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Mad Max

Jeep Gladiator on mountain pass
Meet Mad Max Off-Road Mods
An in depth look at offroad modifications to this 2020 Jeep Gladiator Sport


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Front Bumper

This was the first thing I ever bought for the jeep. I have been trying to find what bumper this is, but can't seem to find it anywhere. was a budget option, but I have been very happy with it. If anyone recognizes this bumper and can pass along the manufacturer please send me an email or put it out on the forum.

Front Bumper

Rock Sliders

Rock Hard Patriot Series Tube Slider rocker Guards. I don't take many hits on them, but when it happens they do their job without deforming. I have the angled up option to provide more protection. They also make a great step for getting things out of my roof storage. The angled up option does make it hard to use as a step into the vehicle. since the foot placement will need to be higher.

Rock Hard Patriot Series Tube Slider rocker Guards

Front Sway Bar Quick Disconnect

Teraflex Quick Disconnect for the front sway bar. I don't have a Rubicon, so I manually disconnect the front sway bar all the time. These make it much easier and are easilly worth the money in my book.

Teraflex Quick Disconnect for the front sway bar

Shocks

Teraflex Falcon SP2 3.1 Piggyback shocks. These are fairly new, but I just finished a month long off road trip with 20 days doing trails from Texas to  Moab and they performed great. I skipped getting the really fancy ones that you can easily change the settings because I am too lazy to actually change settings on my steering stabilizer, so I figured I would not change settings on these either. I am very happy with their performance both on and off road.

Teraflex Falcon SP2 3.1 Piggyback shocks

Bed Rack

Maximus 3 Overland Bed Rack. I love the look of this thing and it has held up with my RTT on top over some hard trails. Having full rear view was important to me and this rack enabled be to not have to have the crossbeam obscuring my view. My only issue is that when I was putting it together some of the bolts did not line up and I was not able to use them all. Even with some bolts missing it handles the weight I have some squeaking going on though. 

Maximus 3 Overland Bed Rack

Rear Bumper

Motobuilt crusher rear bumper:

3/16" laser cut steel bumper with corner frame mounts. I beat the heck out of this beast and a few scratches is all the damage I have to show for it. the bumper does an outstanding job protecting the body! A can of black spray paint and it is good as new. the bumper comes bare metal, so you will need to either paint or powder coat it yourself. I chose to prime and paint it myself because I knew I would be taking a lot of hard hits. Makes the touch-up even easier since I overbought on spray paint.. 

Motobuilt crusher rear bumper

2.5" suspension Lift

Clayton Offroad Overland Plus 2.5" suspension system. I absolutely love this suspension. Handles great on and off road. Super durable, plenty of travel, and low maintenance. Only drawback was that I kept bending the rear swaybar connections. Swapped that out for the Teraflex rear sway bar system listed below on this page and problem is solved.

Clayton Offroad Overland Plus 2.5" suspension system

Rear Sway Bar

Teraflex Forged S/T Rear Sway Bar Kit. I kept taking out the connections for the rear sway bar and decided to invest in this system when I ripped through the frame mount. I was worried that it might not handle the weight well at Hi-way speed, but it does great on and off road. I have not tested it scientifically, but I believe it adds more Flex. 

Teraflex Forged S/T Rear Sway Bar

Tires & Rims

Rims are straight stock steel rims. Tires are Kenda Cleaver 35" MT. I bought the tires online through Walmart. I have tested on mud, rock, dirt, and everything imaginable. They have performed very well and lasted 45K miles. I am now on my second set. They are also narrow and fit the stock rims without any issues. 

Kenda Klever Tires 35MT

Lighting

Changed everything over to LED. Morimoto  headlights, Diode Dynamics switchback running lights, and Oracle tail lights. Very happy with all of them.

Jeep front lighting
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