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the ground up. He currently works as an engineer for Icon Vehicle Dynamics and owns ShockSeals.com which sells high-quality seals for just about every re-buildable off road shock on the market. The suspension components for his Bronco came off of another Bronco that was being WHILE MANY THINK A FORD RAPTOR MAKES FOR A BETTER PRE-RUNNER, THOSE WITH EXPERIENCE BELIEVE THE BRONCO IS FASTER, TOUGHER, AND EASIER TO GET THROUGH THE TIGHT TECHNICAL SECTIONS OF THE COURSE. rebuilt. The parts were all made by Charlie Foreman of Foreman Fab. While his Bronco looks close to stock from the outside, the truck has an Icon 2.5 inch coil over and bypass on the front and Icon 3.0 inch bypasses on the rear as well as a fabricated Cone full floater rear axle, full roll cage and custom leaf springs he designed for the truck. "I have always dug Fords. I had a Ranger in college with a simple beam kit on it. The Bronco seemed like the best choice for Baja," Hernandez said. "Before I bought any truck I knew it had to be for Baja. Out of the box, dollar for dollar, there is nothing that can compare to a beam truck. They are cheap and bulletproof. When you go down to Baja you need four wheel drive and it needs to be reliable. To build an equivalent truck with an F-150 would be double the price of a Bronco. Getting parts is a plus too. I killed my transmission pulling a truck out at the 1000 a few years ago. I was towed into Guerro Negro at 3 AM and got dragged around until we could find someone who could fix it. The local mechanic parted out a Mustang transmission and rebuilt mine. It took him a day and a half working by himself, his wife made us food and the repair only cost $500." At the 2015 Baja 1000, Hernandez was chasing and 087 SCORE JOURNAL