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So I picked up my Bronco Badsquatch this past Monday, no markup, about $1k under msrp, and was sooo excited to get her home after waiting 8 months since ordering and knowing how many fine folks are in queue waiting for much longer than me for theirs.
The first things I did to mine was apply paint sealant, spray everywhere underneath with rust proof spray, and make some custom mud flaps for the front wheels. I'm not a fan of the way mud flaps typically look however after seeing some horror stories on this forum and knowing how many gravel roads I traverse decided they were necessary. Here are the finished mud flaps, they cost about $80 for the flaps and hardware:
Next was to take some more learned info from this forum and unlock sport mode and turn off the double honk when exiting the vehicle with a key while it's running (super annoying when off roading). Forscan (foreskin as my wife calls it) is such a great tool and really lucky we have this. Sport mode is an awesome mode and I love how responsive the right foot gets and the transmissions more aggressive shifting but I won't get into that much till the truck has a few more kilometres on it. I also moved my 70Mai pro dashcam from my Jeep to the Bronco.
This thing (2.7) is not fast off the line in first gear, but second gear onwards hauls butt and it has plenty of grunt even fully loaded up with us, recovery gear, and three dogs.
The B&O stereo is great and I can't see myself ever wanting more and I grew up in the car stereo competition scene, have built many car stereo systems over the years, and have no complaints here for a factory system.
A few more build items: I'm still waiting on the hood protector and some Rhino D6 side steps which are at my sisters across the border. Also will be installing the rear fold down table this week. Last thing I'm waiting on is the Panda power module to be shipped.
We got to take our Bronco off road for the first time today and got some pics and dash cam footage. I only make these videos to share with friends and family once in a while as I don't like to live through a camera. This forum has been like a family for quite a long time now though so I'll share some of the pics and video here too .
This is a very easy trail so long as the ice isn't too bad and today we only used 4 high with the sway bar disconnected when going slower. The tires were aired down to 23psi which gave us tons of grip and a pretty smooth ride. We did use the sliders underneath on a few large unseen rocks and this can be heard on one of the clips but looking underneath when we got back home there wasn't anything interesting there. Also ice buildup makes the proximity sensors go haywire but fortunately there's a disable button. Here's the footage for your enjoyment:
Oh yeah and almost everyone we passed on the way back from the end of the trail was smiling and waving, lots of friendly folks out today - cheers!
The first things I did to mine was apply paint sealant, spray everywhere underneath with rust proof spray, and make some custom mud flaps for the front wheels. I'm not a fan of the way mud flaps typically look however after seeing some horror stories on this forum and knowing how many gravel roads I traverse decided they were necessary. Here are the finished mud flaps, they cost about $80 for the flaps and hardware:
Next was to take some more learned info from this forum and unlock sport mode and turn off the double honk when exiting the vehicle with a key while it's running (super annoying when off roading). Forscan (foreskin as my wife calls it) is such a great tool and really lucky we have this. Sport mode is an awesome mode and I love how responsive the right foot gets and the transmissions more aggressive shifting but I won't get into that much till the truck has a few more kilometres on it. I also moved my 70Mai pro dashcam from my Jeep to the Bronco.
This thing (2.7) is not fast off the line in first gear, but second gear onwards hauls butt and it has plenty of grunt even fully loaded up with us, recovery gear, and three dogs.
The B&O stereo is great and I can't see myself ever wanting more and I grew up in the car stereo competition scene, have built many car stereo systems over the years, and have no complaints here for a factory system.
A few more build items: I'm still waiting on the hood protector and some Rhino D6 side steps which are at my sisters across the border. Also will be installing the rear fold down table this week. Last thing I'm waiting on is the Panda power module to be shipped.
We got to take our Bronco off road for the first time today and got some pics and dash cam footage. I only make these videos to share with friends and family once in a while as I don't like to live through a camera. This forum has been like a family for quite a long time now though so I'll share some of the pics and video here too .
This is a very easy trail so long as the ice isn't too bad and today we only used 4 high with the sway bar disconnected when going slower. The tires were aired down to 23psi which gave us tons of grip and a pretty smooth ride. We did use the sliders underneath on a few large unseen rocks and this can be heard on one of the clips but looking underneath when we got back home there wasn't anything interesting there. Also ice buildup makes the proximity sensors go haywire but fortunately there's a disable button. Here's the footage for your enjoyment:
Oh yeah and almost everyone we passed on the way back from the end of the trail was smiling and waving, lots of friendly folks out today - cheers!
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