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This truck is turning out very nice!! Hopefully all these changes improve its back country ability to your liking without negatively affecting its ability to actually get you there! I will say that I LOVE the CV front axle shafts on my TJ, and dearly miss them when I wheel the Comanche...

I've destroyed both steel and rubber valve stems in the rocks, but too I prefer the rubber ones. Be careful when buying from the Land of China! I've had some that rotted and cracked apart in less than 5 years. Using ATV length ones on rock crawlers is a great idea!! As for TPMS, I run...

FWIW, I run a Viair 400C on my truck, and this is the route I would recommend. It's plenty fast for airing up from reasonable off-road pressure to reasonable on-road pressure. I mounted it under the truck and plumbed it to the back bumper. Wired it with a relay, and the control runs through...

^^ That guy is funny, but I think that comment rings true!! I will say that I see plenty of GM trucks when I'm out and about acutally doing what the built up Ram trucks in the camping areas of overlanding events certainly look like they could do... ;) Like Buddha, I'm on my 2nd K2500 GMC...

I assume we're talking 3/4 and 1-ton trucks, as all the half tons are similar, and I don't see a plethora of half ton rams anywhere, particularly in overlanding crowds... As someone who has driven versions of all three HD trucks, albiet some time ago, I'll add a few things... First, the OP...

There is a big difference between the leather seats in a Limited and the cloth seats typically in a Laredo... I always found the GC leather seats to feel like a soft couch, which was not "comfortable" to me. The cloth seats were a bit firmer, which I found to be far more comfortable. I would...

They should indeed be somewhat parallel, in layman's terms... Having them be at differing angles causes bumpsteer more than anything... The vehicle will swerve left-right as you compress and release the suspension, or will swerve one direction or the other when you get on the brakes hard and...

Check the RPO code sticker on the passenger door. That will give you the axle ratio. GU6 is 3.42, GT4 is 3.73, GT5 is 4:10. It'll definitely be a G-code, so if not those, then google the code you have and see what it is. It should also say G80 in your case... If you have 3.73's, then...

Do you mean off road gear, like winches and stuff or rear axle gears to go along with changing to some sort of different rear diff and larger tires?? What gears are in it? What engine? Re-gearing needs to be accompanied by re-programming the PCM to account for the new gear ratio. The G80...

I would think that little truck uses C-clip axles. Generally, C-clip axles do have a LITTLE play... Something like 1-2mm would be acceptable. An INCH would not be wheel bearings, it would be missing c-clips and if you have disc brakes, the discs rubbing the caliper brackets would be...

Yup, ours is probably almost that old too, and served as our chest freezer for probably five years intermittently. (Our yearly quarter of a cow fills two normal fridge freezers and overflow goes into the Edgestar...) I tried to buy tie down brackets a LONG time ago, and am pretty sure I went...

I know these fridges are getting old but it looks like Whynter is still making them. I recently broke a handle off my (8 year old) fridge and decided I'd make some actual tie downs for it so I don't have to replace another $20 handle... I used 1/8" aluminum, which should be plenty strong...

I'm also a Warn fanboy, but I will say that I've had good luck with recent HF Badlands winches. I think they likely compare favorably with the Warn VM winches, which are also made in the Land of China. Parts are available for Badlands winches, though not likely for as long as Warn, since you...

My buddy also had issues with a 1st gen pathfinder... He swamped it in a "puddle" and subsequently found out that the ECM was under the passenger's seat, and just under water... After finding a replacement, he pulled the harness out from under the carpet and zip tied the ECM to the dash...

I found the same with airbags... They tended to "pogo" the rear of the truck when the suspension compresses over a bump or dip. I ended up adding a leaf and going to overload springs that engage sooner. This did make the empty ride more harsh, but my with-camper ride is way better than it...

That's an interesting setup. No good for trailers, but a fairly reasonable way to achieve braking on a flat towed vehicle... Curious if you can really tell that it's "working" when used... Seems like it would be very sensitive to adjustment, and as it is using brakes with no power assist...

While normal driving may not require their use, ANY emergency stop will be far shorter when using trailer brakes than without them, even with a "fairly light" trailer, which is not light at all compared to the payload of your gladiator. That said, I recommend against using any of the cheaper...

I used to say that if it doesn't have a red "W" on it, it will let you down... I have tempered some since those times, as I've tried out a few other winches and not been let down by them generally. Specifically, I find the Harbor Freight winches to be quite excellent. I use a 5000lb winch...

We've had quite a bit of dust intrusion through the door seals of our truck camper at times. We just shrug and clean it out when it happens, but I'll have to try running the roof vent fan to bring air into the camper on dusty roads. We use it to suck in the soft walls to put the top down, so...

Stock wheels are your best bet for "stuffing" a larger tire into the GMT800's tiny wheel openings. Going to a wheel with not only less backspacing, but more width moves the tire outboard not only by the reduction in backspacing, but also half the increase in width. That causes the outside of...