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Heya Matt! I’m canyon hopping in the Mojave right now (Ibex Springs) but if I ever get your way, I’d be happy to trail with ya. Unfortunately, I think you’re giving far more credit to your lil’ fog lights than your environmental awareness skills. Think about it kind sir. If those gimpy little...

LOL, if anyone thinks their gimpy lil’ fog lights will be the difference in spotting critters over the retina burning high beams, they’re higher than a giraffe’s butt. Using fog lights as a poor boy’s lightbar is hilarious. The light beam in fog lights is diffused to enhance effectiveness in...

Mine has sounded like that since new. Colder air, more density. It sounds like a sewing machine up front, an Electrolux at the rear but climbs like a billy goat!

After the first set of batteries within a month of ownership and the dealer blaming ESS, I disabled it with hardware to where it defaults to “off”. All of my electrical mods come off a main power relay into a fused power distribution block. If the relay isn’t energized (with key on), nothing...

I hear ya alpha. One can certainly visualize the reasoning of their opinion but I think you’ll agree many would construe using a battery as a capacitor is just lazy design. That said, if I were trying to use the same control module across a myriad of vehicles, using the auxiliary battery as a...

Hate to mess up the train of thought here but….. Like many others, I DELETED my auxiliary battery after being stranded several times in the first year with my brand new Jeep. We’re heading on at least two years without an auxiliary battery and hundreds of cranks so that kinda disproves “clean...

My observations leave me thinking the “fuel savings” narrative is purely marketing. There are hundreds of thousands municipalities (Including the entire state of California) that have idle reduction legislation that forces OEM’s to install this wonderful stuff. The reasoning is “an idling...

Thanks for sharing David! This is why I wave at Gladiator owners too!

OP - Don’t sweat it. I’ve watched Jeeps literally bounce all over rocks with the lockers on. If full torque on the axles loaded, unloaded and then shock loaded doesn’t scatter gear teeth, dragging your inner wheel a bit in the slush ain’t gonna do harm. They might not disconnect if they’re still...

I don’t have a tank nor a humvee under my seat but I found a stale Cheeto and one of my many missing 10 mm sockets. Thanks for pointing me there OP!

ESS exists to appease idle reduction legislation. To get people to pay for the addition of hardware, it has been promoted as beneficial to fuel consumption which is technically true but not quite noticeably true. The break even costs are too distant from the fuel savings to remotely use that as...

Plug in an OBDC reader and check for codes. It could be something as simple as a dirty air or fuel filter, O2 sensor, crank position sensor.

Pictures can be misleading but it looks like your installer gave you too much sealant and lifted the glass away from the box or the cover got moved during replacement. Have you tried loosening the screws to the enclosure and repositioning it?

If it fits without modification, it’ll carry it if you keep your latch support snug to help the hinges. I haven’t seen a regular trail runner tear off their rear gate but I did see some observable sag on a rig that often saw serious road abuse. That said, if you use your Jeep as a rock bouncing...

Nope. I have yet to experience properly torqued spark plugs carboned in the threads nor seized in the holes.

Flat glass is easier to make, ship and handle which is good because it’s easier to chip, crack and fog……

Is there any particular reason you don’t run with a full bumper? I bump up against rocks, trees, and the occasional bank pole every now and then and my full (steel) bumper is why I haven’t scrubbed out my fenders. Them stubby bumpers look kinda nice but to sacrifice the corner protection has me...

Our 2018 Ram PowerWagon has a row across the cab from factory. Like OP, I think it gives the rig a very distinct look. Why Ram felt a truck no wider than a half ton needed them is beyond me, I just know you’re not gonna buy a PowerWagon without them. would I add them to the two piece detachable...

We used to chase BOH trails designed for off-roading but after riding them several times, things became episodic. Although I’m in no hurry to add more rock damage to the skid plates, I’ll still put our rig where winches are needed but not as often. Now days, we drag our JL behind the RV and use...

I swapped my OEM pan for one of these. It fits great but as others will mention, if you roll rocks that close to your block, it’ll take damage as well.