Rock chips lower portion of door

[dgorsett]

I used my Ford Pass rewards and bought these from Ford for the bottom of the doors and rockers on my 2 door. Just finally got around to installing them last weekend. These will definitely help protect the area you are concerned with.

Can we see more pics on your A51 please?

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[MillerAndCheeto]

Yes, unfortunately the Bronco's are well known for throwing rocks and chipping paint. Back when the first Bronco's were coming off the line, some lady became the laughing stock by posting a "The Bronco sucks offroad!" post, which simply detailed how she chipped her paint driving on gravel roads. After she was thoroughly roasted for claiming a gravel road was offroading, the main takeaway was that without PPF, sliders, mudflaps or a combination of these options, paint chips are inevitable.

I have found the Ford mudflaps to be great so far. When I take my Bronco offroading, the lower piece slides right off. Only one time did I slide off-camber into a muddy steep hill that I impacted the upper part of the mudflap, but there was no damage.

 

[Luckylat]

I put mud flaps the first week on the front end of my Bronco. I bought them from Mabett/ Amazon. Fairly easy to install and they have worked well. Have done a fair amount of off-roading with no damage to the doors or rocker panels! Blend right in with the running boards.

 

[Imonamoose]

I put mud flaps the first week on the front end of my Bronco. I bought them from Mabett/ Amazon. Fairly easy to install and they have worked well. Have done a fair amount of off-roading with no damage to the doors or rocker panels! Blend right in with the running boards.

The wedding pictures look lovely but this pushes the boomer posting around here to a new threshold.

 

[GroovyGeek]

mudflaps help alot i bought the gatorbacks from ford with pass points

$500 for mudflaps? Holy moly...

I love the tagline "Avoid aftermarket worries". They need to also add "A full wallet causes unsightly bulges". I prefer to keep my money closer to home
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBVG87VM/

 

[GroovyGeek]

I also have the chips. Was thinking about getting some thick clear ppf or Xpel and self applying or asking my step brother when I see him next. I'm guessing that's the cheapest.

Came across these as well:

https://accessories.ford.com/paint-protection-film-by-gfx-2dr-6-piece-kit
https://accessories.ford.com/paint-protection-film-by-gfx-4dr-6-piece-kit

Because Ford has to make you add what the rock crowler should've come with...

Edit: I can't tell if the Ford Accessories linked above are the chunky (paint-matched?) plastic protectors I saw recently. I think that's just precut ppf film. I know I saw someone say those were from Ford aftermarket...

Ooooh... Here is Ford saying "we f----d up so here is a $250 add-on to correct what we should have done right in the first place"

 

[JT58Bronc]

Before our first off road adventure in Georgia I installed Mabbet front mud flaps on our 2 door. I thought we would be all set......no way. The rocks and gravel stuck in the factory Sas tires and threw rocks everywhere, past the mud flaps. Heard them banging underneath and on the side. There were so many chips on the rockers and on the lower portion of the doors. There were at least 20 on each side I had to touch up by hand with a brush. So mud flaps did not help- or maybe they did. It might have been much worse without them.....I don't want any type of sliders or running boards- I don't like the look. My wife and I step into it easily as is. I like the idea of the rocker body appearance kit or stick on clear protection. Definitely need to do something before we go off road again.

 

[CarGuy]

I had the same issue and added a Broflaps with the extension (extension for the winter) and haven’t had a new chip since.

 

[Rydfree]

I put the RockSlide Engineering steps on my 2dr the 1st week of owning the Bronco and they have been the best purchase so far. I got them during a forum promotion for 2k delivered so they were not cheap but boy do they do their job well . I also get no rocks or splash up the side of the doors. I drive maintained gravel roads often and my driveway to the house is 1000' of gravel as well . I hear them bouncing off the sliders but they never reach the paint. I also have aftermarket 17x9 wheels at a +12 offset so they poke more than factory also.

I absolutely hate the way mudflaps look so glad these worked out so well. I'd probably deal with rock chips better than flaps,lol.

 

[Bill K]

New to off-roading so any help is much appreciated. I have less than 500 miles on my new 2023 Wildtrack and already have a large chip in paint on the bottom portion of the front door. Maybe it’s called rocker panel? In the photo it is the lower portion maybe 4-5” wide X length of the door than angles slightly inward. Are there any inexpensive protection solutions out there that can cover this area that can be attached with adhesive? THANKS in advance for any input!!!

Mudflaps and Nerf Bar with semi-solid top. Have them both (Mabett mudflaps and Clamber nerf bar on Amazon) and OK so far.

 

[Bobk]

Can we see more pics on your A51 please?

Well that makes me question whether I chose poorly on paying the extra $995 for the AGM color! Lol
I’ll get some pics posted tomorrow.

 

[userdude]

I put the RockSlide Engineering steps on my 2dr the 1st week of owning the Bronco and they have been the best purchase so far. I got them during a forum promotion for 2k delivered so they were not cheap but boy do they do their job well . I also get no rocks or splash up the side of the doors. I drive maintained gravel roads often and my driveway to the house is 1000' of gravel as well . I hear them bouncing off the sliders but they never reach the paint. I also have aftermarket 17x9 wheels at a +12 offset so they poke more than factory also.

I absolutely hate the way mudflaps look so glad these worked out so well. I'd probably deal with rock chips better than flaps,lol.

That looks awesome.

 

[dgorsett]

Well that makes me question whether I chose poorly on paying the extra $995 for the AGM color! Lol
I’ll get some pics posted tomorrow.

Ha Ha. Hey, I paid $5K to upgrade to Big Bend partly to get the then restricted A51.

 

[Bobk]

Well better late than never. Here are the pics …
I like this accessory much better than just a tape stripe.

 

[OverlandingPastor]

Are their Ford Gatorback front mudflaps that work with factory tube steps on Heritage edition? I'm looking at accessories.ford.com and seems like they all say not compatible with steps.

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