You answered your own question to a degree. The modes can change the throttle response, turbo spooling, and how aggressive the traction control is. For example Sport Mode has aggressive throttle which isn't ideal on ice. Whereas Baja will loosen the traction control and allow you to drift a...
Halon is tricky in windy situations. I'm not one for building heavy overweight plodding overlanders but I do think 2 extinguishers one ABC, one Halon-esque is the right choice for me. So I'll cary 2.5# ones, and a small rotopax with water, and shovel. 5# ABC and some water to quickly flush...
I did aluminum skid plates , and heavy duty Next Venture Rock rails early on. Wanted a 80% desert runner, and 20% rock crawler.
Just for the giggle facter and your doing all air stuff anyway I giggle at the blow off valve noise.
I more recently did the intake, charge pipes and intercooler...
I'm not one for unhinged un substaintiated conspiracy theories but I had one regarding my Bronco.
Twice, while sitting still, I heard and saw the windshield crack but shortly after doing high speed off road runs.
I added the GOAT B bar and have yet to install the Raptor C Brace. but since...
I have been lucky enough to meet a few of the Ford Team drivers. We sponsored Sedona, back when she drove for Nissan. Shelby I met on an EXO trip and again in King of Hammers. we know another half dozen participants and they all have a great spirit and love for what they are doing, and its great...
I like that Ranger allot, and on paper you are totally correct you get more for your dollar, but the Bronco looks so much better, and you get a convertible. The Ranger Raptor kind of gets lost on the road with a billion other full size Raptors out there.
If they can build a Ranger Raptor and...
This is the best problem ever, as their isn't a huge downside.
Braptor gets points for bells and whistles. 23K is fair for all the differences, if you value them. one an done, for the most part.
Wildtrak with upgraded suspension and minor performance mods might look better, and be a total...
GOAT modes in a raptor will change the suspension, in our mere mortal Bronco's and yours it will also change things like Turbo spooling and allow for various degrees of wheel slip, shift points and steering input if I'm not mistaken. Your adjusting an entire system, so no one point in time is...
You can totally do it. Its a great way to gain a little experience.
Go slow get all the bolts in but dont tighten them until they are all in. If you cannot align all bolt holes in the skid plate just use your jack to flex either the Bronco or the plate itself into the proper position.
This maybe neither here nor there to you. but Foutz Motorsports offers parts to reinforce the area where the lower control arm mounts. He can also make a beefier lower control arm.
The rear's are pretty easy to do yourself, if you already have the whole assembly together. In my case I removed the tire, drooped down the suspension, and I could get my King 2.5's in myself. I may have jacked up the opposite side to encourage more droop on the downward side. The fronts have...
I met some Kenda guys on a trip, liked them, dug into the company, liked what I saw. They built a huge R&D center in the US and are just now releasing tires truly meant to exclusively compete in the US markets. They used to be the Cooper Tire 'B' brand before Cooper sold out and they became...
Its a different shock its going to absorb bumps differently, its a different spring its also going to react differently. The fox has a progressive spring I'm not sure what Badlands has but it is different.. The fox deals with potholes and washboards better. A perfectly smooth perfectly flat...
This looks awesome. The Optima guys are cool to 4 wheel with too. We will be at KOH as a vendor and race truck sponsor already. Let us know if we can help or participate in any way.