Zandcwhite
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- Zach
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These comparison videos are entertaining, but not very informative. Anybody whose been wheeling for years understands how different suspension systems perform. The bronco didn’t change the physics of short arm ifs, solid rear axle off road vehicles. Picture the 2 door with an fj body and the 4 door with a 4 runner body. Viola, you’ve now seen exactly how a bronco will drive both on and off road hundreds of times over the last 20 years (although it certainly won’t have Toyota reliability). The lockers, sway bar disconnect, and 35’s make it nearly identical to the thousands of mildly built 4runners you see out on the trails. Yes it is capable of most trails(any Vehicle with 35’s and lockers is). Yes it will carry a tire in the air a lot. No it won’t flex as well as a solid axle. It will be more expensive to lift and likely less durable. It’s a new vehicle on an old design with all the off road tech. It was built to cash in on the rubicon’s success and was obviously designed to 1 up the wrangler in nearly every off road measurement (easy to do when copying someone else). The xtreme recon showed just how easy it is to 1 up the other guy with a little lift and bigger tires. The competition is clearly raising the bar for all of us, but don’t pretend the bronco did anything revolutionary.
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