Hardtop vs Soft Top

[AZ_BRONC]

Hard top is more secure. Soft top in any large city is a dare.

Have you seen the smash and grabs going on in major cities lately? Smashing a window is simpler and faster than cutting through a Bronco soft top to get inside.

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[2ata]

It’s almost like people enjoy different things……..weird.

 

[AZ_BRONC]

I’m in Arizona and had a Wrangler with a hard top and a hoist for my garage. Then I got a soft top and a Bimini top and that expensive hard top hung in my garage for five years straight until I sold it to someone who would use it. I might go hard top if I lived in an area with harsh winters, but I absolutely love the flexibility and look of my soft top.

 

[TCC]

Probably depends on where you live to some extent. I originally ordered the hardtop but switched to soft top. Got scheduled two days later and took delivery mid-April. Really happy I made the switch. I like the convenience of being able to open and close it in seconds (half way). We get pop-up rains almost every afternoon in the summer so not sure I’d even bother removing the panels of a hardtop. Yes, its probably louder on the hwy but I don’t find it objectionable….but I don’t listen to music either. As for security, I have a console vault but still don’t leave anything of value in it.

All that said, I’ve been hoping Ford or 3rd party would offer something like the Sky One-touch that Jeep offers. That (almost) made me switch to a Wrangle.

 

[Oilman]

I have a 2020 Wrangler and a 2022 four-door Outer Banks both have soft tops both about the same noise level at highway speed but I do like the convenience of popping the top in an instant and not having to worry about storing the hardtop,been down that road before.

 

[2100]

Hardtop so I can use the oem roof rack to carry my snowboards in winter, and with mgv/washout interior no need to worry about getting caught in the rain

 

[RedDawg]

I have a some very good reasons for a hard top.

 

[MayhemMike]

As a two door owner there was never a factory choice. That said, my Bronco is a toy. It has had the hard top off for the last three months. I have the vinyl shade top installed to block the sun. It rains where I reside. Summer T storms in the late afternoons or early evenings are the norm. The Bronco simply stays in the garage if threatening weather is due. Once the season changes, the hard top will of corse be installed. I just purchased the weather proof cover, and will carry it whenever I go on extended topless excursions. If the Bronco was a daily driver, the hard top would be on the majority of the time. Also, since it is a fun toy vehicle, it doesn’t go to cities. I like the look and functionality of the hard top. I love the way the two doir looks without any top.

 

[SpringTXOR]

I wanted the dual top option, but got hard top and trek top. I love them both and switch when I get bored with the one I have on.

 

[bschack]

I wanted the dual top option, but got hard top and trek top. I love them both and switch when I get bored with the one I have on.

How hard is it to switch back to factory hard top after removing the trek top?

 

[Five-O Donut Hole]

I opted for the hardtop because in my mind it looks better, even my kids point out how the ‘softies’ look like crap.….plus I needed the roof rack too. But to each their own, having one over the other doesnt make right or wrong

 

[Black_Stallion13]

Bronco will be my daily use vehicle and I learned long ago that vinyl windows with no wiper or defroster get annoying real quick. Also, the fact that Ford's softop design looks like absolute trash and I do need the availability of rooftop cargo space.

 

[SpringTXOR]

How hard is it to switch back to factory hard top after removing the trek top?

It's not that hard after you've done it a couple of times. I have a different idea next time I take it off and see if I can leave most of the bow assembly intact.

 

[SpringTXOR]

I like my hard top in the middle of summer when it's 100+ and 200% humidity, we also might have a few weeks where it is somewhat cold for us SE Texas natives.

 

[calgecko]

My initial order was for a hard top for a few reasons:

• I think the hardtop looks better than the soft top
• I wanted the extra insulation to help keep the interior of the Bronco a little cooler in the hot Sacramento summers
• Also wanted it for better sound deadening for when the top is on

I ended up switching my order to a soft top for a few reasons

• I like the ease and flexibility to be able to pull the top back quickly on a whim, without having to worry about where to put the hard top panels
• I checked with other people who went with soft top after initially wanting the hard top - and ALL of them said they were pleasantly surprised and glad they went with the soft top, despite almost everyone agreeing that the wavy window was a point of frustration
• from what I've heard, the interior sound difference between the hard top and soft top isn't that bad - so I can deal with that
• It allowed my order to get produced a bit faster - so that's a win

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