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Actually, I know of an even better material they could use, but it has only one known source:

Totally agree, I think people often confuse cast iron and cast steel. Both have their place but cast steel is vastly superior for something like this. But still not my ideal choice. Regardless, I'd rather keep it aluminum with appropriate design or involve steel in sheet metal design like the...

Definitely harder on tools. Compared to aluminum basically everything is expensive to machine. I recall when Quinn mentioned investigating cast aluminum as a cheaper option, I still like that idea for the bulk of the upright, it could save a ton on surface machining cost and overall cost...

More or less lol! Assuming it would fit. Honestly, if I couldn't simply add more aluminum around the taper insets (might be restricted on package space), I would see if you could nest a modest steel plate on the top and bottom of the aluminum that itself is either part of or surrounding the...

Just catching up on this now. Dang... Both 6061 and 7075 are incredible materials but its hard to overstate how dang robust steel is. Pound for pound, sure 7075 is better. But parts often cant be build pound for pound but volume per volume. If you have a limited volume to put material in due to...

Good to have empirical data for sure. Same pressure? What tires were those 37/10.5's? I haven't found any that skinny, wonder if there's a significant rubber compound difference.

I ordered mine with it, Michigan isnt even super cold, but I always had them on the diesel pickups and tractors. Obviously, the Bronco doesn't need it to start, but I like using it generally when its below freezing to get whatever little benefit I can get from minimizing running time at sub...

I'm definitely a pizza cutter fan. I think it's easy to look at the comparison and think it's just for rock crawling, but really it's a good demonstration of how all things being equal (especially on a radial tire), a skinnier tire will form over terrain better than a wide tire. At reasonable...

Worst I've done, see watermark on Door. This was at Bundy Hill offroad park in Michigan, shortly after installing the 37" Treps and thinking i'm invincible. Found a small pond area that got deeper and way way muddier than I expected. Had to get out to hook up the recovery gear with the water...

It's hard to tell if there is truly any change in geometry from that offset. The stock knuckle for example has an offset that looks similar. The path the knuckle takes doesn't define the geometry, though it is probably best to have shorter more direct load paths. You'd have to compare the...

I am interested but distance is a concern. Shipping will probably be nasty. Somehow I was able to get a 2 door hardtop shipped for like $300 bucks but then even bestop sunriders are running me 200+ I doubt the chairs would be any better and likely much more. I should probably check with a...

Forged 74W207 Wheel | 74Weld Motorsports +45mm. I'd love some custom wheels like those but a bit too rich for my blood

It's true (kinda), but the market definitely sees it as an offroad vehicle. For some reason it's a chart topper in all the reviews of "off-road vehicles" because apparently nobody needs to fit 33's without rubbing from the factory and offroad trails are rated 1-5, and 6-10 does not exist, and if...

I am unimpressed with the price floor. Not overly surprised at the price ceiling, I guess what surprises me most is the overlap with the Land Cruiser.... Between the price overlap and the Land Cruiser not being 3rd row, or really bigger in any meaningful way (I know its a prado, but tophats are...

If still available, i'd consider covering shipping (within reason) to Michigan

Ditto. Fastener engineering is more complicated than many people think. Looking back at the pictures earlier, seeing witness marks from the threads is a huge red flag. Obviously in this case we know the bolts were coming loose, but even if they werent "loose", that would signify that the...

I am way late to this thread but ditto. 10.9 is used extensively on safety critical parts by the OEMs. excellent strength and not too brittle. I would reserve 12.9 for a very specific case.

Sorry, I meant specifically for swapping internals into the 74weld rack. As Quinn noted, a few people had messed up the process and not properly marked the angle sensor gears and they were SOL. But its actually possible to figure out the error and correct it. Ford probably has several legalese...

Yea, I go back and forth, I went with the 74 weld housing but I do find it hard to justify over the hoss 3.0 at the price point where you can replace the whole rack a few times before meeting the same cost. Since I did the swap myself and am a bit more comfortable rebuilding the internals, if...

Do you have any pictures? I'm primarily interested in badlands for the matching stitching but I haven't had any luck there. Are yours cloth, leather or MGV?