I use Fluid Film.
Every tire rotation (6,000 miles for summer tires, 4,000 miles for my winter tires/wheels) I clean everything I can reach with the wheels off, and then apply fluid film everywhere.
I've only been doing this for 38,000 miles on my daily driven Forester, which was new when I...
This thread has a spec sheet that indicates the height on a 2-door Badlands (assuming with 33s) and a roof rack should be 77.4" tall. Good starting point for estimates.
Appreciate this, as I was needing a good height estimate. Looks like worst case scenario, even with larger tires and a roof rack, it will still clear in my (kinda small) garage with about 5"+ to spare.
Nice.
1) 2-door
2) Manual
3) Don’t care about motor at all. Whichever has the least likelihood of being a POS reliability headache. I’ll have to research.
4) Front+ rear locky bois
5) Shorter ratio transfer case
6) Vinyl/rubberized interior
7) The switches so I can have a clean looking factory...
Unless things change significantly, I suspect I'll be going the Black Diamond/2.3 route.
I can keep the manual, at least get a rear locker, HD bumpers, and would get the marine vinyl/rubberized flooring and AUX switches which I really wanted anyway.
Everything else will be added as needed. Or...
Wanted a Base/2-door/Manual/2.3/Sasqueezie.
Disappointed with recent revelations, but nothing has been a deal-breaker yet. I'll just need to do some serious thinking about what config will get me *most* of what I want.
I may even abandon the idea of a manual. Not sure...