The best part about portals is it maintains the stock suspension geometry , which we all know is crucial with IFS with CV joints and keeps them strong and not binding..👍
Bring that thing back to Merus and we'll take you places you can really show it off! Love the portals on a Bronco. Looking forward to the long term review
20k holy fuck?!?! Even if i wanted them idk about spending half the cost of my entire Sasquatch bronco on a lift. Im blown away how expensive they are 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Definitely aren’t in everyone’s budget. It takes a lot of money to design and build something to this caliber, and nobody is doing it to break even. As much as we’re all enthusiasts, we also got bills to pay need to make some money. Not to mention for what they are, you’re actually getting a bargain. Nobody even comes close to this. All that being said, yeah it’s still a lot of money.
This seems wildly complex compared to making modifications on a simple solid front axle setup. Put a solid front axle on that Bronco and give up the smooth ride on the road.
You are high! First, portal installs on IFS are significantly easier than a solid axle. Second, I personally own a 392 fully built as well as a bronco. The ride quality out of the bronco is so much better it’s not even a fair comparison. So is your comment based on owning both vehicles in both stock and on large tires…because mine is.
@@74weldThanks for sharing your opinion. I've never been concerned about ride quality for an even a part time off road vehicle. Is the tie rod ends breaking been resolved?
Don't call it brand X, we all know that you are talking about the portals from BroncBuster. These are the less expensive option and probably the better option (save for the straight cut gear - especially for a daily driver). 74Weld did a great job with this setup.
BroncBuster doesn’t make a portal, he imports a brand made overseas and sells it. Yes the 74Weld portals are a higher quality and lower priced. Been daily driving the shit out of these portals and haven’t seen a single downside to the stringy cut gear. Zero noise on the highway.
We did heat tests on they about 2 years ago. We did a 6 hr road trip from San Diego through Arizona in the middle of summer when it was 115 degrees outside. The portals hit a max temp of 176. Heat is not been an issue ever
Let’s break this comment down real quick. A quality wheel bearing for a Ford F350 is about 300 bucks per corner. If you think we can make a 7075 upright, 7 bearings, a 6061 box, 4340 full float shafts, 4 heat treated and post machined gears for 700 bucks…well I don’t know what to tell you
Sooo, if you live in Baja, would you stick with the baja kit and the Fox and or King suspension? I dont rock crawl, but going fast is my thing... Thank you....
@Exodus4x4 so you've had long travel and now the portals, both seam to solve different rock crawling issues, what is your preference? My gut tells me clearance because I believe broncos are balanced and almost designed to be ok with tires in the air. that being said, I have done very little rock crawling in my badlands bronco.
Got to remember all parts that come from factory on any vehicle has been tested as a whole on that vehicle without additional parts.When you change any equation in math its gonna change its as simple as that. Now saying its junk is more a long the lines of must of the time it not fit for the purposes you want.
Well nothing lasts forever. But we do give you a lifetime guarantee on the housings. We give you a 1 year warranty on gears which is 1 year longer than any other gear manufacturer😜
It's the same as humvees in the military. Those gears have never failed. They get abused by E-2's and E-3's severely. So, I think portals will last a long time.
Portals don’t mean shit when the rear upper link mounts are tearing. For 20k or 25k depending on the portals you choose… you could do a sas with superior steering, 4 or 3 link, a superior diff and locker and be better off road and in the rocks.
Mile for mile, the bronco has wheeled more and broke (actually hasn’t broken at all) less than the Jeep. Wheels with heavy built Jeeps too. Guess it’s not about the platform and more about the operator.
If it’s so crippling why is it dominating in racing 🤷♂️. That crippled non long travel 4600 Bronco on our portals has completely dominated its class. It has swept the podium in qualifying and racing for 3 years straight!
@@SithLordDarthBane not really…they are twice the weight, wider, taller, and when you get them to your door with their recommended wheels you will be 10,000 more than ours. The last quote one of our showed me the warewolf cost 33K shipped to his door with wheels. We would be 21,500 with wheels
@Exodus4x4 well kinda can. Nissans rear axles are the same as the rear jeeps axles. So at this time you can do half haha. Now if they build the front then that would be great.
I agree they aren't disrupting anything, but how they only a niche product? People love their broncos and this allows the bronco to be more capable. Your logic says the 1 tons are a niche product, yet there are how many companies building 1 tons for $20k+?
@@81selfmade1 off-roading is a niche activity already. The subset of those that off-road who can afford $20k and then another small fortune in required mods is extremely small. Hence niche. I wish I could afford them. But unfortunately it will never happen.
@@TeensierPython according to your logic there is a niche within the niche. Also along your line of thinking owning a home is niche and owning a home with a garage is a niche within a niche.
Sucks that it adds so much width, makes it nearly impossible to justify a long travel kit and portals at the same time, unless you like the stupid gokart look and don't mind not being able to fit through trails.
Let’s be honest. If the oil change is a deal breaker you weren’t going to buy it anyways. Remember guys. 20K might be a shit ton of money for you…but it’s well within reach for many…considering how fast our first run of 20 sets sold out, everyone’s concept of “a lot of money” is different.
@@74weld I am not saying it isn't worth it, I am very sure it is absolutely worth it. And I am not saying nobody would buy them. I am sure you will get lots of sales, but I think that youtube definitely gives people a misconception on how many people can actually get a hemi swap or portals. All I am saying is that makes these more of a niche product. An amazing product and i would love to have them, but still a niche.
The Bronco is a shitty platform to spend $20,000 on portals for it, if you need clearance for slow crawling you need to start with solid axles, besides the Bronco's tie rods broke way too easy. It's a pretty shitty rig really
Sounds like a comment from someone who doesn’t own a bronco. What’s interesting is despite hating the Bronco (probably w no first hand knowledge) he is taking time out of his day to watch the video, then taking even more time to talk shit about a platform he doesn’t own and has no first hand experience with. Sounds like a standard keyboard warrior to me
@@74weldYou're right, i don't own a Bronco and even if a got one for free i would sold it inmediatelly, everything is crap in those cars. Regarding portals i had first have experience with an Unimog several years ago, but the suspension design has nothing to do with this new weak system in the Bronco, so failure is inminent. You must know, i saw a video from Matt's off road and in the dunes there was a Bronco with portals (i assume from your company) and it was broken down, maybe it wasn't the portals but it won't move on it's own
@@pcx4545 so then why are you watching and commenting on Bronco videos? For someone that is a hater, you sure do spend a lot of time thinking about them 🤔 That’s sweet you have first hand experience with a unimog portal…and based on your experience with a product from WWII, you are certain that nobody will ever be able to make a portal work…this sounds like a solid argument. So you saw a jefe’s bronco stopped, assumed it was broken down, then assumed it may be a part that we made. I actually know what you are talking about. Jefe hit a rock unbelievable hard with the front tire. It hit so hard he couldnt believe he didn’t break the steering rack. This is why he was out of the vehicle. So, while you insinuated it might be a broken part, it was him stopping and being perplexed how he could hit something so hard and not damage his steering. Why did he not hurt the steering you ask??? Because he recently upgraded to the 74Weld Stage 3 steering rack 🤯 So again I ask, if you are such a hater, what are you doing consuming all this Bronco content? Sounds like you are a closet fan. And that’s ok if you are. I am a Jeep fan, I’m also a Bronco fan, shit I’m a big Tacoma fan. It’s ok to like more that one vehicle😜
The best part about portals is it maintains the stock suspension geometry , which we all know is crucial with IFS with CV joints and keeps them strong and not binding..👍
😮 Portals are my dream!
Nice video. These portals are turning out to be a very nice mod for suspension needs on the Bronco!
Great video by a great shop. That JT in the background is 🔥
💯🤙🏻😎
Still have an
LJ, love it😊
Portals are an amazing mod...but for me, they'll be a dream, unless the cost comes way down. I just can't justify it. Amazing though!
SOLID AXLE BABY.
Just buy a Jeep
🤣🤡
The best looking Bronco ive seen!!
Gracias!
So awesome. My FJC will definitely benefit from portals so its time to put in overtime to save up for these beauties.
Love it. Great and informative!
I came here to see the Rock Krawler set in action;) On my short list. Love those portals by the way, maybe I'll start saving up....
The Pro-X video will be coming soon.
@popo_patty , same! Im in for that rear triangulated conversion kit!
This is a great vídeo, thanks for sharing, Jeep rules.
I would love to put portals on mine, but i just did the BDS elite kit and got plenty of clearance for my 37s.
I like this set up .saving up
I’m not driving my Bronco anywhere that needs a lift or bigger tires, but those are impressive pieces of kit.
11:50 what a teaser shot…
74Weld is first in class. Bring on a kit for the 1958 LC 250 or the eventual 6th Gen 4Runner.Great solution for IFS.
Bring that thing back to Merus and we'll take you places you can really show it off! Love the portals on a Bronco. Looking forward to the long term review
I plan on it! Sorry I missed you that weekend. I’ll make sure we’re there and sit around a campfire next time. Beautiful place!
Dana 80’s or 14 bolts and 43’s are what I like.
Build some for the new super duty tremor and power wagon.
Finally!
Well worth the wait! Fit and finish is perfect!
Been there done that, great place
I need some of these for my f150!
Those steering knuckles are 3d printed part and quite strong for what they are.
20k holy fuck?!?! Even if i wanted them idk about spending half the cost of my entire Sasquatch bronco on a lift. Im blown away how expensive they are 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Definitely aren’t in everyone’s budget. It takes a lot of money to design and build something to this caliber, and nobody is doing it to break even. As much as we’re all enthusiasts, we also got bills to pay need to make some money. Not to mention for what they are, you’re actually getting a bargain. Nobody even comes close to this. All that being said, yeah it’s still a lot of money.
Looks similar to the military humvee wheel hubs is that the idea due to strength
Portals are definitely cool.
This seems wildly complex compared to making modifications on a simple solid front axle setup. Put a solid front axle on that Bronco and give up the smooth ride on the road.
Ugh, Jeep fanboys say some of the stupidest shit in the comments. Thanks for not breaking ranks.
You are high! First, portal installs on IFS are significantly easier than a solid axle. Second, I personally own a 392 fully built as well as a bronco. The ride quality out of the bronco is so much better it’s not even a fair comparison. So is your comment based on owning both vehicles in both stock and on large tires…because mine is.
@@74weldThanks for sharing your opinion. I've never been concerned about ride quality for an even a part time off road vehicle. Is the tie rod ends breaking been resolved?
Just cool! What's the better tie rod option/steering for making this Bronco more bulletproof? Thx!!
I’m running the 74Weld stage 3 with Ford performance tie rods. Working great!
Don't call it brand X, we all know that you are talking about the portals from BroncBuster. These are the less expensive option and probably the better option (save for the straight cut gear - especially for a daily driver). 74Weld did a great job with this setup.
BroncBuster doesn’t make a portal, he imports a brand made overseas and sells it. Yes the 74Weld portals are a higher quality and lower priced. Been daily driving the shit out of these portals and haven’t seen a single downside to the stringy cut gear. Zero noise on the highway.
How do you like brave motorsports rock sliders? Great video!!
Absolutely love them, and the work!
These should be available for F-150's.
Very cool! Love the Bronco! Is that Huckleberry at Merus in the video?
Huckleberry?
@@Exodus4x4 it’s a black diamond trail at Merus Adventure Park
Oh, I’m not sure what the name of the trail was.
"Let me back up.....ppbpbfffffffff" :D 9:38
How is the heat on the portals gearbox after road time? My biggest concern is not having enough oil to displace the heat.
Haven’t checked the heat but considering how hard I’ve pushed these things for hours at a time, I haven’t seen a concern
We did heat tests on they about 2 years ago. We did a 6 hr road trip from San Diego through Arizona in the middle of summer when it was 115 degrees outside. The portals hit a max temp of 176. Heat is not been an issue ever
Whats going on with the rear axle? i'd love to see more details there. Did you triangulate the upper control arms? Hard to see in the video.
That video is next
Cool kit. Do the portals add gear reduction?
1.22 as a matter of fact. I forgot to mention in the video that we re-geared mine to 4.10 so the final drive ratio would be 5.0, and it’s perfect.
We need the manual transmission with OEM Bronco Raptor body kit but thanks for even offering on Sasquatch Ford. #savethemanuals #manualraptorbody
Love portals, but I’ll wait 10 years when they come down to 4-5K 😅
They definitely are not cheap but they’ll never be that cheap.
@@Exodus4x4maybe he meant 10 year old used ones. lol
Let’s break this comment down real quick. A quality wheel bearing for a Ford F350 is about 300 bucks per corner. If you think we can make a 7075 upright, 7 bearings, a 6061 box, 4340 full float shafts, 4 heat treated and post machined gears for 700 bucks…well I don’t know what to tell you
@@74weld Do you guys offer gear reduction in your portals yet?
@@brianphillips8228 yes, they are 1.22
Its only money 😊 badass
Sooo, if you live in Baja, would you stick with the baja kit and the Fox and or King suspension? I dont rock crawl, but going fast is my thing... Thank you....
Portals won’t offer you an advantage, imho. Go with a prerunner suspension with E-Click.
How much does it typically cost to regear a Bronco?
is there a way to combine the long travel kit with the portals and not be way too wide?
Correct, TOO wide
@Exodus4x4 so you've had long travel and now the portals, both seam to solve different rock crawling issues, what is your preference? My gut tells me clearance because I believe broncos are balanced and almost designed to be ok with tires in the air. that being said, I have done very little rock crawling in my badlands bronco.
@@warrencarter665I'd love to hear the answer to this too.
Tell me when they come out for an F150.
I see you like noveske
Got to remember all parts that come from factory on any vehicle has been tested as a whole on that vehicle without additional parts.When you change any equation in math its gonna change its as simple as that. Now saying its junk is more a long the lines of must of the time it not fit for the purposes you want.
Would this work on the bronco raptor??
Negative. I mean, maybe but it would make it stupid wide
How long will portals realistically last?
Forever? The proof is in Ultra4. Go check out all the race cars running 74Weld portals. The parts are basically the same.
Well nothing lasts forever. But we do give you a lifetime guarantee on the housings. We give you a 1 year warranty on gears which is 1 year longer than any other gear manufacturer😜
It's the same as humvees in the military. Those gears have never failed. They get abused by E-2's and E-3's severely. So, I think portals will last a long time.
You should solid axle swap it
They make that already. Called a Jeep lol
@@Exodus4x4 oh yeah thank God
Portals don’t mean shit when the rear upper link mounts are tearing.
For 20k or 25k depending on the portals you choose… you could do a sas with superior steering, 4 or 3 link, a superior diff and locker and be better off road and in the rocks.
20k for the portals and you're still crippled by IFS. 🙄
Mile for mile, the bronco has wheeled more and broke (actually hasn’t broken at all) less than the Jeep. Wheels with heavy built Jeeps too. Guess it’s not about the platform and more about the operator.
Watch Trail mater. Tons of crippled up jeeps broke down in moab getting recovered.
If it’s so crippling why is it dominating in racing 🤷♂️. That crippled non long travel 4600 Bronco on our portals has completely dominated its class. It has swept the podium in qualifying and racing for 3 years straight!
Werewolftech portals cost less and they come with the same thing as the 74 welds.
@@SithLordDarthBane not really…they are twice the weight, wider, taller, and when you get them to your door with their recommended wheels you will be 10,000 more than ours. The last quote one of our showed me the warewolf cost 33K shipped to his door with wheels. We would be 21,500 with wheels
I have a nissan frontier pro 4x can yall do it to that
No, sorry
@Exodus4x4 well kinda can. Nissans rear axles are the same as the rear jeeps axles. So at this time you can do half haha. Now if they build the front then that would be great.
No rear track bar?
👀
I’ll stick with my ‘74.
20G ? Will they last the life of the vehicle? There is no vehicle with 100.000 miles on them
Brand X, lol
They aren’t disrupting anything. At $20k they’ll be niche at best.
I agree they aren't disrupting anything, but how they only a niche product? People love their broncos and this allows the bronco to be more capable. Your logic says the 1 tons are a niche product, yet there are how many companies building 1 tons for $20k+?
@@81selfmade1 off-roading is a niche activity already. The subset of those that off-road who can afford $20k and then another small fortune in required mods is extremely small. Hence niche.
I wish I could afford them. But unfortunately it will never happen.
@@TeensierPython according to your logic there is a niche within the niche. Also along your line of thinking owning a home is niche and owning a home with a garage is a niche within a niche.
@@81selfmade1 ok. You’re right.
$20,000 holy crap
You guys get a lot of hate from Jeep, guys. You don't see this in matts video. we're they comparing Bronco vs. Jeep and Portal Bronco vs morrvar.
Yeah I don’t know. It’s not like I’m picking on them either. Maybe Matt just attracts a friendlier audience lol.
No mod that costs half as mich as the vehicle itself is going to disrupt anything other than youtube videos. They are cool though.
but at 25k not way, too much, maybe if they were like 6k will be competitive industry changing but for 25 k price, i dont see it
Who in the hell makes portals for $6k lol? I’ll save you the trouble, nobody. Not even close.
Sucks that it adds so much width, makes it nearly impossible to justify a long travel kit and portals at the same time, unless you like the stupid gokart look and don't mind not being able to fit through trails.
They are pretty cool but at 20k I am not sure they will disrupt all that much.
The oil change interval is pretty high too it’s like every 2800 miles i believe
5k miles. Like an oil change on your engine, should be.
Let’s be honest. If the oil change is a deal breaker you weren’t going to buy it anyways.
Remember guys. 20K might be a shit ton of money for you…but it’s well within reach for many…considering how fast our first run of 20 sets sold out, everyone’s concept of “a lot of money” is different.
@@74weld I am not saying it isn't worth it, I am very sure it is absolutely worth it. And I am not saying nobody would buy them. I am sure you will get lots of sales, but I think that youtube definitely gives people a misconception on how many people can actually get a hemi swap or portals. All I am saying is that makes these more of a niche product. An amazing product and i would love to have them, but still a niche.
$120k later
WUT
Why can't Ford just design and build the Bronco for more stout performance from the factory?
Why can't Jeep just design and build the Wrangler for more comfort from the factory?
Fast forwarded to the action parts then closed/ turned it off completely because of the music.
Was going to go back and watch the whole thing but ...
awe, poor baby
Just buy a UTV.
The Bronco is a shitty platform to spend $20,000 on portals for it, if you need clearance for slow crawling you need to start with solid axles, besides the Bronco's tie rods broke way too easy. It's a pretty shitty rig really
Lol, wild thing to say considering people spend way more replacing parts on Jeeps than they do any other platform available.
@@Exodus4x4 Those are called "upgrades", and yet stock Jeeps are still sturdier than those new POS Broncos
Sounds like a comment from someone who doesn’t own a bronco. What’s interesting is despite hating the Bronco (probably w no first hand knowledge) he is taking time out of his day to watch the video, then taking even more time to talk shit about a platform he doesn’t own and has no first hand experience with. Sounds like a standard keyboard warrior to me
@@74weldYou're right, i don't own a Bronco and even if a got one for free i would sold it inmediatelly, everything is crap in those cars. Regarding portals i had first have experience with an Unimog several years ago, but the suspension design has nothing to do with this new weak system in the Bronco, so failure is inminent. You must know, i saw a video from Matt's off road and in the dunes there was a Bronco with portals (i assume from your company) and it was broken down, maybe it wasn't the portals but it won't move on it's own
@@pcx4545 so then why are you watching and commenting on Bronco videos? For someone that is a hater, you sure do spend a lot of time thinking about them 🤔
That’s sweet you have first hand experience with a unimog portal…and based on your experience with a product from WWII, you are certain that nobody will ever be able to make a portal work…this sounds like a solid argument.
So you saw a jefe’s bronco stopped, assumed it was broken down, then assumed it may be a part that we made. I actually know what you are talking about. Jefe hit a rock unbelievable hard with the front tire. It hit so hard he couldnt believe he didn’t break the steering rack. This is why he was out of the vehicle.
So, while you insinuated it might be a broken part, it was him stopping and being perplexed how he could hit something so hard and not damage his steering. Why did he not hurt the steering you ask??? Because he recently upgraded to the 74Weld Stage 3 steering rack 🤯
So again I ask, if you are such a hater, what are you doing consuming all this Bronco content? Sounds like you are a closet fan. And that’s ok if you are. I am a Jeep fan, I’m also a Bronco fan, shit I’m a big Tacoma fan. It’s ok to like more that one vehicle😜