Recent content by BobN - USAF

Well, for the moment, I have a spare top. My 2023 came with the dual top. Hard top installed and a softtop stuffed inside. I've used the softtop a few times but the family prefers the hard top. Im not getting any younger so leaving the hard top on is a plus. Even though I change it by...

Sometimes when I travel to places other than the mall without parking garages, I end up at a parking garage or even our local airport that has a height restricted access but no parking garage. So how tall is my 2023 Bronco Big Bend? Beats the heck out of me. Gemini AI had some ideas and my...

I would start they same way I did on my 23 Big Bend unless already equipped. Protect the lousy plastic transmission pan with a plate. I went with 1/4 inch aluminum. From there the plastic gas tank. Maybe the rest of the underneath as well. Plastic bumpers have go to go. I like the "stock"...

My 23 Big Bend mid came with both tops. For the first two years, I would change out the hard top for the soft top in the summer. I worked out two winch systems so that I could remove the hard top and install the soft top by myself. I would switch out the tops when we would take a longish trip...

Sukemichi Capless Gas Cap. It is inexpensive and looks better than the pipe covers others are selling as fuel caps plus it stays attached so you won't lose it. An Amazon special at only $13.99

I have a 23 Bronco Big Bend non-sas. I'm not likely to do any rock crawling, if anything it might be mud but I don't really get excited by that much. Anyway, I added these "rock armor rear shock Guard mounts". They are easy to install, and the instructions aren't too bad. The left side is...

Well, I upgraded my 23 Big Bend rims to the ones I wanted which were the BD Black Steelies. I moved my stock tires to those rims and no surprise it works. However, the stock bump stops no longer were long enough. I bought some of those Quadratecs and those were really for jeeps but...

No soul? Maybe Jazz?

In March 2023, I bought a 2023 Bronco Big Bend, non-SAS but hey it came with rear locker, mid package and BOTH tops. Yay. Well, after I moved the soft top out of about 2/3rds of the available space (with the rear seats folded down, of course), I surveyed the available space. I had come from a...

I don't know if our group is dead but I will play along a bit more. I added the Buckleup Offroad KJM Recovery Track Board & Accessories Mount. Well, if you do add traction boards or likely just about anything else you might hit and crack your expensive taillight. I updated my hinges to the...

Awesome story. Awesome job! I wanted a Bronco since 1977 but in 78 (is that right?) the first gen was done. Didn't like 2 thru 5. Gen6 is pretty dang good and I would have liked to get a Wildtrak or Badlands. It was early 23 and the Bronco frenzy was just letting production keep with demand...

Wow! I have a Prusa CoreOne+ and I'm looking to design/print a door mounted cupholder for the rear passenger and driver side. Similar to the Mabett idea of 3m taping to the door. They haven't come out with a design. I find the floor mounted version not be used by my adult grandsons and when...

Meh. Plastic bumpers, really? Like a first edition I would not pay a jacked up price. When I bought mine in 23, the dealer still had 10K "market alignment" pricing added to the sticker. I told him, look, I'm retired and for 10K I can afford to fly anywhere in the US and purchase from a...

I traded my 2020 Colorado ZR2 Bison Diesel in on my 23 BB. The Bison was more capable but I always wanted a Bronco since 1978. I went the Jeep route with a Jeep Scrambler, I forget the year but bought it new in Texas. So I think it was maybe a 1982. It let me down a couple of times and the...

No idea what the FPR discount is but I was happy enough with the 20% discount. $277.30 seems like a pretty dang good deal (admittedly another $50 or so off would have been a great deal!)