Butterscotch, 2dr HEL, Wife's Build

[MadMan4BamaNATL]

The last time we went offroading, in early February, when we were airing up, my wife noticed something different on her Bronco, (I thought I had a pic of it, but couldn't find it...), she hit something against the passengers side running board and bent the bracket upwards. It didn't cause any body damage, but we couldn't get the bracket pushed back down, so she decided on installing some OEM rock rails.


Took me over a month to find a stock set of rock rails and the only ones I could find close by, were for a 4 door..., but at least they had the mounting brackets, for $100, plus about a 2 hour round trip.

When she got home from work that afternoon, I started modifying the rails to fit the 2 door.

I believe I cut off 15.5" of the rear part of the rails?

And these are the 2 mounts you'll use for the 2 door. These would be the middle mounts for the 4 door.

I ordered her some IAG steps, since she's 5'3" I will post pics of them, once I install them.

Wish I’d seen this earlier. Replaced my 2 Dr rock rails with RCI frame mounted.

Would have at least met you halfway from Atlanta if not come to see my family in Huntsville.

No, we’ve never met, but followed your posts and love how you and your wife wheel.

Beer is very pursuasive as well. Ha ha!

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[Badland-Mansquatch-ATX]

Took them both out this morning to get a pic together!

Love both of them. I have a 4-door for the practicality of my situation, but I have constant 2-door envy and won’t argue what the “real Bronco” is. Enjoy them together, that’s awesome you guys share the interest.

 

[Mirage]

Wish I’d seen this earlier. Replaced my 2 Dr rock rails with RCI frame mounted.

Would have at least met you halfway from Atlanta if not come to see my family in Huntsville.

No, we’ve never met, but followed your posts and love how you and your wife wheel.

Beer is very persuasive as well. Ha ha!

No problem, she hit something the last time we went riding in early February and I'd been looking since then...

Thanks for following us, we wish we could go riding more, but we now have 3 dogs and no family members to house sit for us anymore, crazy how much things have changed over the last 10 years...

Bunch of us are going riding near Tuscaloosa next month, if you think you want to go? There are even people from the Gulf Shores Bronco group planning on going to it! I've been wanting to do this trail since we had the TJR in 2014!

You get to drive through this mountain! I think the leader said it only takes maybe 2.5 hours to do the whole thing, but he said there's plenty of exploring to do for us adventurous ones left over

 

[MadMan4BamaNATL]

No problem, she hit something the last time we went riding in early February and I'd been looking since then...

Thanks for following us, we wish we could go riding more, but we now have 3 dogs and no family members to house sit for us anymore, crazy how much things have changed over the last 10 years...

Bunch of us are going riding near Tuscaloosa next month, if you think you want to go? There are even people from the Gulf Shores Bronco group planning on going to it! I've been wanting to do this trail since we had the TJR in 2014!

You get to drive through this mountain! I think the leader said it only takes maybe 2.5 hours to do the whole thing, but he said there's plenty of exploring to do for us adventurous ones left over

Outside of Talladega and that nasty OHV park near Cullman, never knew of many wheeling spots when I lived in Birmingham. Guess a few of my hiking spots, but was harder to identify back then before the phone apps unless you just knew. North Alabama is another story, plenty to wheel up there.

I’ll DM you and depended on the date you’re rolling, always nice to make a trip home and Tuscaloosa for sure.

Good to see y’all at least get out when you can. Not sure there is ever enough time. I just love the woods; best part about Georgia for me.

Wish y’all could come to Super Cel, those rigs would be a hit up there. I’ll be there in a few weeks and plan to run some trails at Windrock.

 

[Mirage]

Outside of Talladega and that nasty OHV park near Cullman, never knew of many wheeling spots when I lived in Birmingham. Guess a few of my hiking spots, but was harder to identify back then before the phone apps unless you just knew. North Alabama is another story, plenty to wheel up there.

I’ll DM you and depended on the date you’re rolling, always nice to make a trip home and Tuscaloosa for sure.

Good to see y’all at least get out when you can. Not sure there is ever enough time. I just love the woods; best part about Georgia for me.

Wish y’all could come to Super Cel, those rigs would be a hit up there. I’ll be there in a few weeks and plan to run some trails at Windrock.

The nasty one near Cullman is Stony Lonesome OHV. It used to be so much fun when it was privately owned, but now the county owns it and it's a shithole and so much has changed there or at least in 2023, the last time we went in the JKR... We had 2 newbies behind us and I was taking them on easy/medium trails and the next thing I knew, we almost slid off a cliff! A tree caught us and I almost couldn't winch myself out! That went from an easy trail, to an extreme trail and it was too difficult to turn around and try to go back out!

There's another OHV further south, Morris Mountain, I believe. I heard 10 years ago, that was a rough one, so I could only imagine how bad it is now...?

Where we're going isn't an OHV, I'm not sure what the locals call it, but I know it's near Tuscaloosa?

I'll PM you the details. For some reason, I don't get notifications from this forum anymore, even though everything is turned on that's supposed to tell me....

Thanks, but we're not fans of stuff like that Super Celebration... Honestly, we're not really large events/crowds kind of people... This ride next month has 38 people signed up to go, which is insane and I hope most just stay home and go to the mall, LOL!

 

[Mirage]

Was too exhausted to post these pics last night, but I also installed the LED Under-hood lights in the wife's Bronco!

She ordered some Gloss White Door Handle Covers last year and we misplaced them until finding them last night! I installed them for her.

I also repainted her mirror covers, that we bought almost a year ago! I painted them last year and had some bad runs. I meant to sand out the runs and repaint them in August, but forgot about it, LOL! I found them while cleaning up my garage yesterday, LOL!

I shot them with just plain ole Gloss White for plastics, then used some Ford Gloss clear coat. They came out better this time! I installed them today, after work. I personally don't care for them, but she likes them and it's her Bronco!

 

[Mirage]

Changed the wife's oil last night and installed, the Ronin Factory, easy oil change plug!

Since I believe in using good oil, (your opinion is not needed here), I only use Motorcraft oil in my Ford vehicles! Used 6qts of Full Synthetic 5w30 and a new Motorcraft paper filter/o-rings. Next oil change, hers will get a Baxter adapter, like mine has!

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