I own a '21 4dr badsquatch and a '22JLUR-XR. Almost everything about the comfort and on-road experience is very subjective, even the steering, where the IFS usually wins hands down... I like the feel of my smooth wrangler steering better than the stiffness of the bronco. That's not a popular...
I'd go for the Zone Offroad spacer lift with UCAs. $600 total. Then get a tierod brace like the JKS one for $50. Way cheaper than buying 5 new tires. And yes, I know some people mentioned the tailgate, but we have plenty of examples of people who never touched it and are hanging 37s off it no...
I did a fender delete, so I'm a bad person to ask, BUT seeing as that looks like a Wrangler flare in your pic, have you considered what they are doing for the XR package flares?
My wife actually did this... tore the plastic off the D-ring recovery point on our mod bumper, put a good dent in the driver rock slider, tore up the boltheads for the front skid plate, along with pretty much all the paint gone from all underbelly skids and the rear control arms, and the rear...
I'll add that this is the desert, where we seek out these kinds of features to wheel in because they are so uncommon and often in very remote areas. Don't worry, we wheel respectfully!
Going along with the idea of preparedness...
Recovery items used:
Winches
Kinetic ropes (20 and 30 ft)
Snatch straps
Soft shackles galore
Shovels
Hammers and pry bars
Traction boards would have helped a couple times, but no one had them this trip. And my winch... was sitting on the floor in...
Ok, my honest opinion, the JLUR-XR did slightly better, but only barely. We had such a range of experience with drivers that it can be difficult to tell. Also, that is stock for stock, I would say that the couple of Broncos that were on 37s were an equal match for the JLUR XR, which comes...
It was a great group of people too! Everyone put in an amazing amount of with tu get the job done. Truly something to look back on and be proud of what we accomplished!
On Saturday, Oct 1, the Tucson Broncos offroad club decided to tackle Charouleau Gap, just north of Tucson AZ. My wife and I decided to take both our Bronco Badlands Sasquatch, and the JLUR-XR. Little did we know the adventure that awaited us....
The trip started as expected. We came across...
For me, a lot of those smaller complaints like the grab handles are just secondary to what I actually bought mine and use it for, which is the off road capability. There's nit picky things like that with the Wrangler as well (also an owner here). IMO, what you brought up about spaciousness is...
I would go as far as saying it would go further, until Jeep came out with the XR package. If The Bronco is nowhere near as capable as the Jeep, then why are they being forced to answer back on everything Ford does with the Bronco? Sasquatch package? Crap, lets make a 35" tire package too...
As far as the creature comforts (cup holders, sturdiness of grab handles, A/C in the rear) sure I can agree with them on many of those points.
From a rock crawling standpoint, I've been saying from the beginning, having taken the Bronco on trails rated 7, it can EASILY keep up with a Jeep to...
What does it cost you to keep the order? Why not just keep it, but live your life like you don't have it. Then when you get the surprise call from the dealer that it's here, you can make the decision at that time if you want or are able to buy.