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So what exactly did the Gladiator do better during the comparison off-road? They found a way to bury the nose of the Ranger by purposely picking a bad line and putting the rear axle at the apex of the hill and the front end at the bottom of the hill; whereas the Gladiator has a longer wheelbase...

It was not waxed. But every time I’ve had a ClearBra put on they have asked if the vehicle had been waxed recently and the answer was “No.” My understanding is that they have to do a wax removal prep before applying the film.

If they were powder-coated properly they’ll be no imprint left. And we’re talking about holes that are 3/16” at the largest. If you need a drill bit larger than 1/8” I would be surprised. And you can buy plastic hole plugs from an auto parts store. Anyway, I would advise against spray painting...

Drill out the rivets, it’ll take you 20 seconds per side.

Well, finally got everything correct and installed for my single exit Gibson. The hassle aside, it’s exactly what I was looking for in an exhaust. It looks and sounds great. It raises the exhaust tone just enough to hear the turbo spinning and the engine working hard without a hint of the hollow...

Already testing the load capabilities of my HD cover. The LineX on it is tough as nails. Love it so far!

Pics of the Yakima Bed Extender in action and stored away in my garage. It’s all aluminum, so hanging it up on the wall is an easy task. Those are treated 6x6 timbers in the photo (i.e. they are not lightweight)

I can tell you that the exhaust sounds no different with the resonator removed and stock muffler in place. I chopped my exhaust behind the muffler to remove it in place of a Gibson catback exhaust, but Gibson sent me a mis-built muffler so I had to put the stock muffler back on (missing the...

Over the past few days I have tried installed two expensive accessories, a Diamondback cover and a Gibson exhaust. I am ZERO for TWO attempts. At least my Diamondback cover was repairable until the new one comes. I checked every part and made sure all part numbers were accounted for before...

Huh, ok. I’ll probably just skip putting them in since they mounted up well. That aluminum bracket is soft enough to give a little, but I checked them before mounting them. I was sure that they had F’d up the included hardware, but after test mounting them it seemed like spacers were completely...

When I placed the face of the new BD lamps flush against housing, the inside mounts had a gap equivalent to the size of the spacers, the outside mounts only had about a 1mm gap at most.

Here are my instructions since Baja Designs decided to include the most minimalistic instructions possible with their $300+ light kit. I went with the Squadron Sport Lights (instead of the Squadron Pro), and bought two additional amber lenses. 1. Turn wheels all the way toward the side you...

With the rods in the angled down position they pull the cover down snug as they slide into position. I went a step further and put a 3-gallon bucket of paint on the each panel as I adjusted the rod mounts to give me a nice tight seal. After 24hrs with the seals compressed, the panels now close...

Uh oh, their engineers are now involved. Might be getting a completely new cover due to the safety catch issue. I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with the responsiveness of Diamondback’s customer experience reps. This may end up being a huge pain but I’m still happy I chose a great company...

Here are pics of the clearance issues with the safety catch. I had to remove it to allow the panel to properly open/close without binding up. I would like to have it installed. If my cover is ever left closed and unlocked, as I hit a bump, the gas struts will kick the front panel up and into the...

Update: I’m already in contact with Diamondback’s customer service. They’re going to send me a new perimeter seal. And I brought up the issue with the safety catch interfering with the driver’s side cab panel locking rod. They have not offered any kind of reimbursement yet. So it looks like...

I went to install my rear license plate frame and ran into the same issue. Then I looked behind the plastic that holds the plate and realized that piece of plastic trim is held to some sheet metal behind it with two plastic push-pin fasteners. These push-pins hadn’t properly seated the plastic...

Mounted mine today. How in the heck did you get the locking rod on the driver’s side front panel to stay clear of that safety locking rod? I had to remove the safety rod. I tried different configurations, but nothing was working.

Went to ABF freight and picked up my cover. I saw a puncture on the end of the box about the same size as a blade on a forklift, but I couldn’t identify any damage before unboxing it. Turns out the forklift blade got in and destroyed the weatherstripping for both the front and rear panels. If...

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