Void_of_Light
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Chances are you are going to pay well over retail for a first run. I wouldn't be surprised to see them 10k over.
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Ford Bronco Release date set
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Chances are you are going to pay well over retail for a first run. I wouldn't be surprised to see them 10k over.
Tooheysmax
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I placed a reserve on a 2 door base model. I am leaning on the 4cyl 7 speed. I figure with all of the mustang ecoboost mods out already its not going to be hard to get it to move so to speak. And I don't care about leather and infotainment.
(crosses fangers for a regular or extra-cab 2-door, preferably with less rear overhang)
TRINDU
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You'll be paying MSRP and then some for the first ~6 months.
Squatch is only lockers, lift, tires, and gears if not already equipped. Badlands already has lockers, lower tcase ratio, 4.7 gears, and sway bar disco. Adding squatch to it is just adding a ~1" lift and 285->315 tires.
It's all going to come down to how much each trim and the additional cost of squatch is to determine the best value.
* also, squatch is not offered in manual trans, it's an auto only upgrade. Badlands has lockers standard and comes with 7spd. Hence, IMHO, the only one worth buying. I dont care for the v6 and auto.
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Aggie06
I ain't the one to blame.
If it’s like raptors, or when the diesel F150s hit the lot here, there will be a 10-20K premium tacked on.
GarScramb
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That is the way I was seeing things too. So my question is will the Squatch package be less on the Badlands since so much of it is std? I wonder if they even have all of this worked out.
TRINDU
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Nope, or it would be posted on the website. Theyve had years to figure this out, even had 3 extra months for a release and it was still a shit show let down.
brantb
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There are plenty of dealers out there doing invoice, or 1k under invoice. Same as when the JL came out. Plenty of dealers were tacking more on top of MSRP, but the guys that just wanted volume were undercutting and probably selling 50 for every 1 the overcharging dealers were.
Jwredneck
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Bronco6G has been compiling a dealer list that will not be marking it up. Most will allow X plan pricing as well.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...m-x-plans-special-discounts-master-list.2010/
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...m-x-plans-special-discounts-master-list.2010/
Aggie06
I ain't the one to blame.
Local dealerships were selling plenty at their markup. Of course, they’re also willing to finance them for a house loan term.
evernoob
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I'll take a good hydraulic actuator over an electrical one for long-term durability. The electric disco. in my JK has held up for 10 years, but 10s of 1000s of others have failed & been shitcanned in that time. I run a MM 9k hydraulic winch, so I'm curious what PSI & GPM happen to be laying around in that area of the vehicle
It's a significant improvement in front articulation - here's connected vs. disco'd:
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Discos on IFS works wonders, but on vehicles not designed for it, it tends to be hard on ball joints (looking at you Tacoma). If the Bronco is designed for it with the travel limit not being the ball joint, it will make a huge improvement.
But again this is about wheeling stock-ish vehicles. I think the first mod for any vehicle with a swaybar is a swaybar disconnect. It's $20 in hardware and 45 minutes.
'84 Bronco II
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The Bronco only has 8-9" of wheel travel in the front depending on trim, so I doubt it is really pushing the limits of standard ball joints...
evernoob
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So what's the limit on travel, the strut or cv shaft/joint?
Even if the ball-joint is not limited out, ragging on the wheel while near the extreme of travel definitely does a number on ball joints, even if it's tearing up the boot and letting shit get in there or squirting out grease. By 'ragging' I mean normal 4x4 stuff.
So yeah, 'standard' ball joints that were specced out or not designed to be traveled are definitely fucked up by taking off the sway bar. You get a finite number of articulations out of them.
I would guess from an engineering perspective that Ford would design the suspension to be limited by something other than binding up rubber boots or the strut.
The amount of travel is not really relevant to the problem. Yeah, maybe 8-9" puts the control arm geometry into position to pinch the boot or squirt grease out, but that's dependent on a number of factors, mainly control arm length. Bronco's look pretty short to me, nothing like Raptor.
2big bronco
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Pt_Ranger_v8
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That's pretty fancy for a guy who spent 3 weeks hauling cement by the bucketful to rebuild the foundation. 
What did you order/how much did you pay?
What did you order/how much did you pay?
Pt_Ranger_v8
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If he spent the money to pay someone to do the foundation, or dig the hole for the shitter tank for him, then he wouldn’t be able to afford a new bronco. Or much of the other random, entertaining shit he drags home
well duh
2big bronco
Og irate
If he spent the money to pay someone to do the foundation, or dig the hole for the shitter tank for him, then he wouldn’t be able to afford a new bronco. Or much of the other random, entertaining shit he drags home
Pretty much exactly this. When I finish my siding and paint I'll have a total of real close to $135,000 into building my house. I'm pretty confident I couldn't have paid to have it done all legit for under 300k
There still seems to be a little confusion on exactly what package has what but what I basically put down on the pre order was the 4dr badlands. What I'm hoping I get after I actually sit down for the real order is 2.3l, 7spd, selectable tcase with 3.0 low range, 4.70 gears with lockers front and rear, sway bar disconnect, and upgrade tire size to 35s. Should come in around $44k
Pt_Ranger_v8
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Agreed. I just like poking fun at you
That honestly doesn't seem too bad of a price, given the cost of new vehicles these days. I think that's still a little cheaper than a comparable jeep.
2big bronco
Og irate
Agreed. I just like poking fun at you
That honestly doesn't seem too bad of a price, given the cost of new vehicles these days. I think that's still a little cheaper than a comparable jeep.
And I've been really close to ordering a new jt and throwing all the cool guy parts at it... but then I would be a jeep guy. I think one of these will make a perfect family vehicle/ mild wheeler/ camping rig. I'm a little disappointed in the 3500lb tow rating but I think I'm going to completely disregard that and make my own decisions on what it can tow.
they are trying to make it as ugly as a Camaro
Chevy needs to fire their engineering staff and start over. They destroyed the look of the new silverado HD's, now this?
RusM
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Think they actually did the trail or just backed it up there for a picture op? If it made it through looks pretty legit! Anyone that's done that trail, how difficult is it really?
Pt_Ranger_v8
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For something that small, 3500 lbs seems about right. That's a "couple jetski on a trailer range", so it fits. You're not gonna be hauling 26 round bales for the farm with this thing.
Hippie666
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yes they probably did Holy Cross. There are only a couple difficult sections But there are/were bypasses, the creek and then above the city at Cleveland rock. Disclaimer it has been a few years since that last time we camped up there.
45acp
naw man
Agreed. It'll do 2 sxs's on a big utility trailer. It'll do a little 18ft ultralight camper. That's plenty.
If you need to tow something real, just use the truck.
Tech Tim
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How long before we see body kits out there to make them a little more classic looking?
welndmn
Well Done Man
Are that many people wanting the manual transmission?
All I think is if I spend 50k on a new car, I'm going to have to daily drive it and sit in traffic with it. I hate sitting in traffic with a manual.
I'm never owned any thing more than a 4 speed automatic, so a 10 speed seems really nice.
All I think is if I spend 50k on a new car, I'm going to have to daily drive it and sit in traffic with it. I hate sitting in traffic with a manual.
I'm never owned any thing more than a 4 speed automatic, so a 10 speed seems really nice.
YotaAtieToo
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Bull shit, a 96 4runner is rated for 5k. 3500 lbs is nothing for a near full size modern suv.
It does match the JL, but shit even a Ford explorer, which is a crossover car frame thing, is rated for 5600.
YotaAtieToo
Thick skull
Granny low, just creep along
Not all of live in overpopulated areas, I can't fathom how people sit in traffic every day.
Pt_Ranger_v8
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Ok. I was thinking more of wheelbase instead of power.
I don't like towing heavier loads with a short little gocart. Too much chance of the tail wagging the dog
Traffic is way more relaxing in a low gear not touching any pedals, then doing throttle-brake-throttle-brake-throttle-brake-repeat like everybody else in front of you. This applies to any transmission type.