Ive read many stories on this forum about peoples experiences at dealerships, so could check there. From my understanding it is a bit of wild wild west. Some dealers do shady things. Some dont. But tbh the manufacturer has a floating msrp over the course of many years in production due to supply...
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I went with the ford oem in my original order. I believe it is this.
https://www.oemfordpartsoutlet.com/oem-parts/ford-cargo-area-liner-for-4-door-bronco-logo-m2dz58047a74ba?origin=pla&gclid=CjwKCAiA5sieBhBnEiwAR9oh2tLW6zvLUwBF3Cog3EZz3uiIG6zzbBeKbXM1Z_E_r1Soi-oyUI-5DhoCMA8QAvD_BwE
And the mabett rear seat covers are sweet if you have pets or ever have seats folded down. Really nice material they chose.
Mabett Rear Seat Back Cover... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VL31QV5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Mabett Center Console Armrest Cover for Ford Bronco Accessories 2021 2022 2023 2/4-Door Prevent Pets Scratches Pad Interior Arm Rest Covering https://a.co/d/2miTpal
The plastic armrest covers are kush also.
Also recommend some iron buster spray - do it onve early on and it will get all the rail dust (if it exists) off the paint and bumpers. I just sprayed my white bronco of 5k miles, because i noticed a bunch or rust specks all over the care from front to...
So i had noticed the other day a bunch of rust specks on the bronco after installing some lights.
Well upon closer inspection entire car had small specks of rust spots on the body of car. Mainly on sides by doors.
So i used these two products and am very happy. The iron buster even reveals...
About 70 lbs in metal.
and I can walk on it, so it holds up to 200 lbs.
Yea not wanting to make it to complicated by incorporating a hinge myself, but i saw one commerciap rear rack that had a hinge allowing it to fold to the back.
Wiring fun
Then grounded lights on bumber here. Brown wire inside pocket.
Close up on driver side. Brown wire ground. Yellow casing goes up from underneath and to side of car battery mount.
Had to remove battery to ease running of wires
Then fixed relay of wiring harness for hellas to...
I think this spacing is ideal for the camera view, for what i went with product wise. In hindsight the hellas are a lil bigger then id like - i am digging the 3 kc hilites across that bar that are slightly smaller diamerter then the hellas - but oh well. Now just gotta mount the fogs down below...
As for the bottom of the soft top where the rack bolts onto the rear frame, 10 gauge does cause a slight kick up of the soft top. But 12 gauge is just slightly slimmer but didnt think it was sturdy enough for support. Really its pretty minimal and soft top still functions as id expect on that...
Finishing touches.
Rounded corners in front.
Added cleats to front and rear
Added tie down spots down rails
Next - complete a removable basket.
And paint it black.
Built. Onto finishing welds and paint.
Front roof mounts
Note in the current design there is 1 more parallel supporting beam. Look at 1st pic in this post.
Soft top opens only to like a 45 degree angle. So it is more or less is an escape hatch, unless the middle support bar is...
So far
Zroadz front bumper lightbar bullbar (Modified by switching light mount to forward facing side of bullbar to make space)
Hella 4000 rallye pencil beam lights
Diode dynamics ss3 pro amber foggers