My Little Mule - 2DR Badlands / Sasquatch build

[Lil Mul]

RTR grille with light bar installed. If you have Mishimoto high mount intercooler you will need to trim one of the side plastic radiator baffles to clear the plug on the grille DRL's

Lets not talk about how big a PITA it was to take the bumper back off and back on to install the grille...

After few days of the weight on the front springs it did end up settling about 1/2". I will take it back up to the 4x4shop after Thankgiving and get it moved up another clip to #5 on the fronts. Should level it back out.

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[Lil Mul]

Took it back into the shop Wednesday and had them set the front shocks to max #6 perch setting. This leveled it back out mostly with the fronts now sitting at 40" to lip of the SAS flare and 40 3/4" to lip of the SAS flare on the rears. So about 3/4" rake. Looks nice and level at a glance and apx. 1.5" higher than stock SAS ride height with the 220+lbs weight of the ARB bumper and winch hanging on the front. The rear shocks are still at clip #1, so I have a lot adjustment left to add weight to the rear for camping/overlanding gear and still keep it level.

Rides and corners nice even with the extra weight. Loving the Whipple tune and other power upgrades. Sounds really nice and has nice peppy sporty feel when you mash the go pedal. With the stereo upgrade it is now everything I wished it could be and I love the aesthetics of the bumper and lights.

 

[joell king]

Looks amazing ! Nice build

Kodi​

 

[BullyHayes]

After cruising the forum for a bit now a feel bad for all you guys that had to wait years for your truck to get built.

I got a spur under my saddle a couple of weeks ago and went on Autotrader looking for Broncos with real pics on the dealer lot.
Found this gem sitting at a dealer 2 hours away from an order cancel. Gave them my info to do the paperwork and drove up and picked her up.

I had a very specific wish list. 2 door, badlands, Sas, V6, black or gray, with high or lux trim...... This one has the High trim, which is fine.

Daily driver so I can't get too wild on the build.
Mod List to come:

Engine:
Mishimoto airfilter box and catch cans
Whipple intercooler - High Mount Mishimoto intercooler
Mishimoto charge pipes
RTR cat back Borla Climber Touring
Whipple tune
That combo should push the 2.7 real close to 400hp and 500ft torque.,

Interior:
Full speaker, amp, and subwoofer upgrade with 6" rear speaker pods
Goose Gear full rear seat removal deck system DIY rear seat delete.

Body:
RTR grill
ARB summit bumper and rear bumper
RTR rear tailgate reinforcement
Lots of added skid plates underneath
Trailrax roof rack

Suspension:
Bilstien 6112's to start I think. I just want to level it for now
Billstien 6112's installed. 1.5" lift

Wheels:
Something in a 17X9 with gray and 20+ mm offset. Just enough to get the side walls poking past the sas flares.
Probably keep it on 35's for now. 37's would be awesome.... but again its a daily commuter.
17X9 KMC Mesa black with gunmetal +18mm offset. Goodyear 315's


I'll update as I make progress... not in any rush.

Nice throwback to "Romancing the Stone"! Did you name it Pepe?

 

[mdube72]

Time for some sound upgrade while I wait for front bumper parts

Kicker 4" for dash
Kicker 6.5" for kick panels
Kicker 6.5" with Mabett pods for the back
Kicker 8" sub to go in factory box and location
Musway 1400 watt amp to power it all
PlugnPlayKits harnesses and wiring.

Very nice complete kit from Plug-n-Play. He even threw in a set of panel removal pry tools for free. Harnesses are well made with OEM wire coloring and everything needed to tap into factory radio and run it back to the amp in the back.

Should sound waaaay better than stock crap in there now.

What sub did you go with ? Did you need to modify it to fit the stock box ?

 

[Lil Mul]

What sub did you go with ? Did you need to modify it to fit the stock box ?

8" Kicker sub.
It will fit in the OEM sub-box with some trimming with a drimmel to open the mounting hole in the box up a little. It just barely fit, but did fit. No mod's to the speaker required.

 

[Lil Mul]

Full RCI steel skid plate set.

Engine
Transmission
Transfer case
Cross members
Catalytic converters
Shock/Lower Control arm - really like this feature of the RCI shock skid plate. they also cover the control arm
Differential

RCI gas tank skid and the RCI 5 degree frame mount sliders are next.

 

[Lil Mul]

First oil change at 5,000 miles completed.

With all the confusion on how much oil to put in these engines I checked the dip stick after letting the engine warm up a little and then sit for 5 mins. Oil level on dip stick was just under the top fill hole on the stick.

Emptied exactly 5.5 qrts of oil out of the engine through the drain plug ...

So I put 5.5 qrts back in. Primed the engine, then let it run for few mins and then sit for 10 mins before checking dipstick. Again oil level just under the top fill hole on the stick

If doing your own oil changes I would hesitate on just dumping in 6 qrts without checking levels as you go or measuring what you took out first...

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