I've talked to the guys at BDS who put together this build.
The consensus is that the amount of fabrication required to mount the hinge and latches to the frame was unfeasible for a kit, as it requires quite a bit of drilling into the swinggate/frame/taillights. They had trouble with...
That's absolutely gorgeous, hoping to get mine done in a similar color, don't think I could swing getting it resprayed though, probably will have to pull all the panels off and wrap them.
I meant the Escape, got mixed up. The Escape was historically more off-road oriented in its first and second generations, I believe the plan was for it to return there and slot under the Bronco as an entry-level model before the decision was made to separate that as a spinoff of the Bronco...
Yeah, the Bronco was in development hell for a long time, it got shitcanned a couple of times between the Ranger-Firestone controversy and Ford not wanting to step on the toes of their Land Rover acquisition, but you can see from all the prototypes and concepts they built that the plan was...
The chances of a Bronco pickup were already slim being that Ford already has an offroading mid-sized pickup in the Ranger Raptor, seeing how far Gladiator sales are lagging behind the Wrangler's has probably put the nail in that coffin.
Yep, my buddy had a couple rods in his Ford Explorer that just barely fit from the back to the front, had to be careful not to bend them getting in and out of the passenger seat, surprised they never broke.
Curious about this as well, I'd like to run a set of KBD Square Flares on mine but there's considerable poke with the Sasquatch wheels, if I could jump from 12.5" to 10.5" that'd reduce it by about an inch and make it more tolerable. The only alternative would be switching to OEM Ranger or...
The updated 2.3 in the 2024 Mustang has pretty much identical numbers to the current 2.7 in the Bronco, if anything I'm surprised the 2.7 wasn't the one being dropped.
Looks pretty clearly based on the Compact Cruiser EV concept they showed off a while back. I'd be surprised if it wasn't electric, Toyota's ICE off-roading SUV segment would be pretty crowded with the 4Runner, Land Cruiser, and a Mini Land Cruiser as well.
I haven't got my build put together yet, but here's the end goal, planning on wrapping it in 3M Gloss Burnt Orange, but I need to find out whether or not I can get paint matched to the exact color/finish of the vinyl, since a few parts like the KBD Square Fenders apparently can't be wrapped.
I've said it before but I think lack of painted tops kind of fucked over the color palette on the Bronco, I can only imagine that they're saving some of the brighter and more retro colors for when they finally have a proper assembly line for body matched and white painted tops.