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I ran my dual band antenna on the driver's side as VHF can cause AM radio interference if the antennas are next to each other. GMRS (UHF) sits on the passenger's side. This probably doesn't matter for me as I am typically listening to Carplay or Satellite but with the choice I figured why not...

I did the calculations. At 50 watts, for typical use, the antenna by the pillar is within acceptable limits. I estimated heavy on the duty cycle. No problems with any interference when transmitting.

You are good for weatherproofing as is. Good LED lights have good thermal management as heat is an enemy of an LED. (Maybe this is why heated lens LED lights have crappy warranties?) The bad news is when you need your fogs the most, in a snowstorm, they will ice up and be worthless. Putting...

Actually a 2 mph difference. I am 99% sure that the digital speedometer is programmed to read 1 mph high over the calculated value. (I checked at a bunch of speeds.) So 70 mph on your speedometer is 69 mph calculated, 70 mph displayed, but 71 mph actual. (EU regulations require the speedometer...

Just ordered round amber 500's and M2M bumper mounts. I generally prefer white for fogs, but figuring snow is the only time these will be used, I decided to give amber a try. I really wanted to fill this space with a pair of smiley face daylighters but those would have been no help in the snow.

My Xterra had 265/75-16's, nominal 32's. 32" tires and a rear locker will take you far off-road, even more so with a two-door. MT's are great on the street, great in the wet, and great in the snow. You pay for it a bit in wear. I ended up lifting my four door BD about 1.5" and going to 33's...

I have never even thought about the Cyber Truck. GTI has LED's and never had the problem. Excuse me for not thinking about the effect of snow and a flat grill until the problem occurred. Next time I'll be sure to commission a CFD model of the front end of any vehicle I am considering purchasing...

I have a manual transmission so no transmission tuning. The only place it really helped is passing. Before the tune while passing a car going ~55 mph, I would downshift to thirds and run it to about 4500 rpm before shifting to 4th. With the tune, I can get around as quickly just leaving it in...

Where on the Bronco are we looking in the second picture?

Yet the NHTSA was sufficiently worried that someone with a one percentile BMI might have been too inconvenienced to put on their seatbelt and issued a recall (that I am NOT having done.)

The GTI does. I am guessing they don't ice up because they aren't perfectly vertical like in the Bronco. The stock JK headlights were almost as bad on a clear night as the Bronco's in the snow. The H4 KC's are very good -- not LED good, but they won't ice up either.

After a couple of years of frustration, I have found a reliable method of having my iPhone (iOS 26.1) connect relatively quickly on the first try: Use a quality cable. I have found Amazon Basics and Anker to be reliable. Truck stop specials not so much. Wait for your radio to boot. Unlock your...

Vehicles I've had that had headlights that didn't ice up in the snow: '88 XJ '96 Explorer Sport '01 Audi A4 '05 Xterra '13 TDI Wagon '17 Golf Alltrack '19 GTI '14 JK (In fairness the stock headlights absolutely sucked but the KC replacement H4's are much better. Maybe should have sprung for...

A guy on the FJ forum retrofitted headlight washers. He just teed off the windshield washers. This would save finding space for a tank/pump if the Bronco's pump volume is sufficient. The only thing I need to figure out is where to best mount the nozzles. My best guess is somewhere on the black...

Hex crimper, soldering iron and a PL259 and you are set. As a bonus the antenna cable is really easy to route with the connector cut off.

A couple of answers: 1. Absolutely. 4. Likely not.

That is my plan right now as well. I might even add a windshield washer heater to the circuit. Plan B is a couple halogen fogs and a couple old school halogen daylighters.

If you could put some heating elements in a piece of acrylic that might work. Even thought about designing some sort of heated headlight washer doohickey.

I need to try that my next pre-winter session where I touch up all the scrapes and scuffs on the bumpers, rock rails, skid plates and chassis from the season's trail rides. I've been using Rustoleum semi-gloss black which is ok but could be better on the bumpers. I am more concerned about...

Your best bet would be to try someone else's manual Bronco. I rate the shifting better than my Wrangler JK but worse than my Mk 7.5 GTI.