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Posted: 2/10/2024 12:11:32 PM EDT
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Oh, and re: LEDs - if you swap out to aftermarket lights, and live in a climate that gets cold, make sure you get the heated LED option to prevent icing, I guess that’s a thing.
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Posted: 2/10/2024 12:26:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: I got the same ones! I like them. They look like they came with it. There’s a lot of cheesy jeep stuff out there. If you’ve been in any of the Facebook groups you know what I mean. Angry grilles, brightly colored hinge covers, ridiculous shift knobs, giant light bars on mall crawlers, etc. None of that dumb loud shit for me. Tasteful mods only 
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Posted: 2/10/2024 12:34:36 PM EDT
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I absolutely love my Gladiator but I wouldn't buy it again. It's less that 2 years old and I have galvanic corrosion on my hood and most door hinges. Yes, they can fix it but it will come back and you'll be stuck holding the bag after the 5 year warranty is up.
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Posted: 2/10/2024 12:37:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Never_A_Wick]
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ianalex: I absolutely love my Gladiator but I wouldn't buy it again. It's less that 2 years old and I have galvanic corrosion on my hood and most door hinges. Yes, they can fix it but it will come back and you'll be stuck holding the bag after the 5 year warranty is up. It wouldn’t surprise me if they extended the coverage on those items. Friend of mine just got his all redone at around 55,000 miles. Honestly if you love it I just wouldn’t let one item like that be a deciding factor. |
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Posted: 2/11/2024 12:41:20 AM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By purple85gt: How bad are the halogen headlights? My wife has a Wrangler with the LED's and they are pretty good (compared to my truck with halogens). I'm thinking about getting a Gladiator, I've found some Rubicons for a good price but they have the halogen headlights. They’re horrible. I replaced mine with Oracle Oculus Bi-LED’s and it’s plug and play. They’re awesome and cost me about $500ish a few years ago. |
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Posted: 2/11/2024 6:30:55 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liberty_Tree: They’re horrible. I replaced mine with Oracle Oculus Bi-LED’s and it’s plug and play. They’re awesome and cost me about $500ish a few years ago. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liberty_Tree: Originally Posted By purple85gt: How bad are the halogen headlights? My wife has a Wrangler with the LED's and they are pretty good (compared to my truck with halogens). I'm thinking about getting a Gladiator, I've found some Rubicons for a good price but they have the halogen headlights. They’re horrible. I replaced mine with Oracle Oculus Bi-LED’s and it’s plug and play. They’re awesome and cost me about $500ish a few years ago. When I got my new JT, the LED package was one of the options I required due to the poor performance of the stock halogens while driving in heavy snowfall. The full time 4wd transfer case and LED lighting have made a huge difference in severe weather. |
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Posted: 2/11/2024 9:08:41 AM EDT
[#7]
I figured the halogens were bad
All of my other jeeps from various timeframes had halogens and they sucked. My 2019 Ram 2500 has halogens too, and they suck.
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Posted: 2/11/2024 7:18:33 PM EDT
[#8]
Its a double edged sword. Stock halogens on jeeps are pretty bad, and the LED are awesome but even stock you get flashed all the time.
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Posted: 2/13/2024 12:53:30 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: I like them. They look like they came with it. There’s a lot of cheesy jeep stuff out there. If you’ve been in any of the Facebook groups you know what I mean. Angry grilles, brightly colored hinge covers, ridiculous shift knobs, giant light bars on mall crawlers, etc. None of that dumb loud shit for me. Tasteful mods only I love my giant light bar. It's great for turning my dark country road into a bright Walmart parking lot.  Lights b4 lockers |
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Posted: 2/13/2024 1:13:43 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By drobs: I love my giant light bar. It's great for turning my dark country road into a bright Walmart parking lot.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6FvPg4VjgANot a fan of light bars but I do like the idea of a bumper with some LEDs in it. I put some “white” sylvania halogen bulbs in last night. They are a marginal improvement over the OEM bulbs at best. I also changed the parking light markers to LEDs.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/15/2024 7:08:07 PM EDT
[#11]
Installed the leveling kit today. 1.5” lift up front. Looks much better. Easy install took me about an hour. Now I need wheels and tires
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Posted: 2/15/2024 7:18:39 PM EDT
[#12]
Dang man! Whatever the Jeep equivalent of BRD is, you've got it!
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Posted: 2/15/2024 7:19:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeltaV42: Came here expecting to be entertained. Leaving disappointed. SSDD. |
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Posted: 2/15/2024 8:13:40 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Dang man! Whatever the Jeep equivalent of BRD is, you've got it! Eh. Things are gonna slow down now. Unfortunately. 
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Posted: 2/15/2024 8:22:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: _DR]
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CJ7365: Is Jeep still using the 3.6 pentastar minivan engine? What a POS it is? They do make a JLs with the 392 V-8..but it's pricey. Not sure about the Gladiator. ETA Looks like only the Wrangler is available with the 6.4L/392 cu in V8 for 2024. That's dumb. The Gladiator needs it too. And it's only a cool $92K MSRP. I hate being one of the poors.   |
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Posted: 2/15/2024 8:41:22 PM EDT
[#16]
I like mine a lot. Right now averaging 18mpg on the morning commute so not awful. Fun to drive, tows well, and I can haul stuff.
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Posted: 2/19/2024 2:47:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: mancow]
[#17]
I'm not seeing these great prices on the KC area.
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Posted: 2/19/2024 2:50:46 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: I'm not seeing these great prices on the KC area. Jeep is doing a 15% discount till the end of the month. Dealers (most of them) are applying their own discount of 3-10% with 6-8% being the most common. Don’t be afraid to travel a bit to get the deal and vehicle you want. |
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Posted: 2/19/2024 3:52:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: mancow]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Jeep is doing a 15% discount till the end of the month. Dealers (most of them) are applying their own discount of 3-10% with 6-8% being the most common. Don’t be afraid to travel a bit to get the deal and vehicle you want. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Originally Posted By mancow: I'm not seeing these great prices on the KC area. Jeep is doing a 15% discount till the end of the month. Dealers (most of them) are applying their own discount of 3-10% with 6-8% being the most common. Don’t be afraid to travel a bit to get the deal and vehicle you want. OK, two or three years old is fine with reasonable miles but damn, they are proud of them. |
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Posted: 2/19/2024 4:32:28 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: OK, two or three years old is fine with reasonable miles but damn, they are proud of them. I agree that they are quite overpriced for what they are. The wrangler and gladiator are bare bones vehicles. These price slashes are just bringing them down to where they should be. |
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Posted: 2/22/2024 3:15:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Never_A_Wick]
[#21]
These mudflaps are temporary as the front wheels are flinging shit everywhere.
Weathertech makes a really nice product, looks OEM and fits perfect. Even has an indentation for the end of the rock slider to fit into. They will come off when I do wheels and tires. Taking it to a shop tomorrow and I am getting the Grille and fenders PPF'd and then I am going to wrap the grill in satin black. I would like to PPF the entire thing but even the material isn't cheap.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/22/2024 3:25:13 PM EDT
[#22]
Both my sisters own Gladiators.
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Posted: 2/22/2024 3:30:15 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: These mudflaps are temporary as the front wheels are flinging shit everywhere. Weathertech makes a really nice product, looks OEM and fits perfect. Even has an indentation for the end of the rock slider to fit into. They will come off when I do wheels and tires. Taking it to a shop tomorrow and I am getting the Grille and fenders PPF'd and then I am going to wrap the grill in satin black. I would like to PPF the entire thing but even the material isn't cheap. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/578900/IMG_3670_jpg-3137636.JPG Rokblokz my dude. |
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Posted: 2/22/2024 3:30:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: macman37]
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ExtraHardTaco: Both my sisters own Gladiators. Your sisters are cooler than you. Get them in this thread. 
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Posted: 2/22/2024 3:41:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYeah I looked at those and while I am sure they are very effective, I just didn't like the look. They just remind me of a cheap aftermarket add-on or what I see on every damn Subaru around here
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Posted: 2/22/2024 3:42:00 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Your sisters are cooler than you. Get them in this thread. I actually wish the large thread I started this fall didn't get archived. There were lots of good pics in it. I had planned to just bump it whenever I bought something, but noooooooooooooooo |
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Posted: 2/25/2024 2:01:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2024 2:05:25 PM EDT
[#28]
I have a 2020 Gladiator with the manual transmission. Put 35's on it with almost no poke. Love this thing, but it's for sale. I need a vehicle with a 3rd row. Top and doors off is a blast during the nicer weather days.
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Posted: 2/25/2024 2:08:44 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Fixed the sea of white on the front end. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/578900/IMG_3808_jpeg-3140963.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/578900/IMG_3812_jpeg-3140972.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/578900/IMG_3815_jpeg-3140975.JPG I too roll in blackface.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/25/2024 4:14:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: macman37]
[#30]
For the first time in over 2 years since I bought this thing I took it to a regular car wash and… the only tiny leak was the rear sliding window, maybe two drips. Whew.
I can’t wash the undercarriage so it’s nice to get the salt off. Maybe a couple times a year I will get the underside blasted off. I know clean vehicles drive better - it’s science, man - but I swear it handled a little better after the wash. |
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Posted: 2/26/2024 8:37:48 PM EDT
[#31]
I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010.
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Posted: 2/27/2024 10:06:01 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. Pics! Love that color. |
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Posted: 2/27/2024 10:31:53 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) |
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Posted: 2/27/2024 10:38:31 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) You guys got all the cool colors. Part of me wishes I would have been a little more patient with my choosing. I’m not complaining about what I have but I think you always want what you didn’t get.
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Posted: 2/27/2024 10:59:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: mancow]
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Pics! Love that color. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Originally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. Pics! Love that color. It's the Overland model. Only Pic I got so far. Been busy since I got it home. Planning the radio antenna mounts out soon for the FT-857 and XG100M all band mobiles. Also working on mounting a flir photon thermal to the driver's side a pillar on an off road light mount that will display on a 4.3" backup camera screen so I can see deer ahead. I need to order a germanium window for the waterproof housing for it and get to work coding up rotary encoder controlled servo panning controller.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/27/2024 11:44:24 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) Sarge is nice but my jku is the similar forest green or whatever it's called and I wanted something different. The sting seems to change colors to me. At times it's primer gray and others is a slate or light blue. |
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Posted: 2/28/2024 8:20:20 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Sarge is nice but my jku is the similar forest green or whatever it's called and I wanted something different. The sting seems to change colors to me. At times it's primer gray and others is a slate or light blue. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Originally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) Sarge is nice but my jku is the similar forest green or whatever it's called and I wanted something different. The sting seems to change colors to me. At times it's primer gray and others is a slate or light blue. Yeah. Those “flat” (not matte, just flat) grays (GMC had a nice one on their trucks a few years back too) look great. One of my fears, having owned gray and tan vehicles in the past, is being seen while driving. I’ve never been cut off more in my life than when I had vehicles that somewhat blended in with the pavement. |
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Posted: 2/28/2024 10:31:16 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Yeah. Those “flat” (not matte, just flat) grays (GMC had a nice one on their trucks a few years back too) look great. One of my fears, having owned gray and tan vehicles in the past, is being seen while driving. I’ve never been cut off more in my life than when I had vehicles that somewhat blended in with the pavement. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By mancow: Originally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) Sarge is nice but my jku is the similar forest green or whatever it's called and I wanted something different. The sting seems to change colors to me. At times it's primer gray and others is a slate or light blue. Yeah. Those “flat” (not matte, just flat) grays (GMC had a nice one on their trucks a few years back too) look great. One of my fears, having owned gray and tan vehicles in the past, is being seen while driving. I’ve never been cut off more in my life than when I had vehicles that somewhat blended in with the pavement. Shit that is a good point. My daughter mentioned last night how she could hardly notice it in driveway at dusk. |
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Posted: 2/28/2024 10:39:17 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Shit that is a good point. My daughter mentioned last night how she could hardly notice it in driveway at dusk. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Originally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By mancow: Originally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By mancow: I ended up with a sting gray 2021. It seems like a space ship compared to my old 2010. That would have been my preference, I love that color… (but my Sarge Green is awesome too.) Sarge is nice but my jku is the similar forest green or whatever it's called and I wanted something different. The sting seems to change colors to me. At times it's primer gray and others is a slate or light blue. Yeah. Those “flat” (not matte, just flat) grays (GMC had a nice one on their trucks a few years back too) look great. One of my fears, having owned gray and tan vehicles in the past, is being seen while driving. I’ve never been cut off more in my life than when I had vehicles that somewhat blended in with the pavement. Shit that is a good point. My daughter mentioned last night how she could hardly notice it in driveway at dusk. Fingers crossed that there are more vehicles out there with lane change warning systems will keep the a-holes alert…! Those systems were only on pricier vehicles when I had the gray truck or tan SUV. I never got hit, but once a year or so the brakes would get a hell of a workout as someone just blithely slid over oblivious to my existence and blaring horn. |
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:27:46 PM EDT
[#40]
I finally found "the one" and ironed out the deal where I left and didn't feel like I needed a shower. 2023 Sting Grey Mojave. It was used with 11k miles. Original owner put 35's on it with fuel wheels. Some ugly IMO side steps but I found a set of OEM rock rails on marketplace for free so they are going on tomorrow. It's pretty well optioned and honestly the most optioned vehicle I've ever had, most important to me was the LED light package. It also came with a bakflip tonno cover that was a nice addition. The prev owner put a cold air intake on it that I'm sure someone out there would love to have in trade for their OEM air filter. Pics tomorrow!
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:30:38 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By purple85gt: I finally found "the one" and ironed out the deal where I left and didn't feel like I needed a shower. 2023 Sting Grey Mojave. It was used with 11k miles. Original owner put 35's on it with fuel wheels. Some ugly IMO side steps but I found a set of OEM rock rails on marketplace for free so they are going on tomorrow. It's pretty well optioned and honestly the most optioned vehicle I've ever had, most important to me was the LED light package. It also came with a bakflip tonno cover that was a nice addition. The prev owner put a cold air intake on it that I'm sure someone out there would love to have in trade for their OEM air filter. Pics tomorrow! Congrats. Looking forward to pics! |
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:32:33 PM EDT
[#42]
Fiddling around with my friend’s last night. He has retrofitted OEM LEDs and we ran the jumper harness so the halos would work. Kind of a PITA.
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:45:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/2/2024 11:25:45 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By purple85gt: Wife snapped a couple at the gas station on the way home todayhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2577_jpeg-3147464.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2578_jpeg-3147465.JPG I dig that a lot, congrats! 
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Posted: 3/2/2024 11:29:56 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By purple85gt: Wife snapped a couple at the gas station on the way home todayhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2577_jpeg-3147464.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2578_jpeg-3147465.JPG I assume you've fitted a Mojave hood to a Sport? |
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:06:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: I assume you've fitted a Mojave hood to a Sport? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Originally Posted By purple85gt: Wife snapped a couple at the gas station on the way home todayhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2577_jpeg-3147464.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2578_jpeg-3147465.JPG I assume you've fitted a Mojave hood to a Sport? Mojave hooks and badge check out…
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:08:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Mojave hooks and badge check out…Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Originally Posted By purple85gt: Wife snapped a couple at the gas station on the way home todayhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2577_jpeg-3147464.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2578_jpeg-3147465.JPG I assume you've fitted a Mojave hood to a Sport? Mojave hooks and badge check out…I think you can even read the Fox logo on the suspension in front… |
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:12:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mall-Ninja: I think you can even read the Fox logo on the suspension in front… Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mall-Ninja: Originally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By Never_A_Wick: Originally Posted By purple85gt: Wife snapped a couple at the gas station on the way home todayhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2577_jpeg-3147464.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/112911/IMG_2578_jpeg-3147465.JPG I assume you've fitted a Mojave hood to a Sport? Mojave hooks and badge check out…I think you can even read the Fox logo on the suspension in front… Good call - yep. @purple85gt: is there a lift on it as well or is that just the standard suspension with 35s and the Fuel rims on it? Looks fantastic; just curious. |
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:14:47 AM EDT
[#49]
No it's a Mojave. The prev owner had stickers on the hood that I had the dealer remove, thats why it doesn't say Mojave.
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:15:42 AM EDT
[#50]
I was told and by the looks of the components it's just tires.
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