Eruption Green Ford Bronco Badlands Sasquatch: Full Satin XPEL Stealth PPF and Matte Ceramic Coating at Bulletproof Auto Spa
Most of the vehicles that roll into our Los Angeles detailing facility are built for the canyon, the track, or the valet stand. This one is built for the dirt. The Ford Bronco Badlands with the Sasquatch Package is the most trail-focused Bronco you can buy without stepping up to the Raptor, and this example arrived with one request that made it a perfect fit for our shop: protect every painted panel from the abuse an off-roader actually sees, and give the whole truck a satin finish while doing it.
The color deserves its own paragraph. This Bronco is painted in Eruption Green Metallic, Ford’s modern take on the Mallard Green worn by first-generation Broncos in the early 1970s. It is a bright, almost lime-shifted green with a golden flop in direct sun, and it’s become one of the Bronco lineup’s most recognizable colors. It is also now a piece of history. Ford removed Eruption Green from the options list for the 2026 model year, which means the trucks already wearing it are the last ones. That alone made it easy for owners to protect the paint underneath.
Mechanically, the Badlands is the serious one in the Bronco lineup, and this truck carries the trim’s top engine: the 2.7-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6, producing 330 horsepower and 415 lb-ft (563 Nm) of torque through a 10-speed automatic transmission. That is 30 horsepower and 90 lb-ft (122 Nm) more than the standard 2.3-liter four-cylinder, and the extra torque is exactly what you want when turning 35-inch tires at low speed in Rock Crawl mode or pulling a trailer up a grade. What separates the Badlands from a Big Bend or Outer Banks is the hardware underneath: the HOSS off-road suspension, a front stabilizer bar disconnect for extra articulation, front and rear electronic locking differentials, marine-grade vinyl seats and washable floors, and the full seven-mode G.O.A.T. terrain system including Rock Crawl and Baja.
The Sasquatch Package then takes that foundation and makes it absurd in the best way. It adds 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler Territory mud-terrain tires on 17-inch beadlock-capable wheels, high-clearance suspension with position-sensitive Bilstein dampers, high-clearance fender flares, and a 4.7:1 final drive ratio to keep the gearing sensible with the taller rubber. The result is roughly 11.6 inches (29.5 cm) of ground clearance, a 43-degree approach angle, and the ability to ford about 33.5 inches (85 cm) of water. This is a factory-built rock crawler with a warranty.
Buyers have noticed. The Bronco posted an all-time sales record in 2025 with 146,007 units sold in the United States, up 33.7 percent, and it finished the year within roughly 21,000 units of the Jeep Wrangler it was designed to dethrone. On the pricing side, a 2026 Bronco Badlands four-door starts at $53,620 before options. As specified here, with the Sasquatch Package, the 2.7-liter V6, and the Lux equipment group, the real-world sticker lands between the mid-$60,000s and low $70,000s, depending on configuration. That is a serious investment in a truck whose entire purpose is to get scratched by brush and peppered with gravel, which is exactly why this one came to us.
Full-Vehicle Bulk Custom-Cut XPEL Stealth PPF: The Satin Transformation
The centerpiece of the build is full-vehicle XPEL Stealth paint protection film (PPF), installed from bulk sheets and hand-cut to every panel on the truck. Stealth is XPEL’s satin-finish PPF, and on Eruption Green it does something remarkable. The gloss metallic becomes a deep, satin green that reads almost military in the shade and still flashes its golden metallic flake when the sun hits it. The truck now looks like a factory matte paint option Ford never offered, and the original gloss finish is sealed underneath, untouched.
We chose bulk custom-cut coverage rather than pre-cut plotter patterns for a reason. A Bronco has an unusual mix of surfaces: a flat hood with a raised center, removable hardtop panels, tall fender flares, door-mounted mirrors, and wide expanses on the doors and quarter panels. Cutting the film by hand on the vehicle lets our installers wrap edges around panel lips and tuck them out of sight rather than leaving a visible seam a few millimeters short of the edge. On a truck that spends weekends being brushed by branches and rinsed with a pressure washer, those wrapped edges can mean the difference between a film that lasts a decade and one that starts lifting after the first hard season.
Beyond the look, Stealth delivers the same 8-mil urethane protection as our clear films. Rock chips from the 35-inch mud terrains flinging gravel at the rockers and rear quarters, trail pinstriping from desert scrub, bug acids, bird droppings, and relentless California UV all stop at the film. The self-healing top coat lets light scratches and wash marks disappear with heat, and because it is a true protection film rather than a cosmetic vinyl wrap, it holds its satin finish evenly across every curve without the stretch marks, shrinkage, or peeling that plague matte wraps over time. If the owner ever wants to return to glossy Eruption Green, the paint beneath is exactly as it left the factory.
Full-Vehicle Matte Ceramic Coating
Satin finishes are notoriously high-maintenance, and a satin off-roader is the hardest case of all. Dust, mud, and water spots settle into the textured surface, and conventional glossy coatings or wax can ruin the look by adding shine in uneven patches. To solve this, we applied a professional matte-specific ceramic coating formulated to bond to the Stealth film without changing its flat appearance.
The coating adds a hard, hydrophobic chemical layer on top of the film’s physical protection. Water beads and sheets off the panels, mud rinses away instead of baking into the satin texture, and brake dust, road salt, and mineral deposits have far less to grab onto. For an owner who hoses this truck down after trail days, that means faster, safer washes with far less scrubbing and no risk of marring the finish. It also locks in UV resistance and keeps the satin green looking uniform and intentional, not dusty, which is the entire point of a build like this. Together, the film and coating form a complete two-layer defense built for exactly the kind of use a Sasquatch-equipped Badlands invites.
When We Get To The Goal Line
This Eruption Green Bronco Badlands Sasquatch proves paint protection isn’t just for exotics. A 35-inch-tire, V6-powered off-roader painted in a discontinued color is one of the strongest cases for full-body PPF we can think of, and the bulk custom-cut XPEL Stealth installation gives it a satin finish that suits the truck’s character far better than gloss ever did. The matte ceramic coating on top makes that finish practical to live with, which matters on a vehicle that will actually see dirt. Every choice here serves the way the truck will be used, and the execution reflects the precision that defines every project leaving the Bulletproof Auto Spa facility in Los Angeles.
Take a closer look at the project in the gallery below, and contact us for a free paint inspection and quote for your own vehicle.
