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My Bronco sucks off-road! Terrible rock chips after 80 miles on county dirt roads.

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Why is this even a thing. If you are that anal PPF the whole car. That is what I am going to do.
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Good luck on snow and ice. The term pig on ice comes to mind. I’ll gladly take rock throwing for grip on snow, ice, water and mud and rocks.
It does not snow much in Florida and as far as a Pig I have a set on my Excursion and they perform excellent on road, in rain and off road, 10X better than the Michelins I took off,
My sasquatch tires and wheels are for sale maybe you are interested?
 

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It does not snow much in Florida and as far as a Pig I have a set on my Excursion and they perform excellent on road, in rain and off road, 10X better than the Michelins I took off,
My sasquatch tires and wheels are for sale maybe you are interested?
If I hadn’t ordered a sas I would be. :)
 

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So I guess this means the fender flare deletes are a bad idea, considering I live in the desert and nothing but ROCKS grow here😏
 

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Oh my o_O... sell it and buy something that doesn't get dinged, you'll sleep better at night!
 

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To Ford and anyone who will listen. The Bronco Sasquatch is terrible. The tires, fender design destroy the vehicle.

My family has some land and I have to drive 40 miles each way down a county dirt road to access it.
After just driving around town I already had two chips in my door due to the tires picking up rocks so I had PPF installed on all four doors, this cost me almost $1,000
After traveling to my families land this last weekend I was appalled at what I found when I returned home and washed my Bronco. My rear fenders are trashed, one door handle torn up and my PPF is destroyed. I also took a rock chip on the front of the door even ahead of where the PPF is located on the passenger front door.

How can Ford sell a vehicle that literally rips its self apart driving down a county dirt road??

For reference, I've owned a 2011 FJ Cruiser, 2015 F-150, 2017 F-250 and 2018 Ford Raptor. These vehicles all took dozens of trips down the same road and never took any damage at all. One trip with my Bronco and I'm sure I have hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Ford, How I am supposed to take this vehicle off-road without destroying it?!

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The bronco is only made to go off-roading at your local grocery store when you hit the curb you need a jeep.
 

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To Ford and anyone who will listen. The Bronco Sasquatch is terrible. The tires, fender design destroy the vehicle.

My family has some land and I have to drive 40 miles each way down a county dirt road to access it.
After just driving around town I already had two chips in my door due to the tires picking up rocks so I had PPF installed on all four doors, this cost me almost $1,000
After traveling to my families land this last weekend I was appalled at what I found when I returned home and washed my Bronco. My rear fenders are trashed, one door handle torn up and my PPF is destroyed. I also took a rock chip on the front of the door even ahead of where the PPF is located on the passenger front door.

How can Ford sell a vehicle that literally rips its self apart driving down a county dirt road??

For reference, I've owned a 2011 FJ Cruiser, 2015 F-150, 2017 F-250 and 2018 Ford Raptor. These vehicles all took dozens of trips down the same road and never took any damage at all. One trip with my Bronco and I'm sure I have hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Ford, How I am supposed to take this vehicle off-road without destroying it?!

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I don't think off-roading is truly for you. Maybe buy a new Defender?
 

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It's an off-road vehicle. If you wanted a trailer queen you shoulda bought a Landy.
 

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To Ford and anyone who will listen. The Bronco Sasquatch is terrible. The tires, fender design destroy the vehicle.

My family has some land and I have to drive 40 miles each way down a county dirt road to access it.
After just driving around town I already had two chips in my door due to the tires picking up rocks so I had PPF installed on all four doors, this cost me almost $1,000
After traveling to my families land this last weekend I was appalled at what I found when I returned home and washed my Bronco. My rear fenders are trashed, one door handle torn up and my PPF is destroyed. I also took a rock chip on the front of the door even ahead of where the PPF is located on the passenger front door.

How can Ford sell a vehicle that literally rips its self apart driving down a county dirt road??

For reference, I've owned a 2011 FJ Cruiser, 2015 F-150, 2017 F-250 and 2018 Ford Raptor. These vehicles all took dozens of trips down the same road and never took any damage at all. One trip with my Bronco and I'm sure I have hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Ford, How I am supposed to take this vehicle off-road without destroying it?!
On a serious note... did you know that you have to let the paint cure for 30-60 days before you go ripping down a dirt road?
 

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It's primarily the tires. They collect rocks worse than most other designs.
Yes the tires grab rocks. I've drivin them in the snow they are as good or better than any other offroad tire for snow packed roads and ice. Better than KO2s IMO. About the same as Flaken AT3Ws.

But I'll be swapping for a summer off road tire (probably Toyo MTs) for better off road performance and to avoid this kind of damage during summer months.
 

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On a serious note... did you know that you have to let the paint cure for 30-60 days before you go ripping down a dirt road?
I thought that was what my extended stay at Dirt Mountain was for!!! Extended paint cure, at no extra cost.
 

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You paid $1000 for PPF and they didn't wrap the edges? One of the dings you pointed out is literally on the edge and if they did the wrap correctly it would have helped.

I'm definitely getting mud flaps when mine arrives, though.
 

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You said there’s experts at the tire stores😂 come on man get real there’s no experts lurking at the tire stores.
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Ha, thank you for the laugh GOAT23! There is no question that you need to hunt for the experts. They are generally the ones hiding in the back office, after dealing with clients for so many years. The young ones on the floor definitely are not experts!
 
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You paid $1000 for PPF and they didn't wrap the edges? One of the dings you pointed out is literally on the edge and if they did the wrap correctly it would have helped.

I'm definitely getting mud flaps when mine arrives, though.
I'll give them a shout, The back edges are wrapped, the front are not. Don't know why.
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