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This is a good analysis. I think that maybe the Bonco is spoiling me; that 4-banger turbo is lugging around a ton of dead weight and the manual tranmission in that is smooth, quick... almost crisp. I then get into the Tacoma which feels more like a car than the utilitarian nature of the Bronco...

TexasBob, can you chime in with your manual experience? I switch between a Bronco, Sambar, an old M-Series BMW, and the Tacoma in a rather consistent rotation. Not inculding those four current manuals, I have driven manual transmissions of some sort or another for the past 35 years. This...

I drive a dog-leg manual about every other day and wasn't panicking becuase the light turned green, I was pre-emptively shifting to first knowing the light was going to change in a bit, and: straight shot to reverse. Both times. That shift into reverse takes real purpose and both times it was...

My manual Bronco shows what gear I am in on the dash. Even though I know what gear I am in, I find myself looking at it often. I know that the Toyota knows what gear I am in, I wonder if there is some way to display it?

This happened for the 2nd time the other day. The first time I was alone and couldn't comprehend how it made it into reverse. This time my wife and kids were with me and I looked over at her and said, "Do you see the screen? That is the reverse screen..." I then showed her how hard and...

In my V90, this is the bane of my existence. The fabric like material gathers dust, lint, anything that is the exact opposite color from the air and does not let it go.

This is eerily accurate to my experience. I also drive a 2023 Bronco Badlands manual and that thing is Honda smooth in comparison: extremely predictable, clean shifts...

If you look at the picture of the bottom mount you can see what I mean with interference if it clocks forwards or backwards for any reason. Properly tightened with the bottom half, it should not. But I have seen these types of clamps shift back and forth and I am not familiar enough with how...

I would prefer the Firestone bags because of my history with them on my Tacomas (I'm also a diesel mechanic and deal with airbags pretty often) but this kit is not ideal. Something is off. It started with the shipping issue but definitely did not end well with parts fitment. If another kit with...

Bottom mount .

Top mount as the directions say it should fit (not tightened down yet but in place).

Some pictures of the outcome of the shipping battle.

Also, for context, I ran Firestone airbags on my 2009 and 2017 Tacomas. No issues with fitment or leaks. And I'm a humble mechanic. I don't know everything but have enough knowledge to adjust or fabricate as necessary to make something work. For what I paid and how it was going with this kit, I...

Has anyone successfully installed Firestone airbags? I had a go with the Firestone RideRite 2599 kit today and it was a fail. First, all the metal mounts were chipped from shipping. All the parts were thrown in the box with no packaging material. The metal mounts, parts bag, air hose, and...