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Pictures below Last week, I completed my second round-trip to Southern Utah from my home in Atlanta, Georgia for some camping and offroading. Specifically we visited Hanksville, Swing Arm City, Factory Butte, and Moab. I made this trek solo in October 2022 but decided to bring two friends along for this one.
One friend drives a built 1989 Jeep Comanche on 33s and the the other is in a new Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition with a lift on 33s and a rear locker.
I've done many mods to my 21' Bronco Badlands non-SAS 2.3L 7MT since taking delivery in December 2021 including:
My biggest takeaway and probably the only negative is that the rear end sags with so much equipment in the truck, even after adjusting the coilovers to compensate. Performance-wise it didn't hurt anything but my headlights were aimed too high at night and about 1 out of every 20 cars would flash me. I'm estimating I had roughly 450lbs of tools, fridge, tent, and other supplies on-board. I could have shaved a few pounds by leaving some stuff like extra batteries, extra clothes, etc. at home, but we were prepared for anything.
Only had two minor issues with the 89' Comanche; a gas cap that wasn't venting at Hell's Revenge and an electric cooling fan that quit on the pass through Vail, CO on I-70E. Easy fixes. The Frontier went over most of the same obstacles with us with a few bypasses and, unfortunately, we had to make the decision to leave it about 3/4 mile from the end of Top of the World. I think it was capable of reaching the end, but not without causing some unwanted damage in a more technical and tight obstacle.
Enjoy the photos!
One friend drives a built 1989 Jeep Comanche on 33s and the the other is in a new Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition with a lift on 33s and a rear locker.
I've done many mods to my 21' Bronco Badlands non-SAS 2.3L 7MT since taking delivery in December 2021 including:
- Fox 2.5 Elite Coilovers
- ICON Billet UCAs
- 315/70R17 BFG KO2s
- 17x8.5 KMC Roswell wheels w/+18mm offset
- Rough Country 12k lb hidden winch w/custom front skid plate
- RTR Rock Sliders
- ARB Dual Air Compressor
- Custom rear seat delete
- ARB Zero Fridge w/slide & Milwaukee Packout storage system for tools, camping equipment, spare parts, etc.
- Trailrax Modular Roof Rack
- Inspired Overland RTT
- American Adventure Labs M.A.S.S. Spare Tire Platform
- Ford Performance ProCal tune
- I'm sure there's more, feel free to ask in comments
My biggest takeaway and probably the only negative is that the rear end sags with so much equipment in the truck, even after adjusting the coilovers to compensate. Performance-wise it didn't hurt anything but my headlights were aimed too high at night and about 1 out of every 20 cars would flash me. I'm estimating I had roughly 450lbs of tools, fridge, tent, and other supplies on-board. I could have shaved a few pounds by leaving some stuff like extra batteries, extra clothes, etc. at home, but we were prepared for anything.
Only had two minor issues with the 89' Comanche; a gas cap that wasn't venting at Hell's Revenge and an electric cooling fan that quit on the pass through Vail, CO on I-70E. Easy fixes. The Frontier went over most of the same obstacles with us with a few bypasses and, unfortunately, we had to make the decision to leave it about 3/4 mile from the end of Top of the World. I think it was capable of reaching the end, but not without causing some unwanted damage in a more technical and tight obstacle.
Enjoy the photos!
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