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Some great new footage of the TFL Bronco on the trail with the modified Defender and Wrangler 392 Rubicon.

At 11:30, you can see Tommy activating Stay Bar Disconnect. It really seemed to help with the articulation and getting over those rocks. No doubt it still could have done it with just the lockers, but still very nice!

Painful sounding metal-on-rock scraping at 14:27, but hey ... that's what the armor is for, right?!

It's really great to see how capable the new Bronco is, especially when it's completely stock.

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Painful sounding metal-on-rock scraping at 14:27, but hey ... that's what the armor is for, right?!
The LR must have been through there just before, it looked like fresh oil drips.
 

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Wow this video really shows just how strange the Defender's "locker" system is really is. Is it like a pressure/clutch system similar to the Bronco Sport? Seems to be in-between a real locker and just a limited slip diff.

The LR must have been through there just before, it looked like fresh oil drips.
I was thinking it was just condensation from the A/C unit... but if it's oil from a diff or a pan... that's hilarious.
 

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More money than brains in that video...

These flatlanders encapsulates the biggest problem I see with the Bronco, people that have no clue will get in way over their heads due to overconfident relying on the tech instead of basic competency and common sense.
 

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Something I noticed upon re-watching and pausing. In the following screen cap, it looks like the modular bumper is seriously out of alignment with the body. (Note the gap between the bumper and the body that gets larger as you move from the passenger's side to the driver's side.) Is this just due to the body and/or frame flexing and is normal in this situation?

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Say what you want, but you cannot flat tow the Defender behind a motorhome...
 

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Wow this video really shows just how strange the Defender's "locker" system is really is. Is it like a pressure/clutch system similar to the Bronco Sport? Seems to be in-between a real locker and just a limited slip diff.
It's more using traction control. Applying braking pressure to the spinning wheel to transfer more power to the wheel that has traction. More and more modern SUV's are doing that. Very glad the Bronco has actual lockers, and disables traction control in low range. We'll have a REAL off road vehicle. :ROFLMAO:
 

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Something I noticed upon re-watching and pausing. In the following screen cap, it looks like the modular bumper is seriously out of alignment with the body. (Note the gap between the bumper and the body that gets larger as you move from the passenger's side to the driver's side.) Is this just due to the body and/or frame flexing and is normal in this situation?

Ford Bronco Footage of First Edition Bronco rock crawling with 392 Rubicon and modified Defender articulati

Yeah, looks like frame flex.
 

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I was thinking it was just condensation from the A/C unit... but if it's oil from a diff or a pan... that's hilarious.
It actually might be but it's more fun to bash LR.

There was a CJ in the group, if it had the inline 6 those come standard with an undercarriage rust prevention system.
 

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Those flatlanders are from Colorado.

More money than brains in that video...

These flatlanders encapsulates the biggest problem I see with the Bronco, people that have no clue will get in way over their heads due to overconfident relying on the tech instead of basic competency and common sense.
 

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Something I noticed upon re-watching and pausing. In the following screen cap, it looks like the modular bumper is seriously out of alignment with the body. (Note the gap between the bumper and the body that gets larger as you move from the passenger's side to the driver's side.) Is this just due to the body and/or frame flexing and is normal in this situation?

Ford Bronco Footage of First Edition Bronco rock crawling with 392 Rubicon and modified Defender articulati
It moves as the Bronco body flexes. no issues here.
 

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I really wished Tommy would have tried climbing the line the beefed up defender had a hard ass time going up. I feel as the Bronco could have pulled it off.
Yeah I think with both lockers engaged the Bronco would have made it up there.
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