Bimini Top Question

[California waiting]

So I stopped at the Ford Dealer that I bought my Bronco from. I am interested in getting a Bimini Top <— I may of spelled that wrong. Anyway the top that was installed on another bronco was super loose and floppy. I would think with the top down that would make a bunch of noise and flop around. Are they installed tight? Are they noisy? What do you think? Should i get fords? Or Gearshade?

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[IceSoldier88]

My buddy rocks it all summer on his 4 door wrangler. No issues. I bought mine from bad bronco. Just waiting for my ride to be built.

https://www.badbronco.com/product/bad-bronco-sun-shade-mesh-top

 

[Chelada]

My buddy rocks it all summer on his 4 door wrangler. No issues. I bought mine from bad bronco. Just waiting for my ride to be built.

https://www.badbronco.com/product/bad-bronco-sun-shade-mesh-top

I really like that Bad Bronco top. Do you know what the difference is between the Stealth and X-Ray options?

 

[IceSoldier88]

Great question. I think I one of the first to order and pointed it out to them that the wording wasn’t clear.
One has the white bronco. The other doesn’t. I got the one with. It’s the X-Ray

@Chelada

 

[IceSoldier88]

From thier site: Two styles: X-ray (Black with skeleton art in white) and Stealth (All black, no art).

 

[nd2002]

I really like that Bad Bronco top. Do you know what the difference is between the Stealth and X-Ray options?

Looks like graphic/no graphic is the difference

 

[lolo]

So I stopped at the Ford Dealer that I bought my Bronco from. I am interested in getting a Bimini Top <— I may of spelled that wrong. Anyway the top that was installed on another bronco was super loose and floppy. I would think with the top down that would make a bunch of noise and flop around. Are they installed tight? Are they noisy? What do you think? Should i get fords? Or Gearshade?

My Bimini top is super tight, looks good and no sag. But, there is some"chatter" from the two front clips. To solve that , I've put a very small piece of tape (duct) on the Bronco latch receivers to keep the plastic clips from direct contact with the two receivers from rattling at highway speeds. Below 50mph, top is very quite.

 

[kodiakisland]

My Bimini is tight and adds minimal noise at highway speeds.

 

[iamchewby]

I have the gearshade and it's tight

 

[Lucky]

Here’s the problem with the gearshade:

Here’s the Bestop Bimini sunshade for comparison (Imagine all that sun in your eyes if it had a gap like the gearshade):

 

[crazynova]

Here’s the problem with the gearshade:

Here’s the Bestop Bimini sunshade for comparison (Imagine all that sun in your eyes if it had a gap like the gearshade):

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How’s the Bestop? I feel like the middle rob should add some resistance to flapping?

 

[JaxGtc]

I don't want to throw "shade" on the bestop, but the gearshade is tight. I put my soft top back up without having to do anything. The gearshade actually looks like a headliner on the inside when the top is up. A few threads and videos on the topic to help you make your choice. Good luck.

 

[Aman]

I really like that Bad Bronco top. Do you know what the difference is between the Stealth and X-Ray options?

From thier site: Two styles: X-ray (Black with skeleton art in white) and Stealth (All black, no art).

The X-ray is simply a GearShade with the Bad Bronco logo printed on it. GearShade does this and then sends them to Bad Bronco. The logo is owned by Bad Bronco and GearShade will not print it for any other customers.

The Stealth is a plain GearShade and Bad Bronco charges a huge vig for seemingly no reason.

 

[zedster]

Wasn't there a company that would print anything you wanted on one?

 

[Cbiggs]

My Bimini is tight and adds minimal noise at highway speeds.

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