Why can't we get a better dressed engine compartment?

[AzGoat]

I was reading a review of the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee and cannot help but wonder why the Bronco cannot get an engine compartment that appears better finished?

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[PWillette]

To be truthful...I'm an old school analog industrial, mechanical, functional over form kinda guy and quite frankly I like to see inside my engine bay and be able to access/view things quickly. Just my 2-cents

 

[TheDoctor]

Why do you care so much about a piece of plastic sitting on top of the engine...trapping in heat and just getting in the way?

 

[shoelessjoe]

I was reading a review of the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee and cannot help but wonder why the Bronco cannot get an engine compartment that appears better finished?

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Buy a Grand Cherokee

I was reading a review of the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee and cannot help but wonder why the Bronco cannot get an engine compartment that appears better finished?

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Are you going to pop the hood on your Bronco at the local car show or Cars & Coffee and show off the BOV?

 

[GETSCHWIFTY]

I honestly hate all the extra added plastic bs most cars come with these days.

 

[Moto26]

My Bronco came with a super-clean engine cover. It’s even color-matched to the body!

 

[drew707]

To be truthful...I'm an old school analog industrial, mechanical, functional over form kinda guy and quite frankly I like to see inside my engine bay and be able to access/view things quickly. Just my 2-cents

I’m exactly the same honestly. I have had to work on vehicles with fully dressed bays and it is such a pain in the ass

 

[JohnnyBoots]

one less thing to remove when I work on it...

 

[PWillette]

I’m exactly the same honestly. I have had to work on vehicles with fully dressed bays and it is such a pain in the ass

Especially on the trail

 

[IDyeti]

Someone has never dropped an engine cover bolt and had it rest on a skid plate.

 

[Nateandapril]

I was reading a review of the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee and cannot help but wonder why the Bronco cannot get an engine compartment that appears better finished?

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I understand your point but don’t subscribe to the same thought process. I’m thinking from a utilitarian point of view I do not want that extra piece of plastic holding in heat, restricting air and generally making the engine compartment just that much more cramped. I think I’m terms of openness in the engine bay as much as possible to allow for maintenance. I also don’t want that plastic piece coming off while on the trail and fragging out something in the engine bay like a line or a belt

 

[kbutler1]

Jeez, tough crowd

While I don't need all the cladding, it seems it could have been executed a tad neater.
BUT, as long as my 2.7L doesn't blow up, I'm happy.

 

[GETSCHWIFTY]

Jeez, tough crowd

While I don't need all the cladding, it seems it could have been executed a tad neater.
BUT, as long as my 2.7L doesn't blow up, I'm happy.

motors a built by engineers. They don’t give two shits how these things look as long as they meet the prescribed parameters set forth by ford

 

[kbutler1]

motors a built by engineers. They don’t give two shits how these things look as long as they meet the prescribed parameters set forth by ford

I don't think that true of all engineers at all. I think some want their final products to look nice, neat, and squared away.
But hey, whatever, it's all good.

 

[bigblueboing]

I was reading a review of the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee and cannot help but wonder why the Bronco cannot get an engine compartment that appears better finished?

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This reminds me of the time when we first opened the hood when we started seeing it in person and these threads started. So I guess engine cover will be a permanently repeated thread forever.

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