Go for it!….wind noise will be the least of your worries
Ford added in an additional bar on the BRaptor because the structure needed more stability. I suggest you either change your plans or find a way to make it work in the current configuration.I am interested in more clearance in the back area, for standing with a pop top camper with access from the inside.
1) Anybody know if the Bronco would fold up in on itself if you deleted the roll bar?
2) For example what if only : the roll bar rear cross bar was deleted?
3) What if the rear cross bar was deleted - and replaced with the mid-cross bar as found in the Raptor?
Any insights would be appreciated!
Maybe, but ford also had trouble with the earlier Raptor f150 frames bending when jumped or heavily loaded over bumps. (Now ford upgraded those)
I love what you did with your bronco, but I have to ask what's the RBM of a factory rock slider vs the factory roll bar?
Not digging into the validity of cutting into the roll cage (drive fast, take chances!), but I do want to know what your process was for welding mild steel to boron steel.
I never welded the boron roll bar, only welded the steel from the rock slider I used. Like I said I fabbed up 4130 INSERTS that have the same profile as the factory tubes and slid the inserts INSIDE the tube. They have a nice tight fit... And I doubt the rock sliders are boron. Whatever the rocksliders are made out welded up perfectly with 4130.
Amazing!! Any issues with the tail gate closing?Correct...
How often do you roll over? Drive from the cargo area because you're 10' tall? As long as you acknowledge the back seat isn't super safe, chop it off and plug a new one in. It doesn't do anything 99% of the time.
Loss of all body rigidity. Body would start to flex and tear . total loss of warranty . total loss of resale value. Sell it to someone and go buy an old school busI am interested in more clearance in the back area, for standing with a pop top camper with access from the inside.
1) Anybody know if the Bronco would fold up in on itself if you deleted the roll bar?
2) For example what if only : the roll bar rear cross bar was deleted?
3) What if the rear cross bar was deleted - and replaced with the mid-cross bar as found in the Raptor?
Any insights would be appreciated!
Not as much about rolling over as it's about structural problems, as has already been mentioned.
Oh really? You mean the U14 had extra bracing? Please divulge.
The rear gate works just like the wife's factory Badlands... it don't rattle. The roll bar is cut at body height and IS still and integral part of the rear. And keeps the brace to the hindge...Actually I consider it far stiffer on the bed corners than my previous Ranger. Most Pickups have no such support. I'll eventually build a tailgate that folds down.
