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

[Wildfire1]

This is my backup plan. I’m to lasy to remove the top of the Bronco

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[ct1975]

It’s a good look! Doors off / Top off!

it’s a good look’ Doors off Top off!

It’s a good look!
Doors off / Top off!

Agree, but what’s up with the exposed “velcro”?

 

[JTopsUSA]

Agree, but what’s up with the exposed “velcro”?

Just needs to be adjusted and stretched down more. Everyone installs them slightly different.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Put Bimini, tonneau and tube doors on until it gets too hot

 

[boomboomthump]

I have a Braptor so there isn’t (for the purpose of this discussion) a soft top option yet. I only fully remove the top if/when there is no rain on the forecast for at least 7 days.

That said, the Bronco looks cool as hell with zero top on it, and you very rarely see that. It almost looks like it’s been heavily customized.

That seems crazy to me. I've had my hard top off/on probably 20 times last summer. Most times it was only a few hours. The longest was 5 days or so.

I don't consider it laborious at all. It takes me and my wife 8.5 minutes to remove all 4 pieces of the hard top and the same amount of time to put them all back on. Add another 9 minutes to take all 4 doors off or put them on (yes, we've timed it... 17.5 minutes total for 4 doors + the top).


For disclosure, the times are based on using 12v Milwaukee cordless ratchet for the bolts. But we never hesitate to remove the top/doors, even if it's just for a few hours.

 

[LARELL]

Was the Rampage top easy to install? I'm looking at this one for my 2 door.

Rampage soft top

 

[mcinfantry]

Very
I’ve installed two

 

[LARELL]

Very
I’ve installed two

I ended up finding your stand alone post about it, looks great . Guess I'm saving up some of my overtime money.

 

[derichio02]

Put Bimini, tonneau and fube doors on until it gets too hot

Same here. I do wish there was a hard tonneau cover available other than the ones that need a cage inside like the for tuffy one. Haven't been able to find one.

 

[Aviator]

Finally had time to complete my review of the LiftTop Pro, and really like this thing. Soooo easy to use. Cost a bit more than a roof-mounted lift. But is is so easy to use solo, that I find it worth every penny. I could remove this thing daily if needed, with ease.

 

[rblock50]

I bought a hoist made for a rooftop cargo box for like $45. So far I have used it to hoist up the front and mid panels. I’ll try the HT next weekend and see how it works.


https://www.storeyourboard.com/rooftop-cargo-box-ceiling-hoist-essential-garage-storage-pulley

 

[chtucker]

Easy- Take the top off my Bronco, leave the top on the wife's. Drive whichever one is appropriate for the weather/situation....

Thankfully I have a work truck and the wife walks to work....

 

[Five-O Donut Hole]

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?

what is your ceiling height? The top only needs to lift up a few inches for It to come off. My garage ceiling is just a shade over 8 feet and I have an automatic lift installed. I can just drive out once the top is lifted.

 

[THE Buckeye Bronco]

Went full nude yesterday. The Hooke Road Door and Hardtop Storage Cart worked as advertised.

 

[Bu¢kWild]

Thanks a lot for the info. I worry a little with the bimini tops on the rain coming in from the gap between the top and the side rollbar. I am sure on interstate water probably blows back, but at stop lights I am guessing it would leak like crazy. To someone else's reply, having a Bronco cover is not as practical for an all-around solution as needing to pull over to a gas station when it starts waiting and putting on a cover until it stops would become an issue really fast, unless you are retired and love playing games on your phone. I am sure they are good for people that park outside a lot for longer periods of time. A good bikini top will suffice if you see a possible storm coming, but still want to go into a convert or movie, or if you get caught out in a storm and can pull over, put a top on in 2-3 minutes, and still get to where you need to go on time.

I have used bikini tops so much over the years I have actually considered buying the canvas Trektop softtop and actually cutting it up and trying to sew straps in on the back/sides and see if I could create one. The main thing the Trektop softtop brings is the latch down for the front, and it might still be flexible enough to fold or roll it up when no in use and throw it under back seat or in very back when storing it. I would probably get a rear lockbox to store it in if needed, but the cost plus the odds of it staying together when going 60mph might be tough. I know a lot of people like mesh tops, but if I ever wanted a top to block the sun I would also want it to block the rain.

I think I am going to follow this guys lead and just throw my doors on with windows down, and front mic pieces into the back when it is cloudy, and just pray no one ever steals my mic panels out of the back. Anyway, I have a garage and I am going to try this out and if it sucks, then I will probably just breakdown and but the Trektop for summer. Either way, will be really nice to have top and doors off as much as possible.

Hey, which product did you use to cover up the roll bar? Got a link?

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