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This is absolutely how a company should deal with this kind of issue. Once the issue was discovered, proactively reaching out to all customers, and not just the ones complaining.
Nothing but highest praise for IAG after this.
Agreed. Got my replacement brackets too the other day. All I need is my Dirt Mountain Bronco to arrive so I can install the lift kit.
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Super quick shipping on the new brackets.! Install was easy.! The trick was to mount the ball stud on the outside of the new bracket which moves the strut out and away from the roll cage. Thank you IAG.!
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Guess I should check my e-mail and mailbox more often, apparently my brackets arrived 2 days ago. Still looking forward to receiving the hood struts. Thanks IAG!
 

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Just wanted to circle back on this. See screenshot from owners manual regarding soft top alignment. My top was off the alignment pins 1/2” on drivers side an 1/4” on passenger.
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Where is that? Behind the plastic panels?
 

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Got my IAG replacement brackets and literally 3 minute install....Thanks @IAG Performance for your great products and service. Is it my imagination or does my top open even further now with these updated brackets? NICE
 

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Does anyone's struts have this play in them? I was just wondering if this is normal and could it be the noise folks are hearing?
I’m starting to hear this on a more consistent basis with the new brackets, along with a different creak noise
 

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Just wanted to circle back on this. See screenshot from owners manual regarding soft top alignment. My top was off the alignment pins 1/2” on drivers side an 1/4” on passenger.
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Thanks for this...looked and mine is about 1/4" off on the passenger side, and actually saw some rollbar rubbing before installing any IAG product. Thanks, Ford/ Webasto...
 

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Can anyone confirm the replacement parts resolved the issue? I’m going to install them shortly
 

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Can anyone confirm the replacement parts resolved the issue? I’m going to install them shortly
I just installed my replacement parts a couple of days ago and then spent about 5 hours offroad yesterday with the top down.

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Despite plenty of off-camber jostling (e.g., max pitch was 18 degrees; max roll was 8 degrees), the struts with the redesigned brackets did not touch the roll bars.

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In the video for installing the replacement brackets at the top end of the struts, you'll see that the replacement brackets moved the ball joint mounts for the struts to the outside of the brackets (new design) instead of the inside of the brackets (original design).




Note the final orientation on the top brackets in the photos below, where the ball joint mounts are pointed outward. This moved the struts away from the roll bars.

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TL;DR — I am happy with the redesigned brackets. 👍
 
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So is there still drawbacks to having these? Like the creak noise people are talking about?​
 

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So is there still drawbacks to having these? Like the creak noise people are talking about?​
It seems that the creaking issue is more related to the quality of the soft top frame itself rather than the ez-lift system. We’ve done extensive testing on multiple vehicles and have not been able to reliably reproduce it.
 

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We want to thank everyone for their support during these growing pains. By now everyone’s replacement brackets should have arrived or are in transit. We are going to go ahead and close this thread as this will no longer be an issue moving forward. Please feel free to PM us if you have any further questions or concerns with your EZ-lift system.
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