ROLL BAR DELETE

Bruno · Jan 26, 2023

BigMeatsBronco said:
Nope, the #1 reason it's there is for REAR passenger safety. Common sense. Secondarily, it does add to the stiffness of the body, not the Frame, as the roll bar is NOT directly attached to the frame.

I no longer have rear passengers!!!

By this logic "every single pickup ever made should have a roll bar in the back or the frame will buckle".... pure hogwash. And the fact that the two-door Bronco has almost half the bending leverage compared to a 6 or 8 ft pickup bed frame. Plus I don't have any reason to be hauling a 1500 lb payload in the back of my 4 ft bed pickup.

Lastly, the way the rear suspension supports the load on the rear coilovers, that are canted at an angle forward, is a design that completely eliminates the force on the rear of the frame behind the rear axle.
Nearly 100% of the weight on the rear axle is attached to the frame 6 to 8 inches ahead of the rear axle.
This fact alone eliminates any of the frame twisting or body movement that you were describing of or have wishful thinking for. Anything behind the rear frame coil spring mounts are just hanging in the wind, and NOT very intragal to the structure of the rest of the truck.

So funny how this post triggered so many people - Even when they look at photos of your example, and other (SEMA!!!) examples - some people still cant believe it... amazing

BigMeatsBronco · Jan 26, 2023

Bruno said:
So funny how this post triggered so many people - Even when they look at photos of your example, and other (SEMA!!!) examples - some people still cant believe it... amazing

Yeah its funny. But I think is stupid some people think the frame is going to twist or bend or somehow, or will be detrimental to the safety of the truck. The Broncos rear suspension sends forces into the lower the B-pillar area, NOT the rear of the frame.!!!

Here's a few pics of the "factory bed stiffeners" I now have instead of the precious ugly roll bar.
The way it's boxed in, it's far stronger than a normal pickup.

even with the upper roll bar removed.

Lastly the rear section of the Bronco is All Steel no aluminum there, and is actually TRIPPLE LAYER Construction meaning there are two inner panels welded together, then one outer steel fender. This design has one additional steel complete structural panel throughout compared to other vehicles. For example, every pickup I've ever seen has only a two panel thickness bed, not three like our Broncos.