- First Name
- Jen
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2022
- Threads
- 3
- Messages
- 50
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- 86
- Location
- El Paso, TX
- Vehicle(s)
- 2022 Ford Bronco Sport, 2004 Ford Thunderbird
On the Badlands there is a metal bash plate (works quite well, I've tested it) that covers the evaporator. But your fuel lines are completely unprotected. Even though they sit higher in the vehicle, it just takes one errant loose boulder when going just a bit too fast off road to make for a bad day.Someone said under the felt on the sides is a metal bash plate.
JRC folks- what does this do for the clearance on the badlands models? It appears in your videos to hang down a little bit lower than the felt. When I measured my vehicle, the factory skid plates over the fuel tanks (and that little orange gasket thing on the exhaust) were the lowest points of my vehicle, with the front skid plates being a close second. This looks like it will become the new low point hanging under the front skids. Do you have measurements for it, or better pictures to judge the changes before purchase?
Also, do you have heat shielding built in on the cover? Cats get extremely hot, and I'm concerned that the combo of the low-hanging cat shield and a lot of heat build-up can start a fire either on trail or parking in the grass out here in the bone-dry west (obviously this is always a concern with long grass, but I don't want to make it easier to happen by adding this mod).
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