Black Diamond Sound Deadening Dilemma

[mtap]

Automatically added i meant in my initial post...

That is correct, but it is still free if you add it.

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[BigFootie]

I doubt it will be that easy to remove. A little heat will help but I’ve got to imagine they planned on these tops getting warm in places like AZ and made the adhesive correspond. So....... getting it free and then trying to remove it might be a pita. Just speculation on my part.

 

[Bronc-O]

I ordered a Black Diamond with the intention of adding the hot heads, still not adding the free Ford product.

You may want to be sure there will be a HotHeads product. With Ford adding them free, who's gonna invest money in something you can get free? That's at least for 21. If you don't take it at delivery, they may charge the $495 if you decide you need it later on.

 

[Atomicdog]

You may want to be sure there will be a HotHeads product. With Ford adding them free, who's gonna invest money in something you can get free? That's at least for 21. If you don't take it at delivery, they may charge the $495 if you decide you need it later on.

Yeah, there may not be. I'm assuming the installation from Ford (or Webasto) will be cleaner than the horrible job we saw pics of a few weeks ago. I mostly want it for temp control and the thin felt I saw glued to the top in those pics wouldn't really cut it. I may have to make it custom, I just don't want to spend time scraping off a sub-par product before I can even begin.

 

[Bronc-O]

Yeah, there may not be. I'm assuming the installation from Ford (or Webasto) will be cleaner than the horrible job we saw pics of a few weeks ago. I mostly want it for temp control and the thin felt I saw glued to the top in those pics wouldn't really cut it. I may have to make it custom, I just don't want to spend time scraping off a sub-par product before I can even begin.

Here's what CoverKing says about what "appears" to be what Ford is using.

• Perfectly Formed to Top Contours
• Significantly Reduces Interior Temps
• Improves Acoustics & Reduces Echo for Noticeably better Sound Quality
• Insulates from Road and Wind Noise
• Upgrade Your Stock White Fiberglass Interior to Premium Finished Appearance
• Includes 3M™ Adhesive Pads (Removable)
• Include weather stripping to finish edges
• Topliner™ Meets Federal Safety Standards for Flammability (FMVSS302)
• Installation Tool Kit Included

 

[Raptor911]

such is life ..when you have to pay for something .. you complain .. then you get it for FREE and then you decide I rather buy it from someone else and I don't want it for FREE.

 

[Bronco21fan]

Since my original build didn't allow for the sound deadening option initially, I had my mind set on purchasing an aftermarket HotHeads kit instead. For one, it seems much more substantial, and the reviews on their Jeep products are glowingly positive. Also, being in Arizona, the thickness of the HotHeads' product will aid in minimizing the transfer of heat from the roof to the cabin of my Bronco.

That said, now that Ford is offering FREE sound deadening on all MIC tops (with the caveat that Black Diamond reservation holders need to contact their dealer and have them add it to their builds free of charge), I'm at a crossroads: Do I just take the free version from Ford and not look back? Or do I stay the course, get my MIC top without the pre-installed thin liner and go with a HotHeads eventually? I imagine installing a HH on top of the Ford deadening is a no-go, as the weight of the HH could potentially begin to pull on the Ford headliner, causing it to sag (especially out here with the AZ heat potentially softening up the adhesive)

Are any other Black Diamond owners have the same trepidations?
(I've attached a pic of Ford's deadener versus a HotHeads Jeep deadener to showcase the differences in quality, fit, and coverage)

I have a black diamond and think the ford headliner is a joke it looks paper thin and to think they were charging 500 for that I’m not getting it if it’s to noisy I’ll just order from hot head

 

[Butzy]

I'm thinking I will leave it out with my fur buddies traveling with me. My jeep is noisy, it won't bother me.

 

[flatlander40]

At what point will the rate hard top without the liner delay your build? lol

 

[FishKzor]

such is life ..when you have to pay for something .. you complain .. then you get it for FREE and then you decide I rather buy it from someone else and I don't want it for FREE.

Meanwhile, I'm not complaining about paying for something.
And choosing to buy a superior product versus taking a free low quality one is completely reasonable.

 

[brocotect]

Memo said MIC and made no mention of the mod top.

You didn't read the memo

 

[Nick72]

You didn't read the memo

I stand corrected. Just read the memo again and no differentiation between MIC and MOD, just in the Bronco Nation summation.

 

[Atomicdog]

Here's what CoverKing says about what "appears" to be what Ford is using.

• Perfectly Formed to Top Contours
• Significantly Reduces Interior Temps
• Improves Acoustics & Reduces Echo for Noticeably better Sound Quality
• Insulates from Road and Wind Noise
• Upgrade Your Stock White Fiberglass Interior to Premium Finished Appearance
• Includes 3M™ Adhesive Pads (Removable)
• Include weather stripping to finish edges
• Topliner™ Meets Federal Safety Standards for Flammability (FMVSS302)
• Installation Tool Kit Included

That’s cool, you should get it. I’ll be doing my own thing.

 

[Bronc-O]

That’s cool, you should get it. I’ll be doing my own thing.

Sounds great; Don't let me try to influence you.

 

[Hemisfear]

It’s up to you, but I’d put money on the reason being that it’s easier and faster to produce a single spec and opting out would be joining a “special” build list, which may or may not add time to the build...just saying!

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