EVO Trailing Arms on a Jeep Gladiator Truck Allows for BIG Travel and can Bomb Across the Desert

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EVO Trailing Arms on a Jeep Gladiator Truck Allows for BIG Travel and can Bomb Across the Desert

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Жыл бұрын

If bombing across the desert is your idea of off-road fun, you really need a suspension system that can take the abuse of driving hard and fast over rough terrain and soak up the big hits that you're sure to get from taking on whoops. And, it's for this reason that Cindy and I decided to take our then, brand new Jeep JT Gladiator to Off Road Evolution and have them completely transform it with EVO long arms and a double throwdown suspension system. Unfortunately, at the time, this was only available for the front but now, they offer an awesome solution for the rear that compliments it perfectly - trailing arms!
As you may have seen on our recent SEMA video, this new trailing arm system does come complete with a new 40 gallon gas tank, a triangulated 4-link design and King 3.0 coilovers and triple bypass shocks that allow for 22" of vertical travel! And, in this video, you'll get to see us testing it out for the very first time, out in the Mojave Desert and over some really big whoops.
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@jp2246 Жыл бұрын

I expected it to run good but wow, he was flying on those whoops...and they were huge very impressed 👍

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked what you saw :)

@slugger1024 Жыл бұрын

I don't think I stopped smiling the whole video

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - awesome. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

@jthor8373 Жыл бұрын

Holy cow! That's impressive. Even going 50 mph on a washboard road like this with big whoops is no easy feat. Definitely need the right suspension setup to do this.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you're liking what you see :)

@MellowMike112 Жыл бұрын

Dang it Eddie! After all these years of watching your channel and your jeeps evolve into these beautiful rigs, i think I'm going to have to go and get a gladiator for myself.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - it really is an awesome platform to work off of.

@seancaron3323 6 ай бұрын

Love a Sema build that’s actually functional 🔥 This is right up the road from my house, those whoops are a lot bigger than they look in the video 😂

@wayalife 6 ай бұрын

Glad you like what you see and YES, the video doesn't do the whoops justice!

@teranitupfpv Жыл бұрын

ripping! that's alot of weight throwing around like a troughy truck! and straight axle at that! 🤟 good stuff, can't wait to see it on the trails!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

It really is scary how fast you can get going in this big heavy truck now.

@mitchellanderson7369 Жыл бұрын

I don’t think before seeing this video I have ever thought man that jeep can outperform my own. But my jeep could never ever come close to going 60 mph over whoops like that. Extremely impressed.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you like what you see.

@chrislarsen1033 Жыл бұрын

The big smiles and laughs say it all!❤❤

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, you just can't make this stuff up. Hope you're doing well my friend.

@casey3057 Жыл бұрын

Been having a shitty week and then a new Wayalife video pops up and oddly… week just got a whole lot better. This thing was rad before… can’t wait to see it again like this.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear this video was able to help make a bad week a little better. Hope things only continue to get better from here.

@mikepierson3097 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap! That is insane!!! Congrats to you guys and Mel! Nicely done! 🤩

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And yes, it really is insane how awesome this rig with trailing arms is.

@guidok3762 Жыл бұрын

Whow, never seen this before on a Gladiator. Want one 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪💪💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍😍😍😍😍😍

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

It's pretty much the first time it's been done on a Gladiator. Glad you like what you see.

@1a1u0g9t4s2u Жыл бұрын

Mel does great work. He built my JL and I continue to enjoy it and get nice comments from people during my travels. Glad you are enjoying your Gladiator and hope to see you on the trail soon.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you're happy with your JL and yes, be great to see you on the trail.

@Jackal_Blitz Жыл бұрын

Man, maybe I'm tormented from having been on one too many bad roller coasters in my life, but being shaken around like that looks like it would be really tough to enjoy. Mel and his crew have built an incredible rig, I would never say otherwise. I guess I just am struggling to see the appeal of an activity like this. But hey, to each their own though. I'm glad you guys are happy with it!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Clearly, it's not for everyone but there's a certain kind of thrill about driving hard and fast over terrain that should be driven hard and fast over. The danger is real and you can feel it. Also, while the ride would be bone jarring in most Jeeps, the suspension on this does an amazing job of soaking up the hits and making the ride comfortable.

@johnstup4479 Жыл бұрын

That looked like a helluva lot of fun! You all be flying down that road! Heck yeah!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Crazy insane fun! Glad you liked what you saw :)

@David-Drums Жыл бұрын

I could not stop looking at that lose winch cable bouncing around. It was killing me. Lol Amazing Jeep. Wow

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - sorry. Someone was clearly playing with our winch at SEMA. We pulled it in later that day after looking at some of the clips.

@David-Drums Жыл бұрын

That is the most epic Gladiator that’ll ever overland. It’s awesome. Overkill Overlanding. Lol

@John90XJ Жыл бұрын

Saw it at SEMA and got the build specs from Mel; it's impressive. It's a good looking package.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you got to see and appreciate it in person!

@carlstrohm3785 Жыл бұрын

First-Damn that rig is sweet! Second-I heard the outta the box comment, so either the front is at full droop or the front rebound needs to be a little faster for those speeds. It's a little hard to tell in the video. Either way it's truly amazing to see a Gladiator run like that. 👍 👍

@NaritasanStudios Жыл бұрын

Awesome build!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it :)

@davidbishop4015 Жыл бұрын

What an awesome Jeep. Good luck with it. Stay safe.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@TheRambler-pz1gx Жыл бұрын

Mel seems like a genuinely cool dude.

@jeradmiller4575 Жыл бұрын

I did not expect you to thrash on it like that! Impressive!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - I prefer to say that we were using it for what it was built for 😎

@j.r.1426 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Job!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@310to703 Жыл бұрын

amazing shots of the gladiator! looks like so much fun!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed our video.

@konstantinosiordanou Жыл бұрын

There are no words!!! Simply amazing! 🤯🤯🤯

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad to hear you're liking what you see.

@teddonley9594 Жыл бұрын

Mel and the gang at EVO are second to none!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

👍

@cokreeate Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite JT of all time.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear it :)

@EngiTrek Жыл бұрын

The only terrain this truck can’t handle would be where it physically doesn’t fit. So awesome!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL

@patrickjamesmcb Жыл бұрын

I think an ever so slightly stiffer spring or valving in the front would make it perfect... but that is just nit picking from what it looks like on video. Probably not worth messing with being how good it works already. Looks insanely fun.

@drew61377 Жыл бұрын

From a JT owner that's a badass truck, if the front had more travel it would sweeten the deal for sure.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Up front, you can technically get more droop but drive line bind is the limiting factor.

@a2r7n6 Жыл бұрын

What fun! Awesome work. And understandable comment: "without a cage." 😁

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - oh yeah, you can really get stupid fast in this Jeep now and one mistake could lead to a world of hurt.

@mauricewrangler8554 Жыл бұрын

Dang for a second i thought you guys were going to hit that big hill at the end lol! Supper cool regardless

@brianb6603 Жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual!!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@darrend5741 Жыл бұрын

Take my money! Baddest Gladiator around. Great video. I’ll be buying that auxiliary fuel tank as soon as it it available 👍

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - awesome

@xTinBenderX Жыл бұрын

Epic build. Mel always with the cutting edge builds. Awesome to see how far y'all continue to grow! Seen the JL/JT platform roll and it's pretty stout. Stay safe out here!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you like what you see.

@yovydya Жыл бұрын

Build it! I had a two door 1988 Jeep Comanche, best vehicle I ever had!

@nyareyes8618 Жыл бұрын

A simple JKU rolling 35’s is all we desire. Heck a Willy’s with 20 some odds totally crushes the cool factor.

@billwaterhouse5894 Жыл бұрын

Wow Eddie...just wow

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - kinda how I still feel too :)

@Pantovinator Жыл бұрын

The fact that this works with a tonneau cover too is so sickkkkkkkk.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - yup. That is a perk for sure.

@rickaccurso Жыл бұрын

That was awesome, so impressed what those guys can do at EVO.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Mel and his guys at EVO work wonders for sure :)

@adrianmunoz-bosquez9700 Жыл бұрын

Whoa im cancelling my side by side and getting this suspension!!! Amazing!!!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - I would too. With this, you can drive to the trail in comfort, AC, stereo, wheel it hard and the drive home again and take it to work or the grocery store after.

@Frostytravels Жыл бұрын

Well that was different. Awesome runs. Nothing like speed man...lol

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@Frostytravels Жыл бұрын

@@wayalife it was great....love speed..lol

@upwings Жыл бұрын

That looks like a lot of fun!!!! Awesome work Mel!!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah it is :)

@Jeepsterrick0131 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Been waiting for this video!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

@Francisco.perezjr Жыл бұрын

Wow! That’s just naughty!!!😂 definitely a well put together set up!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - glad to hear you like what you see :)

@mikefrench5844 Жыл бұрын

That is so amazing to do that on those big ole heavy 42's and it sucked it up like a trophy truck. Hopefully I'm next for a test and tune. I'm chomping at the bit for 5 months now. Should be this week!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Awesome! You're gonna love it 👍

@99stomperjccollins54 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I think a quality roll cage is due next! I would hate for it to cross up at speed and go cart wheeling without one. My Gladiator can only dream of one day being as cool!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - we are talking to Mel about it now. You really can get going scary fast in this thing now.

@max7143 Жыл бұрын

Front looks like it could use some tuning and some more uptravel. Cool build for sure!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

The front only has 12.5" of vertical travel. The rear has 22".

@woodystubb686 Жыл бұрын

Now this is freaking awesome 👍👍👍

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you liked what you saw :)

@TYZR4ME Жыл бұрын

Bad Ass Eddie!!! Hope to see it in the desert one day.....

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you like what you see and it would be great to meet you some day.

@martinklaus2203 Жыл бұрын

I need this for my Gladiator!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - it really is awesome.

@michaelpark4120 Жыл бұрын

"......It's just stupid!" 😂😂😂

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL

@doorkicker8507 Жыл бұрын

I need this setup on my gladiator. Thing is awesome 🤩

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - happy to hear you're liking what you see :)

@osvaldosanchez5265 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this one and wow!!!! Will Evo be putting out a complete kit? I need this in my life! Drove my Mojave to Glamis from Florida and was kinda bummed out on the performance on the whoops. This will rectify that in a huge way!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, this kit would have made your trip to Glamis a lot nicer.

@brianhawkins184 Жыл бұрын

Dang it! Not even done watching the video and I’m selling my house, buying a gladiator and upgrading to these mods! I’ll figure out the housing situation later! 😂

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - too funny

@borneorcfilm Жыл бұрын

wow nice and great video sir 👍👍👍

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Happy to hear you enjoyed it.

@StormbornJKU Жыл бұрын

Well you’ve got the go fast trophy truck side down. I look forward to watching you crawl with the new rear setup now!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Crawling should be better being that we now have so much more travel in the rear. We'll show it but I can assure you it'll be HUGE flex.

@StormbornJKU Жыл бұрын

@@wayalife oh I know, I just want to see it!

@mromero911 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap this is beautiful… my toxic trait is thinking that I can do this with my jt that has 2.0 fox shocks 😂

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - you can always try 👍

@Casey250 Жыл бұрын

This is insane. Even by my standards!😍

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - glad you like what you see :)

@matrix311 Жыл бұрын

So badass!!

@tumbes2000 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it. Great job!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@MrCrayonkid 2 ай бұрын

That's sick!

@wayalife 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like what you see 😎

@furious7515 Жыл бұрын

Impressive JT! Well done everyone!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you like what you see.

@Glogio65 Жыл бұрын

badass rig!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@casey3057 Жыл бұрын

Mel… “we shouldn’t be doing this…. Laughs” fucking awesome.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - right? 🤣

@Nick.Barnes Жыл бұрын

This is badass!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked what you saw :)

@OlafKilthau Жыл бұрын

That looks to be a great rig for prerunning!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

It's definitely built for it now 👍

@stephencarbajal5657 Жыл бұрын

I think there's only one problem now!? The gladiator needs a V8🤣🤣🤣 that's so amazing!🔥

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - it's in the works :)

@edikeets Жыл бұрын

Dude it's running sweet!!♥️😁🤙🌻

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. we love it.

@GoXplr Жыл бұрын

That is one impressive rig there sir !

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@adz762 Жыл бұрын

Man, what a rig!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you like what you see :)

@jesusjuice7592 Жыл бұрын

so amazing love it

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you like what you see.

@adrian137777 Жыл бұрын

That's freaking awesome 👌🏼 👏🏼

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Glad you like what you see :)

@Ali_Mansour_Editor Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! Looks like it’s working great.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend, long time no see! Yes, Mel really nailed it with this setup.

@riotmaxxx1984 Жыл бұрын

I hope the build video is on the works. Love your gladiator, guys! 👌🏽

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, we had a lot going on during most of the build and wasn't able to film it. Really sorry about that.

@ala8649 Жыл бұрын

yesssssssssssssssssss awesome stuff!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@dominicportillo1 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see how it performs out on the rocks. A lot more testing And videos hopefully coming soon

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

We'll make a video of that.

@edshepherd4844 Жыл бұрын

Wow Fantastic 😁

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you like what you see.

@vinjkdiesel3122 Жыл бұрын

Bad Ass bro...Enjoy!!! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jdiator1047 Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's awesome guys. ✌️

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@PONO-go3ee Жыл бұрын

Really Close to a 5100 Class. Nice ,

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - awesome

@anthonygendron9737 Жыл бұрын

Now we need to see it crawl.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, we'll get to that and really, it should do better than it did before.

@Sam1986E Жыл бұрын

perfect setup!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

We're super happy with it.

@schweglerd Жыл бұрын

Can we declare officially that this is the coolest white jeep. This is how we should break down coolest...by color.

@ortiz73caify Жыл бұрын

Nice upgrade happy for you.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Been waiting a long time to get it.

@user-sg7rl4ez2q Жыл бұрын

Wow !!!!Great!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@michaelw2304 Жыл бұрын

thats freak'n insane for a Gladiator

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

It really is amazing!

@simonpetertherock Жыл бұрын

And just when I thought I was done with my Jeep... 🤣

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

You're never done LOL

@joshleal9811 Жыл бұрын

God damm!!! That is impressive. Love it.

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you're impressed with what you see :)

@rosettadimaria2001 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Jeep

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@alexandera3200 Жыл бұрын

I want such a car suspension for my Gladiator!!! Super!!!

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

You would love it.

@alexandera3200 Жыл бұрын

@@wayalife Thanks!!!

@shager350z Жыл бұрын

Man, you remind me of an old friend Ithat used to work at on command with me. I’m not sure if it’s you, but if it is please reach out by the way awesome build that Gladator is unbelievable.😊

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don't think I'm the same guy but glad you liked the video.

@fwschnaar3179 Жыл бұрын

Eddie riding with Mel at Speed … “ Did ya see that? … No! … Did ya se that ? …No! … Did ya see that? … No! … How about that? … NO! Such is Life when everything is a Blur ! 🤔😳🤪

@wayalife Жыл бұрын

LOL - yeah, that's about right.