Recent content by stampede1

Or just buy the Raptor in the first place with its great ride quality, offroad chops and factory warranty.

If you follow Trail Recon, who is a complete jeep guy all the way, you can view his video on getting rid of his 392 for exactly that reason especially after jeep could not remedy the problem, so yeah, it's a thing. Pretty embarassing for jeep to sell a 392 rubicon for whatever the going price is...

Is it your opinion only or is there something objective such as a study to back up your claim about Sport mode being more economical than running in Eco mode? Not disagreeing so much as just wondering about the source reliability.

The slipstream does a superb job when there is no choice about having things in the back such as a road trip.

Diabolical slipstream is the one I went with. Great modularity and unlike others it is US made-not Chinese, thank you very much!

Agreed. However, considering its limitations in that respect, it did very well overall.

steel cargo enclosure. The brand escapes me but I will post shortly. Unless someone has the time, tools and opportunity to smash the swing gate off, they will not see nor gain access to the rear cargo area even from the interior. Most thieves are not going to go to that length and will simply...

or....wait for it....a 3.0 engine! ;-)

For what it is and what it can do, the Raptor is a very good daily driver overall. That said, the driving experience will be based in large part on the locales that it is driven, i.e., open roads and freeways vs. bumper to bumper urban commuter traffic. The rearview mirror should be switched out...

Mine is a '23 with 35k. For various treasons, I have not taken the entire top off yet but plan to do so in the near future. I bought and will be installing shortly the screw type fasteners (ROX) so to avoid having to use tools every time I remove or replace the top. I have not replaced anything...

I will agree with the Utah test. on my first trip to Moab, the red dirt was basically colored talcum powder and got into every nook and crevice of the bronco. The second time was even worse because there was a crap load of bugs hitting the bronco on the trip to and from Moab. I actually wondered...

The Braptor is purpose built to be the best, store bought offroader in the US, bar none. It is not for everybody but anyone that thinks it is simply a oversized gimmick has no idea what they are talking about. It can smoke a wrangler 392 in high speed open desert running and is very close to the...

I park my Braptor in a dirt driveway, does that count? OK, just kidding. Mine is also my daily driver and I take it off road on a regular basis but keep the routes within my ability which is much less than what the Braptor can do. Once it is paid off, I might get a bit more aggressive. I wheel...

Well played! I think the only thing I would change on it if I owned it would be color matching the fender flares and new trail sights to the body color. Beautiful bronco-enjoy it!

who you calling old, Mister?! ;-)