r/bronco

She is ROUGH!
But… this is my family’s Ford Bronco Metropolitan that my dad originally bought in 1994. I grew up driving this and we went on countless vacations. My dad sold it when I graduated high school. 20 years later, I found her and bought her back. I want to restore her. Several people have told me to walk away, “she is too far gone”. What do you think? I’m going to try and find another Metropolitan to merge the two, but I know that might be difficult…

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My 93. Picked it up from the paint this morning. Took next week off work to put it all back together.

>A gas spring cylinder rupture or a liftgate falling unexpectedly can increase the risk of injury.

>NHTSA ID Number: 26V252000

>Manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.

>Components STRUCTURE

>Potential Number of Units Affected: 108046

>Summary

>Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Outlander PHEV and 2014-2020 Outlander vehicles. The liftgate gas spring cylinders may corrode and lose pressure, which can result in a gas spring cylinder rupture or the liftgate falling unexpectedly.

>Remedy

>MMNA will replace the left and right liftgate gas springs, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 17, 2026. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-26-001. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov June 3, 2026. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V507.

Credit: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

I’ve owned a few classic broncos and never wanted to mess with or ruin the seals on the tops by taking it off, but with the recent heat wave it seemed like a good idea. So I finally pulled the trigger and I don’t think I’ll be putting it back on again until it snows! It was also a lot easier than I anticipated, not only in removing the hardware but the top was a lot lighter than I expected.

I hope you enjoy watching my story on the 1978 Bronco restoration....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSBqlypwsio&t=32s

Finally got my Gobi Stealth Roof Rack and installed it on my '22 Black Diamond and wanted to share a quick review.

Overall, absolutely love the product.

Pros:

●Very well built/high quality with the exception of the hardware.

●Sturdy and very secure and to the frame.

●10/10 aesthetic.

●Ample weight capacity. I'm using an iKamper SkyCamp 4.0 RTT with my partner and 4 dogs, zero issues.

●Purchased the quick release for the soft top. Takes a few minutes to go through the removal process, but would be way worse without it. I opted for this rack primarily for this feature with the softop.

Cons:

●Gobi customer service is notoriously bad. I can confirm, it was less than pleasant.

●Turnaround time, again as reputation precedes, is super slow. Took an additional month to their 6-8 week advertised lead time.

●Install took about 8 hours, mainly because the instructions were ass and I had to shear 3 bolts off to go back a few steps (and the accompanying run to Autozone and Lowe's for replacement hardware).

●Wind noise on the highway is pretty extreme on the softop. Looking into some wind deflection for now.

She’s loves it a week in. I have to take a back seat to my Jeep Wrangler lol

Just looking for opinions and critiques! Any advice for aftermarket exterior mods! Love the orange lighting.

I bought some land in northern VT that came with a severely overgrown logging trail. Over the past month, I've been back there with chainsaw and brush trimmer cleaning it up and finally cleared enough to drive on. This is my first time taking the car off roading aside from the class 3 dirt roads here. I'm gonna keep clearing and when all is said and done should have about 2 mi of trail, in-and-out.

Just wondering if anyone else had done this and if they had rubbing from the 37s. I haven’t had any issues so far but installed 1 inch spacers on it prior so maybe that helped. The sas package had a 2 inch lift and crash bars removed so it was easy putting them on. Love the look so far!

Got a lift for Father’s Day and was able to take the top off by myself. Ordered a Bimini top from Bronco Bikini which should get here in a week or so. Had the windows tinted a week ago. Done with mods for the year. Last year put thousands into the stereo as I hated the stock stereo.