Meet Minty, my 2dr on 37's, "Vintage" Build Thread!

[Mirage]

OK, I'm running a little behind on my build thread, but if you missed my intro thread, it can be found here:
New Badlands SAS LUX Owner!

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UPDATED as of January 2026:
The mods I've done, from May 2024 to current, (yes, I did everything myself, except spraying the hardtop, but helped with that process!) are below:

Suspension:
4WP/ProComp Tubular Front UCA's
4WP/ProComp 2.5" VSRT Rear Coilovers
4WP/ProComp 2.5" VSRT Front Coilovers
Spanner Wrench for 4WP/ProComp Coilovers
3/4" Mikellis Body Lift
Broken Innovation Diff Drop Kit - Fully Welded M210
MetalCloak Duroflex Adjustable Control Arms, Rear, Full Set
MetalCloak Rear Durotrak Adjustable Track Bar
RC Tie Rod Upgrade Kit Forged
RC Rack & Pinion Bushing Kit

Wheels/Tires:
JKS Max Tire Clearance Kit
M12 x 1.5 Lug Nut Set of 24 | Chrome
Fifteen52 Analog HD Classic White Wheels 17x8.5 0mm Offset
Mickey Thompson Baja Boss 37/12.50 Mud Terrain Tires
Valve Stem-Mounted TPMS Sensor with Metal Valve
New FoMoCo Front Caliper, (my stock one exploded)
New FoMoCo Front Drivers Axle, (original one destroyed itself...)

Armor:
LoD Black Ops Shorty Winch Front Bumper
LoD Black Ops Front Bumper Bull Bar
Barricade HD Rear Bumper with LED Fog Lights
MetalCloak M220 [3rd Gen D44] Rear Differential Skid Plate
MetalCloak Front Lower Control Arm Skid Plates
MetalCloak Rear Shock Skid Plates
MetalCloak Rear Lower Control Arm Bolt On Skid Plates
MetalCloak M220 "M" Rear Differential Cover
MetalCloak UnderCloak Integrated Armor System

Body:
Gloss White Vintage Style Front Grille
Custom FORD Grille Letters
KBD 4 Piece Polyurethane Fender Flares
Heritage Spear Stripe Kit; White
DV8 Rear License Plate Relocation Bracket
Barricade HD Tire Carrier With Mount
4qt Raptor Lining Spray Kit - White
Raptor Application Gun
Raptor Adhesion Promoter 1K Aerosol
Ford Performance Fender Emblem Silver Bronco Script, Pair
FORD Bronco UV Printed Metal License Plate Frame
Votex 14" Rubber Antenna Green Carbon Fiber
Rugged Radio Antenna Coax Cable Cap
Mountains2Metal Front Camera Relocate Kit with Camera Relocate Cover
Hooke Road Rear Inner Fender Liners
BluMak3D Trail Sight Deletes
The Minty Sticker

Interior:
Tint Ceramic Plus - All 6 Windows
Weathertech DigitalFit Front Floor Liners for Vinyl Floors; Black
Bulletpoint RubiGrid Platform Dash Mount
ARB ARB4297 Air Systems Inflation Case Black Series II Travel Bag
RedRock Tailgate MOLLE Panel
Custom Built Rear Cargo Storage Area
DV8 Rear Storage Compartment
Rear Seats/Belts Completely Removed
DDI Adjustable Front Seat Jackers
DDI Right Angle Bracket and Clockable Extension (for my bang-bang)
DDI Front Multi-Mount Panel
DDI Quick Drop Fire Extinguisher Mount
StickerFab Sun Visor Warning Overlays
StickerFab Printed Series Interior Under Steering Wheel Fuses Label
StickerFab GOAT Mode Dial Ring Overlay V1 in Badlands Orange
Rear Door Glass Defroster Covers
120 Universal Stickers for Switch Panels
2023 Ford Bronco Owners Manual User Guide (Printed)
BuiltRight Industries MOLLE Rear Compatible Cargo Panels
Rugged Radio GMR25 Waterproof Two-Way GMRS Mobile Radio Kit
ROCKWORKX Hard Top Quick Removal D-Ring Thumb Screws; Orange
SLEE - ARB Jack Mount
RedRock Front Door Storage Cage
RedRock Paracord Grab Handles; Orange
Element E100 Fire Extinguisher

Recovery/OBA:
WARN 10k Zeon Winch
Factor 55 Flatlink Black
ARB Twin Air Compressor
ARB Misc. OBA Fittings
ARB Portable Tire Inflation Kit
ARB Snatch Block Recovery Pulley
ARB Soft Rope Recovery Connect Shackles
ARB Offroad Winch Cable Recovery Damper
ARB Bow Shackles
ARB ARB601 Digital Tire Pressure Gauge with Braided Hose and Chuck, Inflator/Deflator
ARB Premium Recovery Winch Offroad Work Gloves
ARB Jack 48"
ARB Jack Base
ARB 2-1/8" x 60' Purple Winch Extension Strap
ARB 3-1/4" x 30' Orange Recovery Snatch Strap
ARB 3"x10' Green Tree Trunk Protector
Ford Lumen 4/7 Pin Trailer Hitch Wiring Harness
Broaddict Class III 2" Towing Hitch
DV8 Elite Series 3/4" D-Ring Shackles
Over-Sand Fully Adjustable Automatic Tire Deflators
ARB Speedy Seal Tire Repair Kit
ARB E-Z Deflator Kit

Performance/Under Hood:
ASS Eliminator
Mishimoto Intercooler - Black
aFe Power BladeRunner Aluminum Hot and Cold Charge Pipe Kit
Superchips Pulsar XT Inline Tuning Module
Turbosmart Kompact EM VR19 Dual Port Blow Off Valve
StickerFab Acrylic Laser Series Fuse Box Lid Label Plate
MRT Hood Struts
S&B Cold Air Intake x/Cotton Cleanable Filter
AWE 0FG Cat-Back Exhaust with BashGuard
Ronin Factory Easy Oil Drain Kit
T-Case Module Bracket (Accidentally threw my old one away)
American Adventure Lab Battery Cutoff and MAXI Fuse Kit (For Winch Power On/Off)
KR Off-Road ARB Compressor Engine Bay Mount
KR Off-Road ARB Compressor & Air Coupler Switch Bracket

Lighting:
Oracle Flush Mount LED Tail Lights; Black Housing; Red Clear Lens
Base Model LED Headlights
OEM Fog Lights

Might have forgotten some small things, I'll add if I remember?
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Originally, I didn't want a Green Bronco, but life changes you sometimes and that's what I ended up with about 1.5 weeks ago

This Bronco belonged to my local groups' president, he bought it new in June 2023. He only took it offroad once, in August 2023 and it was a super easy trail. He mostly just drove it back and forth to work/home everyday. He put about 12k miles on it in 9 months.

He was about to go to the 2024 Super Celebration East, but wanted another Raptor... So, the local Ford dealership made a deal with him on a 24 Raptor, if he traded in the Green Badlands, since he had already bought multiple Raptor Bronco's from this dealership, multiple times!

Here it is when we were looking at it, at the dealership:

And here we are sitting in Culver's parking lot, during a massive thunderstorm, on the way home! Wife and I were trying to figure out what all the buttons did, LOL!

And what she (the Bronco) looked like after the storm and when we got home.

A few days later, I got all 6 windows tinted.

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[Mirage]

The day we bought it, I immediately started ordering parts! Bumpers, HD Rear Tire Carrier, Metalcloak 2.5" Lift, Exhaust, Wheels, Superchips Pulsar XT Inline Tuning Module, CAI, Intercooler, Hot/Cold Charge Pipes, Turbosmart BOV, Other Misc. Stuff.

Boxes started pouring in last week and this week so far as well.

 

[Mirage]

Last Friday afternoon/night I started working on the Bronco after work. All I was planning on installing was the new rear bumper, tow hitch and exhaust. Started about 5pm Friday afternoon and finished about 1am Saturday morning... Getting the trailer wiring installed was a nightmare, as was the license plate relocator, (which I plan to remove and replace with something different soon)!

 

[Mirage]

Saturday morning, I got my almost new 37" Mickey Thompson Baja Boss tires installed on my new 17x8.5 0 offset Fifteen52 wheels!

A few hours later, once I recovered some energy, from working all night Friday... I decided to install the JKS Max Tire kit, which was a little nerve wrecking at first, but I managed, LOL!

Comparison with and without OEM front body mount...

 

[Mirage]

Sunday morning, I decided to do some simple installs, boy was I wrong on the word, "simple"....

Easy upgrades installed:

This "upgrade" wasn't too difficult to paint match, but the final fitment sucked!

I had an ARB Twin Compressor on my Wrangler, that I sure the hell wasn't going to let the dealer have, so, I installed a Grimm Offroad ARB Twin Mount under the hood. Getting the compressor on the mount wasn't bad. The instructions weren't that great though. Getting the mount installed on the Broncos' fender, however, was a PITA! Then, my compressor trigger wire came unplugged and it just added to the nightmare!

Installed MRT Hood Struts too

 

[Mirage]

Until this weekend, that's all the progress for now. I have my front LOD winch bumper to install. I kept my Warn winch from my Wrangler too. I have some other things that I hope show up before this weekend?

 

[KRAKEN]

I'd say, "That's pretty good progress... keep on truckin". Looking good.

 

[Russ.Cere]

EG Club!

 

[Mirage]

I have done a ton to this beast since my last post! I've just been so tired, I haven't had the energy to update the thread... I will try my best to update everything tomorrow?

 

[KRAKEN]

...don't leave us hanging

 

[the poacher]

Last Friday afternoon/night I started working on the Bronco after work. All I was planning on installing was the new rear bumper, tow hitch and exhaust. Started about 5pm Friday afternoon and finished about 1am Saturday morning... Getting the trailer wiring installed was a nightmare, as was the license plate relocator, (which I plan to remove and replace with something different soon)!

The sound of the Flowmaster FX is one of the best, great choice as I know you will like it.

 

[Mirage]

...don't leave us hanging

I don't mean to be, just busy all weekend with the Bronco! This weekend will be no different! I'm about to update whatever I can tonight, before beddy-bye

 

[Mirage]

The sound of the Flowmaster FX is one of the best, great choice as I know you will like it.

I didn't like it at first, but after a few weeks of driving on it, I like it much better. Although, I wish I'd bought a high clearance exhaust instead. I might install these on my wife's HEL next month and order a high clearance for mine

 

[Mirage]

Alright yall, time to update over my last 2 weekends of additions to the Bronco!

Saturday, June 1st, I got some Base LED Headlights from @AntiMatterSAS and I finally got my IAG Vintage Gloss White Grille, so I tore the front end off the Bronco and added them first!

There's 2 different styles of parking light covers. I like the ones I picked, but the other ones cover the whole parking light, but it protrudes into the headlight ring... :/

Next, I removed the OEM intercooler and installed Mishimoto's intercooler

Next up, I started installing LoD's Black O.P. Shorty Winch Front Bumper with Skid Plate. For whatever reason, a lot of people don't like this bumper, but it's the best looking one, to me, that's heavy duty and very functional. I'm not a fan of all these crazy ass looking bumpers...

Back together for Saturday night!

 

[Mirage]

Sunday, June 2nd, I was worn out and hadn't planned to do much....

I took the OEM Sasquatch Fender Flares off!

I then installed KBD Vintage Fender Flares! I was going to paint match them Green, but when I was test fitting them, they looked much better in natural Black!

I ended up installing the Auto Start/Stop unit, because their company would only let me return it for a refund, but take a 30% restock fee and me pay shipping back.... For something that was $100 shipped, it wasn't worth that much of a loss for me to return it. This was before I had a new version of Forscan, but it's ok, LOL!

I also installed Superchips Pulsar XT Unit, mostly for the tire size change and the built in "Pedal Commander" option, since Pedal Commander doesn't have anything for a 2023 yet... I kinda liked having to tie into the MAP, Boost PSI and throttle pedal. I sat it to Sport level and there's no "lag" feel anymore. I don't care about fuel mileage, you don't buy a vehicle like this for fuel mileage, LOL!

I also installed my Bulletpoint Rubigard Mounting Device

Then, last Thursday, June 6th, I got home from work and all this had shown up!

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