! FYI no reason to pay someone for an alignment, since the only thing you can adjust is toe. You can straiten your steering wheel with a 15 mm wrench.

Already aligned my steering wheel today. Easy peasy. Now you got me wanting to research doing my toe. My other two trucks I went with lifetime alignments so was going to do the same but now you got me thinking.

 

[ColoradoGlad]

What did you use

Nice work. What did you use for the edge trim?

 

[NC_Overland]

Thank you!

 

[SF_E60]

Little upgrade to the "oh shi*" bar. Wish they would have put something there but this will do. Honestly looks factory.

Looks clean!! And as if it came factory like this.

 

[JeepTaco]

Replaced the factory leather with Katzkins.

Looks good. I'd like to have katskinz installed on my Willys someday.

 

[Gren71]

Where did you purchase this?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2021-Jeep-...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

They were less expensive a couple days ago.

 

[FloridaJT6MT]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2021-Jeep-...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

They were less expensive a couple days ago.

Just ordered. Thanks!

 

[Beemer533]

Plastidipped my grill matt black yesterday and reassembled everything today.

Pretty pleased with the look, but now I am wondering if I should have done all the parts instead of just the main painted piece.

Either way, I'll probably end up doing an actual paint job on it in the spring.

 

[Gren71]

Just ordered. Thanks!

credit where credit is due, I got the idea from another member. I think his post was back in the 1000's.

you will be pleased!

I used a little bit of nail polish removed before I applied it. Im %100 that the nail polish removed will damage the rubber so I didnt do the entire front handle. I just did the area where I applied the decal.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Props took a whopping 5 minutes or so to install (and that was in 28 degree air)

Next came the fog lights. My steel bumper came with brackets that allow Overland stock fogs to be installed in the Rubicon type steel bumper. That saved me 50 bucks in that I didn't have to order the steel bumper kit for these lights.
But - since there's some "play" in how things can be aligned when the lights are attached to the brackets - I thought I had everything perfectly straight but when installed I note the right fog light line is not 100% level - the right end is up a bit so I'll have to remove it, loosen the screws and shift the light in the bracket before I go totally nuts thinking of it being not perfectly level. But with temps around the mid-single digits for a while, it will have to wait. In the mean time, they are installed and work fine. I was a bit baffled for 10 seconds - until I realize that fog lights are disabled when the headlights are in auto mode with auto high beams enabled. DUH.

Stock Overland fog on left, new Diode Dynamics fog on right...............

Stock Overland fog center -

New fog in the adapter bracket that comes with the bumper I have - I need to remove the right light and loosen those four bolts and shift the light a bit to make it sit level when on.
I used stainless hardware with nyloc stainless nuts to attach the lights to the brackets.

 

[Pescatoral Pursuit]

Front bumper, winch, 1" spacers up front.

Started at 3 in the afternoon, finished at 7am. 3 hours were interrupted looking for a friend's dog who was ejected in a rollover accident.

Notice the overbite on the controller?
I relocated the brackets about 1¼" back to accommodate the wires. I'll be redoing it at some point to route the wires down and back where there's plenty of room and they'll be more hidden from view.

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