Anyone else concerned about their top holding up over time?

[Calm horse]

I watched him shear 3/4 of them immediately with relative ease off of one side, really didnt seem like he was applying much pressure at all.. The plastic is so small and flimsy that you have to be super careful/know what you are doing when removing that panel (unfortunately he did not).

Don't have mine yet and Ive watched the videos 10 times..feel like an expert...bored I guess

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[Richardson]

Are we talking about the trek top?

OEM soft top

 

[Richardson]

Don't have mine yet and Ive watched the videos 10 times..feel like an expert...bored I guess

good for you... learn from my mistake, don't let them touch it!

 

[BroncoDr]

this is the exact tutorial I watched over and over while waiting at the dealership to pick it up. I watched him rip it off, it was like one wrong move and snap, snap, snap. 3/4 of the clips were gone.

So the plastic ‘tongues’ of the clips broke?

 

[Felix808]

I expect it to be a consumable like breaks, eventually it will fail/tear/fade/bend/what ever, then I'll get a new one, maybe aftermarket has something interesting by then, if not I'll get what ever Ford will be putting on them years from now.

Yep, all soft tops regardless of manufacture are consumable items.

 

[GETSCHWIFTY]

OEM soft top

oh thanks

 

[Razorbak86]

So the plastic ‘tongues’ of the clips broke?

Soft Top Broken Tabs

 

[Richardson]

So the plastic ‘tongues’ of the clips broke?

yes, there seem to be 4 "T" shaped tongues or clips that attach the canvas to the plastic bracing in the back corners. So now, my canvas on the back left corner is flapping away from the plastic bracing until a new rear panel comes in. Thankfully, it is pleasant in Texas right now so maybe a blessing in disguise?

 

[BroncoDr]

yes, there seem to be 4 "T" shaped tongues or clips that attach the canvas to the plastic bracing in the back corners. So now, my canvas on the back left corner is flapping away from the plastic bracing until a new rear panel comes in. Thankfully, it is pleasant in Texas right now so maybe a blessing in disguise?

Oh ok. I thought it was the clips on the top of the window. Yeah he must have pulled back rather than up and from the fabric not the plastic piece underneath. That sucks I’m sorry.

 

[Calm horse]

I believe there is a tsb out for this....however the rivets are backordered...

 

[Richardson]

I believe there is a tsb out for this....however the rivets are backordered...

what is a "tsb"? I am sure that is an obvious question for most but seems important for me to know now.

 

[Calm horse]

what is a "tsb"? I am sure that is an obvious question for most but seems important for me to know now.

Technical service bulliten

 

[Calm horse]

Basically meaning these fasteners are junk

 

[Cable Guy]

oh thanks

Only Bestop doesn’t make the OEM soft top. Haartz Corporation does….

 

[gryphon1231]

Just picked up my 2.7, soft top, basesquatch and the dealer ripped the clips off the back window before I could even get it off the lot (they said they could get a replacement window panel in the next week but we will see). I've seen other reports of the clips tearing off the back panel extremely easily and stitching coming loose. As I live with the soft top the past few days, removing the rear windows, the various foam/rubber sewn into the canvas seems incredibly brittle. Am I crazy here to expect a bit more from a new vehicle? I do love the Bronco but feel a bit let down by the lack of quality here. My soft top CJ7 from high school is still intact and I removed it hundreds of times over the past decades. I can't imagine this product holding up more than a few years. Anyone else concerned about their top holding up over time?

Not really worried about it. Like jeep tops they are meat to be replaced. Over the years I've replaced several tops. no big deal.

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