Just an FYI, if you want to paint it, it will come primered without the glass installed and then your local body shop will do the painting. So no worries there.
Of course it does. Now can you tell us why we're going into 4th model year of the 6G and you still can't order an OEM hardtop kit like was promised?
I canāt believe they said they wouldnāt fix it! Wow that is bad business!!A little update. When I arrived at Auto Addicts I noticed a small chip in the fiberglass on the side of the center section, likely caused during installation. At first they acknowledged their mistake and offered to have it fixed at their body shop, but then said they wouldn't. I was told I could either give the top back, or pay in full for the now-damaged top. I don't want to get into the rest of what happened, but after my experience I can't recommend doing business with Auto Addicts.
If I could go back in time and keep the hard top I originally ordered, I would. Having said that, you can't get a MIC in white, which I think looks better, and the hardware and headliner of the AC top is definitely superior to MIC. Also, the fact that the rear shell is one piece instead of 4 seems to be a better design. But yeah if I could go back and choose to wait a few months for the hard top I would do that and wrap it.
I would not say that is so much an issue with Anderson quality of the top, but is more of an issue with the 3rd party. I doubt that the Anderson top will have the "waves" I have seen from so many members here with the OEM top.
Yes, IMO Auto Addicts should have never accepted delivery from AC with that spray job around the windows.
Lol fair point. Personally I like the texture, but if you are texture averse definitely do not look at the black version of AC. They had one in the shop and it's twice as chunky. BTW I spoke to AC and the rep explained to me that the tops aren't actually finished with 'paint' per-se, it's actually similar to the stuff they spray truck beds with for Rhino liner and similar products. They had a custom compound made for the white top.
That closeup photo in #78 (https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...delivered-installed-photos.85112/post-2102426) would be a deal-killer for me. The top looks too much like popcorn ceilings in old houses. I wonder if they do that because it's cheaper than making it smooth and there would be less complaints about build quality with the heavy texture covering up all the unevenness. It's not like auto parts haven't been made from fiberglass for the past 70 years.
The simple fact that is made in a one-piece and not a panel configuration, also has a heavier texture, whether you want to say it is a popcorn ceiling is an opinion and not a fact, the interior and headliner are better, even in pictures, these things all put it line than being a better top than the OEM version. If the OEM version was of such superior quality, then you would not have people on their 2nd and 3rd tops.
This. Iāll definitely make sure to do a thorough inspection when I receive my top since Iām also using Auto Addicts. If they canāt install a top without chipping it then I will take delivery in my F-150 bed and install it myself in the garage
I think that would be wise, just inspect throughly before you accept delivery from them. Hopefully with your primer order you wonāt have my issues. FWIW they had a black one in which seemed to not have any issues with flaws.
