Ford doesn’t think dudes arguing on an Internet forum, many of whom are off-road enthusiasts with years if not DECADES of off-road experience are their target market.
They paid tens of millions of dollars for focus groups of a bunch of middle-aged women and millennials to tell them what they...
I have received ZERO emails from Ford since placing my reservation.
I have been inundated with spam from the Ford dealership that holds my reservation.
Ford finally admitting the builder is a "theoretical" simulation of how you can B&P but to facilitate production trucks will be build in batches all with popular equipment groups included for maximum profit.
I am a strong proponent of people buying whatever the hell they damn please and the market satisfying that desire.
With that said, many of the more dedicated off road vehicles, especially once you start getting into open top wheeling, tall suspensions, and comically big mud terrain tires can...
BFG has been making mud terrain-ish tires with the TA/KO for years. They’re actually pretty good. The KO2’s especially. Goodyear is just doing the same thing.
I had an FJ Cruiser which came with a “wash out” interior. It was loud as shit.
Also there was zero sound deadening in the huge roof so it felt like you were in a tin shack in a rainstorm.
Unless Ford has light, medium, and heavy duty coils that they will package with the suspension based on which accessories you have ordered, such as a winch, roof rack, top, doors, etc., then the ones with more of the armor and accessories are going to sag lower.
Ford found out the hard way that building a designated heavy duty off-road vehicle is hard.
Attempting to offer aftermarket accessories through the manufacturer or through the dealer with a warranty is harder still.
And building a very capable off road vehicle, which very few buyers want, and...