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Since Ford isn't offering a middle option for manual transmission (no mid package on BB/BD with MT), I've been considering either basemansquatch or Badlands.
Trying to keep price of Badlands down because it's already stretching my budget. I love the upgraded wheels, but for $1000 I'm second guessing it.
If I'm honest with myself about how I'll actually use the vehicle in the first 10-15 years of its life, it will see little to no off-road use. I have a young family and I'm active duty Air Force, so I'll be lucky if I make it to places like Moab even once a year. So beadlock capable wheels will be purely an aesthetic choice, not a functional one.
So I'll probably roll with the stock wheels and BFG ATs. Besides, it'll make it more fun to upgrade that stuff aftermarket later on down the road, when I get more serious about offroading.
Also I asked my wife (for validation ?) which wheels she liked better, and she said stock (without knowing the price difference). So there's that, too. She's already supportive of getting a bronco, but the more I get her on board, the better!
Like the title says, the look of the stock wheels are growing on me. I'll gladly compliment anybody else's bronco with upgrades I see on the road though!
Trying to keep price of Badlands down because it's already stretching my budget. I love the upgraded wheels, but for $1000 I'm second guessing it.
If I'm honest with myself about how I'll actually use the vehicle in the first 10-15 years of its life, it will see little to no off-road use. I have a young family and I'm active duty Air Force, so I'll be lucky if I make it to places like Moab even once a year. So beadlock capable wheels will be purely an aesthetic choice, not a functional one.
So I'll probably roll with the stock wheels and BFG ATs. Besides, it'll make it more fun to upgrade that stuff aftermarket later on down the road, when I get more serious about offroading.
Also I asked my wife (for validation ?) which wheels she liked better, and she said stock (without knowing the price difference). So there's that, too. She's already supportive of getting a bronco, but the more I get her on board, the better!
Like the title says, the look of the stock wheels are growing on me. I'll gladly compliment anybody else's bronco with upgrades I see on the road though!
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