I Bronco'd up and took advantage of the 20% off Ford accessory Labor Day promotion and ordered the Cargo Area Liner yesterday. I wasn't expecting to get it the next day....lol
NiceCarhartt dash mat cover. Pleasantly surprised with its fit.
Nice, I bought the OEM strips for the sills, and they aren't very protective. The rear ones are really short, and the front ones are narrow. They do look nice, though.
I dont even bother looking a Fords site for any of this. Cross rails for the roof racks are in the works and OEM are double what Im going to spend.
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New Yucca Mfg rack and light bar!
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It cant be a 24’ and don’t think theres any 26’ out yet, but i could be wrong
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Technically a few months ago, but i installed a Midland MXT575 GRMS Radio in my car, Tried doing it the "temporarily permanent" style most of my work is, and hit the classic problems i create.
I drilled holes in my JCR Offroad side Molle Panels for the Midlands mount and had to use some... physical persuasion to get the radio in the mount because the curve of the glove box was stopping it from sliding down into the mount (this will be a new and exciting problem later). For cable management, I secured the wires near when my under dash lighting is and routed the cables through the door , because, one day, ill finally decide to run something properly through the firewall (btw, the cables were barely long enough for the door route, but again, its not the best wiring decision)
Mounting the exterior antenna was easy, used a simple hood mount adaptor which bolts to a preexisting bolt which was nice
Antenna installed, Midland MXTA26, ran the wire back to where my ditch light brackets are, secured it to the bracket to minimize it moving around, and routed into the cabin through the door, what a surprise.
Now, elephant in the room, the mounting location is almost perfect, but, the glove box door hits the radio barely, there is enough play in the molle panel to press in on the radio to open the glove box, so its not a complete issue, but its a minor annoyance. But if you see the scratches on the glove box from the first picture, you can guess im not immediately worried about it.
All of this was done before my friend group did a group convoy down to the Sanford Florida area to play disc golf at a bunch of courses we have never played, so it was a great time and this radio paired with the other handheld GMRS radios I have allowed us to have quick and easy communication while driving course to course, as well as handhelds on course when we split the card.
I drilled holes in my JCR Offroad side Molle Panels for the Midlands mount and had to use some... physical persuasion to get the radio in the mount because the curve of the glove box was stopping it from sliding down into the mount (this will be a new and exciting problem later). For cable management, I secured the wires near when my under dash lighting is and routed the cables through the door , because, one day, ill finally decide to run something properly through the firewall (btw, the cables were barely long enough for the door route, but again, its not the best wiring decision)
Mounting the exterior antenna was easy, used a simple hood mount adaptor which bolts to a preexisting bolt which was nice
Antenna installed, Midland MXTA26, ran the wire back to where my ditch light brackets are, secured it to the bracket to minimize it moving around, and routed into the cabin through the door, what a surprise.
Now, elephant in the room, the mounting location is almost perfect, but, the glove box door hits the radio barely, there is enough play in the molle panel to press in on the radio to open the glove box, so its not a complete issue, but its a minor annoyance. But if you see the scratches on the glove box from the first picture, you can guess im not immediately worried about it.
All of this was done before my friend group did a group convoy down to the Sanford Florida area to play disc golf at a bunch of courses we have never played, so it was a great time and this radio paired with the other handheld GMRS radios I have allowed us to have quick and easy communication while driving course to course, as well as handhelds on course when we split the card.
Have you considered mounting the Midland at an angle (canted to the rear) instead of vertically? That might alleviate some of your issues.Technically a few months ago, but i installed a Midland MXT575 GRMS Radio in my car, Tried doing it the "temporarily permanent" style most of my work is, and hit the classic problems i create.
I drilled holes in my JCR Offroad side Molle Panels for the Midlands mount and had to use some... physical persuasion to get the radio in the mount because the curve of the glove box was stopping it from sliding down into the mount (this will be a new and exciting problem later). For cable management, I secured the wires near when my under dash lighting is and routed the cables through the door , because, one day, ill finally decide to run something properly through the firewall (btw, the cables were barely long enough for the door route, but again, its not the best wiring decision)
Now, elephant in the room, the mounting location is almost perfect, but, the glove box door hits the radio barely, there is enough play in the molle panel to press in on the radio to open the glove box, so its not a complete issue, but its a minor annoyance. But if you see the scratches on the glove box from the first picture, you can guess im not immediately worried about it.
Side note, how's the fit on the Molle panel? In the pic it looks like it was made for that spot.
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I'll be honest, if I didn't hate working in the foot well area because of my back, I would probably tried either lowering it to the bottom of the bracket or angling it, but I believe it will always have the contact issue with the glove box opening.
That said, the molle panel is specifically designed for the 2021-24 sport so it fits perfectly, but know that there is nothing about it's install that has an "informed position" and by that I mean, it's install is all screws with spacers so you just eyeball line it up decently, drill hole 1 and the rest fall where they fall. Love em all the same, I have a strap on each panel for securing water bottles on long drives
With wintertime coming and getting dark earlier, was reminded that I wanted to adjust the headlights up a bit.
They were close enough to say they were in spec but that harsh dark line, on low beam, is annoying.
Don't want to blind other drivers but I'm hoping that stretching that out a little further helps.
Raised the drivers side one full turn, passenger, 1.25.
They were close enough to say they were in spec but that harsh dark line, on low beam, is annoying.
Don't want to blind other drivers but I'm hoping that stretching that out a little further helps.
Raised the drivers side one full turn, passenger, 1.25.
