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How are the eibachs?
Finished up and let the truck settle yesterday.
Drove 100 miles and re-checked torque.
Drove another 100 fun miles.

I ran the adjustable perches as far up as they will go.
No pinching, binding, popping, clicking or weird noises.
angles and geometry look good.

Ride is really good. Like really good. It surprised me quite honestly.
Pushing the limits of OE tolerances, I knowingly went into it prepared to sacrifice some road manners, but itā€™s the opposite.
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Looks exceptional. Did you install a new track bar AND a track bar bracket? Or did you do one or the other?
 
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Ahh makes sense. You have non sas flares originally I assume? If I remember reading correctly, these were about the same width as SAS flares correct? I like having a little bit of poke just out from the flares so thatā€™s another reason I didnā€™t want to spend the money on these. I guess they mainly just have that lovely Bronco tax on them.
Yeah, theyā€™re the OE non-SAS fenders. Almost looks like fender-deletes now. šŸ˜‚
My wifeā€™s has SAS flares so I can at least try those without buying a set.
and I do like the metal set as well.

To follow up. I wanted to wait until I got the lift finished to give those MLB fenders another look. I knew the short squat might have been part of what was throwing my eye off. The balance. They are bad-ass looking flares and id like to use them if I can, but will accept it if theyā€™re not the right fit for me.
 
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Looks exceptional. Did you install a new track bar AND a track bar bracket? Or did you do one or the other?
Track bar and the relocation bracket. As well as lower control arms.
I opted to not do the uppers for now. See how it goes. Worked out fine.

ROCK JOCK REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS & TRACK BAR
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RJ-181400-101 - 2021-up Bronco Rear Trac Bar Relocation Bracket
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-181400-101
RJ-183400-101 - 2021-up Bronco Johnny JointĀ® Adjustable Rear Trac Bar
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-183400-101
 

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Finished up and let the truck settle yesterday.
Drove 100 miles and re-checked torque.
Drove another 100 Run miles.

I ran the adjustable perches as far up as they will go.
No pinching, binding, popping, clicking or weird noises.
angles and geometry look good.

Ride is really good. Like really good. It surprised me quite honestly.
Pushing the limits of OE tolerances, I knowingly went into it prepared to sacrifice some road manners, but itā€™s the opposite.
That is so good to hear. While I want my bronco to perform off-road, my wife and newly driving boys will be using the Bronco every so often too so road manners are really important too. I want be going all the way up either which should help. I am looking for an inch over non sas badlands or so and take a bit of rake out (depending on how much there actually is when it arrives).

Thanks so much for the review. really appreciate it.
 

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Track bar and the relocation bracket. As well as lower control arms.
I opted to not do the uppers for now. See how it goes. Worked out fine.

ROCK JOCK REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS & TRACK BAR
RJ-182601-101 - 2021-up Bronco Rear Lower Johnny Joint Control Arms
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-182601-101
RJ-181400-101 - 2021-up Bronco Rear Trac Bar Relocation Bracket
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-181400-101
RJ-183400-101 - 2021-up Bronco Johnny JointĀ® Adjustable Rear Trac Bar
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-183400-101
I was wondering if both track bar and bracket are necessary. I have the same track bar as you, but did not get the bracket. I guess I'll order the bracket...
 

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Track bar and the relocation bracket. As well as lower control arms.
I opted to not do the uppers for now. See how it goes. Worked out fine.

ROCK JOCK REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS & TRACK BAR
RJ-182601-101 - 2021-up Bronco Rear Lower Johnny Joint Control Arms
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-182601-101
RJ-181400-101 - 2021-up Bronco Rear Trac Bar Relocation Bracket
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-181400-101
RJ-183400-101 - 2021-up Bronco Johnny JointĀ® Adjustable Rear Trac Bar
MFG Link ā€”> https://www.rockjock4x4.com/RJ-183400-101
This whole thread answered so many questions. A wealth of information. Thanks for sharing!
 
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This whole thread answered so many questions. A wealth of information. Thanks for sharing!
NP. Glad it could help. There were many membersā€™ threads on the forum that helped inform me.
 

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One of the negatives of the minimalist design of the ADD bumper was the loss of tow hooks. The companyā€™s solution was to ā€œput the OE hooks back on.ā€ Which I never had because I started w/ a capable bumper. Even if I had the plastic bumper I wouldnā€™t have used the OE hook; itā€™s part of the bash plate mount and would have looked like sh!t.

I ended up trying a couple f-150 front mounts and they worked well. Bonus they help protect the intercooler bracket better.

Demon Hook (which I opted to use)
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Frankenskids ā€¦ whatever works

I didnā€™t like how exposed the A-Arms mounting points were.
the LOD skid was perfect and matted up well to the Mabett 2.3l transmission skid. Have some DV8 for the rear diff and shock mounts, then whatā€™s left of the OE.

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Havenā€™t posted in a while. Iā€™ve reached my goals on this build both mechanically and aesthetics. A build is never truly finished, but Iā€™m happy with the big goals finished. From here itā€™s replace it as I break it. Upgrade as needed. Time to just enjoy it.

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Havenā€™t posted in a while. Iā€™ve reached my goals on this build both mechanically and aesthetics. A build is never truly finished, but Iā€™m happy with the big goals finished. From here itā€™s replace it as I break it. Upgrade as needed. Time to just enjoy it.

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Learned so much from your threads and hope you have a ton of fun with it. Such a great build.
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