Can you use 2019 Gladiator Wheels on a 2007 Commander?

JohnGault said:

Fit my 06 Sport perfectly and look great too! View attachment 43039

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Did you use wheel spacers ?

Looking at Gladiator wheels right now.
Some say they are a direct bolt-on , others are saying the are not.

Ok Thanks JohnGalt. I'll be picking up the set tomorrow and will find out soon enough if wheel spacers are needed. Don't really mind if I have to put spacers on but would rather not. Scored a set from a 2020 Gladiator including the unused spare for $120 so I shouldn't complain. Also replaced the strut/spring assemblies about 2 months ago and it raised the front a full inch. I'll post an update if I have any clearance problems.

hessz24 said:

I struggled hard core with my lift. Couldn’t get the bottom Clevis bolt through bushing on lower control arm. Took a lot of jacking, pushing down and a pry bar through clevis to “twist” clevis to push Bolt in. It was a nightmare. Everything else was easy except that bolt .

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Soaked both of the ones on my Commander with PB Blaster the day before doing the job. They came out easily. Unbolted the calipers from the spindle and hung them up and had plenty of room to get the lower control arm down ,was thinking the same thing as you stated as I have read that some guys had issues getting the strut unit in with the 2" spacer in place. Will see how things go over the next few days, I know the strut comes out easy with the clevis bolted to it, some guys put the clevis in place and then jockey the strut in to it. Lift kit was also ordered and will be here tomorrow, I'll have a busy day on Thursday. LOL

OUCH !!!!!

hessz24 said:

Good luck hope it works out well for you. It took me 9 hours to do struts and shocks with 2” lift, upper and lower control arms. I had to cut my old clevis bolts out. I tried bolting clevis on first and sliding strut in, but way too much of an angle. After I worked on drivers side for hours, the passenger side was a lot easier now that I know what I’m doing. Sucks I gotta tear passenger side back apart this weekend since I tore the inner and outer cv boot🤦🏼‍♂️

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It took me about 90 minutes each side to mount the struts (without the lift kit block on top of the strut). Finally got everything here yesterday to do the job, the lift kit took an extra day to get here. Too late to mess with it today in case I run in to any issues, plus I'm working on it outside. I just hope it goes relatively smooth. The good part is that it's a Florida vehicle and everything came apart relatively easy with no rusty bolts.The bad part is it's supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow. LOL

hessz24 said:

I just tore my passenger side all back apart to change the cv. Took me 2.5 hours to do everything plus I installed new sway bar bushings and endlinks. Hopefully this is the last time for a while I have to tear into it.

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Hopefully you can get a break for awhile ! You will enjoy the links and bushings. I'll be swapping out the front and rear links and the front bushings also. They are sitting right beside me waiting to go on.

hessz24 said:

Well….. gotta tear it apart agin, inner cv boot leaking grease everywhere in less than 24hrs. Great quality parts , should’ve just rebuilt my original cv.

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Damn !!!