Butterscotch, 2dr HEL, Wife's Build

[Mirage]

Updated, both builds will be in 2 separate threads....

Sponsored

 

[GMC]

I would love to swap her wheels for some White Heritage wheels

Too bad you're not closer to eastern TN.

 

[Mirage]

Too bad you're not closer to eastern TN.

Like Knoxville or farther east? Knoxville is about 4-5 hours away. I gave up searching for some and ordered ones like mine yesterday...

 

[GMC]

Like Knoxville or farther east? Knoxville is about 4-5 hours away. I gave up searching for some and ordered ones like mine yesterday...

Yes, I'm in Knoxville. The wheels and seats are the two options I'd have liked to had from the Limited.

 

[Mirage]

Yes, I'm in Knoxville. The wheels and seats are the two options I'd have liked to had from the Limited.

Well, we'll have her wheels and tires for sale in a couple of weeks, if you're interested? Unless she wants to cancel the ones I ordered and maybe trade yours for hers? I still ordered her new 35's though, that should be here this week.

 

[GMC]

Well, we'll have her wheels and tires for sale in a couple of weeks, if you're interested? Unless she wants to cancel the ones I ordered and maybe trade yours for hers? I still ordered her new 35's though, that should be here this week.

I'll send you a pm.

 

[Mirage]

So, my wife's Bronco parts are pouring in! I picked out her winch, control arm skid plates, recovery gear, tires and OBA setup. She picked out the bumpers, lights wheels and everything else!

She named it Butterscotch, after the original "My Little Pony" and it had Butterflies on its' butt, so she put these butterflies on both sides Tuesday night. I suggested putting the yellow/orange one on the hardtop, as the color would pop better, than on the Yellow and looks like I was correct!

A couple hours later, this massive pallet o'parts arrived!

And several hours later and a very tired husband, this was accomplished:

DV8 FS-15 Rear Bumper, with their Flush Mount Lights and Elite Black Shackles. Her exhaust is the Flowmaster FX Flow, that was originally on my Bronco, until I added a muffler delete I also installed the OEM Hitch, that the dealership said they didn't have time to install and apparently, in the Ford plant, they no longer install these...?

Yesterday around lunchtime, I got a notification that her new tires were here! So, I went home and moved them into the backyard, before they grew legs and walked off.... Same brand as mine, because these tires are great, Mickey Thompson Baja Boss MT, 35/12.50/17.

Her wheels/TPMS's should be here tomorrow and I'm going to get them installed Saturday morning. I hope they don't rub anything in the front? They shouldn't, but I'm always leery about it, until I have them in person...

Gonna try to get everything else installed on hers this weekend, then, we'll almost be ready to go offroading!

 

[KRAKEN]

Don't hurt yourself, it's going to be HOT.

 

[Mirage]

Don't hurt yourself, it's going to be HOT.

I'm used to it, LOL! I've worked outside ever since I was a little kid. I remember when I would be in the hay field with my dad every Summer, loading square hay bales onto the trailer, then throwing them up in the barns loft... I'm sure you've done, judging by your land/barn pics in the background, but if nobody has ever done that before, that's the hottest/hardest thing I've done in my entire life...

 

[Mirage]

Friday afternoon, when I got home from work, her new wheels were sitting at my garage door!

Wife got home from work, so around 4-4:30pm, I started the dismantling the front of her Bronco.

One of our 3 Pitbulls, Hera, came out to see what we were doing

Our big boy, Zeus, was worn out from watching me work... Our other Pit, Aphrodite, doesn't like "tools", so she stayed in the house the whole time, LOL!

Back to the DV8 Spec Front Bumper install and ACC Relocation...

I thought the install of my LoD front bumper was a PITA, but this damn DV8 thing took 1st place now, after a slight head concussion with bleeding, mangled (almost broken) pinky finger on my right hand, multiple lacerations, scrapes, etc to both my hands. The installation of this stupid bumper was a nightmare... No access to the winch, once the bumper was installed... Ask me how I know...? And the way you install the bolts to mount the bumper was a nightmare!!! But their skid plate wins the award for BS, as it was what did all the damage to my head and finger and securing it was just ridiculous....

Anyway, about 12:30am Saturday morning, I was finally finished and this was the finale!

DV8 Spec Series Front Bumper w/Bull Bar Hoop
4x 3" Elite Series LED Pod Lights
Elite Series 3/4" Red D-Ring Shackles
WARN EVO VR 10k Winch
Factor 55 FlatLink Series Red Shackle Mount

 

[Mirage]

So, after maybe 5 hours of sleep, I woke up at 6-6:30am Saturday morning and loaded up the wheels, tires and sensors. BTW, the TPMS's finally showed up after 10pm Friday night, from our awful USPS....

I also got all her ARB Tire Stuff ready to go! I'm a firm believer in ARB products! I wanted them 10 years ago and couldn't afford their products... Now, that's all I'll buy, especially in the recovery section!

Carried them to my local Tire Discounters to have them installed, which I only had to pay $200 to get mounted and balanced! Some things are still good, if you continue to use the same company for business! They said normally, it's $75 per tire to get them mounted and balanced! I remember when I got 4 tires mounted for $40 bucks.... :/

Came home, unloaded the wheels/tires and immediately installed them on her Bronco, since it was getting super hot here!

I then backed her Bronco outside to make sure no rubbing would happen and was correct in my wheel/tire research, nothing rubbed!

I finally figured out why we're both getting this 360 view and it's because of the aftermarket bumpers/winch... I'll be ordering new front camera relocation kits soon...

 

[Mirage]

Not much left to do to her Bronco, but whatever else I do to it, I'll post it here

 

[Mirage]

I forgot I had to add her hood struts, so I did that today too. Do yourselves a favor and order MRT hood struts, instead of the shitty ones Rough Country sells! This was a complete mess, but I eventually got them installed...

 

[Mirage]

Almost 2 weeks ago, we had to go somewhere after work, so we drove both of our Broncos there and took a pic.

Last Thursday, I installed the OEM tow computer behind the rear interior plastic and it was a total PITA!

Last Friday night, I finally installed the DV8 control arm/shock/diff skid plates on my wife's Bronco!

This happened, as soon as I started to install her rear skid plates. It actually broke 3 weeks after I bought it, July 25, 2023 and Samsung said they would fix it, but it would take 6-8 weeks. I said yall are full of shit. Then, last Friday night, my 27mm deep well impact socket fell out of my hands and right on my damn phone! It still works, but look at it, LOL! I've always had Motorola or LG phones for the last 20ish years, this was my first and LAST Samsung Galaxy and the biggest waste of money I've ever spent on a cell phone. Sorry, not an Apple fan, I'll never own an iPhone ever!

Wife wanted these LED White Trail Markers, that she ordered from Buckin' Madness and although these things were expensive and very well made, their instructions were piss-poor pathetic! Luckily I found a video from someone in the UK, that had a much nicer install video and said the same thing I did about the product & instructions. Doubt I'll ever buy from this company again, they send stuff through FedEx, but make you go pick it up at whatever drop off location is close to you... Also, the box that the girl at Walgreens/FedEx gave me had the whole end busted open, which lead to all the installation screws being gone...

Wife took her Bronco to the dealer this morning, to get the tow package finally programmed, since they didn't bother to install it when we picked it up. Unsure how they noticed this, but they said her White hardtop has the paint peeling off one of the 2 panels above the front seats. They said it's a warranty issue and would be here Monday, so I assume she's going to get a new panel and not a full hardtop?

Hopefully, there's not much left to do to either of our Broncos and we can actually take them offroading soon?

 

[Mirage]

Wife said the Flowmaster Flow FX was too loud for her...., so I removed it, sold it and put the stock muffler back on hers super early this morning...

Sponsored