Iāve been anxiously waiting what Metalcloak will put out for the Bronco. They are the company that woke me up to the thinking that higher lift is not always better. Hopefully see more soon!
Did you only replace the lower trailing arms? Is it worth it to replace the uppers as well?
Metal Cloak sells their Duroflex bushings. Perhaps we can press out the stock rubber, and install their bushings for morr artication, given they offer thr same size bushing as what's pictured.Yeah, the rear sucks. That was my first upgrade and well worth the expense. I'd lift a rear tire going over anything. After about a month or so old, the rubber bushings in my trailing arms were already hard and cracked.
Thatās a good call out. I had never heard of their joint before (Never looked). That looks like a cheap alternative.
My Jeep buddy mentioned their bushings to me. Definitely cheaper compared to buying new arms.
Very similar to my route as far as max articulation, strength and tire size on as little lift as possible. Im doing JKS Max tire clearance kit and DV8 fender liners to give me as much room as possible on stock sasquatch to clear 37's. Then i'm buying a extended travel lift such as Radflo or ADS or Icon and only cranking it up 1-2 inches in the lift department on the coil over. The reason being is that I dont need the lift to clear 37's since they already clear stock, I only want that extra inch or so of under body clearance. Between the 37's an lift ill have an extra 2-3 inches of clearance, plus the angles wont be too far off and Ill have 10-12 inches of articulation on the 37's up front. Ill be adding Broncbuster stuff as well as RCV's as well for peace of mind.
I was really wondering about just disconnecting the sway bar mounts on the OBX*** and how it would affect overall handling.
I completely removed everything associated with my front sway bar about 15K miles ago. The sway bar and links are still sitting in the garage. Less body roll than a factory 4runner or any factory 4WD truck with sway bars. I had a little buyer's remorse for choosing the Wildtrak over the Badlands when I learned you could add goat modes with Forscan, but after removing the sway bar entirely I realized that the fancy auto sway bar would have been wasted money and extra weight/complexity up front. Can't say that I got a whole ton of extra flex, but there's definitely more than there was. I would highly recommend disconnecting it and just test drive it for a little while, you'll quickly see what I mean in that the Bronco really doesn't need a sway bar at all. It rolls a bit more at the start of a hard turn but doesn't keep stuffing the outside tire like you would expect, the suspension itself limits body roll considerably. Takes maybe 30min to remove, very straightforward and looks easy to reinstall if it's not for you (I'm personally used to daily driving desert trucks and crawlers that never had sway bars, so I could be biased in that regard).
