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I do believe he is poking fun at another Bronco vendor... Shifting gears to the here and now, finished modifying the LOD plates. I reused the hoops cut off the outer plates as crumple spacers on the inner plates, welded so they stay put. The hole you drill is halfway onto a crumple bulge so I...

At least they'll have shorter wait times for replacement 7MTs.

I'm concerned about the strength of those inserts, I'd have to see the calcs on them. Probably going to end up with weld nuts.

I just mean from the perspective of being the face of another company in this field, I don't want to put others down while promoting my brand. After dragging vets into his sob story, a military discount would be a great move.

Dusty brought up a valid point about the threaded plate so I might have to revisit that. But I want super tight clearances so there's no deformation. Yes, the crumple standoffs will be welded. Futzing with washers made that a priority right away.

I've made it a personal goal to keep bashing other companies to a minimum, but BB stresses that goal for me. This video had the opposite of the intended effect on me. If I ever pull a stunt like this somebody call me out please.

My understanding is you definitely want the bushing if you have the brace, because the rack will be the first thing to break if the tie rods can't.

No shade at LOD, I applaud them for providing something and being one of the first, but I couldn't help it.

I must be psychic. Or psychotic. Not sure which.

They are mild steel. I didn't think it would be a problem so good catch. My goal is no loose nuts and I was hoping to skip the step of welding nuts to the plate.

CJ's has informed me the bushings are backordered. Off to a great start. Personally I like to carry spares and I use Level Up jam nut sleeves. IMO you don't want them to be too strong so the jam nut sleeves are great. Very nice! I'm going to keep my eye on that.

Anything that bolts to the factory horns should bold up with the plates. I wanted to do away with futzing around with nuts, so there's three 1/2" nut plates. It is designed to be 100% bolt on, but can be welded as well if desired. The only DIY part will probably be painting, I'm leaning towards...

The CAD work is done and I'm super stoked, the TrickPlates are going to be bombproof. If I submit the files now there's a chance the prototype shows up before I leave for Moab but I don't want them sitting around a week if they miss me. The question is before I can commit to a batch, what is...

Very kind offer. @techdisaster hooked me up with a set and they arrived today, I'm going to start hacking on them as there are several things I would have done differently.

Possibly, I think he's up 2".

Sounds about right. Look at this wear. I know Derek personally and he was not hard on his Bronco when I wheeled with him.

I'm going to try to get a prototype drawn up in the next 2 weeks before Moab, then it will be 2-3 weeks before I get a physical version in my hands. That will most likely need some tweaks as well so late May/early June is a likely timeline. I'm targeting 1/4" for the brackets and 1/2" for the...

What till you see the absolute beef Ive drawn up to replace that. Too bad I can't get it cut and installed before the trip.

A Mazda design that doesn't have problems.

A few things but no common themes. They're likely to carbon up around 100k and need a cleaning, but nobody is there yet.