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- Ben
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- Canton, MI
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- 22 Badlands 2Dr 7MT
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- Badlands
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I probably should've documented this as I went along but what the heck. I got my Bronco in March of 22 after nearly 600 days of waiting (originally was supposed to be Antimatter Blue but my 2021MY order got bumped to a 2022MY and I had to pick a new color). Starts out as a Non-Sasquatch Badlands 7-speed with the only options being the Mid Package and the Modular Bumper. It was the perfect build for me. Heated seats and a manual, that's all I really wanted in my 2-door- for under $45k at the time. Only way to get this was the Badlands, which was a bonus because it had my favorite wheels and favorite grille of all the trims. Originally planned on keeping it 100% stock, but a defect on my bumper that I discovered a few months after delivery led me down a slippery slope of swapping out parts for new ones that I liked from other Bronco trims
It was some sort of weathering defect you can see in the direct center of the bumper, unfortunately Ford would not cover it under warranty (shocker) as they said I must've applied some sort of product to it (all I did was hand wash it). I ended up getting a bumper from a Bronco Raptor, which was great because I looked at it as an opportunity to get foglamps and I liked the two-tone look:
I wanted to the skidplate to match that silver on the bumper so I bought a Raptor skidplate a few weeks later to complete the look. After a while, the more I looked at it the presence of the Raptor stuff kind off looked off with the 33s and I wanted to get some 35s on it once my 33s were worn out. Got a set of Sasquatch-takeoff Goodyears. I was contemplating throwing them on the original Badlands wheels however I didn't want to run a spacer with the +55 offset, so I bought the (at the time they were known as Everglades wheels) kit from Ford Performance. Eventually got some Sasquatch fender flares/rear bumper extensions, and swapped out my spare tire carrier for a Sasquatch one (I was using the Rough Country 3rd brake light extension for a little while but found that it created too much of a gap to the tire for my liking).
I got a set of Hoss 3.0 shocks and struts since the Bilsteins had the recall with parts out until Q3 of 25:
In early 2025 I was filling up at the pump and happened to notice that my MIC hardtop had some pretty bad cracking/wrinkling going on that I had heard about on the forum. I was decently past 36,000 miles at this point and found out firsthand that my extended warranty wouldn't cover a replacement. After seeing that many people still had cracking after multiple top replacements I figured I'd try to find a painted hardtop for sale.
Earlier this year I got a top from a Desert Sand 2-door:
So yeah took my Bronco that I planned on keeping 100% stock to a little bit more of a mixed bag with the bumper of a Raptor, the wheels of an Everglades, suspension of a Wildtrak (also door handles of an Outer Banks). The next thing I'm looking at doing is putting in seats from a Heritage Limited. Thanks for looking!
It was some sort of weathering defect you can see in the direct center of the bumper, unfortunately Ford would not cover it under warranty (shocker) as they said I must've applied some sort of product to it (all I did was hand wash it). I ended up getting a bumper from a Bronco Raptor, which was great because I looked at it as an opportunity to get foglamps and I liked the two-tone look:
I wanted to the skidplate to match that silver on the bumper so I bought a Raptor skidplate a few weeks later to complete the look. After a while, the more I looked at it the presence of the Raptor stuff kind off looked off with the 33s and I wanted to get some 35s on it once my 33s were worn out. Got a set of Sasquatch-takeoff Goodyears. I was contemplating throwing them on the original Badlands wheels however I didn't want to run a spacer with the +55 offset, so I bought the (at the time they were known as Everglades wheels) kit from Ford Performance. Eventually got some Sasquatch fender flares/rear bumper extensions, and swapped out my spare tire carrier for a Sasquatch one (I was using the Rough Country 3rd brake light extension for a little while but found that it created too much of a gap to the tire for my liking).
I got a set of Hoss 3.0 shocks and struts since the Bilsteins had the recall with parts out until Q3 of 25:
In early 2025 I was filling up at the pump and happened to notice that my MIC hardtop had some pretty bad cracking/wrinkling going on that I had heard about on the forum. I was decently past 36,000 miles at this point and found out firsthand that my extended warranty wouldn't cover a replacement. After seeing that many people still had cracking after multiple top replacements I figured I'd try to find a painted hardtop for sale.
Earlier this year I got a top from a Desert Sand 2-door:
So yeah took my Bronco that I planned on keeping 100% stock to a little bit more of a mixed bag with the bumper of a Raptor, the wheels of an Everglades, suspension of a Wildtrak (also door handles of an Outer Banks). The next thing I'm looking at doing is putting in seats from a Heritage Limited. Thanks for looking!
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