Ok, that piece fits. I vaguely remember those guys saying way back when that they had some inspiration from a NASCAR design. Good to know more of the history!
It was pioneered on short wheel base 4x4's by a Jeep guy from SoCal, and a company called OffroadOnly, about 20 years ago. See the ORO Swayloc: https://offroadonly.com/swayloc/. They patterned it after racing sway bars and the basic function of the Currie AntiRock at the time. ORO had also...
I bet this is a whole separate rail from the standard rock rails. These look very similar to the Ranger Tremor sidesteps and mounting rail--not a rock slider.
WR is such a great time. Been there with the Jeep several times--wish I lived closer to it. When the harder trails are wet and muddy though, it's definitely hard on vehicles...
I use 2 Jackery 240's paired together and occasionally the 60w panel that goes with it. Plenty for my ARB 50L fridge and sometimes topping off small electronics. We never stay put at any given camp for longer than a couple nights before driving off and recharging from the car 12v anyways...
I almost bought a Ranger Tremor a couple of years ago, and the 2.3L was awesome in that truck--but it had 31" tires, weighs less, and is much more aerodynamic. Of note, the Ranger forum guys were always complaining constantly about lots of fuel in the oil in the 2.3.
The 2.3 is also fine in...
Got kicked here too from 2/28. Fine with this--it is now moving delivery out of the worst of snow/salt season, and assembly/transport into warmer weather.
Hanging on to this build week by the skin of my teeth still. Feels like threading the needle... missing the ice mountain / chip issue, missing the snowpocalype, delivery maybe right at the beginning of Spring.
I use Rok Straps on my Jeep along with a Bolt cable lock, and will probably do something similar on the Bronco. Strapping them in this way you can clock them in any direction around the spare, and it's cheap and light.
The only issue I can see with the way I did it on the Jeep, is that on the...
4x4 soft tops started doing this since the Jeep JK 4 door top. On the Jeep TJ, the soft top has plastic edge retainers that you fold under the top retainer channel and it doesn't do this. But with the JK, since it has the sunrider feature, Jeep dropped those retainers and used a cable retainer...
Part 12, Sky Bridge Road & Red River Gorge. This was our final pavement miles on the trip, and besides the scenic drive, it's intersected with a lot of hiking trails, points of interest, rockclimbing routes, and paddling opportunities. I definitely want to explore this area more my next time...