Recent content by DarthLincoln

I don’t wash my Bronco very often, but when I do, I get a bit frustrated that the fender flares never look clean. They look like they are stained with mud or dirt no matter how much I wash them. I recently found a solution to get the embedded dirt out with Mother’s Back-to-Black. I had an old...

What awning is that?

I agree with @CalvinT that you could try to refinish them. The script was originally black, right? Get a bottle of Mothers Back-to-Black and rub that into the emblem after cleaning them. You probably would need to use a Q-tip or something to apply. I’ve been impressed at how well it works to...

LOL! I never saw that. It makes sense - SVT back then was all about enhancing high-speed performance with Lightning and Cobra. The Raptor was a total mind-shift, and there were a small few in SVT that didn’t like it. One manager even wanted to LOWER the ride-height so the truck would be even...

Yup. I think Ford lost sight of some of those aspirational sales motivators in the late 90s and into the 00s and got drunk going after the crossover craze, trying to make their SUVs and trucks drive like cars.

Indifferent I guess - I don’t honestly recall any talk about SXS like “see there is a market for off-road we can sell to” or “see, if people want to go off-road, they‘ll just get a SXS”. Funny tho, you reminded me that Ford did make that EX concept back in 2001

This was a HUGE hurdle when i worked at Ford on off-road capability. The constant pushback was that “most owners never go off-road” other than maybe a dirt road to a cabin or fishing spot. So it became a struggle to defend a Bronco program or advocate for off-road capability. But what was often...

it’s an embedded video. you can play the link below, but when you click the ”don’t allow” button it will stop playing.

Durability requirements are defined by the vehicle OEM, not NHTSA. The advantage of OEM is they run pretty brutal and long vehicle-level testing for durability and corrosion, in addition to requiring component & system level testing first. Aftermarket can’t afford to run similar full vehicle...

Thanks for explaining. Companies should be upfront about who they are and what their brand name means.

Probably. The website and trademark of Powoq are registered to an address in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, but according to the US trademark, “Powoq” has no meaning in a foreign language.

yes, it’s the “glue” that holds the rust together!

I have FORScan which does most of what I need, but it’s cumbersome to use. I’d be 100% sold on this if you found a solution to: Disable the 6 mph speed limit for mirror spot lights. Disable the 6 mph speed limit for 360deg Camera views in all modes (I.e. pavement modes Normal, ECO, & Sport...

if the light output was the same for all 6 designs, I’d pick #3 because it is similar to the look of the headlights. but I’m biased because I already have ditch lights like that. My second choice is #6 since it looks like an old-style round reflector light. The others are too alien compared to...