Cost for hard top vs soft top…

[largo88]

Ok, so I’m dismayed (to say the least) as I was a 99’r to get the Dual Top with MOD top option. So that pushed me out to MY23 with the latest love letter from FoMoCo. I can’t do that. So do I go with the MIC or Soft top? So let’s do the numbers to help make the decision. This may have been covered in the giant recent FoMoCo letter thread but I didn’t have the patience to read the 600+ posts.

I see the number $695 being bandied about for the hard top and you get 200,000 reward points (a $1000 value)(which no one seems to know how to get (said rep at the dealership)) - so it should be a wash with shipping, right? However, isn’t the $695 the difference in price from the base soft top to the MIC? So the cost of the MIC hard top is not $695 - it’s a lot more, right?

So I looked up the price of a hard top for a 4 door Jeep Wrangler and it’s around $2500 and a soft top is around $2000 (I didn’t shop around, I think it said Mopar parts). So the difference is in the right neighborhood. I’m thinking that seems like a comparable price for hard tops and soft tops for the Bronco. Keep in mind if you’re buying the soft top for a hard topped vehicle, you’re buying all of the mechanism along with the fabric top so you can’t just look for a “replacement soft top”.

Does the ~$2000 to $2500 seem right to add one or the other top?

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[BroncoKong Jr.]

If I had to guess, I'd say $1500 for the soft top and $3000 for the MIC. Add a grand for a painted mod top.

 

[Broncodave]

I'm not sure I'm following any of that, but anyway, getting no top is not an option, so it's all based on the soft top, or getting the "upgraded" MIC top, or the upgraded modular hard top. If you don't want to wait until 2023 (I sure don't), then it's the soft top or pay $695 to get the MIC top.

The money at this point is moot, and I'm not even counting on any FordPass points or whatever they are. It's more about the waiting, not the money.

Wait. What was you actual question?

 

[BroncoKong Jr.]

I'm not sure I'm following any of that, but anyway, getting no top is not an option, so it's all based on the soft top, or getting the "upgraded" MIC top, or the upgraded modular hard top. If you don't want to wait until 2023 (I sure don't), then it's the soft top or pay $695 to get the MIC top.

The money at this point is moot, and I'm not even counting on any FordPass points or whatever they are. It's more about the waiting, not the money.

Wait. What was you actual question?

He's just asking what the potential price is for buying a top through Ford parts

 

[Broncodave]

He's just asking what the potential price is for buying a top through Ford parts

Oh. F**king expensive.

 

[largo88]

I’m pretty sure the soft top won’t ship in a cardboard box if you start with the hard top - you won’t have any of the foldable frame so you’ll need to buy the “cloth top” and also the frame/mechanism It sits on.

If I remember the description of the dual top, it will come with the hard top installed and the soft top (with mechanism) will be shipped “inside” the vehicle (ie a giant U shape wrapped in twill cloth).

 

[Apples]

Wrangler JL factory hardtops on 4wp. I bet the Bronco hardtops will be similar.

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[BroncoKong Jr.]

I’m pretty sure the soft top won’t ship in a cardboard box if you start with the hard top - you won’t have any of the foldable frame so you’ll need to buy the “cloth top” and also the frame/mechanism It sits on.

If I remember the description of the dual top, it will come with the hard top installed and the soft top (with mechanism) will be shipped “inside” the vehicle (ie a giant U shape wrapped in twill cloth).

It'll probably come in a box in the back of the Bronco. That's how Jeep does it.

 

[Broncodave]

Here's the way I see it. (And admittedly, I had a margarita with my dinner.)

Modular hard top - Not an option right now. Not going to wait until 2023. Can't worry about the price in the future. I'll be forced to eat the cost, whatever it is.

MIC top. - Ugh, that thing sucks. Can I sell it to somebody later for a few hundred dollars?

Soft top - At least it's black. Hopefully it won't start leaking or give me mold exposure before I get a chance to pay a lot of money for a modular hard top that I wanted in the first place.

 

[Apples]

Here's the way I see it. (And admittedly, I had a margarita with my dinner.)

Modular hard top - Not an option right now. Not going to wait until 2023. Can't worry about the price in the future.

MIC top. - Ugh, that thing sucks. Can I sell it somebody later for a few hundred bucks?

Soft top - At least it's black. Hopefully it won't start leaking or give me mold exposure before I get a chance to pay a lot of money for a modular hard top that I wanted in the first place.

I doubt either will sell very well so I'm looking at it as, which can I shove into the rafters of my garage easier?

 

[Broncodave]

I doubt either will sell very well so I'm looking at it as, which can I shove into the rafters of my garage easier?

I'm just hoping Goodwill accepts Bronco soft tops.

 

[Fatdaddy]

I'm just hoping Goodwill accepts Bronco soft tops.

I’ll take the soft top off your hands. I plan to buy one as soon as possible for my 4dr WT.

 

[Apples]

I’ll take the soft top off your hands. I plan to buy one as soon as possible for my 4dr WT.

Well, that's one. 70k more to go.

 

[Broncodave]

I’ll take the soft top off your hands. I plan to buy one as soon as possible for my 4dr WT.

Can I ask why you're ordering a Wildtrak if you want a soft top?

(And please disregard the Wildtrak logo in my profile. I didn't realize what I was getting myself into, and they won't let me change it.)

 

[Fatdaddy]

Can I ask why you're ordering a Wildtrak if you want a soft top?

(And please disregard the Wildtrak logo in my profile. I didn't realize what I was getting myself into, and they won't let me change it.)

I want a hardtop and soft top. Just want options for different times of the year. I like the convenience of the soft top when you want to “quickly take the top off” all the way to the rear. Hard top (MIC) is nice for the front panel removals but becomes tedious when removing the entire roof then storing it somewhere. Winter months: MIC, other months: Softy. I don’t think the roof should make/break someone’s decisions for the Bronco trim they really want. I want the WT for what the WT offers, not specially the roof. Sure I’m not happy about the MIC challenges and would like to opt for a soft top if I knew it would guarantee my build to be scheduled, but who wouldn’t and nothing is guaranteed. Plus with all other commodity constraints, the formula used to schedule builds, allocations games, etc., the roof is only part of the issue. Easier to buy a softy after deliver than to buy a MIC.

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