You always think you want vehicles to stay "new" but as I got older, I kind of like the patina the older used like they were intended wear on them now. I mean not wrecked or destroyed, but a nice used with memories and stories for marks and scratches.
Kind of like Corvettes. Most are garage...
25 base 2 door manual not a single option. Everybody else has nicer Broncos but I really like the simplicity of the base. I added Katskin and a white shifter ball and called it perfect. 70k for a loaded Bronco, not here.
My 2025 manual base has been sitting for a couple of months not used to keep it out of the salt here on the roads. I drove it yesterday and with the BG Syncroshift 2 oil in the transmission now it really shifts smooth. Not a single crunch or noise I guess after I assume the syncros were basted...
On my Base, I swapped out the factory pizza cutters for some black spokes and tires from a Black Diamond that the dealer had as take offs. Yea they look good, almost too good. I see my steelies over in the corner stacked up with their Hyundai tires on them thinking... 285-75-16 Duratrac RT's...
Just changed the manual transmission fluid to BG syncroshift 2 - now snick snick snick smooth with only 3500 miles on it. No more mini crunch in 1-2 or 2-3 quick shifts. Before had to shift slower for no little crunchy. For a cable shifted transmission it works really well now. Gets better...
I have a 2025 base. Now with 3500 mile on the manual transmission, I changed out the trans fluid to BG syncroshift 2 today. It shifts really nice now. Kind of bolt action and quick. Before it was smooth, but could not rush gear changes 1-2 and 2-3. It would kind of mild crunch unless you...
I picked the 2 door Base manual just to have a fun little truck to play with around town, take the tops off sometimes, and still good in the snow. The reality is it will probably never see off road in its life with me. Maybe pull a small trailer now and then. My brother back in the day had a...
I have one of the few base manual transmissions made in 2025. I like it a lot. Changed out the shift ball to a white urethane one and also the spring in the clutch to the Steeda one. This transmission is cable shifted so it has a feel different from say a Mustang or one that has the...
Installed the Ford hitch, programmed and went to U-Haul to hook up and check lights and see if spare cleared. Works good. May need a bit more drop for their 5x8. Yea, I got a base, "loaded". My little Base project turned out nice.
I have a 2025 base 7 speed. I installed the Ford hitch myself and was not hard to do. I just had to take it to my dealer to program the module which they did for me free. All is working fine. I got an extended ball mount to clear the spare. I went to U-Haul just to make sure everything...
I uncovered the hole that I sealed over and so far no problems since. I filled the container to the rim with RainX and it sat for a couple of days. So replacing the pump and keeping the vent hole has worked so far. I give it 50/50 chance of fixed for now. The only other variable is that my...
I love the look of that Sasquatch Marsh Gray 2 door. I thought about changing mine to Sasquatch when I could but it was I think almost $9k more and this was just a toy to play with. The lockers and shocks and larger wheels and heavier suspension parts and stronger front differential would have...
Leather in a Base. I like the contradiction it makes. Katskin install $1600 total. They went up a bunch in the last 5 years but the quality has been top notch on my other vehicles with it. I just got the basic black leather, no options, no perforation, with grey stitching to match the...
I thought the new cluster was neat at first but it could have been better. Just simple clean gages would have been nice and I would like numbers around my speedometer between 0 and 120. You can never go wrong with a nice needle set up clean and simple instead of bars and goat mode dial copies...
well a couple of weeks has passed on the new pump that was installed. I did close up the vent hole I made in the lid after the new pump was put in. After a few days parked in 100 degree heat, same issue again all over. Pump runs, no fluid until you hold it for almost a minute while it spins...
Katskin black leather with grey stitching with heaters goes into the base next week along with the trailer hitch. I think the steelies need to go back on with just a bit larger tire than stock to keep the original flavor. Added Ford rock rails to cover up the body seam and wire harness on the...
As the miles add on, my 2025 manual gets smoother and shifts better. I only changed the shifter knob to a white ball from Twisted Shifter and did the Steeda spring. Crawler works nice in heavy traffic and it has no problem holding 6th gear for hundreds of miles at a time on the highway behind...