What was done to your rig this week?

Installed Olympic front skid-plate and combination light-bar
The installation was straightforward, although the instructions did not cover my Gladiator Sport S specific situation, having a plastic air dam where other models have an actual factory metal skid plate. Removing the air dam was not a problem, however and the Olympic skid plate/light bar bolted right up with the included 16mm headed bolts. I cut the relay, fuse and switch out of the Olympic wiring harness and wired it directly to a 10A fuse in the previously installed BulletPoint AuxBeam control panel. Everything worked from the first push of the switch panel and I'm satisfied especially since I bought the unit at a pretty good discount.
 

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Mike Pierson said:
Great bumper… had it for almost four years and it held up great!
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Why did you get rid of it?
The only think I didnt like was the skid plates. I got it installed before the bumper, then had to take it off to bolt down the winch. But I could only get 4 of the 6 bolts installed. The lower bolt and only 1 of the 2 upper bolts on each side.
 
epriev said:
Why did you get rid of it?
The only think I didnt like was the skid plates. I got it installed before the bumper, then had to take it off to bolt down the winch. But I could only get 4 of the 6 bolts installed. The lower bolt and only 1 of the 2 upper bolts on each side.
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only 4 out of 6 bolts for the winch? or the bumper holding the winch?
 
epriev said:
Why did you get rid of it?
The only think I didnt like was the skid plates. I got it installed before the bumper, then had to take it off to bolt down the winch. But I could only get 4 of the 6 bolts installed. The lower bolt and only 1 of the 2 upper bolts on each side.
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I switched over to EVO gear, otherwise I’d still be running it.

Yeah, the skid plate was a pain in the ass to install. I had to cut some of the upper areas to avoid making contact with the rear of the oem fog lights. Then there was bolting it on, was rough. However, it did a great of protecting stuff down there.
 
Everett said:
Mounted my first Beadlock ever. Feel like i might have gone too cheap on valve stems. Feel like it went in too easy but they do seem to be holding air. Are slime valve stems any good? May go get them for the rest of the wheels…
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Congrats! Regarding the valve stems… You’re going to be fine with the cheapies. They are 100% out of the way with those wheels and millions of those stems are on the road and in junkyards still holding on. Now, if you’re looking for easy and fast air-down valve stems then yeah, may want to hold off till you get some new ones.
 
Everett said:
Mounted my first Beadlock ever. Feel like i might have gone too cheap on valve stems. Feel like it went in too easy but they do seem to be holding air. Are slime valve stems any good? May go get them for the rest of the wheels…
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Congrats. 40s too. Jealous.
Mike Pierson said:
Congrats! Regarding the valve stems… You’re going to be fine with the cheapies. They are 100% out of the way with those wheels and millions of those stems are on the road and in junkyards still holding on. Now, if you’re looking for easy and fast air-down valve stems then yeah, may want to hold off till you get some new ones.
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I’m with Mike. They’ll hold up fine. It is kinda surprising how you pull on them with that tool and they just pop in. I’ve dug into them pretty bad with tree branches and they've never leaked on me. Just make sure the round part is hard up to the inside of the wheel. As long as they are seated, you’ll be good.
 
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