DanWheeler
Bronco Guru
I've had a quite a dillema on my hands lately. The last few times I've taken the Bronco out wheeling I've had to turn around on some trails I'd really like to check out for fear of body damage. Sometimes wheelin in the Northwest consists of leaning from one tree to another usually resulting in smashed roofs, dented doors and ripped off mirrors and door handles.
The result is that I'm very close to selling my 1979 Trans Am to buy a Samurai that I can beat on and putting the Bronco out to pasture. This would be a tragedy, right?
so what kind of tricks are there to protect these specific areas without going with a full exo? Since its rainy most of the time here i need to be able to take the top on and off so a full exo is out. Obviously in the summer, the doors and top come off and there's not much of a problem.
I've been thinking about some kind of roof sliders but wasn't sure if the removable top could take the weight of the truck pushing sideways on it. Anyone tried this? Has anyone tied in a roof slider system to an internal cage?
The next problem is the door area. Mirrors and handles keep getting ripped off. I've been trying to think up with a way I could run a bar horizontally along the entire length of the truck at about door handle height while still allowing the doors to open. I was thinking the tube could be hinged to somehow open and close with the door but have enough strength to hold up to a tree.
any ideas? things that have already been done?
thanks,
dan
The result is that I'm very close to selling my 1979 Trans Am to buy a Samurai that I can beat on and putting the Bronco out to pasture. This would be a tragedy, right?
so what kind of tricks are there to protect these specific areas without going with a full exo? Since its rainy most of the time here i need to be able to take the top on and off so a full exo is out. Obviously in the summer, the doors and top come off and there's not much of a problem.
I've been thinking about some kind of roof sliders but wasn't sure if the removable top could take the weight of the truck pushing sideways on it. Anyone tried this? Has anyone tied in a roof slider system to an internal cage?
The next problem is the door area. Mirrors and handles keep getting ripped off. I've been trying to think up with a way I could run a bar horizontally along the entire length of the truck at about door handle height while still allowing the doors to open. I was thinking the tube could be hinged to somehow open and close with the door but have enough strength to hold up to a tree.
any ideas? things that have already been done?
thanks,
dan