Day 1 With 4Dr Badlands- Week 1 Updates

[jmoney]

I won’t get into to much detail, because enough good reviews have been posted. But I will try and hit on a couple of themes from the forum.

1. I took delivery yesterday at noon.
2. The dealer was great, Z plan honored, good deal on Ford warranty (first time I have bought one since the 90s).
3. Fit and finish is good. Top is definitely not the highlight of said fit and finish. Works well, quiet, but definitely gave away the headliner to cover the finished product IMO.
4. 2.7 is solid. Feels like the F150 acceleration and shifting wise. 10sp is not noticeable already. It should get even better in 1k miles or so.
5. Screen and cameras (High Package) are awesome. I would have been disappointed personally if I didn’t get them. I was torn, because the 8” screen was adequate, but wow, the 12” and cameras are the bomb.
6. No mirror whistle yet.
7. Had the front section of top off, got a pop up shower and the seats got wet, wet dogs, interior definitely seemed built for it. Popped the tops on, jumped in and good to go.
8. Took it on some seasonal roads, played with the modes (was in sand and used sand mode). Used trail turn assist to do a donut. The modes were cool, worked well and made sense. I think they will be better than I expected.
9. 18.6 mpg per the computer in mixed driving 100miles.
10. Stereo is just OK. Not as bad as I expected. It won’t be as high on my list of add ons as I initially guessed.

I can try and answer other questions if you have something Badlands specific?

Holy hell that is a beauty! My exact build (being built right now) except I went for the manual. There haven't been many pictures of those BL wheels so I am so excited to see how they look on the cactus grey. Since you have virtually the same build, a few questions for you...
1) Did it come with door bags or is that an add-on option - I can't remember at this point.
2) Is there any option you are considering getting after market?
3) As for adding side steps - have you heard anything about hangups on the 4 door badlands? I could have sworn that I saw something on a bronco nation forum saying certain sidesteps wouldn't work on the badlands 4 door, but again I have read so much at this point I cannot sort the rumors from the truth.

Congrats on a beautiful machine!

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[MDbeachguy]

how easy is getting in the car / your height?

getting in a squatch was a pain hope the standard tires make it easier

 

[imatexan3]

I won’t get into to much detail, because enough good reviews have been posted. But I will try and hit on a couple of themes from the forum.

1. I took delivery yesterday at noon.
2. The dealer was great, Z plan honored, good deal on Ford warranty (first time I have bought one since the 90s).
3. Fit and finish is good. Top is definitely not the highlight of said fit and finish. Works well, quiet, but definitely gave away the headliner to cover the finished product IMO.
4. 2.7 is solid. Feels like the F150 acceleration and shifting wise. 10sp is not noticeable already. It should get even better in 1k miles or so.
5. Screen and cameras (High Package) are awesome. I would have been disappointed personally if I didn’t get them. I was torn, because the 8” screen was adequate, but wow, the 12” and cameras are the bomb.
6. No mirror whistle yet.
7. Had the front section of top off, got a pop up shower and the seats got wet, wet dogs, interior definitely seemed built for it. Popped the tops on, jumped in and good to go.
8. Took it on some seasonal roads, played with the modes (was in sand and used sand mode). Used trail turn assist to do a donut. The modes were cool, worked well and made sense. I think they will be better than I expected.
9. 18.6 mpg per the computer in mixed driving 100miles.
10. Stereo is just OK. Not as bad as I expected. It won’t be as high on my list of add ons as I initially guessed.

I can try and answer other questions if you have something Badlands specific?

Anyway you can take pics of the inside of the MIC top? Curious what it looks like as my mom has a Wrangler with painted top and you can see the mold or whatever it’s called for that.

 

[BigBronco1]

6. No mirror whistle yet.

Are other people mentioning this as well? My mirror whistle is pretty bad...especially above 45mph

 

[BR0NCO]

Approximately how much was the extended warranty?

 

[BroncoJay]

That is my exact build except I’ve got the soft top and optional wheels.
The cactus looks spectacular...
Congrats...

 

[Mattwings]

Holy hell that is a beauty! My exact build (being built right now) except I went for the manual. There haven't been many pictures of those BL wheels so I am so excited to see how they look on the cactus grey. Since you have virtually the same build, a few questions for you...
1) Did it come with door bags or is that an add-on option - I can't remember at this point.
2) Is there any option you are considering getting after market?
3) As for adding side steps - have you heard anything about hangups on the 4 door badlands? I could have sworn that I saw something on a bronco nation forum saying certain sidesteps wouldn't work on the badlands 4 door, but again I have read so much at this point I cannot sort the rumors from the truth.

Congrats on a beautiful machine!

1. No, I ordered them and only the fronts are in so far.
2. Fog/driving lights, rear bumper with integrated hitch.
3. Non-SQ is doable for me and my wife without steps, so they are a non-issue for me at this point. The "sliders" are definitely stout enough for my use case (not many rocks, lots of sand).

 

[Mattwings]

Approximately how much was the extended warranty?

$1500 for 6 years, 75K miles. Basically extends the 3 year 36k to 6/75k. Risk transfer, hope I don't need it, glad if I need it I have it. The amount of tech is a tad intimidating, so I hedged a bit.

 

[B Miller]

Congratulations! Question: I thought the hard tops were not available until 2022? I've seen several delivered with them. What am I missing here?

 

[broncolvr]

Congratulations! Question: I thought the hard tops were not available until 2022? I've seen several delivered with them. What am I missing here?

Specific to the MIC tops, its not that they are not available till 2022. There is just a smaller quantity available for 2021 which might end up pushing a lot of builds with MIC tops to 2022. The MOD tops are a different story..

 

[Mattwings]

Congratulations! Question: I thought the hard tops were not available until 2022? I've seen several delivered with them. What am I missing here?

MIC top only in 21. Limited availability to to ongoing Webasto plant and manufacturing issues. It is a primary bottleneck in production, thus Soft top 4dr Big Bends being built for dealer inventory vs. other models and trims with constraints. Just for what it's worth, I avoided a few of the deadly ins (SQ, LUX, Tow) and I think that's part of why I got mine relatively early. I was a night 1 reservation and 1st in line with my dealer as well.

 

[Bronco21fan]

I won’t get into to much detail, because enough good reviews have been posted. But I will try and hit on a couple of themes from the forum.

1. I took delivery yesterday at noon.
2. The dealer was great, Z plan honored, good deal on Ford warranty (first time I have bought one since the 90s).
3. Fit and finish is good. Top is definitely not the highlight of said fit and finish. Works well, quiet, but definitely gave away the headliner to cover the finished product IMO.
4. 2.7 is solid. Feels like the F150 acceleration and shifting wise. 10sp is not noticeable already. It should get even better in 1k miles or so.
5. Screen and cameras (High Package) are awesome. I would have been disappointed personally if I didn’t get them. I was torn, because the 8” screen was adequate, but wow, the 12” and cameras are the bomb.
6. No mirror whistle yet.
7. Had the front section of top off, got a pop up shower and the seats got wet, wet dogs, interior definitely seemed built for it. Popped the tops on, jumped in and good to go.
8. Took it on some seasonal roads, played with the modes (was in sand and used sand mode). Used trail turn assist to do a donut. The modes were cool, worked well and made sense. I think they will be better than I expected.
9. 18.6 mpg per the computer in mixed driving 100miles.
10. Stereo is just OK. Not as bad as I expected. It won’t be as high on my list of add ons as I initially guessed.

I can try and answer other questions if you have something Badlands specific?

Congrats looks great I ordered same color

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