I usually buy the duel top group with my Jeeps and the hard top sits on the hoist in the garage the whole time. I always think I’ll use it more than I do. I have a Rubicon that the hard top is sitting there collecting dust as I type this.
This decision largely depends on how you are going to use your Bronco. Here is one man’s take with his own unique way he uses this type of vehicle.
If you are going to use the convertible part of the Bronco, the hard top just won’t go on much. If you are a person that likes the top off/down, then you are not going to fool with all the extra work of taking the hard top off all that often. I drop the top on my way home from work often. When I get to the beach, the top stays down anytime I’m in the Jeep. There is no way to take the hard top to the beach and make the Bronco/Jeep topless. There is no storing it in a condo. I can’t go on a road trip to the mountains for some off-roading and keep the hard top on. I’m always staying in some hotel and the hard top has to stay on for all the off-roading. You are only able to take the front panels off and that is a much closer experience to a sunroof, not a convertible.
I’m not taking a Wrangler or a Bronco on a road trip that I’m not going to use it for fun beach cruising or mountain off roading. I’ll take something else that is not as noisy, better MPG, more comfortable, etc . These are just my own experience after owning 4 Jeeps.
I buy these types of vehicles as toys and if I was not going to use the convertible part of the toy, I would go four runner, Range Rover or any of the other more reliable, more secure, quieter, etc SUV’s.
If you are more of a top up person and only want the convertible part 5 or 10 weekends out of the year, then a hard top is a better solution. When I’m putting on my hard top, I always have the best intentions of taking it off more often. The truth is, it stays on until I put the soft top back on. Then the top gets dropped pretty often. Almost daily during much of the year here in the south.
YMMV
This decision largely depends on how you are going to use your Bronco. Here is one man’s take with his own unique way he uses this type of vehicle.
If you are going to use the convertible part of the Bronco, the hard top just won’t go on much. If you are a person that likes the top off/down, then you are not going to fool with all the extra work of taking the hard top off all that often. I drop the top on my way home from work often. When I get to the beach, the top stays down anytime I’m in the Jeep. There is no way to take the hard top to the beach and make the Bronco/Jeep topless. There is no storing it in a condo. I can’t go on a road trip to the mountains for some off-roading and keep the hard top on. I’m always staying in some hotel and the hard top has to stay on for all the off-roading. You are only able to take the front panels off and that is a much closer experience to a sunroof, not a convertible.
I’m not taking a Wrangler or a Bronco on a road trip that I’m not going to use it for fun beach cruising or mountain off roading. I’ll take something else that is not as noisy, better MPG, more comfortable, etc . These are just my own experience after owning 4 Jeeps.
I buy these types of vehicles as toys and if I was not going to use the convertible part of the toy, I would go four runner, Range Rover or any of the other more reliable, more secure, quieter, etc SUV’s.
If you are more of a top up person and only want the convertible part 5 or 10 weekends out of the year, then a hard top is a better solution. When I’m putting on my hard top, I always have the best intentions of taking it off more often. The truth is, it stays on until I put the soft top back on. Then the top gets dropped pretty often. Almost daily during much of the year here in the south.
YMMV
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You definitely understand our weather! I think soft top could be fun! I basically have my hard top off all summer as it is, this just seems like it wouldn’t be as much of a pain as I am overthinking.
