Also, Broncos have been known to do something like this while fiddling with drive controls, like pushing too many buttons and/or GOAT modes over a short period of time...
Well that sucks...
I don't know if it's the same issue I had.
When my dash lit up it also caused the power steering and brakes to fail...turned out to be loose wires at the fuse panel under the hood. I found this by grabbing the main harness between the fuses and the firewall, it's over an inch...
I would have preferred to do Vegas as opposed to Moab.
I did the Moab Off Rodeo and it was fun and all, but I was not enamored with the Dome Plateau area, which I found far less impressive than the regular Moab trails.
If I was to do it all over, Vegas baby!
If it makes you feel any better my under dash metal has a lot of surface rust and I've never had a leak or any water issues that would have made contact to the dash underside...
I doubt you would find any vehicle which doesn't do this!
Your goals are too low, but I agree with your assessment of FB, Reddit, et all, but there is certainly a great deal of BS here!
You still have to do your due diligence, it's not like there are a lot of experts, just lots of opinions!
You really have to watch out what info you use/believe on this site, there is lots of great info and experience, but there is even more BS, be careful what and who to trust!
I also went the MoBridge route and am happy with the result. (2 Door Configuation)
If you don't want to add any power, just speakers, the only way to improve the low end would be to find a very sensitive dual coil subwoofer.
My 2 door looks like that when I have no gear inside, with gear, no rake, why did you decide on lifting raising suspension will almost always create poorer performance, your steering angle does look a bit high, definitely have reduced your down travel?
No clue, but you could ask Buckle Up Buttercup, she had an external winch mount on her original ride which covered this area and she suffered poor gas mileage and performance issues, temps on Ecoboost's are rather important to control or the ECU will take over.
Looks good though...