How often do birds poop in your open roof vehicle?

[DrewM]

5+ years with a JKU and its never happened. The cottonwoods on the other hand, those are a PITA.

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[Broncoak]

For those of you who have owned and driven a vehicle with the top off, how often do birds shit in your vehicle? I mean seriously sometimes I think an eagle dropped a bomb on the outside of my cars. I can’t imagine that happening inside my new Bronco ?

Oh man, wait til @Rick Astley sees this post. Can't wait.

 

[f1loco]

I've had convertibles since I was 16 (sad to say that's about 36 years now) - can only recall my wife taking one for the team as I was turning into our subdivision. Just a slight gun powder spray on my seat seat. Way to go Amor!

 

[pan-y-cerveza]

5+ years with a JKU and its never happened. The cottonwoods on the other hand, those are a PITA.

They're hell on a closed-roof vehicle! Have to clean all filters at the beginning of summer. Lord help you if you leave your windows down for the afternoon.

At least you can just hit the Bronco with a leaf blower and a hose.

 

[Cookieck]

Don’t park directly under trees with the top down and you’ll mostly be fine unless you’re just super unlucky. Had it happen once in my convertible at family members house, nowhere to park that isn’t under a tree. Usually put the top up when I get there but just didn’t one time, and bird got the passenger seat(never even had a bird poop on the closed top before or after that, it’s like they just knew). Also had a squirrel throw about a dozen acorns into my car when the top was down one time. But other than that no issues, and I rarely ever put the top up. Parked in the garage right now with the top down, hasn’t been up at all in about 4 months, and that was just cause it started raining while I was out. Now when spring rolls around here the pollen is hell, so I usually have the top up more then just to keep as much off the interior as possible.

 

[Dillhole]

Ah the one big pro of not liking to drop the entire top, more of a take off the doors and take all the windows out but leave the roof of the top up kinda Jeep person here.

BUT my passenger seat has taken a hit and the center console had some collateral splatter damage and this was with just the sunrider flipped back, so that feathery bastard lined up his shot and cornhole swished it.

 

[Rick Astley]

Oh man, wait til @Rick Astley sees this post. Can't wait.

Not sure why this thread would set me off or something...

A great low-cost interior cleaner is Griots Garage Interior Cleaner. I would keep a small squirt bottle of this in a rear cupholder along with a microfiber towel on the off chance that a bird shat on my Bronco, or some random angry guy had disagreements over the comforts of home I showed his wife/girlfriend resulting in free beverages and/or ice cream being gifted to the interior of the Bronco (joke's on him, wash-out floors and marine grade vinyl!)

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[Old Guy]

I think Rick has the right idea, but I likely would look for old napkin, half ass wipe it up and call it a day.

 

[rotorwrench]

Can't swing a dead Cat in North Texas without smacking a Grackel. It's real and they suck.

 

[Ripcurl]

Just got to mount one of those fake owls on the frame like marine stores sell for boat owners

 

[Philly]

7 years of the top off every chance I get in my JKU and it has happened once. It landed on the hard plastic B-Pillar near the driver's seat belt so it wiped right off. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Broncoak]

Not sure why this thread would set me off or something...

A great low-cost interior cleaner is Griots Garage Interior Cleaner. I would keep a small squirt bottle of this in a rear cupholder along with a microfiber towel on the off chance that a bird shat on my Bronco, or some random angry guy had disagreements over the comforts of home I showed his wife/girlfriend resulting in free beverages and/or ice cream being gifted to the interior of the Bronco (joke's on him, wash-out floors and marine grade vinyl!)

Griots Garage interior cleaner

Didn’t necessarily think it would set you off but was worth it for the subsequent illustration that followed and clever use of the word “shat”?

 

[Squatch]

Not once in over a decade of owning convertible or topless vehicles and only once on my first Harley out of decades.

I was and always will be extra careful with things I don't want to get shit on. That's why I don't feed pigeons nor seagulls.

 

[mac62989]

I have had t-top vehicles since I started driving at 16 which is almost 16 years now and I think one time my old Camaro had a little shit on the seat and center console. Now my vehicles are always garaged when home but I got hit either out running errands or at a friends house. I was pissed at the time but no harm no foul. I will say I am always conscious about parking under trees in parking lots with birds, leaves, and debris in mind.

 

[BroncoIII]

Once on my Jeep sunvisor... no big deal really, was pretty dry and didn't tase all that bad

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