That is good to know, do you think it’s because of the width of the tire itself?
Perhaps coming from different parts of the Country we have different views of what four wheeling is, I along with thousands of others here spend the winter on the lakes ice fishing. I consider having at least three wheels spinning far more important than adding an 1/2" of tire height, and I can't recall the last time I've seen a winch on a truck. I would never consider a Base with open diffs other than a summer driver. I would imagine in Tacoma a Vette with a drop kit on slicks would get you to work in January.I agree with you... but hazardous winter driving and basic, recreational four wheeling are two different animals.
Unless you're a logger, a Subaru on Michelins will get you to work safely in January.
My build with HD bumper - maybe as little as 50 2021 spec'd this way.I have a Basesquatch with the 2.7, AUX Switches, and the Roof Rack. Soooo glad I didnt spring for a higher trim. I will be changing the bumpers and adding side steps though.
the rims are 18 x 8.5 and the tires are 60 series so maybe just the tires..Also ford offers these rims for 1200 as an option for the bronco.So there kind of oem /not...
Thanks. You're right. I've never been blessed to live someplace I'd need a snowblower... and I'm pretty ok with that... but as a military retiree, I've lived all across this country - and others - and driven lots of 4x4s - in military and civilian trim - in all kinds of challenging and sketchy conditions. I have an opinion.Perhaps coming from different parts of the Country we have different views of what four wheeling is, I along with thousands of others here spend the winter on the lakes ice fishing. I consider having at least three wheels spinning far more important than adding an 1/2" of tire height, and I can't recall the last time I've seen a winch on a truck. I would never consider a Base with open diffs other than a summer driver. I would imagine in Tacoma a Vette with a drop kit on slicks would get you to work in January.
Looking at your ride confirms I made the right build choice. Its almost identical to yours:My build with HD bumper - maybe as little as 50 2021 spec'd this way.
Steffie & Dusty,We love ours! Started off as a Base Stripper (plus AUX switches only). We've since added a 3" ICON lift and 35" Nitto's on ICON Rebound PRO wheels. We're old school Bronco fans and we love how true to the original this one is. Mostly we love how highly capable it is off-road, even as a non-Sasquatch model with no lockers or other fancy equipment. We've been documenting our experience with it on our YouTube channel, where we've been seriously putting it to the test both on-road and off. We're creeping up on 10,000 miles and we still love it.
. Very pure.
Thanks for the info. I emailed stickerfab yesterday to ask if they make glow-in-the-dark letters. The customer service rep said no, but it sounded like a good idea and she would pass it along to new products. Fingers crossed
Thanks, I appreciate the feedbackSteffie & Dusty,
It makes me smile to see the difficulty of the obstacles you guys dare to take on in a base 2.3/7MT... (with only the occasional wince or two at the workout your clutch gets in the process
What brand of 35s are you running on Chanel? They seem to hold up to the abuse they get really well.
The tires are Nitto Trail Grapplers 35X12.50-17. ButI did run a set of borrowed Sasquatch Goodyears for one of our videos.
Wow. Great to hear that you've had no gearing issues by adding the 35s. It sounds like the transmission itself was geared to be able to handle that. Just one more example that Ford actually did their homework engineering it.Thanks, I appreciate the feedback
I thought your break-down of the Sasquatch package and what you get or give up, in Post 67, was spot on, with one small exception, where you said Base-non-Squatchers would need to shell out for 4.7 gears to effectively run 35's. That's not quite true for those of us with the manual transmission, as we have 4.46 gears, and the Crawl gear gets us even deeper.
But I agree with you, Sasquatch is a downright bargain, and I highly recommend it even though I didn't shell out for it myself. I'm sort of an anomaly, I actually wanted to get the least capable Bronco, and find out just how capable or un-capable it was. And we've been surprised with our findings so far.
But the level of abuse we put ours through isn't really sustainable over the long term. If your goal is to routinely go through trails like some of the harder ones we've attempted with ours, you really should do it with a better equipped Bronco. We say as much in our videos. Lockers would make things MUCH easier. We just wanted to prove that not having them doesn't necessarily render everything impossible.
Been following your build. When I had my order in for a MY21, it was in AMB... and I had an almost identical "heritage" theme planned. Hello MY22, goodbye AMB and the only color I thought could rock the white mods right.
