I just put them on yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to try. It's tightest halfway up the tire by the rock rails. It doesn't look like it would rub when compressed.
They’re cheap, but I’m not impressed with the finish. Up close you can see some areas between the barrel and the face that they missed with paint. I would like to get them repainted a cream color.
I would sell and order a trim with what you want. You'll be putting money into it that you're not going to get back. At the end of the day you still have a lifted OBX with a questionable motor that still wouldn't have all the features of the Badlands (lockers, sway-bar disconnect, skid plates...
FYI, If you pick up tires at Tirerack's warehouse in Delaware they take $80 off. Plus DE doesn't have sales tax. It would be a $300 difference between picking up or having it shipped to me. Obviously you should report purchases online to PA. 😐 I'm not suggesting anything.
I'm in Philly. I met up with the group below in South Jersey a couple weeks ago. We are planning a trip to Rausch Creek too.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/groups/northeast-trail-ride-connections.118/
I’m at around 3000 miles now, I have one chip that happened around 900 miles. I had a focus st before that I put 170k miles on with two rock chips. My work truck (2011 f250) has 240k with one rock chip, and my project truck has no rock chips after 320k miles. The project truck may have had a new...
Some day some idiot is going to drop their key in the toilet and search “dropped my bronco key in the toilet, is it fine?” and they’ll find this thread.
I took my non-sas out to Rausch Creek and AOAA a few weeks ago. I hit the skid plates a few times. Most of the hits were in bigger puddles that hid the rocks. Overall I think a small lift/bigger tires would be helpful, but for the most part you're fine if you plan your route. At least on the...