New here, BS owner thinking of upgrading.

[JerryC]

LowRange, I saw your latest video. The Sport looks good lifted.

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[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

Thanks but I screwed up the video...music was off and I was missing the last 45 seconds...so, delete it, fix it and repost...

Guys, I know it's not a hairy chested, 800hp, one ton axled, tractor tire fitted toy...I had one of those and it was fun. Look at my channel, there are numerous vehicles that wheel and my black ranger (swamp donkey)with the exoskeleton has been rolled twice by me and up to the middle of the windshield in water and mud due to "when in doubt, throttle out". This is a new direction, wife driving a newer vehicle. Do we spend $50,000 on a bare bones sasquach bronco that she's the primary driver (I have a f-150 as a daily) or do we spend $50,000 on a fully loaded Bronco Sport badlands? I wanted the full size, she wanted a comfortable vehicle. Now the question is, how capable is it and can it do what we want?
So far, it has impressed me and clearance is the issue. Can a lift give me the clearance to do what we want (and it's not up to the windshield in mud and water! lol!!) It appears, so far, locked diffs, lower gears and clearance is all we need for what she will allow the bronco sport to be put through. Anyway, the plan is still to trade it in on a Badlands full size in the future, just with the way this is working now....maybe we will wait more than a year after buying it, lol.

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

Lift and tires look good! Enjoy!

Thanks!
That's weird...I have the video turned off now that I fixed it and reuploaded it, but the link to the old video that's turned off still works?? That ain't supposed to happen!

 

[Bugkillah]

Thanks!
That's weird...I have the video turned off now that I fixed it and reuploaded it, but the link to the old video that's turned off still works?? That ain't supposed to happen!

I must have seen it minutes after it was posted, before you took it down. Don’t let the haters get to you. Wait till the 2dr guys chime in…

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

I must have seen it minutes after it was posted, before you took it down. Don’t let the haters get to you. Wait till the 2dr guys chime in…

LOL, yeah the new one is up now. The "2dr guys"...if I had my choice, I'd have a 2dr bronco sport! With a manual! And low range!...lol.

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

Our latest..
Wifes vehicle so she drives (unless it gets bad) No need to rush regardless but yes by myself I would of went faster, lol.

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

She misses the point even though her concerns are valid (and the reason the wife got a badlands bronco sport instead of a bare bones bronco. (with 3.73's and open diffs)

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

Here's our latest with the "baby bronco". Everyone else is on 35's or bigger and one newer toyota on 31's wouldn't go more than half way...but we did, lol.

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

Well, after driving a bronco sport for 2 years and after driving numerous full size we decided it was time to make the decision to either get a Bronco badlands or stick with a Bronco Sport Badlands...

Do we trade off more off road capability for better mileage and on road handling??
Both have their pros and cons, we owned one and drove numerous full size, this was our final decision;

 

[HoosierDaddy]

It was only a matter of time..... or was it? LOL

Enjoyed the videos! Thanks for coming back to update us!

My thoughts on the whole saga, just reading it for the first time.

There is a lot of ignorance, denial and butt hurt about how capable a Badlands Sport truly is. Ford took one to Moab and hit some of the tougher obstacles and it went through everything the full size Badlands did, no issues.

It's like an Outback, but on steroids. Rock gardens, no, not a chance, but there is a whole ton of other stuff besides rock gardens.

I'll push this even farther, on the road, as a Pavement Princess, equally equipped (tires), the Sport AWD system is better suited than the 6G's system for 98% of winter driving, similar to a Subaru Outback, even with the full size 4A versions.
Although, putting true winter tires on a full size with Advanced transfer case would make a formidable snow car, putting the same winters on a Sport or an Outback (and I have) , they become insanely capable.

The tires are such an important piece of this puzzle, it's why I have been keeping an eye out for Nokian's new Outpost nAT tire. That company was built on stellar winter performance, even for their "non-winter" tires.

People conveniently forget about this...

 

[BigFootie]

It was only a matter of time..... or was it? LOL

Enjoyed the videos! Thanks for coming back to update us!

My thoughts on the whole saga, just reading it for the first time.

There is a lot of ignorance, denial and butt hurt about how capable a Badlands Sport truly is. Ford took one to Moab and hit some of the tougher obstacles and it went through everything the full size Badlands did, no issues.

It's like an Outback, but on steroids. Rock gardens, no, not a chance, but there is a whole ton of other stuff besides rock gardens.

I'll push this even farther, on the road, as a Pavement Princess, equally equipped (tires), the Sport AWD system is better suited than the 6G's system for 98% of winter driving, similar to a Subaru Outback, even with the full size 4A versions.
Although, putting true winter tires on a full size with Advanced transfer case would make a formidable snow car, putting the same winters on a Sport or an Outback (and I have) , they become insanely capable.

The tires are such an important piece of this puzzle, it's why I have been keeping an eye out for Nokian's new Outpost nAT tire. That company was built on stellar winter performance, even for their "non-winter" tires.

People conveniently forget about this...

Its why I have both! They each have their advantages but are definitely not in the same class of vehicles. I love my sport as a daily driver and great in the snow. But for shear driving enjoyment for me, it just doesn’t compare to my 2 door manual Heritage. Plus, having the Sport, allows my Heritage to take the winter (salt) off. I got the Sport while waiting on the 2dr with the intention of giving to my wife or trading it in. She didn’t want it so……. I kept it to drive in the winter.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Its why I have both!

I tried a four door Badlands for the wife, with the possible thought of selling the 2dr ... IF.. she loved the 4dr.
She did not, she's hooked on those Outbacks. They're a great vehicle, but yaaaawn.
So the moar door got traded in on another Subie. Beauty of it is, she found a really nice older one she liked, so we saved a ton o'money on the deal. The Badlands was a Grangtober special, so I bought at a great price.

One thing I learned, I loved the soft top, so convenient!!
A bit noisy, but we did two long haul family vacations in it and really have no complaints. It was livable.

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

The only issues I've had (have) with the BS is the garbage inner fender wells and underneath cover which are made of a cheap felt like material. The problem is, it holds snow/mud and we tore out the right inner fender on the old one when the wife hit a ball of snow the grader left in the road. The second problem is that the fenders are too small and the centreline of the front spindle isn't in the center of the front fender well. I'd like to fab up lower control arms that move the ball joint 1" to the front and of course modify whatever to get the caster correct again. (worst case it would be too negative which will keep it straighter on the highway and not turn as easy going slow) Moving the wheel 1" forward would give room for 2" bigger tires and if any trimming is needed, it's at the front which is just outer fender, as opposed to having to grind a body seam for clearance behind the tire.

Regardless, it's a flat toboggan with four little wheels sticking down, so I wish I could make the wheel bigger!
New video of me fabbing up and installing rock sliders coming up as soon as it's done saving. Grinding and drilling on a vehicle with 400km's to do the skid plates and now 800km's on it, drilling/grinding on it is exciting, LOL!!

 

[Low Range in Nova Scotia]

Finally...

 

[Gnomad]

I'll push this even farther, on the road, as a Pavement Princess, equally equipped (tires), the Sport AWD system is better suited than the 6G's system for 98% of winter driving, similar to a Subaru Outback, even with the full size 4A versions.
Although, putting true winter tires on a full size with Advanced transfer case would make a formidable snow car, putting the same winters on a Sport or an Outback (and I have) , they become insanely capable.

My biggest gripe I think about the 6G. I came here from an LR3 which had a AWD transfer case and Terrain Response, and miss that capability on snow and ice. Now we have to shift (or let the Bronco do it if you have the auto case) as needed for conditions and when you get to those patchy parts it's anooying. It also never seems quite as stable as the LR3.
The Wifely one has a BS, and that little monkey will handle a snowy road like it's on rails. The technology is there and really it must have been marketing.

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