Kach's Badlands Build

Kach Vartan · Mar 10, 2024

Took delivery of my 2023 BAD-SAS from Granger nearly 9 months ago and have slowly been adding things here and there. This is how she currently looks. List of major mods below. Still have a few things on the list (level/lift, maybe suspension upgrade, California legacy plates, etc.) - you guys were rights that it never ends... I know the all-black look isn't for everybody, but hope you enjoy and let me know if any questions.

Exterior
Full XPEL PPF Stealth and XPEL Ceramic
Front Window Tints
Method 703s, 0mm offset
Diode Dynamics Fog Pocket (SS3 Pro fog / SS2 Combo) and Ditch Lights (SS3 Pros) - fogs mated to replacement fog light switch, everything else to Aux switches
IAG Side Steps (v1)
IAG Bull Bar (not sure if I'll keep this)
Rhino Shackles (yes - purely for poser looks)
Jtops Mesh Top
Blacked out side marker, Bronco grille letters, rear emblems

Interior
Diabolical Slip Stream and Molle panel
Bunch of stuff from Mabbett and other Amazon vendors (dome light, trunk light, grab handles, floor/trunk mats, rear setback covers, glovebox/center console organizers)
Tailgate table (not yet installed)

Miscellaneous
Ford ProCal Performance Tune
Pedal Commander
ForScan Mods (Sport Mode; Auto-hold; fogs with high beams; windows auto close, double-honk delete, probably a couple of others I forgot)
Curt 24x60 trailer basket (great for camping!)

jrollo7 · Mar 10, 2024

Black Beauty

MannyG20 · Mar 10, 2024

Black is absolutely the best color for the Stealth wrap.

redone17 · Mar 10, 2024

Now if only the MIC was molded in black…I really want a black top for my Iconic Silver. Our original order was for Shadow Black. I landed this one summer 2021 and ours finally got built December 2022 - but, I passed.

I dig the stealth too! Nice work.

Fordified1 · Mar 10, 2024

Murder Bronco. Looks badass!

Charlotte Kev · Mar 11, 2024

Kach Vartan said:
Took delivery of my 2023 BAD-SAS from Granger nearly 9 months ago and have slowly been adding things here and there. This is how she currently looks. List of major mods below. Still have a few things on the list (level/lift, maybe suspension upgrade, California legacy plates, etc.) - you guys were rights that it never ends... I know the all-black look isn't for everybody, but hope you enjoy and let me know if any questions.

Exterior
Full XPEL PPF Stealth and XPEL Ceramic
Front Window Tints
Method 703s, 0mm offset
Diode Dynamics Fog Pocket (SS3 Pro fog / SS2 Combo) and Ditch Lights (SS3 Pros) - fogs mated to replacement fog light switch, everything else to Aux switches
IAG Side Steps (v1)
IAG Bull Bar (not sure if I'll keep this)
Rhino Shackles (yes - purely for poser looks)
Jtops Mesh Top
Blacked out side marker, Bronco grille letters, rear emblems

Interior
Diabolical Slip Stream and Molle panel
Bunch of stuff from Mabbett and other Amazon vendors (dome light, trunk light, grab handles, floor/trunk mats, rear setback covers, glovebox/center console organizers)
Tailgate table (not yet installed)

Miscellaneous
Ford ProCal Performance Tune
Pedal Commander
ForScan Mods (Sport Mode; Auto-hold; fogs with high beams; windows auto close, double-honk delete, probably a couple of others I forgot)
Curt 24x60 trailer basket (great for camping!)

Not generally a big fan on blackout look. This looks very well done. Love the multiple black and dark gray tones. Looks almost too nice for a Bronco

. Well done!

nolimits · Mar 11, 2024

redone17 said:
Now if only the MIC was molded in black…I really want a black top for my Iconic Silver.

Add me to that list. Black would pop just right on silver. Considering wrapping or painting mine at some point, but too many other things in the way beforehand, lol.

jonesh242 · Mar 11, 2024

Nice looking rig! Couple questions. Did you see a big increase in performance using the Pedal Cammander? Also, how is sport mode on the 23' badlands? I've been thinking about doing this mod with Forescan too.

ToothlesstheBronco · Mar 11, 2024

You and I have similar taste! (Also a Shadow Black with Stealth PPF) Love to see the contrast of the matte PPF to the grill of the Badlands compared to the shiny black grill of my Wildtrak. Definitely love the “murdered” out look.

Kach Vartan · Mar 11, 2024

redone17 said:
Now if only the MIC was molded in black…I really want a black top for my Iconic Silver. Our original order was for Shadow Black. I landed this one summer 2021 and ours finally got built December 2022 - but, I passed.

I dig the stealth too! Nice work.

Charlotte Kev said:
Not generally a big fan on blackout look. This looks very well done. Love the multiple black and dark gray tones. Looks almost too nice for a Bronco . Well done!

Funny, I had originally reserved with the Shadow Black top and kept delaying (from 2020 to 2021 to 2022, etc.) hoping Ford would come through with that option. In 2023 I finally relented given the threat to cancel my reservation and potential loss of price protection. In the end, I don't mind the MIC color too much. Gives a bit of contrast and matches (somewhat) the Badlands grill. And I plan to run without top off most of the time anyway.

ToothlesstheBronco said:
You and I have similar taste! (Also a Shadow Black with Stealth PPF) Love to see the contrast of the matte PPF to the grill of the Badlands compared to the shiny black grill of my Wildtrak. Definitely love the “murdered” out look.

I had been toying with the idea of painting the grill matte black or buying one of other variant's grills (e.g., WildTrak or Raptor), but like you said, the contrast still works.

Thanks for all the compliments!

Kach Vartan · Mar 11, 2024

jonesh242 said:
Nice looking rig! Couple questions. Did you see a big increase in performance using the Pedal Cammander? Also, how is sport mode on the 23' badlands? I've been thinking about doing this mod with Forescan too.

I don't think it's really different performance with the Pedal Commander, but you do "feel" like the truck is more alive and responsive when you're working the gas pedal. So it's mostly a mental thing. You can recreate most of that feeling with Sport mode, but I liked the idea of having a more responsive pedal in any mode.

I don't use Sport mode too often, but it is pretty fun when I drive through the canyons around here. I'm going to see how that mode works when I go to the sand dunes at Pismo in a couple of months. I will say, though, Bronco Sport mode plus Pedal Commander Sport/Sport+ settings at the same time is a bit of overkill!

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