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So, I'll point out a few of my observations after removing the doors and roof, and driving around. Let me start by saying I have a 2 door, because the 2 door doors are bigger and heavier than the 4 door doors.
First off, the doors are super easy to remove by yourself. Two bolts, unclip the wire harness, ignore dash chime, and away you go. I don't have the door bags, but I will probably get them or make my own. So after taking them off, use caution setting them down, every surface, and edge is painted so be careful. Now, putting ON the doors alone is a totally different story. It's super clumsy and although the guide on the bottom hinge helps, I'd rather have two guides, or if only one, then a guide on top. Aligning it and trying to see alone was stressful and tiring. I had to grab my neighbor to help me with the passenger door. The driver door literally gassed me alone.
Secondly, my MIC seems fine so far, although no rain here in LA yet. It may never rain here again. Haha. But seriously, the two top roof halves over the driver and passenger remove easily and I store them in the back of the Bronco with rear seats down. I may delete rear seats completely. TBD for now. I don't use the free roof bag. It's kind of a turkey to use, and it's not that good. I wrap them in a furney pad and even on twisties, they don't flop around back there. Putting them back on is a breeze too. I find it easiest to grab left and right sides of the roof, and set in place, rather then grab in middle and have to jump your hand under the roll bar. You'll see what I mean when you try it. They don't pop or squeak when they are on and I'm driving around. The closures are very crisp and feel tight.
Thirdly, driving around in it with top off and doors off is a blast. I'm used to an open feeling because I ride motorcycles as well. It gets VERY windy. No baseball or trucker hats for you when you go open cockpit. Another thing to address is the passenger floor mats. I got the carpet mats with my Wildtrak trim level. The carpet mats will flop around with doors off from the wind! I was on the freeway, and just the plastic pin was holding it in. People driving beside me were like what? So I applied a bit of hook sided Velcro to the top back of the mats, and that grabs the floor carpet, and should hold it fine. A little bit is all you need dont go crazy with two feet of 2" Velcro.
So, in conclusion, I'm really happy with it. I recommend everyone try taking off the doors at least once, and that everyone take the roof off as much as they can!! Happy wheeling! Get a door buddy, and fix the mats and you're good to go.
What are all of your thoughts after taking off your doors and roofs? I'd love to hear what you all have discovered or any door tricks. Thanks.
First off, the doors are super easy to remove by yourself. Two bolts, unclip the wire harness, ignore dash chime, and away you go. I don't have the door bags, but I will probably get them or make my own. So after taking them off, use caution setting them down, every surface, and edge is painted so be careful. Now, putting ON the doors alone is a totally different story. It's super clumsy and although the guide on the bottom hinge helps, I'd rather have two guides, or if only one, then a guide on top. Aligning it and trying to see alone was stressful and tiring. I had to grab my neighbor to help me with the passenger door. The driver door literally gassed me alone.
Secondly, my MIC seems fine so far, although no rain here in LA yet. It may never rain here again. Haha. But seriously, the two top roof halves over the driver and passenger remove easily and I store them in the back of the Bronco with rear seats down. I may delete rear seats completely. TBD for now. I don't use the free roof bag. It's kind of a turkey to use, and it's not that good. I wrap them in a furney pad and even on twisties, they don't flop around back there. Putting them back on is a breeze too. I find it easiest to grab left and right sides of the roof, and set in place, rather then grab in middle and have to jump your hand under the roll bar. You'll see what I mean when you try it. They don't pop or squeak when they are on and I'm driving around. The closures are very crisp and feel tight.
Thirdly, driving around in it with top off and doors off is a blast. I'm used to an open feeling because I ride motorcycles as well. It gets VERY windy. No baseball or trucker hats for you when you go open cockpit. Another thing to address is the passenger floor mats. I got the carpet mats with my Wildtrak trim level. The carpet mats will flop around with doors off from the wind! I was on the freeway, and just the plastic pin was holding it in. People driving beside me were like what? So I applied a bit of hook sided Velcro to the top back of the mats, and that grabs the floor carpet, and should hold it fine. A little bit is all you need dont go crazy with two feet of 2" Velcro.
So, in conclusion, I'm really happy with it. I recommend everyone try taking off the doors at least once, and that everyone take the roof off as much as they can!! Happy wheeling! Get a door buddy, and fix the mats and you're good to go.
What are all of your thoughts after taking off your doors and roofs? I'd love to hear what you all have discovered or any door tricks. Thanks.
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