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So i was reading threads on top modulation, decided to find answers on the ford website. I viewed more info on the top availability and found some inconsistencies. What are your thoughts?
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Information elsewhere supports the idea of the latter. 2-door is hard top only, 4-top has both but comes with soft top standard.

Some ā€œinsiderā€ said that the aftermarket will cover the soft top for the 2-door at some point.
 

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Information elsewhere supports the idea of the latter. 2-door is hard top only, 4-top has both but comes with soft top standard.

Some ā€œinsiderā€ said that the aftermarket will cover the soft top for the 2-door at some point.
very strange ford isn't soft-topping the 2 door themselves...
 

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So i was reading threads on top modulation, decided to find answers on the ford website. I viewed more info on the top availability and found some inconsistencies. What are your thoughts?
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Hard top on 2. Soft top on 4. Says so in 100 places. This is a typo
 

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Topic has been beat to death already. Itā€™s got to be about the stupidest decision Ford could have ever made on the 2 door.

Iā€™ve talked about this with untold amounts of people. I Always get the same reaction ā€œNo soft top on the 2 door, WHAT! Thatā€™s stupid, Why?ā€

Ford wonā€™t get my money unless itā€™s offered factory. Iā€™ve already made up my mind. Not going to shell out that much for a 2 door Badlands Sasquatch and then have to wait and hope for an aftermarket solution.
 

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Topic has been beat to death already. Itā€™s got to be about the stupidest decision Ford could have ever made on the 2 door.

Iā€™ve talked about this with untold amounts of people. I Always get the same reaction ā€œNo soft top on the 2 door, WHAT! Thatā€™s stupid, Why?ā€

Ford wonā€™t get my money unless itā€™s offered factory. Iā€™ve already made up my mind. Not going to shell out that much for a 2 door Badlands Sasquatch and then have to wait and hope for an aftermarket solution.
i canā€™t remember the last time I saw a Jeep with a soft top (granted Iā€™m not out off roading, just regular highway, city, and neighborhood driving so that demo could be different )They all seem to have hard tops these days. I think itā€™s a smart move to offer the hard top standard and think it should be standard on the 4 dr as well.
 
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i canā€™t remember the last time I saw a Jeep with a soft top (granted Iā€™m not out off roading, just regular highway, city, and neighborhood driving so that demo could be different )They all seem to have hard tops these days. I think itā€™s a smart more to offer the hard top standard and think it should be standard on the 4 dr as well.
You need to either get out more, or pay closer attention. About 50/50 here in Chicago area.
 

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I had two dual top JKUs. Hard tops have sat in the yard. Make great kid forts $1000 obo ?
 

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I think in my area they just arenā€™t popular. Itā€™s 100+ in the summer and cold in the winter. Even the dealerships are about 90% hard top around here. I see a few soft tops, but itā€™s usually high schoolers with older model jeeps.
 

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I had two dual top JKUs. Hard tops have sat in the yard. Make great kid forts $1000 obo ?
For me it is a seasonal thing and the heat broke about three weeks again in NC: I am past due for the biannual swap to soft top!
 

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are there any pics of 4dr bronco's with soft tops? i just did a quick google image search and can only find the test mules with soft tops.
 

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Does anyone know that if you opt for the hardtop that you don't get the soft top?

Or is there like a credit for taking one or the other? Like is the hard top cheaper if you forgo the soft top?
 

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For me it is a seasonal thing and the heat broke about three weeks again in NC: I am past due for the biannual swap to soft top!
I'm in MA, got tired of trying to turtling "freedom"hard aka heavy as eff hard top between seasons. Kept soft top on over one winter, never went back lol.
 

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Does anyone know that if you opt for the hardtop that you don't get the soft top?

Or is there like a credit for taking one or the other? Like is the hard top cheaper if you forgo the soft top?
From my understanding, if you get the hard top, you donā€™t get the soft top. The only way to get both tops is to go with the dual top option. I could be wrong though.
 

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Does anyone know that if you opt for the hardtop that you don't get the soft top?

Or is there like a credit for taking one or the other? Like is the hard top cheaper if you forgo the soft top?
If you get a hard top, then you don't get a soft top. To get both a soft top and a hard top, you'll need to get the dual tops option.

edit: d'oh, answered above already
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