No Rocks For My Badlands

[Delli555]

Is it just me, or does it seem silly to spend all that extra money on mods just to have worse MPG and more noise while driving just for the looks? Maybe I am just not as vain as others?

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[Boreal]

I’m in the same boat with my Non Sas Badlands. Mostly gravel running while heading to a hiking trail, forest creek for a paddle or general wildlife searching. Manitoba is too flat to rock crawl, and I would’ve preferred a Sas’d BD however the trim limitations screwed over my hopes of that (Mid/High pack can’t be selected with the 7MT on the BD). 35” rubber is overkill, the Sway Bar Disco will be pricy down the road… the bean counters really fucked over those in cold weather climates(heated seats) that love to row gears… The perfect rig doesn’t quite exist, but the BL is 95% of the way there

 

[MayhemMike]

Interior choices, wash out floors and packages meant the most to me. The BL offered all three of these, and it did not require the Sasquatch option to “ look the part”. So it comes with a disconnecting stay bar that I will more then likely never use. Oh well. After pricing them ever which way, the BL won.

 

[SavSqch]

Interior choices, wash out floors and packages meant the most to me. The BL offered all three of these, and it did not require the Sasquatch option to “ look the part”. So it comes with a disconnecting stay bar that I will more then likely never use. Oh well. After pricing them ever which way, the BL won.

Bingo! Same with me!

 

[Broncotrax]

Those of you who think the sway bar disconnect is for rock crawling have it wrong.
If you have ever went down a long gravel or dirt road with washboard bumps for miles or the occasional bowling ball size rock in your path with a sway bar "connected" really need to try it in a vehicle with the option to disconnect.
Then add in the fact that you can air down. I do both as often as possible and the difference is night and day. You will enjoy your adventure a lot more and be less fatigued in the evenings.
Having tunnel vision that sway bar disconnect is for rock crawling only will cheat you out of another chapter of adventurous enjoyment.

 

[SavSqch]

Those of you who think the sway bar disconnect is for rock crawling have it wrong.
If you have ever went down a long gravel or dirt road with washboard bumps for miles or the occasional bowling ball size rock in your path with a sway bar "connected" really need to try it in a vehicle with the option to disconnect.
Then add in the fact that you can air down. I do both as often as possible and the difference is night and day. You will enjoy your adventure a lot more and be less fatigued in the evenings.
Having tunnel vision that sway bar disconnect is for rock crawling only will cheat you out of another chapter of adventurous enjoyment.

You just nailed it 100% how I would be using my Badlands! Perfectly written

 

[Broncotrax]

You just nailed it 100% how I would be using my Badlands! Perfectly written

Adventure on my friend.
Creature comforts are found in several places.

EDit: In the earlier post I meant to say " for rock crawling only"

 

[Jdyount]

You probably should have bought a Bronco Sport, just saying......

 

[BroncoSarge]

Buy what you want. No need to justify your choices. I won’t be doing anything extreme either. Mild climbing maybe. I got the badlands because I wanted MGV, washout floors and high package.

 

[SavSqch]

You probably should have bought a Bronco Sport, just saying......

Awesome pic!! Sports are lame!

 

[Rick Astley]

I’m going off road a lot actually. Just NOT rock climbing. Totally getting Full PPF as I like the flat color look.

Will be fun to replace panels of material, in keeping with the flat color look.

 

[SavSqch]

Buy what you want. No need to justify your choices. I won’t be doing anything extreme either. Mild climbing maybe. I got the badlands because I wanted MGV, washout floors and high package.

Same as me brother !

 

[SavSqch]

Will be fun to replace panels of material, in keeping with the flat color look.

I guess I don’t understand your comment.

 

[evomind]

A lot of people buy exotic sports cars and never race them.
Same thing I think.

 

[Jdyount]

Lamest comment I’ve seen but there always has to be someone. Your shackles must make you the only real Bronco Owner.

First: You're out here baiting an argument with a post like this, don't act like you're not...

Second: This is a forum, you can't gatekeep opposing opinions by saying "Anyone else (do this)?".

I think it's completely ridiculous to buy a specialized off-road vehicle out-fitted to rock crawl, then protest "NO ROCKS FOR ME!!!" in a thread title. That's my opinion. If you want to buy a Bronco just to have a Bronco you should have bought a Bronco Sport (again my opinion). To have a vehicle with lockers, low gears, and 37" tires and to only drive it around the mall is nothing but a waste of money and gas (again my opinion) and a boost for your ego (fact).

AND, there isn't anything lame about a pic of a Badlands Bronco doing what it was meant to.... It isn't the shackles that makes me a real Bronco owner, it's the 4 ft rock wall I crawled down in this pic.

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