Does size matter? Today we're gonna find out! I'm gonna show you a Gladiator lift
that is not too tall, but it looks really great.
Hey everybody! I'm Bubba with Exodus... well I don't know. We've got to change our name! I'll get
back to that in a minute. Today I'm going to show you a Jeep Gladiator with an EVO
Manufacturing two and a half inch Overland Stage Four Plus with King
shocks. That's a mouthful, right? But that is actually the description of the
whole suspension system. Just kind of walk you through it because it's a
really awesome suspension. It feels really great and it looks great. Let's
walk around it now.
Bonus time! Since I know everybody's gonna ask about this Jeep, anyways.
The General Lee! The customer's build. Just time to do some maintenance on it and he
brought it in to us just to do a once over on it and change out a bunch of stuff that
was worn out. So we'll do a walk around it real quick show you how cool it is.
So first thing's first - customer calls me up. He has a brand new 2020 Jeep
Gladiator Rubicon. He works in the oil and gas industry. He uses this thing every
day at work, so he doesn't want too much lift on it because he's gonna be
reaching in the back of his truck and getting tools out all day. We got to
think small. He also wants to run 37 inch Nitto Trail Grapplers, so we got to
run enough lift to clear that. Best lift that comes to mind is the EVO
Manufacturing two and a half inch system. On a Rubicon, they do come with Highline
fenders, so running 37s doesn't require a whole lot of lift on them, but two and a
half inches is almost perfect. And in fact, anything less than that, you're
probably gonna start running into rubbing issues. So we want to put a good shock
system on it as well, which we chose to go with the King Shocks. Remote Reservoir
shocks on it. Now let's check out these wheels and tires. Pretty much standard
stuff, right, for us. We love the Nitto Trail Grapplers. He went a little bit
different went with the Icon wheels. I can't remember the exact name... um I bet
you somebody will throw that up on the screen right now, though... and he went with
bronze. This is actually an accident that this happened because he was going to go
with the stock wheels, but I have another build in the shop right now, a JL UR,
that the customer wanted these wheels, and they decided to go with a different wheel.
So we had these here on hand already, and it just looks great against the red! We
rolled 'em out and put 'em up against the color and he was like, "oh yeah, I
gotta have them!" So we went with the the Icon bronze wheels. Let me know what you
think. We're gonna throw the poll up right now and you tell me whether you
like this combination or not. We also went with Stage Four, so we got all the
control arms in there. Really gives us the most adjustability in the suspension.
And we went with the Overland Enforcer package, so it comes with the drop
brackets in the front. What I like about the drop brackets on these kits is that
it kind of retains that stock geometry - even just going two and a half inches.
Because, quite honestly, the only difference between this kit and a four
and a half inch set up is the springs. I believe that we can reuse these same
shocks with a four and a half inch setup. So if the customer decides one day he
wants to add a little lift to it, we just gotta throw in the four and a half inch
springs, make some adjustments on the control arms,
correct the driveline angles and the caster in the front and he's good to go!
Think about that when you're choosing your your setups. The other thing was
kind of cool that we added to it was this Baja Designs 40 inch light bar in
amber. We'll also be adding a 30 inch amber bar in the back because he spends
so much time on dirt roads. And if you've ever been out in the West Texas oil
field, it gets pretty dusty so you want to be
able to light something up amber that's gonna cut through that fog or that dust
and let others see. It's more about others seeing you than you seeing others.
40-inch amber light bar up here in the front with the Baja Designs cowl mount.
Really simple install. Up here we tied it into his factory up fitter switches and
then same thing on the rear - we'll add that 30 inch amber bar in the back right
into his factory switches, as well. In addition to the lift, we also installed
an EVO Manufacturing truss on the front axle. Those big old 37 inch Trail
Grapplers running on some dirt roads out in West Texas are gonna put a lot of
stress on that, so we want to be sure to build in some insurance up there to
cover that front axle disconnect and a little bit of strength to it. Now don't
get me wrong, I don't think it's a hundred percent bulletproof after this,
but it definitely, definitely adds strength to it and it will give you a
little bit more peace of mind when you're out there driving around on it.
Alright so in addition to the wheels and lift and the lights that we installed on
this guy's Gladiator, we also installed this really cool Leitner rack. If you want
to check that out, go to the next video and if you have any comments about this
build, be sure to let us know. Really want to know what you think about it.