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IFS is pretty much always better than SFA on real roads. IRS is pretty much always better than SRA on the real road. The only exception might be a smooth race track where a three link panhard solid rear axle (SRA) is lighter, simpler, and stronger than an IRS giving a weight and reliability...

If you look at the front frame on a wrangler, it has crush cans built in just after the bumper mounts. The stock bumper is all plastic with some thin metal to help it keep shape and metal mounting plates where it bolts to the frame. I replaced my plastic bumper after a bedliner was punted...

This is what I found: https://www.tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/additional-information/off-highway-vehicles.html

Where I live, it's legal to regsiter and drive your side by sides on public highways 45mph and under. I see several of them every week.

You are correct on power versus force. I should have read more carefully. Thanks for the clarification.

First off, this thread title has bothered me for a while. The bronco is 4wd, so this concerns both the front and rear axle ratios which have to match or you will have issues when you shift into 4wd if not before that. Drag on a car varies with the square of the speed...

My profile picture is my rubicon articulating 100% stock. IFS just doesn't work as well when crawling. That's ok for most people who will never crawl their bronco, but I rock crawled my wrangler within a month of buying it new. It's why I bought it -- to be able to run over stuff that most...

I never got past the lack of a manual with the V6.

I switched my wrangler to LED headlights and during wet snow they can get covered in just a couple miles, especially if you're driving at low speeds (because it's snowing heavy).

I'd like a stripper model actually designed for crawling that's street legal. Manual everything, no touchscreen, etc. I do want the lockers, bigger differentials, etc. I don't think Ford will produce it. That just means I'll stick with my manual everything stripper rubicon wrangler.

I want the offroad stuff without the electrical lux junk. Ford isn't offering that, though. That's a basic bronco to me.

I was interested in bronco until details came out about the electronics and drivetrains. The pricing on everything today is insane too. I don't want a car mortgage, so I guess I'll stick with japanese motorcycles and spend more time investing.

My paid for rubicon in the garage is looking more attractive every day. Suck it, Ford.

The gun that came with my 100% duty viair was mediocre, so I replaced it with something better. It's difficult to figure out what's decent quality online these days, but I'm not buying snapon stuff either.

When I used to make trips to Japan and China for electronic devices, we would have engineering verification testing (EVT, can we make it work), manufacturing verification testing (MVT, can we build it), production verification testing (PVT, can we build it fast and correctly on an assembly...

All the manual cars I've recently owned used the ABS module for hill start assist. My jeep wrangler has the drum inside a disc for a parking brake, and it doesn't work that well due to the ratcheting mechanism discussed earlier. I haven't owned a car with an electric parking brake, but I have...

I have had ford/toyota "AWD," part time 4WD, and a few subarus. For on road driving nothing I know of comes close to the ability of the subaru system, especially an STI. The Subaru WRX STI system has a limited slip & electromagnetic controlled center diff, and helical front and rear diffs so...

I came into this thread thinking we were raiding a north Vietnamese prison camp full of dead men. I always did like the forest green on wranglers.

I'd still like a fixed roof wrangler. I still don't like convertibles. I also care more about capability than what others think of "mah brodozer." Seems like top color and appearance do it for most folks, though. :D

No, I've had a 2002 Mustang GT (3400lb), 2003 Cobra Mustang (3650lb), 2010 F150 (5980lb), 2012 Focus (3200lb?), 2013 Ford Explorer (5xxxlb), and 2015 Ford Mustang (3800lb). The 2002 and 2003 Mustangs and 2010 F150 were all super reliable. The rest have had more issues than I wanted to deal with.