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Hello, team! I own a '22 Big Bend that I've mostly been happy with. Just to see what's changed, today I took a test drive in a '25. I was impressed by some of the build quality improvements. Mostly, the front windows didn't waggle when opening the doors, the doors felt much more solid, the...

I really appreciate both the insight and candor. This led me to dig up another post where someone has an aftermarket soft top with an OEM snorkel - they posted a video showing the seal of the soft top near the snorkel flapping fairly violently. It looks like a snorkel (of any design) creates a...

@IAG Performance I'm considering purchasing your Bronco snorkel kit pretty heavily. You mentioned "considerable" noise when paired with a soft top. Does that noise go away when the plates are flipped and the snorkel inducts air from the front?

@pandapaul I'm thinking about doing this upgrade myself and appreciate all the work you put in! I think I spy a typo in your parts list and want to confirm: you note in your parts list that you ordered the By-Pass Control Valve (CJ5Z-9U465-A), but @Jro noted that CJ5Z-9U465-A is actually the...

Hello team! Yesterday I finally decided to nail down the source of a rattle that has annoyed me from day one on my 2022 Bronco. This rattle usually happens at low-to-medium speed when driving over uneven/cracked road that makes the rear of the vehicle shake. After testing all of the surfaces...

I'm not really worried about reducing noise, I just don't want to install leather seats and then find I'm sitting inside a louder vehicle - like taking the carpet out of a room with hardwood floors can turn it into an echo chamber.

It won't affect the wind, but it's a reasonable thing to wonder if it will deaden the reverb and some of the resulting sibilance. In acoustical terms, the cloth seats do work as a sound treatment at a certain level, like installing acoustical board in a studio.

Hello all, I'm thinking about upgrading the seats in my soft top 4dr Big Bend from cloth to leather. I imagine that the cloth seats provide a fair amount of sound deadening and this upgrade will add quite a bit of hard surface area to the interior of the vehicle. Right now, my Bronco's noise...

Excellent. Just the long-term review I was looking for. I appreciate your taking time to comment. I’d been worried that, with so much frontal area, they would spoil the airflow through the engine bay. I watched my temps making the hill climb up I-70 from Denver to the Eisenhower Tunnel out here...

Hello all, I just installed these mesh grille inserts on my Big Bend and really think that it completes the look of the vehicle. The material takes up quite a bit of frontal area, however, and I thought I might ask those more knowledgeable than myself here, will this significantly affect...

I’ve been thinking pretty heavily about changing my Big Bend’s black dash to the Heritage white dash. It looks like that dark trim piece is referred to as “navy pier” in the part name, however, which would not match. Have you received/installed this part yet? Can you confirm that it is a blue...

Hello good folks, Over the weekend I performed an evaporator cooler flush with some foam cleaner (Kool-It Evaporator and Heater Foam Cleaner) sold for the purpose after a moldy smell had begun issuing from my AC/Heater. I have performed this maintenance on previous vehicles without problem and...

I'd really hate to take it in the dealer for such a small issue. I live over 100 miles away from the closest one and I'm sure they'd take my car for the day. Was hoping I could solve this one on my own!

Hello all! I'm having an issue I was hoping the gang could chime in on. The driver's seat of my 2022 Big Bend continuously comes loose. The culprit appears to be a hex screw (photo below) that works its way out. Within a couple hours of driving and pressing the clutch in and out with my left...