Wider stance would be nice for big tire upgrades I also own a 1977 traveler and the 18" added length is great.
Wheel clearance
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I dunno if wider stance is what you actually mean. One can achieve wider stance with wheel offset. Now if you mean wider wheel wells to handle larger rubber without rubbing, that makes sense.
Yes wider body not like bronco plastic flair
Gotcha. There's just considerations there. Trails tend to need a narrower vehicle, and then local laws affect things too. I'm assuming this is why Ford went the add-on flair route.
I’m not a fan of the look of the flares on the broncos. I replaced my Sasquatch flares with the smaller ones. It does look better, but still not great. All of the early aftermarket options were ugly as hell, but I’m sure we’ll keep getting more options.
I think ford and jeep both use the easily removable fenders for the same reason. Just to keep it street legal while having a narrower body, but for off-roading, it’s a cheap and easily replaceable part. You can remove them off road, but if you don’t, it’s kind of a sacrificial part that beats replacing the whole fender when you f it up. They do keep more of the dirt and mud out of the cab when your top and doors are off.
Jeep has a ton of great looking fender options, but a lot of the ones I see in California wouldn’t fly in a lot of places. It’s illegal here too to have tires sticking out past the fenders, but nobody gets pulled over for it, so you see a ton of those tiny flat fenders on JKs and JLs. I’ve finally seen one nice looking aftermarket option for broncos besides the ADV fiberglass fenders that replace the whole panel and eliminate the flares completely. The ADV fenders look great, but the replacement cost is high (plus paint), and it’s a part that can easily get messed up out on the trails. I’d rather just replace a crappy piece of plastic.
I guess I wonder why something in between the Jeep and Bronco can't exist.
Imagine the Bronco, but about 4-5" away from the lip is a seam. This would be the removable portion with nothing bolted to it like wire looms or anything. They can be painted or left the black plastic. But they still continue the body line essentially. On a base model they wouldn't stick out at all. It'd look just... normal. Think of a base model Bronco. But then one could have increasingly more aggressive flares.
Imagine the Bronco, but about 4-5" away from the lip is a seam. This would be the removable portion with nothing bolted to it like wire looms or anything. They can be painted or left the black plastic. But they still continue the body line essentially. On a base model they wouldn't stick out at all. It'd look just... normal. Think of a base model Bronco. But then one could have increasingly more aggressive flares.
