Minty, 2dr Badlands on 37's, My "Heritage" Build Thread!

[Mirage]

Great job. I love the wood look decking color, it goes good with your green Bronco. It is a lot of work but worth it in the end. I'm still digging mine. I gotta ask...You going to build one for your wife?

Thanks! Yep, I also thought the wood/tan color would look better in my Green Bronco She wants to keep the rear seats in hers, I assume because it's a Limited? I will have all the recovery gear in mine, when we both go offroading, so there's not really any reason for her to want one...? Honestly, I do not want to build another one and totally understand now, why you didn't want to build another one, hah!

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[Mirage]

My last day of my 4 day weekend, before going back to hell, I mean work, was spent working on the Bronco most of the day, again...

First up was the installation of my new AWE 0FG Cat-Back Exhaust with BashGuard, which sounds very nice actually!

Next up, I installed my JCR Offroad Overhead MOLLE Panel

Went to Lowe's early this morning and bought some 1/8"x1.5" Flat Aluminum stock and cut it down to 4 matching pieces, then drilled a hole all the way through all 4 of them!

Also picked up this stuff at Lowe's, to act as a spacer, more than its' intended use

I used both of the items above to hold my latches down, which worked quite well! I also installed the bolts/nuts back to the latches for minor locking adjustments.

Kind of difficult to tell, but I added some of the closed cell foam over the OEM jack, which helped "hide" the hole right here.

I then added lots of MOLLE Bags and filled some of them and added a lot of patches!!!

I went overboard on buying MOLLE Bags, LOL! I bought 3 different medical bags and filled them with all sorts of medical crap!

I had planned to install Broaddict's Tailgate Table and Molle Panel, but once it showed up and after I installed the storage box, the tailgate table was way too thick to fit and let the tailgate shut, so I'm returning it and ordering just a non-table MOLLE panel to fit on the tailgate.

I definitely have plenty of MOLLE bag storage now!

 

[Mirage]

I added these little aluminum rings to the all the round knobs in the cabin.

As you can see, these are a well made product, made in China, LOL! Don't fit for Sport, hahahahaha!

I also installed a PPF Film over my screen, from Underground Graphics. I had bought a glass one a couple of months ago, but it broke as I was trying to install it... so, I opted for a film this time!

 

[JJ Bronco]

Love the wood seat delete/trunk floor.

 

[Mirage]

Rough Country Spline Lugnuts on the left. Extreme Terrain Spine Lugnuts on the right. I definitely switched to Extreme's!

 

[Mirage]

Over the last weekend of July, my 75 year old Father-In-Law slipped out his front door and fell through their front porch railing... My Mother-In-Law asked me if I'd come fix it?

I loaded up everything I could possibly need for the rebuild of their railing!

I wasn't just going to fix that one ancient railing, I was going to rebuild the whole 30ish feet of it!

Wife had an appointment, so she met me at her parents house and this looked like a great photo op!

8 hours later, I completely rebuilt their front porch railing! They won't be falling through this anytime soon!

 

[Mirage]

A week after I built and installed the storage box for my Bronco, my damn Tow Harness/Computer from Ford finally showed up...., 3 weeks later... Once it gets cooler down here, I'll remove the storage box and install all of this...

Got my RedRock Tailgate MOLLE Panel installed.

For more info on my rear seat delete/storage box, you can check it out here:

Mirage's DIY 2 Door Rear Seat Delete/Raised Cargo Platform with 3 Lockable Storage Doors!

Updated all my MOLLE Panels/Bags/Patches

 

[Mirage]

This is a first for me...., I went to replace the wiper blades, so I bought the ones like our Ranger had and this was the first time in my life that I've seen how these wipers install... I just thought I'd share my experience. You'll want I & L Pinch Tab wiper blades.

OEM on top, new ones on bottom

These are the only ones I could find locally, that were type I & L

Cleaned her up thoroughly before Cars & Coffee the following day!

I was surprised how many people asked me about my Bronco at C&C!!!

 

[Mirage]

We needed to communicate with each other, when offroading, so I bought 2 of these kits! I wanted the 45-watt, but they only had one in stock, so I settled for these, which worked amazingly last weekend!

I ordered a pair of Rugged's Antenna Dust Cap Covers, but they didn't fit, so I modified them to fit, LOL!

 

[Mirage]

I replaced my S&B Oiled Filter for their Paper Dry Filter, since we're mostly going to be riding in dirty/dusty conditions..

Got my Undercloak Skid Plates from Metalcloak!

I've wanted one of these Jacks since they were released! Hope I never have to use it, but I'll have it

My Little Pony, Minty

 

[Mirage]

We finally were able to go offroading last Sunday!

About halfway through the ride, I kept hearing a popping/squeaking in the rear of my Bronco...? Got home about 7pm, got under it and found the culprit!

@Metalcloak said they were hand-built and the snap ring probably wasn't seated well and popped out... Unsure why it stayed in there fine for 2 months, until we went offroading, then it decided to pop out?

 

[Mirage]

Late Friday morning, I went out back and removed the rear upper control arm.

I bought a 6 pack of PROTO Reversible Snap Ring Pliers and hopefully fixed it from popping out again?

 

[Mirage]

Saturday morning, I started installing my Metalcloak Undercloak Skid Plates...

Metalcloak apparently forgot to pack an important bracket/hanger in all those boxes...., as I was missing the outer bracket to installed the Fuel Tank Skid Plates... Hopefully, they'll get me the missing bracket soon?

I also installed the matching RockWorx upper Hardtop Thumbscrews.

 

[Mirage]

Saturday night, I installed my ARB Jack mount by Slee Off-Road.

I figured the best place for it was on the front of my newly built storage box

I rearranged the stuff in each box and had to move one of my MOLLE medical bags to the rear on the Bronco, to make room for the ARB Jack :/

 

[Mirage]

Monday afternoon, I got some more stuff from Metalcloak!

@Metalcloak also came through yesterday! Got home super late and my missing fuel tank skid bracket was sitting on my front deck!

When I got home from work today, I finished installing the Fuel Tank Skids to complete my Undercloak Skid Package!

I truly love their products! I heard they were making full replacement adjustable lift coilovers, so I'll be ready for those when they come out!

Also today, I paint matched the diff cover, but didn't finish it yet...

I'm running out of stuff to do to it, but my wife found these auto-on/off under hood LED kits, so I bought a pair of them and will hopefully get them installed in a couple weekends?

In a couple of months, once it gets cooler, I'm going to "fix" my front bumper and add some things to it, which I'll update when the time comes...

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