Has anyone seen what the new MIC roof looks like?

[Deleted member 12876]

It’s the exact same top, the difference is that they are going to put back the 30% of polyurethane that was stripped from the original MIC top to save on plastic die too the world plastic shortage.

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[Nite93]

How'd these ones turn out? Are the initial ones they've produced been any good?

I don't have any specifics at the moment. No date for launch.

 

[ATLColonial]

I don't have any specifics at the moment. No date for launch.

So just test runs at this point? Makes sense given previously stated timing.

 

[WuNgUn]

How'd these ones turn out? Are the initial ones they've produced been any good?

You don't actually believe this troll do you? Lol. Oh brother...

 

[Nite93]

You don't actually believe this troll do you? Lol. Oh brother...

Believe what you want. I ain't trolling.

 

[Bronco4]

I don't have any specifics at the moment. No date for launch.

I tend to believe you. Is your source still the Webasto employee?

 

[Bronc-O]

You don't actually believe this troll do you? Lol. Oh brother...

Hard to know who to believe here. Many act like they know more than Ford themselves. The only person I know for sure that has reliable info is @PREMiERdrum .

 

[Hemisfear]

Exactly... An awful lot of optimistic people on here thinking ford is already testing a new top. It's been 1 week since Ford's announcement that it'll take 8 weeks before 2.0 is ready for production.
Put another way, if you don't currently have a VIN, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE A MY22!
Personally, I'm just looking forward to the new B&P
I know the new top isn't revolutionizing anything. And it won't be here anytime soon.

So...when did "optimistic" become the new term for "stupid"? lol

 

[Hemisfear]

What does "ready" mean, the tooling wont arrive until the end of September?

 

[ATLColonial]

Exactly... An awful lot of optimistic people on here thinking ford is already testing a new top. It's been 1 week since Ford's announcement that it'll take 8 weeks before 2.0 is ready for production.
Put another way, if you don't currently have a VIN, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE A MY22!
Personally, I'm just looking forward to the new B&P
I know the new top isn't revolutionizing anything. And it won't be here anytime soon.

When did they say 8 weeks? In any case, why is it so hard to believe they'd be producing test roofs at this point? Do you think they're going to start testing them AFTER the dyes are all changed and things start running down the line?

 

[Tricky Dick]

It could just be the outer layer that's thicker, and the honeycomb is thinner in which they could reuse a lot of the tooling and jigs. Or slight modifications. Think of it as a sandwich and the top slice is thicker, the filling thinner but the overall height the same.

One thing we can expect is a slight increase in weight.

More bread, less filling: bad for sammiches, good for carboard hardtops.

 

[P52Ranch]

More bread, less filling: bad for sammiches, good for carboard hardtops.

That's called a wish sandwich. Where you have two slices of bread and you wish you had some meat.....

 

[Carolina Jim]

What does "ready" mean, the tooling wont arrive until the end of September?

Aren't we talking about two different MIC production plants?

• original Webasto plant with updated tooling
• new plant owned by somebody (??) with all new equipment

Sounds like there are some revised tops coming out of the original Webasto plant, plus the 'new' plant gets production equipment installed in September

 

[Bronc-O]

Aren't we talking about two different MIC production plants?

• original Webasto plant with updated tooling
• new plant owned by somebody (??) with all new equipment

Sounds like there are some revised tops coming out of the original Webasto plant, plus the 'new' plant gets production equipment installed in September

Isn't the "new" plant the second Webasto plant?

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