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I ran 5 trails in 3 days! lots of pics... the ride is great, lockers work great, my wife and I camped in it 3 nights... with a tarp over the back, I have plans to make a tent attachment this winter now. (Never built a tent before?) Anyway... here are a couple more pics!

Got to put it to use on the trails this week... been too busy building and not enough playing! Thanks again!

Putting it to the test.... first shakedown! Things discovered: 1. I have just enough fender clearance to full flex! 2. Topper doubles as a shelter when needed! 3. Arb single compressor can fill four 37 inch tires from 13psi to 34psi without overheating. 4. Ridge grapplers are good tires! 5...

Got around to the skid plates... big job! Instructions are not very accurate for the Gladiator yet... different front mounts, different rear... some tabs in different positions... a nasty metal strap over the front of the tank that is not on the JL. Good news is... the parts all fit after you...

I almost forgot I ordered these 3.5 or 4 months ago! They came in...just in time - I have some pretty hard trails coming up this week to try everything out on. These are the American Adventure lights. I kept the liners and used the harness that deletes any error codes due to the led lights...

I would think you will be fine with a 4.5 inch lift... The 2.5 like I have- I added a couple of spacers to help keep it from rubbing when loaded. I would think the HD is more for those with a topper and tent and towing mixed together...

Well...got the driveshaft in.. Adams 1350. So skids will be next!

I went with the max tow package when I ordered mine 2 years ago. Fast forward to this past month... I added ARB air lockers front and rear, 4:88 gearing, 35 spline rear axle shafts-made just for Max tow rear axles with ARB. I also put RCV front Axle kit in (32 spline) and I'm waiting for a part...

And took a couple of the lights on at night...

Molle panel on topper now... I have 4 pouches to put on it... had it cut from alum.

A couple more things... Put Amsoil in transfer case ( a tradition for my jeeps!) - and the rear diff gears have been broke in now- so it has new gear lube and a new heavy duty diff cover (I got very inexpensive in November...) I just figured I would wait to put it on until gears got all...

I also took the location of the stock breather on the rear diff.... and moved it up into the rear fender. To do this- I removed the breather and hose clamped it on to the extended line. Ran the line up into the fender and came down through the hole in the body that you can see the location of in...

A few more additions to the build today once I got off from work! Rock Hard front LCA skids... And the ARB cover I might not of taken a pic of before...

Got to haul some pop to a summer camp!

Well.... getting over covid is about done. So I will start on some parts this weekend again! I wanted to move the air inlet for my ARB up where it is less likely to ingest water... and also put it in a location where it will normally be bringing in air from a cooler source. So I just added a...

I got the rear axle set up with the 488's 35 spline and ARB! The front is proving to take me on a detour..... I bought the RCV kit for a Max Tow front with the EAD retained. The tech ended up spending 4 hours on the phone with them...because sadly the center shaft is about 3/16 inch too long...

I'm using an element one...

Here is a pic in a clean jeep of the ARB switches. All electronics are now wired and all switches mounted in jeep! The gears, axles, truss, and lockers are being put in this week!

So if you have not guessed... I like some old school looks...even in a modern JT truck. When I bought the air lockers and compressor... and the redarch brake controller... I had a plan to take the dash apart and make the switches look like they fit. I didn't have to buy anything... I just had to...

This was my plan for Air lockers.... I bought Eddie's compressor mount, built my own heat shield... to keep the cats from heating it up ( I tested the temps today - I took it on a 50 mile drive down interstate in 90 degree weather and It was warm, but I could lay my hand on any part and no...