what are these ?

[tekoontz]

What’s the purpose of these on the front fenders ?

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[Glamdring70]

Some are plastic blanking plates. Some people have swapped in a sidelight. Some new models have a tiedown anchor.

 

[Garth]

Fake vents, you see them on many different Ford models. On some BS there is a tie down securement point but I personally think its not a good tie down location. I have looked into whether it would be worth it to open up the ventilation feature but I dont think it would be worth the trouble. I had thought about 3d printing a vent to fit there.

 

[SeaJay]

Useless design details to make the Sport look more sporty and outdoorsy!

 

[KrisO]

What’s the purpose of these on the front fenders ?

Yesterday I saw a BS with a snorkel attached there

 

[Dangerdangle]

I threw some sidemarker lights in.

 

[RSH]

Fake engine compartment vents. Ford did an upgrade option in 2025 that turns the vents into a tie down point

Here's a whole thread about it.
https://www.broncosportforum.com/forum/threads/2025-fender-tie-down-retrofit-diagrams.12994/

 

[Quashish]

Yesterday I saw a BS with a snorkel attached there

No way lol

 

[TheX]

Fake engine compartment vents. Ford did an upgrade option in 2025 that turns the vents into a tie down point

Here's a whole thread about it.
https://www.broncosportforum.com/forum/threads/2025-fender-tie-down-retrofit-diagrams.12994/

Part of Sasquatch.

 

[jkernitzki]

Part of Sasquatch.

In 2025 only. In 2026+, they’re an additional option on top of the Sasquatch package.

 

[Davenorton]

Flux Capacitor service access ports

 

[Murrow]

They are "decorative."

 

[KrisO]

It was fully tricked out to be an off-trail vehicle.

 

[Iamcanadian]

Part of Sasquatch.

Not just sasquatch. They're included in the Black diamond off-road package also which is available on the Big Bend

 

[Happy Joe]

Once I figured out that they were tie down point locations (on vehicles equipped with the actual item) I started trying to figure out how to use them. They appear, nearly, useless (like many "better ideas").

IMO Ford needs to improve its institutional memory and stop hiring cellphone kids as engineers... For off road vehicles get ideas from some, experienced, people that actually use low range, on trails that, high center vehicles, break axles and twist driveshafts; and have (by choice) experience primitive camping in the actual woods/wilderness (where low hanging branches will quickly, and forcefully, remove anything above the roof line); NOT numbered spaces in ghetto like campgrounds/parks.

Enjoy!

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