Badlands OEM Skid Plates and Armor - Discovery

Yup...that's all part of the BL trim.

Plus the rock rails to protect the pinch seam.
I bought the iAG removable steps. They're perfect for the daily drive, fast and easy to remove and reinstall for out on the trails. Great customer service.

I have a 2 door Basesquatch with the Mod front bumper. Came with front bash plate and also one for the fuel tank. I want one for the tranny/transfer case.

BostonBadlands

Plus the rock rails to protect the pinch seam.
I bought the iAG removable steps. They're perfect for the daily drive, fast and easy to remove and reinstall for out on the trails. Great customer service.

I saved a few bucks and got another brand - look pretty much the same and good solid and durable but NOT - NOT - NOT trail removable - have to drop rails to install them. They use two-piece brackets and the back bracket doesn't slide between the rail and the frame. You have to drop the rail.

darinhouston

I saved a few bucks and got another brand - look pretty much the same and good solid and durable but NOT - NOT - NOT trail removable - have to drop rails to install them. They use two-piece brackets and the back bracket doesn't slide between the rail and the frame. You have to drop the rail.

If it works for your drive style. Daily drive, I need a step for certain parties. This year, no major trips, just weekends into the New England back roads & trails, so they go on and off, in 10-15 minutes. I was offered some heavy step rails from a truck shop on a cancelled order, at a good price, but 1) they were awfully heavy and my Badlands Sas is already weighted down, and 2) the step was almost the height of the doors' thresholds, so no help for my height-challenged parties.

Hope your decision works as well for you as mine has for me. Keep on wheeling!

BostonBadlands

If it works for your drive style. Daily drive, I need a step for certain parties. This year, no major trips, just weekends into the New England back roads & trails, so they go on and off, in 10-15 minutes. I was offered some heavy step rails from a truck shop on a cancelled order, at a good price, but 1) they were awfully heavy and my Badlands Sas is already weighted down, and 2) the step was almost the height of the doors' thresholds, so no help for my height-challenged parties.

Hope your decision works as well for you as mine has for me. Keep on wheeling!

Actually it’s not working well for me. That’s why I was posting it as a warning to others to make sure what they pick meets their needs. I need them for daily driving and especially my family but do need the clearance on weekend adventures. I didn’t contemplate how much it would hinder me. I might sell cheap and repurchase at some point.

BostonBadlands

Plus the rock rails to protect the pinch seam.
I bought the iAG removable steps. They're perfect for the daily drive, fast and easy to remove and reinstall for out on the trails. Great customer service.

Ditto

darinhouston

Actually it’s not working well for me. That’s why I was posting it as a warning to others to make sure what they pick meets their needs. I need them for daily driving and especially my family but do need the clearance on weekend adventures. I didn’t contemplate how much it would hinder me. I might sell cheap and repurchase at some point.

A lesson I unfortunately have to keep relearning is, "cheap is expensive." Better to pay for a product or repair that will definitely work then to have to replace or re-do later. I bought Mabbet mudflaps on sale, but they just don't work for trail riding. Now I have RokBlokz, and yes: they do the job I need. Like the iAG steps, you can remove them when going off-roading, and reinstall them later. (But those rear flaps don't slip into their slots all that easily.)

Incidentally, the iAG mudflaps are the very same Chinese-sourced as the Mabbets. Fine if your Bronco is limited to daily drive, snow/wet, and graded & maintained dirt road driving. Just don't take 'em on a bonafide trail--somebody will be picking up your plastic debris later on.

As I'm a cheap OCD car kind of person, I went with the Ford hoop step install. I know they are not rock rails, but I don't do that kind of trails, and the factory hoops were cheaper then the other steps alone. The steps come off with two bolts.

MIGeezer

As I'm a cheap OCD car kind of person, I went with the Ford hoop step install. I know they are not rock rails, but I don't do that kind of trails, and the factory hoops were cheaper then the other steps alone. The steps come off with two bolts.

If you decide to try serious off-roading and even rockcrawling, then those OEM hoop steps should come off easily enough. And if you decide to upgrade to a heavy-duty rockrail + step, you haven't invested too much $$. Heck, you could probably sell them on the other site's Seller's Market.

Fellow geezer, I've been earning my keep behind the wheel all my life, even done a stint running semis long-haul. So I come to trail wheeling with a certain innate aptitude. Just so you know: I'm 76 and get as far off the road as I can as often as I can. Don't let your age limit you!

BostonBadlands

If you decide to try serious off-roading and even rockcrawling, then those OEM hoop steps should come off easily enough. And if you decide to upgrade to a heavy-duty rockrail + step, you haven't invested too much $. Heck, you could probably sell them on the other site's Seller's Market.

Fellow geezer, I've been earning my keep behind the wheel all my life, even done a stint running semis long-haul. So I come to trail wheeling with a certain innate aptitude. Just so you know: I'm 76 and get as far off the road as I can as often as I can. Don't let your age limit you!

Your comments above are why I got the hoop steps. No plans to get into the rocks and mud. Like you I get as far back as I can and the dog and I take long hikes. Like you, I have been doing this since I was very young. Started with my grandpa & Dad. They enjoyed time in the woods. What's age. I was always taught that's all in your head. The only bad thing about it is you have less in front of you than behind you. I just turned 70. I still need to rememeber that the heart says yes, when the body sometimes says, ain't no way. I've been running trails since I was 15 and bought a Honda Trail 90. Still have it, well should say my son has it now. He wants to get the engine overhauled. It runs, but sometimes is a bit temperamental.

Have a good time with your Badlands.
Dave