I don't understand PPF on an off-road vehicle. Do any mild wheeling and the paint will get scratched. If you don't need trailer brakes then an aftermarket tow receiver makes sense. A Black Diamond will arrive sooner than a Badlands; less chips.
How can you make such a statement? Production Broncos with both the MIC top and soft top have been in owners hands at most just 7 months. Any fabric top will eventually need replacement. Companies like Bestop have been launched and grown into OEM suppliers because Jeep soft tops don't last...
The mid package has stuff I don't want, auto dim mirror (they react too slow), dual climate (I pretty much run solo), blind spot monitoring (nah, I know how to use the mirrors), lane keeping (ah, no, LOL), backup beeper (annoying).
A that crap makes it mall crawler.
The 4-door Bronco is 15.7" longer than the 2-door; it's all in the wheelbase, but the trunk is much larger than the 2-door. The stretch puts the rear axle behind the rear seat rather than nearly under it, so the wheel wells move back 15 inches or so, which widens the rear seat space and makes...
I occasionally take a winter driving trip up to Northern New England and see plenty of folks out on the ice with huts fishing and enjoying the ice, but I just couldn't do it. In the mid-Atlantic back in the 1960's and 1970's we'd get 2 - 3 week cold snaps that would freeze the ponds and we go...
I read somewhere the rear 2-door MIC clamshell is just 89 pounds. Considering the amount of glass it has, that seems pretty damned lightweight to me, which just helps down the line in removal and storage. I'm thinking a fiberglass version will probably exceed that weight target; I'm not sure...
I know it is a Northern Culture thing and I appreciate it, but I just can't bring myself to drive on frozen lake. Nope, just can't do it; gives me the heebie-jeebies. And I really can't be comfortable sleeping on a boat. I've rented houseboats in the past and have done it, but I had a...
I've seen 4 hard tops so far since November last year. All of them well made with an attractive surface finish. Sure, internet hype has made the MIC top out to be the devil, but the current production of MIC 2.0 seems what Ford indented the design to achieve.
The soft top rear windows are a...
I had a YJ Wrangler for 12 years. The soft top will eventually wear out; try cleaning the rear windows when it is 10 degrees outside and it is covered in winter road grime. The plastic windows will scratch to the point you can't see out of them. Some asshole will cut the window(s), or...
Not to mention hundreds of millions of investment dollars in capital equipment, amortized over tens of thousands of units, over multiple product types and designs.