Tie Rods visual comparison: 2023 WildTrak Hoss 3.0 vs Badlands SAS vs Bronco Raptor

[abisen]

Is it straightforward to replace badlands Bilsteins with HOSS 3.0? Or not possible.

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[Bird Dog Off Road]

Was rocking the Bronc Buster braces on my stock ones but recently switched to the Icon ones.

 

[James Cole]

Are the fox better in the regard that you can feel less off the road? A less bumpy sort of ride?

 

[Bronco_Buckeroo]

Are the fox better in the regard that you can feel less off the road? A less bumpy sort of ride?

I haven’t run HOSS 2.0 off road at high speed (only low speed demo), but I’ve done so with the 3.0. Even with fully aired tires, the Foxes soaked up everything and kept me glued to the dirt.

Would love to run the two side by side for comparison, though!

Even if the difference turned out to be “meh”, it’d still be interesting to know and share with others.

 

[vrtical]

I bought a spare and personally I would rather bust a fuse than the rack. Maybe if I ever need or put the better rack on, then I would up the tie rods.

 

[ezapar]

Yeah, I've seen some speed on a pot holed gravel road. The HOSS 3.0 just floated over everything. Like mentioned above, it just soaked up the bumps.

Not a whole lot of travel though with that rear sway bar. But it looks like it would take about 3.0 minutes to completely remove it for a little more travel.

 

[vzqhsg]

I was at the dealership yesterday and they had all 3. My current WT, vs the BL I ordered, and a Braptor inside... Thought I'd share the visual comparison. It may just be my eyes, but seems like the WT are larger in diameter than even the Braptor...

Also, the WT Fox's dwarf the Bilsteins... After a test drive back-to-back, the Fox's were quite a big difference.

'23 WildTrak Hoss 3.0:

'23 Badlands SAS:

'23 Braptor:

From a pure sourcing issue why wouldn't they have put the high ends on all three.

 

[vzqhsg]

I'm going to put stronger ones on once I take delivery. I have the Badlands being built.

 

[Vandy]

Can someone post the HOSS 1.0 just for reference since that's what most of us are getting?

 

[Tex]

I bought a spare and personally I would rather bust a fuse than the rack. Maybe if I ever need or put the better rack on, then I would up the tie rods.

Blowing a fuse doesn't damage anything else that it's protecting. Breaking a tie rod can and will damage all sorts of stuff, including the rack, before you have time to react.

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