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How do they seal ? Curious how they seal and manage winters?
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Not sure If you are asking if they seal ? I assume they are heavy duty enough being that they are at the base of the truck to avoid any issues (draft, ice build up, etc)
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My Jeep just has rubber plugs that pop into the floors and it has never been an issue here in Michigan. I would be surprised if it were a problem in the Bronco.
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Well they are built for it so I assume so... but I do have surface rust on the underside of my Jeep. I doubt it is from the few times I have drained water from the interior and it is more likely from the road salt. I haven't heard of anyone else experiencing rust solely from using the drain plugs so I wouldn't worry about it.
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They looked like they screwed in from photos but in my old TJ they were rubber plugs that opened up straight to the ground from the body. Nothing crazy to it and perfect for a body on frame vehicle.
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Hers a pic of the (rear) raw floor in the Bronco at the factory and shows the holes with plugs. This looks similar to Jeep plugs. Wish it was a better close up but gives you an idea.
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I had carpet over them so never noticed anything. Some were grommet like where it took some pressure to get them in and sealed. Others just kind of plopped on top of the hole and semi-loosely fit.
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Rubber plugs onto body color painted steel for the Jeep.
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This is a photo from the Bronco marketing team...
And here is some supplemental information from Ford Authority...
“We have drain provisions around [the under-seat A/C vents), and basically we mind where the ends of them are elevation-wise,” Eric Loeffler, Bronco chief engineer, told Ford Authority executive editor, Alex Luft, in a recent interview. “Keep in mind, if you have the wash-out interior, you have four active plugs but you also have six passive plugs, no matter if you have the carpet or the wash-out interior.”
The active plugs in the new Ford Bronco are user-enabled, while the passive plugs are always open and ready to drain. So even if owners forget to remove the active plugs before hosing down the inside, water will still drain out of the passive plugs and prevent it from entering the floor-mounted Bronco A/C vents.
Source: https://fordauthority.com/2020/09/how-ford-will-prevent-water-from-entering-rear-bronco-a-c-vents/
And here is some supplemental information from Ford Authority...
“We have drain provisions around [the under-seat A/C vents), and basically we mind where the ends of them are elevation-wise,” Eric Loeffler, Bronco chief engineer, told Ford Authority executive editor, Alex Luft, in a recent interview. “Keep in mind, if you have the wash-out interior, you have four active plugs but you also have six passive plugs, no matter if you have the carpet or the wash-out interior.”
The active plugs in the new Ford Bronco are user-enabled, while the passive plugs are always open and ready to drain. So even if owners forget to remove the active plugs before hosing down the inside, water will still drain out of the passive plugs and prevent it from entering the floor-mounted Bronco A/C vents.
Source: https://fordauthority.com/2020/09/how-ford-will-prevent-water-from-entering-rear-bronco-a-c-vents/
That’s great. Any photos of the water actually draining out or how it is sealed ?This is a photo from the Bronco marketing team...
And here is some supplemental information from Ford Authority...
“We have drain provisions around [the under-seat A/C vents), and basically we mind where the ends of them are elevation-wise,” Eric Loeffler, Bronco chief engineer, told Ford Authority executive editor, Alex Luft, in a recent interview. “Keep in mind, if you have the wash-out interior, you have four active plugs but you also have six passive plugs, no matter if you have the carpet or the wash-out interior.”
The active plugs in the new Ford Bronco are user-enabled, while the passive plugs are always open and ready to drain. So even if owners forget to remove the active plugs before hosing down the inside, water will still drain out of the passive plugs and prevent it from entering the floor-mounted Bronco A/C vents.
Source: https://fordauthority.com/2020/09/how-ford-will-prevent-water-from-entering-rear-bronco-a-c-vents/
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Ask Heidi Klum about Seal-ing.
Do we think the models with wash out and no carpet will be a lot louder than models with carpet? I went with BD and now am second guessing myself, i have to think the carpet offers a great deal of sound deadening if it has padding under it? any thoughts?
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