Hey all -
I'm a new Bronco owner (2-door hardtop Black Diamond/Sasquatch) and I'm looking to connect with people who might be doing off-road trips and/or just meeting to talk Bronco stuff (recommended add-ons, tips, cool merchandise, etc). I live in the Dayton Wright-Patt AFB area, but if you guys get together to meet in person, I could drive for a meet/gathering.
So far, I've only been doing relatively trivial customization (e.g. Molle panels on the interior to stow gear) - I've only had it a few weeks.
I'm super-interested in meeting some folks for off-road trips, or recommendations for off-road destinations. I'm going to restrict myself to relatively mild trails for a while until I get an intuitive sense of where the vehicles' corners are, and where its tires touch the trail (don't want to damage a new vehicle from simple unfamiliarity). I've got some experience off-roading, but haven't done it in a while (3/4 ton full-size pickups are ungainly at best on trails).
Other random questions you guys might be able to help with...
- has anyone been able to find a Bimini (aka "Bikini") top for rain protection with top-off? Running w/out the front half of the roof is cool, but I'd really like to put a hoist on the garage ceiling to remove the back half of the hardtop. But to do that, I want some rain protection for the dash/center-console against pop-up T-storms, and inaccurate weather forecasts (you know the weather here: "If you don't like it, wait half and hour").
- I originally wanted a Badlands for the push-button sway-bar disconnect. I got impatient and bought a vehicle the dealer had in stock (hence the Black Diamond instead of Badlands). Any advice/info on disconnecting Bronco sway-bars before heading out on the trail? I go off-roading as the guide with a Jeep-buddy, and I'm hoping manual sway bar disconnect is as simple on a Bronco as it is on a Jeep, but I'm worried, since Bronco is independent suspension.
- Any other tips, tricks, advice...
I'm a new Bronco owner (2-door hardtop Black Diamond/Sasquatch) and I'm looking to connect with people who might be doing off-road trips and/or just meeting to talk Bronco stuff (recommended add-ons, tips, cool merchandise, etc). I live in the Dayton Wright-Patt AFB area, but if you guys get together to meet in person, I could drive for a meet/gathering.
So far, I've only been doing relatively trivial customization (e.g. Molle panels on the interior to stow gear) - I've only had it a few weeks.
I'm super-interested in meeting some folks for off-road trips, or recommendations for off-road destinations. I'm going to restrict myself to relatively mild trails for a while until I get an intuitive sense of where the vehicles' corners are, and where its tires touch the trail (don't want to damage a new vehicle from simple unfamiliarity). I've got some experience off-roading, but haven't done it in a while (3/4 ton full-size pickups are ungainly at best on trails).
Other random questions you guys might be able to help with...
- has anyone been able to find a Bimini (aka "Bikini") top for rain protection with top-off? Running w/out the front half of the roof is cool, but I'd really like to put a hoist on the garage ceiling to remove the back half of the hardtop. But to do that, I want some rain protection for the dash/center-console against pop-up T-storms, and inaccurate weather forecasts (you know the weather here: "If you don't like it, wait half and hour").
- I originally wanted a Badlands for the push-button sway-bar disconnect. I got impatient and bought a vehicle the dealer had in stock (hence the Black Diamond instead of Badlands). Any advice/info on disconnecting Bronco sway-bars before heading out on the trail? I go off-roading as the guide with a Jeep-buddy, and I'm hoping manual sway bar disconnect is as simple on a Bronco as it is on a Jeep, but I'm worried, since Bronco is independent suspension.
- Any other tips, tricks, advice...
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