Alternating Hard and Soft Top? My fellow mechanically inclined friends give me your thoughts

[meffie]

Remember when Ford had it so you could buy a dual top option when your made your order? Pepperidge Farms does.

I do. I also remember when Ford said we'd all be sitting in our bronco's last year after reserving, lol. So it's hard to take stock in perception vs reality.

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[JohnnyBronco]

The oem softtop is held in place by only 6 bolts, 3 per side and after removing rear and side windows, folding roof flat, removing the bolts it comes off easy according to video.

Hardtop has direct mounting points and something like 16 bolts so yeah you can don't in an afternoon but not multiple times per day.

If you do only order soft get the prep kit factory installed.

Non Ford hardtop will install differently but none I know of use the same six softtop bolts

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

Ok I'll have to look again. I tried searching but didn't see anything at first.

This is the one I was thinking of.

 

[meffie]

This is the one I was thinking of.

Thats some good enough. Looks like there is indeed a pieces that will be need to be swapped each time. Ashame Ford didn't figure out how to do this in a more uniform manner, but good to know ahead of time.

Thanks!

 

[Migs1313]

Yea, my only issue with the soft top is I have a 37 mile 1 way highway commute in which I think the wind noise at 80mph daily would drive me bonkers

I live in Chicago so I deal with all different temps and drive 35 miles on the highway everyday each way doing between 70-80 mph. I had this same worry but switched anyway and I've had mine for 7 months now because of the switch. I will say the noise is not bad at all I keep my B&O system at 9-11 volume in the morning and that is plenty loud for the drive. I don't think you will notice a difference between soft top and hardtop for noise or temp just my opinion though

 

[VelocityBrew]

I do. I also remember when Ford said we'd all be sitting in our bronco's last year after reserving, lol. So it's hard to take stock in perception vs reality.

I am just leaving to run errands in mine

 

[milnicks]

I completed the Bestop Trektop install on my 4-Door Hard Top over the weekend. Was a very involved process (6+ hrs); should be less time intensive the second go-around, as I am familiar with the components now and some items can stay on or assembled. That said, after the initial install you are still looking at ≈48 bolts and ≈19 components to remove or re-install when going between the Trektop and the Hard Top. My guess is it will be a few hours to pull off.

More details on my post in the Bestop Trektop Install Video thread.

 

[ex_nyer]

Has anyone ordered a SUNRIDER TOP from Bestop for their 2DR Bronco?

What has your experience been with their product?

Thanks

 

[Blaine23]

Thats some good enough. Looks like there is indeed a pieces that will be need to be swapped each time. Ashame Ford didn't figure out how to do this in a more uniform manner, but good to know ahead of time.

Thanks!

If it makes you feel any better, there were just about as many parts that needed to be swapped to switch back and forth from hardtop to softtop on my JK Wrangler that I ran dual tops on for about 12 years too. It's the nature of the beast (switching between two functional top types) and once you've done the switch a few times, it's very easy and second nature to most.

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