After 4 plus months, zero complaints about the performance procal upgrade... makes me smile every time I drive it. Gas mileage is not why I bought the Bronco...
I bought it to enjoy burning the fuel.
Just imagine all the special waves you will get from everyone with a Jeep or a Bronco?
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$7500:unsure:...Could be a decently exotic vacation for two and please your wife...while still justifying and affording a lower trim too....or simply enjoy the purchase and do not worry about an exotic vacation/just drive it and smile exotically?
AND-Do not forget-you will still need to modify...
If I understand your concern. I remember it only needs to pick up the threads below the new bracket... so you should be fine. It does take more effort/longer that I expected to secure it, but it is quite solid when you are finished - keep wrenching.
Still intend/hope to do something similar with a friend's paint and body shop. Not the grill, handles, shackles, or trail sites. Custom pinstripe work by a local artist. Also a white hard top (in time too).
da_jokker
"So I did it myself, literally only spilled one drop, and then installed the Ronin.
The trick is to press inward when you unscrew the oil plug and not pull it out all the way. Hold your arm/hand on the top side and use the unscrewed drain plug like a cork to control the flow rate."...
Recommend being very pushy and insistent they total the Bronco and pay out for replacement value. Also buy it back for scrap value and repair it enough to make it your trail beater.
I have done the same after some tweekers stole and abused my truck years ago. You gotta stand up and argue with...
Does not sound like you really require the badlands. Hard top is more $$ and harder to get aftermarket.
OBX, and spend the savings on your new tires and after market seat covers you like?
Discovered the top piece has a soft and a hard side and it reverses easily.
Soft side up:
Easy access to your gear + addition storage space still remains under the new floor:
Before the install:
Still not completely level with rear seats down, but much easier to move gear:
Hard side up...