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Ok. Math time

Base- inv $28073
2.7 w auto $3500
Squatch. $5000

$36573 total.

Or

Big Bend inv- $32555
2.7 auto. $3500
Rear lockers $500 (guessing)

$36555 total

Hmmmmm.
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Ok. Math time

Base- inv $28073
2.7 w auto $3500
Squatch. $5000

$36573 total.

Or

Big Bend inv- $32555
2.7 auto. $3500
Rear lockers $500 (guessing)

$36555 total

Hmmmmm.
The base with the squatch is looking like a better deal, 1.2" lift.....35s instead of 32s....Upgraded axles....lockers front and rear....4.7 gearing vs stocks...Any single one of these after the fact will cost some major cash.
35s and wheels $2k
upgraded front and rear axles installed....$4k
front and rear lockers installed....$2.5k
Shorter gearing installed.......$2.5k
1.2" lift installed.......500??? Assuming some type of spacer setup..

I might end up going that route.....Not a bad way to burn $36k......
 
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The base with the squatch is looking like a better deal, 1.2" lift.....35s instead of 32s....Upgraded axles....lockers front and rear....4.7 gearing vs stocks...Any single one of these after the fact will cost some major cash.
35s and wheels $2k
upgraded front and rear axles installed....$4k
front and rear lockers installed....$2.5k
Shorter gearing installed.......$2.5k
1.2" lift installed.......500??? Assuming some type of spacer setup..

I might end up going that route.....Not a bad way to burn $36k......
Yup, I can wrap my own steering wheel, I know a tint guy and can live without a MID in addition to the fact I do not really like the grey grill on BB.
 

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The main reason I put a deposit on a Bronco was that it is available in a two door, plain jane trim, including a manual transmission. The only option I would really be interested in is a limited slip rear, and I doubt that will be a stand alone offering. In a perfect world base would have a rubber floor and vinyl seats. The last new vehicle I was interested in was about 15 years ago, the ARO Crosslander (if anyone even remembers that). Basically it was an Eastern European 4x4 with a US Ford Powertrain. Of course that never happened.

For the few of us still around who prefer a fairly heavy duty vehicle minus a bunch of gingerbread, the base Bronco is just the ticket.
 

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Appears from the option survey that tow package will be available on Base. This was previously shown as NA. That is very good news - $600.
 

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Appears from the option survey that tow package will be available on Base. This was previously shown as NA. That is very good news - $600.
$600 sounds like way too much for a receiver and tie in to the electrical harness. Unless all these figures being posted from the survey are crazy bogus numbers and some of them do seem nonsensical that tow package should have upgraded cooler, alternator or something more
 

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$600 sounds like way too much for a receiver and tie in to the electrical harness. Unless all these figures being posted from the survey are crazy bogus numbers and some of them do seem nonsensical that tow package should have upgraded cooler, alternator or something more
I just bought 2020 XL....reciever hitch with wiring was $185.....from factory
 

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$600 sounds like way too much for a receiver and tie in to the electrical harness. Unless all these figures being posted from the survey are crazy bogus numbers and some of them do seem nonsensical that tow package should have upgraded cooler, alternator or something more
I suspect they realized that each tow package puts $500 in their pocket so they made it available.
 

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I just bought 2020 XL....reciever hitch with wiring was $185.....from factory
That sounds more like it unless as I said there are some significant mechanical additions in the package
 

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$600 sounds like way too much for a receiver and tie in to the electrical harness. Unless all these figures being posted from the survey are crazy bogus numbers and some of them do seem nonsensical that tow package should have upgraded cooler, alternator or something more
I’ll agree $600 seems on the high side but Ford wasn’t ever going to sell a $200 tow package. Tow rating is the same with or without the package so it can’t have anything mechanical. Maybe a brake controller if we are lucky.

Prices on everything else seemed in line with what you would reasonably expect.

Edit - Dual top option seems high
 
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Im thinking the tow package might upgrade the alternator and add a transmition cooler. That would make sense for that price.
 

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Looks like the mid package is coming in around $1500, if you believe the survey info. By my math, for a 2dr, it's going to run around $6800 extra to go from base to BB+mid. Is that a fair cost for extra leather bits, auto ac, heated seats, remote start, wheel/tire upgrade, lane keep, the extra color choices, and a few other minor goodies? I'm leaning toward no, but I'm also a pretty frugal person. Any way I look at it, I keep concluding that all these $40k+ builds are just too damn much money to go toward a f'n car...but a base at $33ish is borderline tolerable, because Bronco.
 

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By my math, for a 2dr, it's going to run around $6800 extra to go from base to BB+mid.
The mid pkg is priced fairly, the issue has always been the $5k difference between BB and Base for $2K of equipment. It’s a terrible value, but if you want the locked away options you have to pay it. Apparently that huge BB premium doesn’t exist on the Canadian BB.
 

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The mid pkg is priced fairly, the issue has always been the $5k difference between BB and Base for $2K of equipment. It’s a terrible value, but if you want the locked away options you have to pay it. Apparently that huge BB premium doesn’t exist on the Canadian BB.
Yep. That's why I lump the BB standalone cost in with the mid, because if you're gonna go up to BB, at that point you might as well toss in the mid package.
 

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I just want a bunny to pop out of a hat and give an option of limited slip with a ratio around 4.27 and couple tire/wheel combos around the 32" mark. Like from the Big Bend!!
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