JesseRohr's 2023 Badland 2DR Build

[JesseRohr]

Many of you my recognize my name from various forums over the years or as one of the executives at MBRP before they sold to private equity a few years ago. I am still in my the automotive aftermarket industry as I have been my whole life, but in a different sort of role. I own a large brand development firm that handles a lot of the sales, trade shows, and marketing execution for brands like MBRP, Michelin/BFG, Nitto, Vossen Wheel, MSS Suspension, etc...

Since we used vehicles all over North America I wanted to get back in the wrenching of things and build a 2 Door Bronco that will eventually replace a Tacoma TRD Pro I have in service out on the West Coast with one of my employees.

Our Blank Slate of a build showed up and the parts have been slowly trickling in for it as well. The purpose of the vehicle is to be able to make about 1000 jobber calls (shop visits) annually while also being able to be a prop in many of our trade shows that we handle for MBRP.

Currently the parts en route are

Icon Vehicle Dynamics

• Stage 2 lift with billet upper A-Arms
• Icon Alloy Rebound SLX 17x8.5 0mm Offset (5x)

DV8 Off-Road

• Front Bumper
• ACC Relocation Bracket
• Rear Spare Tire Guard
• Rear Bumper
• Brake Light Bracket
• Crash Bar Delete Cover
• Lower Control Arm Brackets
• A Pillar Light Mounts
• Amber Flush Lights for rear bumper
• Elite Series 20" Dual Row LED Light Bar
• Molle Panels
• Door Pocket Panels

BFGoodrich

• 315/70/17 Mud Terrain KM3 Tires

Project X Offroad

• HP.70 Lights (For Pillar Mounts)

Focal Audio

• ACX 165 for lower kick panels
• ACX 100 for upper dash and roll bar

Current Pile of parts:

Looking forward to keeping you guys up to speed on the build as it comes along.

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[BroncoAZ]

Looks like a good build. Props for choosing a proper 2 door

 

[Rick Astley]

Looks to be a fun build, but you should really put your handle in the currently veeeeery generic build title.

 

[emulous74]

Question were these items donated and if they were are you allowed to give your honest opinion of them?

 

[gtabert]

Question were these items donated and if they were are you allowed to give your honest opinion of them?

Fair question, will be watching with interest.

 

[AKBronc49]

Will love to follow along with the build!

 

[JesseRohr]

Question were these items donated and if they were are you allowed to give your honest opinion of them?

Typically for things like this we purchase the products from our industry friends.

 

[JesseRohr]

Looks to be a fun build, but you should really put your handle in the currently veeeeery generic build title.

Not sure I follow what you're saying.

 

[JesseRohr]

Tackled the Audio project today. Pretty straight forward. Couldn't help but notice it appears my vehicle has a subwoofer that is not currently operational.

Also tackled the Wheels/Tires. No rub at full lock with the crash bars removed.

 

[JesseRohr]

Tackled the MBRP exhaust install today. I chose the T304 high clearance system but they have a single and dual system as well with nice exhaust tips.

Factory system removed:

Install took a little under an hour with air tools on the ground in my driveway (I'm wrenching on vacation).

The sound is a little louder, significantly deeper than stock on the 2.7L.

 

[Bikeric]

Tackled the Audio project today. Pretty straight forward. Couldn't help but notice it appears my vehicle has a subwoofer that is not currently operational.

Hopefully you got the $250 credit from Ford for the involuntary subwoofer delete

 

[JesseRohr]

Started on a few more installs this afternoon.

DV8 3rd brake light extension:

DV8 Rear spare tire guard:

DV8 Front bumper install:

DV8 crash bar covers:

 

[kojack19]

Tackled the Audio project today. Pretty straight forward. Couldn't help but notice it appears my vehicle has a subwoofer that is not currently operational.

Also tackled the Wheels/Tires. No rub at full lock with the crash bars removed.

Looks great. Actually like that wheel color with red too. Looks like this started as a non Sasquatch? What wheel offset are you running?

 

[JesseRohr]

Looks great. Actually like that wheel color with red too. Looks like this started as a non Sasquatch? What wheel offset are you running?

Non Sas and is still on the factory suspension. I won't be able to tackle the suspension until next week.

Icon wheels are 17x8.5 with 0mm offset.

 

[BigDaddySquatch]

Non Sas and is still on the factory suspension. I won't be able to tackle the suspension until next week.

Icon wheels are 17x8.5 with 0mm offset.

How much lift are you going with? Looks really good as is. Any rubbing with the bigger tires?

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