Braptor delivered! found the perfect spec locally at a decent discount

[masmole]

nice! did you have torque specs for the rings or just hand snugged them tight?

google AI says 22 lb-ft for the beauty ring T45 bolts so that’s what I went with. Notably, it’s 48 lb-ft for the actual Ford Performance beadlock ring.

The T45 bolts seemed overtorqued from the factory, or perhaps it was just because they put loctite on them. When installing the orange beauty rings, I just torqued in stepwise and cross-pattern fashion to 22 lb-ft, but did not reapply loctite or anti-sieze since I figure that’s ony crucial for the actually functional beadlock ring.

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Ended up installing the orange rings. My kids really like it, but I’m still warming up to them. They also like the graphics, so I’ll leave those on for now. I never liked graphics or stickers on cars, but they seem to suit the Braptor well, especially this subtle avalanche color. Because racetruck? lol. We’ll see how long they last for me…

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[3pedals]

Nice. Like the 911 in background. Great combo. We just ordered a 2026 Badlands. Raptor is not in the cards or the upcoming RTR since they are not available in MT.

 

[masmole]

Nice. Like the 911 in background. Great combo. We just ordered a 2026 Badlands. Raptor is not in the cards or the upcoming RTR since they are not available in MT.

Thanks. Manual transmission was initially a priority for me, and that's actually what first got me interested in the Bronco as it's one of the few remaining fun cars on sale that's still available with MT (the 911 is MT). I visited various local dealerships hoping to test-drive any 7MT Bronco, but they are impossible to find, and before I could even find one, I made the costly mistake of test driving a Braptor they had on the lot just for kicks. But I was smitten by the Braptor test drive, making me shift my focus to finding the right spec of that instead. My wife did warn me: "don't test drive it unless you want to buy it." She is a lot smarter than I am.

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