Hard top users - what is your plan of attack for summer?

[gaaangs]

This is my first summer with the hard top and I'm trying to figure out my "plan of attack" aka how I am going to go about configuring, storing, taking the top off throughout the summer.

This thing is my daily, so I will sometimes pull over and take it off in a parking lot after work. The weekend I will take it off Friday and leave it off until Monday (unless it rains). I usually store the two panels in my trunk in the bag.

Do you guys feel like you are constantly taking this thing off and putting it back on like me? Do you store the panels in the back of your truck, or in your garage? Do you weather watch like me?

I'm questioning getting a soft top for the summer...the hard top is kind of stressing me

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[Trees]

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[gaaangs]

Get a besttop sunrider or skyrider if you got a 4 door.

We love our sunrider. Super easy to flip open and closed at a stop light

Thought about that but the Skyrider is like 3 grand or something like that - sounds absurd for what it is...

 

[atx_chance]

Yeah same. But installing and uninstalling a soft top 2x year sounds bad because of that being more involved.

The top lift pro isn’t available for 2 doors yet and my garage doesn’t have a tall ceiling so hoist solutions are a bit hard too.

 

[abe]

I have a carport and a work vehicle that I'm allowed to drive for personal reasons. The front panels and doors will remain off. I'll drive the work truck if it rains. I'm also leaving the clamshell on as it's cracked (Closest dealer said no on warranty), so Ford can't say it came from dropping the top when the crack eventually gets worse.

 

[swooshdave]

I'm going to turn on the AC and stay nice and comfortable.

 

[Trees]

Thought about that but the Skyrider is like 3 grand or something like that - sounds absurd for what it is...

Honestly I still think the sunrider is the better option. Can't flip the skyrider up and down without getting out of the vehicle.

 

[Dral97]

I have a toplift pro for my Wrangler. The Bronco version looks the same on their website. I'm going to try using it for the hard top and take the panels off and store them. My Bronco isn't my summer daily driver, so I'll probably take the top off and just keep in my garage and drive it once in awhile.

I want the top off experience, so the sunriders don't work for me.

I don't like the bestop full soft top because it doesn't go all the way back and I don't like the fast back look.

Factory soft tops are tough to get for a reasonable price, so that's a no go.

 

[CyberOrangeBadlands]

Anxious to take the Hardtop off my 2 door - weather is warming so should be soon. Purchased the Bimini and Bestop Trektop almost a year ago. Still in the box.

Plan is to alternate between hardtop & softop every 6 months.

Front 2 hardtop panels will go in the supplied bag. STILL looking for a storage solution for the larger back piece of the Hardtop. Don’t have height clearance in garage for a hoist. Need some sort of padded wheeled cart or way to hang it somehow on a wall safely. Not spending 1k for the TopLift.

Anyone find a storage solution yet for the Hardtop back piece?

 

[huey]

watching this thread as well

I just bought the bestop - but had a hard time pulling the trigger due to fastback & no full down
The bestop takes a bit of time to install from what i hear. ideally I run the bronco naked in the summer and some vendor comes along with a soft top that is quick & easy to remove. Summer would alternate between naked & easy soft top then return to hard top in the winter

 

[huey]

Anxious to take the Hardtop off my 2 door - weather is warming so should be soon. Purchased the Bimini and Bestop Trektop almost a year ago. Still in the box.

Plan is to alternate between hardtop & softop every 6 months.

Front 2 hardtop panels will go in the supplied bag. STILL looking for a storage solution for the larger back piece of the Hardtop. Don’t have height clearance in garage for a hoist. Need some sort of padded wheeled cart or way to hang it somehow on a wall safely. Not spending 1k for the TopLift.

Anyone find a storage solution yet for the Hardtop back piece?

lol for the first summer it will sit on the tonneau cover of my project truck......which is in storage
so no - I have no good solution

 

[ChrisB351]

Once we get past the rainy season my top comes off thru mid summer when it starts pushing 100deg. I got a BD with mgv and washout floors cause its inevitable I will get rained on at some point. Its already happened a little.

 

[gaaangs]

Anxious to take the Hardtop off my 2 door - weather is warming so should be soon. Purchased the Bimini and Bestop Trektop almost a year ago. Still in the box.

Plan is to alternate between hardtop & softop every 6 months.

Front 2 hardtop panels will go in the supplied bag. STILL looking for a storage solution for the larger back piece of the Hardtop. Don’t have height clearance in garage for a hoist. Need some sort of padded wheeled cart or way to hang it somehow on a wall safely. Not spending 1k for the TopLift.

Anyone find a storage solution yet for the Hardtop back piece?

Bubble wrap???

 

[GToddC5]

Yeah same. But installing and uninstalling a soft top 2x year sounds bad because of that being more involved.

The top lift pro isn’t available for 2 doors yet and my garage doesn’t have a tall ceiling so hoist solutions are a bit hard too.

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[Rbuck]

The Bestop Mesh Access Bimini works great. You just leave it installed all summer under the panels when the top is closed. Also, I confirmed today that it is easy to remove the second panel by yourself. I'll get my son to help put it back on though!

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