First oil change at 5,000 miles completed.
With all the confusion on how much oil to put in these engines I checked the dip stick after letting the engine warm up a little and then sit for 5 mins. Oil level on dip stick was just under the top fill hole on the stick.
Emptied exactly 5.5 qrts of...
Full RCI steel skid plate set.
Engine
Transmission
Transfer case
Cross members
Catalytic converters
Shock/Lower Control arm - really like this feature of the RCI shock skid plate. they also cover the control arm
Differential
RCI gas tank skid and the RCI 5 degree frame mount sliders are next.
You really need better than the kicker key in my opinion.
Check with Plugnplaykits.com
That's who I went with. They make nice harnesses that plug into factory wiring and run back to an amp in the back somewhere. Give them a call and chat with him. Very helpful and knowledgeable.
I went with...
Well I got my first new bronco malfunction...
As the title says, went to fold down the rear seat this afternoon, pulled up the passenger rear seat back pull lanyard to release the latch and something broke way down inside towards the bottom of the seat back. Now the lanyard does nothing and...
Bilstein 6112s. Upgrade to 2.5" shock and level the ride back out. Good bang for the buck. What I did for my 2 door BadSas with ARB monster bumper and winch.
I have my KMCs as my daily driver nice shoes that I dont want to scratch and specifically kept my SAS bead lock factory rims to put a set of mud terrains on and not care how banged up they get on the trail.
I found that to be the case on my Raptor back in the day too.
If I got a little over 20k out of them I was happy.... anything beyond that and I did not trust them in the rain.
They ride the exact same as the yellow SAS shocks with noticeably less body roll and nose dive. They are still on the firm/stiff side ... as any "digressive shock" will be. If you want "plush" look into some Fox shocks