This is something beyond salt spray. The chrome is particularly telling, as is the pervasiveness of the corrosion. I would be willing to bet that at some point it was exposed to a gaseous oxidizing agent like chlorine, fluorine, bromine, hydrogen peroxide, etc. When and where is really the...
They are SMC specifically. High compression sheet molding compound. They do have fiberglass in them but not in the same sense as a traditional woven sheet/polyester resin layup like on a Corvette for example. I believe the mythical Mod top is SMC too. We have to remember the mic was...
I had an '10 but didn't come directly to the Bronco, I had 4 other vehicles in between. I looked at them again in '17 but thought it was too outdated way back then. They are basically like buying a new used vehicle. Not that I didn't love it and I still do, but it's more of a nostalgic thing...
Azure. I was excited about the color but in person it's just an ugly dull version of A51. The metallic is almost non existent unless you're 5ft away from it in the bright sun.
I'd wait it out. I've had a lot of cars, nice cars, fast cars, luxury cars with ridiculous features. For all of it's faults (and terrible build quality) I've never loved a vehicle as much. If I wreck it tomorrow I'm gonna get right back in line for another.
It's an interesting idea. If Ford does decide to bring the Everest to the US it might be better to move it up market so as not to cannibalize Bronco Sales. There is clearly a strong and lucrative market for premium, more modestly off-road capable SUV's
I'm a huge Toyota and 4Runner fan, but their latest trucks have been a bit of a mess. The current gen Tacoma has been a dumpster fire from the start and Toyota has made almost no attempt to address it's many issues. Tacoma reliability has been rated poorly for years but they continue to cruise...
I saw one the other day going down the road. I thought it was just a dirty A51 at first until I noticed all the factory stickers on it. Looked like area 51 but just duller and grayer. Might look better in the sun, but I don't know, the metallic looks pretty lame as well. I'm baffled why they...
Go ahead and get yourself some wolves and they will take care of that Coyote problem. We have property above the Bridge. When the wolves came back they ran off the Coyote's and the native animal populations recovered too. They mostly just eat deer which are wildly overpopulated anyways. We now...
What I'm not understanding from your description of what happened is why there is damage to the flange in the area of the bolt hole on the high of the shear condition, and why the direction of the of the shear condition is opposite of what point loading the flange would cause, but exactly what...
That's mostly a lot of legal ass covering. Obviously they aren't going to "reduce" the tounge weight, but they do significantly reduce or eliminate the problem that having too much tounge weight casues, which is unloading of the front axle.
The recommended tounge weight only applies to factory suspension without a leveling kit. If that tounge weight is actually 300lbs and the Bronco is squatting that much your adjusted max tounge weight is probably more in the low 200 range taking into account your mod's. I personally wouldn't...
It's an export vehicle, the U.S monroney does not apply, and the importer is supposed to cover this with their own sticker. This is an Export version of the "Wildtrack", which is really just a blacked out appearance package in most markets.
I haven't experienced that thankfully. If the radio is off an no one is talking you can hear a faint sort of wind intrusion noise where the rear panel meets the back cap, but that's it. It doesn't really impact my ability to communicate or listen to the radio. The road noise from the...
Well, I'll tell you my TJ on 39's wouldn't be able to do what was in the video either, and I probably wouldn't even try. That's more in there territory of something that needs (or should) to be trailered to the trailhead which is more of an apples to oranges comparison. For a modern DOT...
Your zone rep, who has been there for more than a decade, is still listed in the employee directory. If they are laid off they usually disappear like they never existed.
Just my theory. Your dealer screwed up royally and they are feeding you a whole lot of BS in the hopes you go away so...
The way the vents are set up they easily blow lots of cold air past the front seats. I've had 3 huskies back there in 100 degrees and they were nice and cool, and have sat back there myself with no issues.