A bit of experience for anyone interested. Last month a friend and I did a week long wheeling trip in UT. He has a 4Runner with Xpel PPF and I went with Ceramic Pro on my Badlands Bronco. We ran the same trails, same trees and bushes. Mine never showed a scratch, and hasn't shown a scratch. His...
All of the trails mentioned can be done in a SAS Bronco. The ones with more ledges, like Moab Rim and Cliffhanger, rock rails are strongly recommended. I've taken bunches of XJ's on both of those trails. Two lockers and 35" tires gets quite a bit of capability. On the slickrock the lockers will...
Never run Metal Masher.
Poison Spider for sure.
Moab Rim definitely.
Elephant Hill is a long ways away, best to run it when camping in Canyonlands.
Rose Garden haven't run.
Cliffhanger is on the list.
I'll never run Behind the Rocks again, long and boring.
Hell's Revenge is a must.
I won't run...
That's what many folks say about Jeeps....then they go out with friends, find it's a blast, and then start to empty their wallets on upgrades. Get one equipped for off road...
You could put good floor coverings like Weather Tech and good seat covers like Carhartt on the OBX and be done with it. Of course, I love my non-SAS Badlands. However, the rock rails, skid plates, and sway bar disco are really important to me. Shocks are the same on both vehicles, so ride should...
A little more Moab eye candy:
BTW, those are all Jeeps that I've owned. As much as I've loved them, I'm very happy to be in the Bronco. Looking forward to having it in Moab and meeting a bunch of you folks.
I'm also arriving on the 1st. There will be trails to run every day from the 2nd through the weekend. there is plenty of time to plan and see what folks want to do. Heck, for years we would just meet at 9:00 am in the City Market parking lot and then decide what we wanted to do that day. Each of...
Yeah, to do 35's on my Badlands I only used the bottom spacer on the 1" leveling kit, which was perfect. SAS is only .43" more lift than Badlands, so if the whole 1" kit is installed on a Badlands the front it will be too high. Mine sits level, and no rubbing that I have found front or rear with...
An initial denial isn't a final denial if the service person at the dealership is wrong. Also, we don't know the details of someone getting denied warranty coverage because the vehicle had "dirt" on it. If there was abuse it isn't warrantied, so any warranty denial would have to be evaluated on...
Yes. Off road use doesn't cancel a warranty. Modification can cancel a warranty, but not use. Only qualification to this is direct impact, they won't cover damage, just failure of the part. BTW, I worked at dealerships for 29 years and own an auto repair shop and do warranty work, only saying...
There should be little shock to the rack, since the tie rod breaks only after it bends first. The tie rod bends far enough to cause a crack in the threads of the inner tie rod next to the jam nut, so pressure is already absorbed by the collapse/bending of the tie rod before it actually breaks. I...
I've had onboard compressors, big compressors, and simple portable compressors. All work fine, it's just a matter of how much money you want to spend. Sure, a dual ARB compressor is bad ass, and convenient. But, a simple portable does exactly the same thing it just takes a few minutes longer...
Not if you put more offset on aftermarket rims and bigger tires. I don't really like the wider SAS flares either, but I also don't think poke looks cool. I had to go with +18 offset to get wheels that I like, and so compared to the +30 offset of SAS wheels I have more poke than I want on my...