I can understand the sentiment but having had a heavily repaired vehicle after an accident you never feel the same about it. Weird crap starts failing and it becomes a monkey on your back. Admittedly this was back in the '80s when repair tech was more primative but that experience haunts me. Had...
I've thought about that. Good to know that works. Since my wife and I have different preferences, it's actually her Bronco, something permanent is off the table for now. I'll call bending the rods Plan B. :wink:
I can assure you every other manufacturer does not show door lock status. Ram's app is garbage. All it does is try to sell you crap and set service appointments. Definitely no door lock status.
You might get by with doing this once, maybe twice but long term I'd seriously avoid many repetitions. Even if there's a molded in nut, which I highly doubt given Ford's reputation on build quality of the roof components, it would still be a nut molded in to crappy plastic.
My bigger issue with the seats is the inability to change the headrest angle. I sit firmly straight up. Helps with my crappy back. The headrest forces a forward tilt I really don't like. It's like permanent nerd neck. Might try to see if the ones from my Ram fit. If they do it might be an option.
Puddle lights are for lighting up the door area for getting in and out of the vehicle. Rocks lights can be an advantage off road. For yourself or for a spotter. At the mall they're just stupid. Obstacle lights would be more accurate a description but doesn't sound as manly and manly is key.
You didn't mention if you are running OEM tire sizes. That will make a difference. On our BB bone stock the read MPG vs hand calculated MPG is ~.2 MPG. Well within any margin of error.
We get around 19 mostly city and 22+ highway. Pretty flat terrain. No roof rack. OEM tire pressures (until I...
Better looking and better handling than a Jeep. We don't rock crawl and never plan to so comfort and road manners wins. The best reason? It's the wife's and she likes the Bronco's looks more.
Your statement totally ignores engineering hours, tooling, productions facilities, safety standards and more. None of what you mentioned as a supposed pre-existing solution directly translates to designing an entire rear cabin for the Bronco. Do I really want this? Yes. I loved our old Disco 3...