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WAYALIFE on the GO : Miscellaneous Photos from Cindy & Eddie!
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RCC
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Great pics.
Are some changes being made on the gladiator? I notice the inner fenders and turn signals are missing?
RESURECTIONJK
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Bed rack gone…. Interesting.
TrailHunter
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Good eye! Looks clean.
Unfortunately, the rack tore off the bed on the driver side. Literally ripped the nutsert fasteners right out of the paper thin sheet metal. Before it could do more damage on the passenger side, we decided to just pull it for now. Sucks because we really liked it.
It's funny because we do like how our Gladiator really looks more like a truck this way. We like it.
Mike Pierson
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I just installed those Quake LEDs on mine after removing the inner liners. We like them so far.
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TrailHunter
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YES!
benatc1
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I was wondering what you guys ended up doing there, looks good like that for sure though.
We had the Rugged Ridge ones and they are similar. With 40's, it worked fine. With 42's, no way.
The design of the rack is such that it would stay in place without being bolted to the body but it would bounce around. I had taken the spare off and put it on top of the Decked but then, I thought maybe it'd be better to just remove it completely to prevent any more potential damage. Aside from losing all my cargo space on top of the Decked and the ability to carry cake decorations, I kinda like the look better.
Mike Pierson
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Bummer. I thought the quake brackets could provide a bit more room.
They actually make a pair for a Gladiator that looks different that what you have. Mel has them and I gave them a look but even they would be torn off.
RCC
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Did the rack hit something causing the bed damage or was it the weight of the spare and the rack mounts to the body?
So, I'm gonna bet that for most people, this is not going to be a problem. I think for us, there was 2 things going on. First, there was the weight of the spare strapped on top of the rack. Second and maybe more the problem than anything, was all the hard and fast driving we do in the desert and on a very regular basis. If you've ever seen are rear bump stops and what they look like, that should speak volumes about what I'm talking about. These two things together seemed to be just too much stress for the paper thin sheet metal to handle.
WJCO
Meme King
Thanks for posting that. I've been debating building a custom rack for the spare since before I had the truck that works with a tonneau cover. I would have to tie it in to this exact structure and have wondered if it would hold up. With that being said, my truck would likely see less stress than yours during my normal soccer and grocery duties.
Yeah, like I said, I really don't think this would be a problem for MOST people. Even things like rock crawling or overlanding shouldn't be an issue. Cindy and I just tend to drive on the stupid side when we're out in the desert and that spare is a LOT of weight to have strapped high up on a rack.
