What did you do TO your Bronco Sport today?

gageandgavin

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I'm contemplating buying the 'Body Side Mouldings'. They seem pricey, unless the $329 is for both sides of the vehicle...
I put them on my original 2021 BS and when I traded that in, I had them put them on my 2024 BS. I get so many compliments on it.
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Creeping up on 4 full years of ownership, so I had to renew the tags. Part of doing that is getting in a line with several hundred other cars idling off and on (to improve air quality, get it?) so that Oregon can do the emissions testing. This basically means hooking up a plug to the ODB2 and seeing if a code is present.

After waiting for two hours, it was my turn. Couldn't get the system to work. The attendant was about to kick me up the road and tell me to fix it and come back. I was already aware of an issue with this, but as far as I know, my vehicle already had that update done.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10248066-0001.pdf

Fortunately another coworker came by that knew a trick. There is some kind of a glitch or issue with Bronco and Bronco Sport that when they connect the plug, it's just... dead. Apparently you have to shut the car off then plug in the connector and start the vehicle in order to get the diagnostic to start. So FYI for anyone else living in an air police state. I don't know if it is a feature or a bug, but I was able to get the test (paying another $25 to boot) and get the car re-registered.
 

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Someone invented a handheld gun that could be pointed at at vehicles exhaust and would read the emission levels. It became available after the decision to have emission testing stations everywhere. So, we have vehicles spewing oil out the exhaust, and it doesn't get noticed until emissions testing two years later.
 

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One of the things that bugged me a bit was that Ford chose to equip my Badlands with LED lighting everywhere BUT the taillight turn signals, brake lights, and backup lights. So today I took care of that and changed out the bulbs with LEDs:

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For those are interested, the LED Bulb types you'll need are as follows:

Turn - 921 Amber
Brake - 3157 Red
Backup - 7443 White

Installation was a snap. Changing out the bulbs is well documented in the owner's manual but all you need is a 10mm nut driver or socket wrench. Always be careful when working the housing tabs off of the studs (you REALLY don't want to break one of those) but the whole change-out took me less than 15 minutes.

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I used bulbs from Diode Dynamics (www.diodedynamics.com) as they are an American based company and the quality of their products as well as customer support are outstanding (3 year warranty, but I've had them in my Fiesta ST for nearly 6 years now without a failure). But for those on a budget there are admittedly less expensive options out there.

While it's hard to see in the daylight pic, the backup LEDs are probably the biggest improvement in the cars I've put them in, with a noticeably brighter and whiter light than stock.
That looks scary to do. That looks like guts of a computer.wow
 


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Picking up a '24 leftover loaded Badlands at the dealer right now. :D
Redline struts and Snubby 2" antenna going on it tomorrow.
Super crowded here with buyers. Tariff fear.
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I'm not sure if the stubby 2" antenna could interfere with the Ford App
 

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I went for a bike ride #sunny #day at paradise

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Good to know! I got the Stubby antenna waiting on my desk! TY
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