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You'll never know.

You get used to the flares and actually come to appreciate them. With the top off, I think it actually looks pretty bad "ass" from the rear (I see what you did there). But the way it drives and its overall capabilities, it's a small price to pay if they don't agree with you visually..

I like. I often take off the front and passenger panels and there's obviously nowhere to easily store them without putting the rear seats down. As long as the entire rear section would still come off, I'd go for it. Kinda wondering if this'll all be for a Bronco refresh and not for the...

Curious about the roof storage. Is there a bracket made for the passenger rear panel or something? Looks like an amazing trip. I'd hoped to do Engineer last year but alas it didn't happen.

If you still have the dialogue, it might be helpful to some of the AI newbies if you copied/pasted your prompts so they know how to approach it. Great idea though, going to give it a try myself!

How much do you want to spend? I'm a dealer for BC Forged wheels and can answer any questions. They're made to order to your exact size, offset, style and color. There are bead lock and non-bead lock and all are true forgings. They are not inexpensive though but are probably the best value...

Semi-floating is just easier, less expensive and it accounts for thermal expansion in at least one direction. For the intended use, full floating would be massively overkill and you'd never know the difference between the two. I can certainly ask but everything they produce now is...

Possibly. I have an outfit that could likely do two-piece rotors for us that would be relatively affordable in terms of what's available out there now. They wouldn't be Girodisc money and would likely be semi-floating instead of full floating, but the iron rings would be replaceable at a lower...

Six per caliper vs two for the OEM caliper which is a sliding block-style instead of horizontally-opposed pistons. What matters is the swept area, the total area of pad contact with the rotor. A "longer" caliper can have more swept area than a shorter caliper. Pistons are not necessarily...

I lived in SW Florida for about 15 years and used to track at Homestead, PBIR and Sebring in cars and on bikes. I swore off the track stuff as well for many of the same reasons. I know the Florida street scene pretty well so I know what you're referring to! ST had a number of issues there...

They are indeed ST's.

I'm with you on that! The rotor in the photo I posted is actually a carbon ceramic disc designed to handle elevated track temps and more aggressive pads so no need to switch over to iron discs. You could run Pagid RSL1, RSL29, or RSC1 pads. GT3 owners were our #1 customers. The discs use a...

Don't notice a thing. But I'm deaf so...

I looked up the standard Bronco kit and it's not using any spacers to offset the caliper radially. That means it's relying on the caliper for any increase in annulus (swept area) on the rotor face, if there is any. Looking at their parts diagram, the bracket may be cast into the hub, one...

The OEM Braptor calipers and rotors are "street" brakes as well. There's no difference between them and any other two-piece sliding caliper. Hell, BMW uses the same basic design on their M3/M4. I will say the OEM caliper does look fairly stout but I don't have any specs on them to make any...