Shadow Black Badlands Sasquatch w/ Lux DELIVERED. Impressions from former Jeep owner

[asurfer11]

Day 1 reservation. Converted to order 1/23, in production 6/23, build complete 6/29, delivered to dealer (in Northern California) via rail on 7/21.

Awesome and Congrats sir!!! I live in Sacramento. My build date for my 2DR BL is the week of 8/9. Hopefully I will have a similar timeline and I get my BL by early september (fingers crossed)??

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[Cfbeaver]

Quick update from day 2: still rides great. I’m respecting the break in period - but this thing is no slouch. Feels as fast as my Audi SQ5.
Also - top goes up / down much easier than the wrangler soft top. The fact that there’s only a latch on the driver side for getting it all the way down is super easy. And it rotates / guides itself down much more smoothly / elegantly than the wranglers top.
Very easy to get rear windows in / out.
That’s all. More to come.

 

[Geekytrails]

How do you like the lux sound system? So far the reviews have been mixed

 

[Cfbeaver]

How do you like the lux sound system? So far the reviews have been mixed

So. Full disclosure. I used to work in some of the best recording studios in the world… so. I’ve heard Grammy award winning musicians live through some of the greatest equipment and loudspeakers in the world.
I’ve owned many cars with a whole range of speaker systems. One of my favorites is the system in my wife’s Tesla - it bangs to put it simply. If that’s a 10 - this is an 8.75 - it’s fantastic. It will get more than loud enough to make your ears hurt - started to get a little distortion at those levels but you shouldn’t have it that high. Bass is solid. Imaging is what you’d expect out of a boxy car with the roof off. I’d say it’s better that 98% of car stereos I’ve heard from the factory.

 

[DonM]

@Cfbeaver What engine did you go with? Assuming the 2.7?

 

[Cfbeaver]

@Cfbeaver What engine did you go with? Assuming the 2.7?

Yup. 2.7 - and it’s great. I’m respecting the break in period but it’s got torque and it moves.

 

[dweskamp]

Today was the day. Ill add to this post in the next few days. But here are my thoughts after the first 50 Miles. im not going to post 1000 pics because I feel like we’ve all seen everything. But let me know if there’s something you’d like to see and I’ll happily snap a pic and post.

SIZE - I don’t remember the numbers on paper - but it’s bigger than my wrangler I traded in for it. Way bigger.

RIDE- it rides 100x better than the wrangler (even with the Sasquatch packsge) no doubt. No question. Rides incredibly.

SEATS - I love the marine grade vinyl. I was under the impression they did not come with heated seats even with Lux (I feel like they said this in a bronco nation walk around???) but these seats are heated and will burn your ass. They get HOT - which is great. but. The seats are a little stiff.…. Not terrible. But I noticed it right away.

SOFT TOP- looks… fine.? Little droopy in a spot or two. Not terrible. Way quieter than the soft top in my wrangler. Like way way quieter.

BUILD QUALITY - inside and out - outstanding. interior is utilitarian but solid. And honestly I like the materials. This is coming from someone that’s had top of the line audis, bmws, Jaguars and teslas. And the quality in here is great. Materials are what they are and utilitarian for a reason - but. all put together very very well.

CLIMATE CONTROL - It is STRONG!1 like I wish that fan setting 1 was fan setting 3 because it needs settings below 1 - fan speed 1 is still really intense.

VISIBILITY - read some comments where people were disappointed. I get that I don’t think it’s terrible - but the windshield feels short and I feel like the rear view mirror takes up a lot of space in terms of field of view. I did find myself bobbing my head around to look around it.

Those are my thoughts after 50 miles. Let me know what else you want to see ‘ hear.

Quick update from day 2:

Still rides great. I’m respecting the break in period - but this thing is no slouch. Feels as fast as my Audi SQ5.

Also - top goes up / down much easier than the wrangler soft top. The fact that there’s only a latch on the driver side for getting it all the way down is super easy. And it rotates / guides itself down much more smoothly / elegantly than the wranglers top.

Very easy to get rear windows in / out.

That’s all. More to come.

For a trailer can you measure your front tire outside width

 

[Cfbeaver]

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For a trailer can you measure your front tire outside width

like outside to outside track width or just a single tire?

 

[Geekytrails]

So. Full disclosure. I used to work in some of the best recording studios in the world… so. I’ve heard Grammy award winning musicians live through some of the greatest equipment and loudspeakers in the world.
I’ve owned many cars with a whole range of speaker systems. One of my favorites is the system in my wife’s Tesla - it bangs to put it simply. If that’s a 10 - this is an 8.75 - it’s fantastic. It will get more than loud enough to make your ears hurt - started to get a little distortion at those levels but you shouldn’t have it that high. Bass is solid. Imaging is what you’d expect out of a boxy car with the roof off. I’d say it’s better that 98% of car stereos I’ve heard from the factory.

Thank you for the detailed review. I think this will be good enough for me. I appreciate quality sound, but my ears haven't been spoiled like yours

 

[talbot]

congrats, the BL looks fantastic
really appreciate your review and comments

 

[stampede1]

You forgot to mention it is dog-approved. Clearly the photo of Fido shows that he/she is happy with the back seat dimensions and that for all intents and purposes, that seat is exclusively Fido's!

 

[rbell2267]

Put a MIC top on it and you have my build. Good to see. Thanks for the write up.

 

[Cfbeaver]

You forgot to mention it is dog-approved. Clearly the photo of Fido shows that he/she is happy with the back seat dimensions and that for all intents and purposes, that seat is exclusively Fido's!

Lol. Yes. It is dog approved. Other than the fact that it’s too tall for him to jump up into…..

 

[Almost or Maybe]

So you say the 2021 Bronco rides better than a 7 year old Wrangler, Who would have thunk? Thanks for the comparison but let's try to keep apples with apples.

 

[David12691]

I plan on doing only light car camping That will probably never take me anywhere other than a mediocre fire road.…. So. I have no plans to change out tires whatsoever.

Id take anyone changing out tires so quickly with a grain of salt. The vehicle is clearly very very capable. And the tires that came with it are surely fine for 80-90% of buyers. (bring the haters and noise. If you want bigger / gnarlier tires go for it but let’s be serious on how many of us actually need them……..) im very open and honest that I will use about 10% of this cars ability. I got the squatch because it’s the look that fits the car - was clearly designed proportion wise for the 35s.

This is exactly how I feel. I don't plan on doing any extreme rock-crawling (although she will be taken into the wilds of California) but the SAS fills out the body perfectly and anything less than the 33's starts to look like shoes too small for one's feet. It was clearly designed with big wheel wells for meaty tires.

As a former Wrangler owner myself I agree with a lot of what you said and am glad to hear all the positives from someone who's taken delivery. Enjoy, it looks incredible!

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