That’s the way it is on the 80s-90s broncos also. Pretty common. Would be easier to clean with straps. But I also think it’s easier to remove tanks with no straps. Ratchet strap a floor jack to the bottom of the skid and/or tank. Then you can slowly lower and move it once it’s unhooked.
I did them myself but I’ve done a lot of custom work on trucks and broncos over the years. Install with stock holes is easy. It’s the extra holes that need drilled that take longer. Need a small right angle drill for a few of the holes. Did it all in my driveway spread out here and there over a...
Lod offroad signature series sliders. Very strong, frame mounted sliders. I’ve dropped the whole weight of the side of the bronco onto them with nothing but small scrapes.
The control arm skid plates are also from jcr. Muffler skid plate is from asfir 4x4. Actually scraped the muffler skid plate a couple times this weekend for the first time.
Not even done with the install yet but just wanted to say this bumper is awesome. Top notch quality, I believe you get what you pay for. Parking sensors and cruise still work normal. Still need to relocate the camera, mount the winch and fog lights. There was a little figuring out on the acc...
The shock skid plates are essential imo. One of mine from jcr is actually caved in already (rather that than the shock). I also added control arm skid plates and a muffler skid plate. For mild wheeling the stock badlands ones are fine, just add the shock skids and maybe better rock sliders...
The 2 broncos on 37’s did crawl daddy (a red trail) while the other 2 of us did a blue trail. We split from the main group for part of the day. Here are pics of the 2 guys on 37’s.
And myself..
My pics look like garbage compared to toms. Just wanted to add that there was some hard trail riding...
I had many issues with mine. Was onto circuit board number 6 on the passenger side. Tried replacing the whole harness and whole step multiple times too. They were not abused and didn’t get wet. The motor isn’t really that fast to replace because the whole step must come off. Got old after doing...
That has to be the best looking bumper on the market, and functional. I remember hefty back from the days on FSB. Only thing is I wish a full grill guard was an option. We have a lot of deer around here.
It’s still just sheet metal on the body. I even saw frame mounted sliders bend up into the rocker after enough time on large rocks (80s bronco). The stock sliders will be fine for most people but watch over time as people that do serious rock crawling will fatigue the mounts and bend it into the...