MO_Bronco's Overland / Do-It-All Build (157" 2023)

[MO_Bronco]

Well the truck is put back together.

Super stoked with how it's sitting and riding. ADS Mesa ride incredibly well and the Kenda's are super quiet on the road with essentially no noticeable road noise.

Ended up cutting a small piece of the lower valance for full clearance and absolutely no rubbing now.

Raceline Alphas 17x8.5 +0
Kenda Klever RT 35x10.50
ADS Mesa Coilovers and 2.5" rear shocks
Morimoto heads, fogs and pillar lights

More to come next week and my Covercraft precision fits just showed up as I was typing this!

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[MO_Bronco]

RE: tires; I had Klever 35x11.5 on my 12th gen and absolutely loved them as well. They wore great, rode great (albeit a bit stiff). My only complaint was weight. They are very heavy.

Dropped my 12th gen from 16 to 13mpg.. smiles to the gallon I guess.
I'm also curious as to your MPG drops overall - I'm getting ~18mpg combined on my 5.0 stock tires.

We will see what happens! I love these tires and being 68# they're on par with other 35's that are out there.

I was getting 22mpg on my stocks with my 5.0...

 

[BlueFowl]

Your truck looks great. I have pretty much the exact truck, except I have tow mirrors. This thread is making my credit card heat up.

 

[Blown F-150]

Nice build out, I'm curious as to what you think about the shocks long-term. I'm doing a Raptor swap, but always curios on shock brands that you don't see too much talk about on this platform.

 

[MO_Bronco]

Nice build out, I'm curious as to what you think about the shocks long-term. I'm doing a Raptor swap, but always curios on shock brands that you don't see too much talk about on this platform.

yeah, it’s surprising more people don’t look at these. ADS has an awesome following and makes top notch stuff, maybe its budgetary and I can’t fault anyone for that!

mill definitely keep everyone updated on the experience over the miles!

 

[MO_Bronco]

Your truck looks great. I have pretty much the exact truck, except I have tow mirrors. This thread is making my credit card heat up.

oh boy…HIDE YO CARDS, HIDE YO CASH!

serious talk though, absolutely loving this truck as it’s getting the parts cannon thrown at it. Every day it seems like something new is showing up and really transforming the way this thing looks, drives and performs!

 

[Aonarch]

Very nice!

I cut the studs off my factory coilovers as well. Made the process way faster.

Did you grab the SPC HD alignment kit? You will want it.

I was going to recommend AT4Ws, but those Kendas are nice too!

You might want to consider deleting your front powered air dam, they love to break and if you are hitting high speed offroad (45 mph+) you don't want it deploying.

It is just a few bolts and then Forscan coding it out.

If you add the Hill Descent Control button ($30-40) you can then program in the Rock Crawl mode with Forscan, aka FX4 and Tremor drive mode.

If you need skid plates, I love my RCI Aluminum ones.

 

[JCsTruck]

Im not a big fan of most aftermarket cosmetic add on items but your trucks looks very good and tasteful. The wheels look good. Well done!

 

[MO_Bronco]

Very nice!

I cut the studs off my factory coilovers as well. Made the process way faster.

Did you grab the SPC HD alignment kit? You will want it.

I was going to recommend AT4Ws, but those Kendas are nice too!

I did not pick up the SPC kit yet, it actually was still in perfect alignment after the level per the rack so still holding off on the kit until I do the upper control arms hopefully in a month or so

Love these Kendas, my favorite tire out there right now

 

[Aonarch]

I did not pick up the SPC kit yet, it actually was still in perfect alignment after the level per the rack so still holding off on the kit until I do the upper control arms hopefully in a month or so

Love these Kendas, my favorite tire out there right now

I edited my post with more suggestions.

Feel free to check out my build thread. I've learned a few lessons.

The SPC bolts will keep your truck getting knocked out of alignment offroad.

 

[MO_Bronco]

Im not a big fan of most aftermarket cosmetic add on items but your trucks looks very good and tasteful. The wheels look good. Well done!

Thanks, appreciate that... I put a ton of thought into my vehicles to try to toe the line of custom yet tasteful. This is the first set of wheels I've owned that are fake beadlock and was really hesitant on it but I'm really happy with how it came together.

Have a topper coming in the next week or two that should make functionality way better but don't want to deviate too far from the look so I'm anxious about getting it on.

 

[MO_Bronco]

I edited my post with more suggestions.

Feel free to check out my build thread. I've learned a few lessons.

The SPC bolts will keep your truck getting knocked out of alignment offroad.

I'll check it out for sure and they're most definitely on the list and will absolutely be getting done! Thanks for all the help.

 

[MO_Bronco]

You might want to consider deleting your front powered air dam, they love to break and if you are hitting high speed offroad (45 mph+) you don't want it deploying.

It is just a few bolts and then Forscan coding it out.

If you add the Hill Descent Control button ($30-40) you can then program in the Rock Crawl mode with Forscan, aka FX4 and Tremor drive mode.

If you need skid plates, I love my RCI Aluminum ones.

The Hill Descent mod is 100% on the list of mods for mine and I have everything in a shopping cart just waiting on me having time to actually knock out the project... have so much stuff piling up in the garage I want to finally get my head back above water.

As far as skid plates, strongly considering RCI but also really liking the idea of the factory Tremor plate/valance as I love the look and it would be a nice improvement to mine... I know the RCI ones are a better option for protection though.

I pulled the air dam when I put on the Morimoto fogs but didn't want to delete it as I wasn't sure how to avoid throwing codes... I might rip that off for good tonight knowing it's just a Forscan code!

 

[rawfuls]

I had RCI on my 12th gen and definitely got my money's worth on the transmission and fuel tank skid. Found some real bad deep dent and scratches in them.

What UCAs are you going with?
I'll be going with 8112s and noted that I'll need to get aftermarket UCAs.

 

[Blown F-150]

The Hill Descent mod is 100% on the list of mods for mine and I have everything in a shopping cart just waiting on me having time to actually knock out the project... have so much stuff piling up in the garage I want to finally get my head back above water.

As far as skid plates, strongly considering RCI but also really liking the idea of the factory Tremor plate/valance as I love the look and it would be a nice improvement to mine... I know the RCI ones are a better option for protection though.

I pulled the air dam when I put on the Morimoto fogs but didn't want to delete it as I wasn't sure how to avoid throwing codes... I might rip that off for good tonight knowing it's just a Forscan code!

Get the Tremor front and then the RCI engine, trans, transfercase skids. Money well spent.

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