What did you do WITH your Gladiator today?

[Splenda]

Nice spread!

Thanks. The dollar goes farther in Tennessee.

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[HooliganActual]

Well...for about 8 years I have carried one of the ARB Portable Twin Compressors in the back of my 2016 JKUR but some jackwagon decided to steal it from me. The insurance paid out the full value of it (State Farm is awesome, they gave me the full purchase price I paid in 2017) and so I decided it is time to hard mount a compressor like I did in my 2020 JTR.

So I gathered the necessary parts:

Removed the passenger seat and added the Teraflex mount (not bolted yet in this pic):

Removed this much cr@p from the provided ARB harness (for those that don't know, the ARB harness comes complete with everything you would need to run air lockers and I didn't need that wiring):

Built the power harness to run up to the engine bay and battery:

At this point I decided to clean up some of the underhood wiring for my rock lights, light bar, etc. so I made a plate to mount some bus bars to:

Mounted it in the engine bay and cleaned up the aforementioned wiring (haven't landed the main power from the bus bars to the battery terminals yet in this pic):

While I was at it, I also removed the "cigarette lighter" and replaced it with a dual USB port:

And I also ran hard power through the inside of the dash for my Garmin Tread XL OVerland because it used to run off the "cigarette lighter":

Now if you've gotten this far into the post, you're probably asking "Okay, so What did you do WITH your Gladiator today?"

Well I used it's awning so that I had a shady workspace to do all of the above work!!!

LOL!!!

BTW, I've already done all of the same work to the Gladiator: hard mounted Twin Compressor, nice terminal block under hood, "extra" USB connections as it already has the dual USB port, and hardwired power for the Garmin.

 

[aldo98229]

Took the day off and headed for the mountains. It was gorgeous up there.

 

[Neomonk21]

My wife, daughter and I went for our first "topless" ride in our Gladiator today. We went to a local gas station to get some soft serve ice cream. I think my wife and daughter enjoyed driving around without the Freedom Panels in (so, not fully topless). Next time we'll take the whole top off and maybe even the doors. It was a beautiful day for it!

 

[SaiintNick]

Drove up to Cedar City and drove down almost every trail I drove past hundreds of times. It’s amazing the things you can find off the normal popular path.

 

[Splenda]

I drove her to work. I wish I lived closer to snow-capped mountains!

 

[Hootbro]

I drove her to work. I wish I lived closer to snow-capped mountains!

Need to quit flexing and showing off your lawn.

 

[Splenda]

Need to quit flexing and showing off your lawn.

Mowing every 3 days is getting old fast. I stopped using my riding mower so I could get some exercise (and because my riding mower has a tire that goes flat every couple of days). I'm about go back to the riding mower.

 

[Hootbro]

Mowing every 3 days is getting old fast. I stopped using my riding mower so I could get some exercise (and because my riding mower has a tire that goes flat every couple of days). I'm about go back to the riding mower.

I am just jealous. I have a black thumb when it comes to lawn maintenance and landscaping. I can mow great, just all the other chemical and lawn treatment stuff I regularly f*ck up somehow.

 

[Splenda]

I am just jealous. I have a black thumb when it comes to lawn maintenance and landscaping. I can mow great, just all the other chemical and lawn treatment stuff I regularly f*ck up somehow.

It's not that bad. Getting rid of the weeds is the hardest thing. Pre-emergent in the March. Herbicide and fertilizer in April. Fertilizer every 6 weeks during the growing season. Dethatch and aerate and overseed in the fall. I pay someone to do all the spraying. I do the rest myself. I just wish I could get rid of all the poison ivy in the shrub beds.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Well...for about 8 years I have carried one of the ARB Portable Twin Compressors in the back of my 2016 JKUR but some jackwagon decided to steal it from me. The insurance paid out the full value of it (State Farm is awesome, they gave me the full purchase price I paid in 2017) and so I decided it is time to hard mount a compressor like I did in my 2020 JTR.

What kind of policy do you have? I'll be talking to my agent once I get my truck setup.

 

[HooliganActual]

What kind of policy do you have? I'll be talking to my agent once I get my truck setup.

It’s nothing “special”; just full coverage. Here’s a pic of the coverage section of my card:

Just talk to the agent and ask what the coverage will provide in a given scenario. I had specifically talked to my agent about how much I have added to my JTR and whether I needed a rider or an RV policy because I have an embarrassing amount of money added to my Gladiator. She told me that as long as I have the receipt and a pic of the item installed on my vehicle, then it would be covered; RTT, solar panels, pullout kitchen, everything. The only thing they won’t reimburse is my labor. So as an example, I paid a shop to install my lift and their labor and parts are covered. I installed my own Rhino Rack backbone, sound deadening and CoverKing Topliner; my labor won’t be reimbursed but all the parts will.

 

[Neomonk21]

It’s nothing “special”; just full coverage. Here’s a pic of the coverage section of my card:

Just talk to the agent and ask what the coverage will provide in a given scenario. I had specifically talked to my agent about how much I have added to my JTR and whether I needed a rider or an RV policy because I have an embarrassing amount of money added to my Gladiator. She told me that as long as I have the receipt and a pic of the item installed on my vehicle, then it would be covered; RTT, solar panels, pullout kitchen, everything. The only thing they won’t reimburse is my labor. So as an example, I paid a shop to install my lift and their labor and parts are covered. I installed my own Rhino Rack backbone, sound deadening and CoverKing Topliner; my labor won’t be reimbursed but all the parts will.

I have State Farm and had a similar situation many, MANY years ago. Someone stole a Garmin GPS unit out of my car and they gave me the full price of the unit to buy a new one. So far, I've had great luck with State Farm.

 

[Y-Guy]

On Friday took a wonderful early morning drive down Highway 14 along the Columbia River Gorge (Columbia separates Oregon & Washington). Highway 14 is on the Washington side, the Interstate is on the Oregon side. Chilly with the top off but so beautiful. Paused to snap a photo of Mt Hood.

Of course the drive way back that evening was equally wonderful, except my Jeep thought it was on bug death duty. I ran out of washer fluid about an hour from home. That meant getting up early Saturday to de-bug the Gladiator and while I was at it might as well wash my wife's Jeep too.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

On Friday took a wonderful early morning drive down Highway 14 along the Columbia River Gorge (Columbia separates Oregon & Washington). Highway 14 is on the Washington side, the Interstate is on the Oregon side. Chilly with the top off but so beautiful. Paused to snap a photo of Mt Hood.

Of course the drive way back that evening was equally wonderful, except my Jeep thought it was on bug death duty. I ran out of washer fluid about an hour from home. That meant getting up early Saturday to de-bug the Gladiator and while I was at it might as well wash my wife's Jeep too.

I see you and your bugs, and raise you more bugs... this was roughly a 20 mile stretch. Had to stop and wash windows twice, washer fluid and wipers wasn't doing it.

Gross

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