The Tents+Tread Bronco Buildout

[TTEPHOTOS]

Just unloaded our JK and picked up a fully optioned out Wildtrak right before the holidays!

Pulled off the Jeep and am sorting ways to be fitted to the build:
7 BajaDesigns LP9s
ARB Dual Compressor
Warn VR Evo 12S
Rhino Rack Batwing 270 awning
Ikamper Mini
Max Traxx
Various Front Runner/Blue Ridge Overland bits
ARB 60L Elements Fridge


Sorted a way to mount the Baja roof light bar with 5 LP9s but will need to have a tinker with how to run the wires to the aux switch.
2 Amber LP9s may go to the wife's Tacoma build as the modular bumper is not thick enough to properly mount them

If anyone has roof bars they don't want please hit me up this one did not have that option. Also on the hunt for a winch bracket and the Warn team wont sell me just the mount.

ARB compressor may get mounted up in the rear storage area or similar to JK I will mount under the hood and run a line to the bumper.

The awning, recovery boards, and tent are on standby until I sort a solution for the Roof Rack..

The fridge is awaiting the drop slide from Alucab and the potential addition of GG plate or the Ford option drawers.

Supply chain issues are slowing the swap to BFG KM3s and Black Rhino Wheels but that will happen at some point.

Funding guns and issues with mounting a winch to the modular bumper has put a hold on the Baja Fogkit as I'm not sure if I still stay with this bumper or see if I can get CBI to do something with these.


Overall after coming from a Jeep I am very impressed with how this thing functions on the road with 35s under it. Additionally its a total caddy on the inside and has tons of space that is more than welcomed. The economy is playing a role but aftermarket support catch up as deliveries happen needs to happen a bit IMO!


Shots of the previous Jeep build that got us all over Europe and down the coast of Turkey and its build thread
Jeep Build Thread!

Photos from the drive; Just had our first child so looking like mid-Jan until our first real test of it!

Freelance Adventure photographer with lots of experience in publications and working directly with marketing teams at various companies like ARB-Front Runner-Black Rhino etc. If you have something you need dimensions for or photos of let's have a chat I often am open to working simply for parts!

 

[redthies]

Awesome score! What’s the story on finding it? I’ve heard they were not even producing Wildtraks yet? I’m assuming you found it for sale somewhere and it was not one you ordered?

 

[redthies]

Oh, and my wife (a fan of Bigfoot) wants to know if the Wildtrak badging says “Sasquatch” anywhere.

 

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Oh, and my wife (a fan of Bigfoot) wants to know if the Wildtrak badging says “Sasquatch” anywhere.

Sasquatch is under the Wildtrak inside the Wildtrak logo on the side.

Also, yea nabbed it off a lot after a very fair trade-in for the jeep! Seems to have been literally just built by the dates on things.

 

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Nabbed a set of drawers from a bronco forum member and got them installed even with a nasty drive down I95 in that storm. Overall pretty displeased it just plops in the back would like to have seen it FIT into the rear no gaps etc. additionally, it's easy to strip the bolts installing the cargo tie-downs to the top 3/8 stripped for me. Interior is a decent space and you can adjust/customize but overall 5/10, happy I didn't pay retail but am chatting with Tuffy about a MkII so we will see what comes of that. If nothing I will CAD up a top for it to flush it to the OEM plastics.

Baja Designs mounts came in. My setup is a KC crossbar with 5 LP9s (2 driving combo, 2 spots, one hyper spot) mounted to it, and then that mounted to the Baja windshield mounts. Mount from Baja is very robust and offers a lot of adjustabilities so can recommend it.
Install on that was pretty easy don't expect much trouble if you are looking at mounting a light above.

Snow shots! Bronco handled it like it didn't even exist. Very impressed with how it performed in over a foot of fresh powder with some ice under it.

 

[Mako1114]

I wish I had read your review on the Bronco rear drawers before ordering them yesterday. Maybe I can cancel my order. Oh....nice Bronco by the way!

Cheers

 

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I wish I had read your review on the Bronco rear drawers before ordering them yesterday. Maybe I can cancel my order. Oh....nice Bronco by the way!

Cheers

Not many options out anyway so.. I am thinking of doing a coated plate and fixing it to the top that will bring it out to the edges and make it totally fill the space

 

[TTEPHOTOS]

Black Rhino sent these over today should be able to fit them shortly!

 

[Mako1114]

Not many options out anyway so.. I am thinking of doing a coated plate and fixing it to the top that will bring it out to the edges and make it totally fill the space

I ended up keeping the order as I only paid $350.00 for them due to FordPass points. I picked them up but haven't performed the installation yet.

Those Black Rhino rims look great!

Cheers

 

[Area56]

Nice Truck. Maybe I missed it, but 4 or 6 cyl. motor?

How do you access the jack with that drawer setup? I've been staring at my engine bay trying to come up with an area to relocate the jack/tools for when I build a rear platform and haven't been successful. Will probably just end up putting it in the rear drawer and using jack space for compressor, etc. that don't need to be accessed.

 

[TTEPHOTOS]

Nice Truck. Maybe I missed it, but 4 or 6 cyl. motor?

How do you access the jack with that drawer setup? I've been staring at my engine bay trying to come up with an area to relocate the jack/tools for when I build a rear platform and haven't been successful. Will probably just end up putting it in the rear drawer and using jack space for compressor, etc. that don't need to be accessed.

The drawer can drop out fairly easily and allow for access to the cubby. 2.7 V6 in this one! I am looking also at locating the dual compressor into that space and just running a connection to the bumper.

 

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Black Rhino Sandsorms 0 offset
35x12.5x17 KO2s

Thanks @rino was great to finally see the shop!

 

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Wired up the LP9s yesterday. Due to higher-than hell labor costs this was my first time building a harness from scratch.


gotta say.. great success!

Although I will say don't run anything over 20A on the stock one that comes up to the windshield and also.. kinda dumb they ran it to passenger and not driver considering where the battery is.

I ran a 10G negative from the lights and grounded it up on the roll bar, ran the other 10G for positive and a 16G for the backlights down through the weather seal into cabin above driver then down the pillar behind the airbag and down to the floor than through the "plug" ford leaves in the firewall for you and over to a 70A relay. switch from relay connected to switch 6 and then fused power line from 30 side of relay to battery. backlight 16G ran to a random switch until I can figure out how to tap into the DRL as I cant find out what line or where the lines are to tap.

built my first harness for this project as both quotes to do it came out over $1000 for comparison this took me roughly 8hrs and cost 300$ in materials but I have leftover material so a shop who already had it on hand you're looking at 200 in parts.

GMRS is next, due in the next few weeks, going to stubby the FM/AM antenna this week, as well as install the Ghost antenna and the American Adventure Labs molle panels for the doors.
Unitl next time ladies and gents!

 

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50W GMRS installed clean to above center. Ran wires across and down to passenger side to the unit mounted in glove box

 

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Mabett organizer installed