I'll paint my own dam top: MOD vs MIC

[Bronco4lyfe85]

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[Jeep4bronco86]

No offense, but thousands of words have been spilled over painting the MIC on the forum… some threads even had Webasto employees chiming in and Autobody paint Speacialists… it may benefit to go back and read through those to see what was already figured out, and start by determining what new info we may have since then.

Nah.

 

[604Bronco]

Option 4 tho, is to just get some good vinyl and cover it that way. It's squarish, it really shouldn't be that hard, plus you could throw test patches on the top to see how they fare in the sun, and try out different colors as well.

I’ve heard from some vinyl wrap companies that wrapping plastic runs into the same issue with the plastic farting off its gases, making it peel quickly over time. Might be the same as painting it.

 

[Ksjrb03]

Jeep tops and Bronco tops have absolutely nothing in common. Jeep top is one molded slab. The bronco top is a three piece seamed together. The outer shell is very thin. You aren’t sanding the texture off these lol.

 

[Yamahamer]

Don't know why the Jeep's plastic roof should be any different from that on the Bronco.

I live in the high desert where the sun is a power to be reckoned with. My Rubicon came with a black top as do most Jeeps, and I got tired of having the inside of the top so hot it would darn near burn my hand. This was the factory look:

I removed the top, and 7 cans of Krylon Fusion (designed for use on plastic) white paint later, this is what it looks like. Been many years and it still looks great. I intend to do this to my Bronco top also.

Rattle can power!

 

[Jeep4bronco86]

Jeep tops and Bronco tops have absolutely nothing in common. Jeep top is one molded slab. The bronco top is a three piece seamed together. The outer shell is very thin. You aren’t sanding the texture off these lol.

Fine, don't sand it. Prime, paint.

I'm struggling to believe these tops are simply not paintable. 1, 2, 5 layers or not. There is solution for every plastic polymer.

 

[Ksjrb03]

Fine, don't sand it. Prime, paint.

I'm struggling to believe these tops are simply not paintable. 1, 2, 5 layers or not. There is solution for every plastic polymer.

Absolutely. You could paint a fucking turd if you wanted.

 

[Jeep4bronco86]

Absolutely. You could paint a fucking turd if you wanted.

Then let's start painting some turds. I'm personally going to attempt this with some fender flares. Yolo.

 

[Jr87mustang]

Then let's start painting some turds. I'm personally going to attempt this with some fender flares. Yolo.

You should go back through @Ksjrb03 posts from last year and see why he knows how the Broncos top goes together and what its made of. Some people on here have better info than others. Just a thought.

 

[De Brus]

If painting the top was such a doable thing, wouldn't Ford just offer to paint them instead of telling you to wait till 2023?? This is hilarious watching you guys give this man hope. Op, please post pictures!

 

[Jeep4bronco86]

If painting the top was such a doable thing, wouldn't Ford just offer to paint them instead of telling you to wait till 2023?? This is hilarious watching you guys give this man hope. Op, please post pictures!

Hope you give this some deeper thought.

No, not necessarily. Production lines are specifically engineered to do a very specific task; moreover, Ford most certainly could paint MIC tops, and they likely don't for what is a very obvious reason - their original plan was to up sell you into a MOD top. Back tracking on that now would require them to rework assembly lines and rethink how they price the Bronco and respective options.

Ford also knows, and has, a long list of impulsive people who are willing to make a concession and switch to an MIC top. Makes perfect sense to exhaust the demand, move as many vehicles as possible in the shortest period of time vs diverting resources and slowing their return on investment. When I spoke to my dealer yesterday he said he had 4 long pages of orders and there were only 4 MOD top orders. And let's be honest, that's not because people LOVE the look of grey plastic...

 

[GrabberBlue]

We're planning on painting our MIC top and fenders. The only thing I hate about the appearance of the Bronco is the hodge podge of different colored plastics. (Was very bummed about the Mod Top Delay/forced MIC top) The best product I've found and personally have vetted is Durabak Smooth. It's a poly based UV chemically bonded smooth bed liner. Will be using gloss black to match the wheels, grill and mirror caps. Like advised earlier, will wait for the plastic to bake off their vapor for 6 months in the 100+ AZ heat. This stuff is sticky beyond belief. One application I used it on which shares a similar texture to the MIC top is the side steps on a Raptor. The only prep I did was wash and wipe with Xylene before paint. The stuff is near impossible to remove even on a non-mechanically prepped textured surface like that.

 

[buzpro]

If Jeep owners can successfully paint their MIC tops, we can do too. End of the day, painting the top will likely still be far cheaper than purchasing a whole new top; moreover, I highly doubt we are going to be able to buy already painted tops. Likely what we will be given access to is a primed top. It'll be thousands for the top, thousand ish to paint and at least $500+ to ship it...

you need 6 to 7 layers of paint to make it adhere properly .... if you haven't done it before have a shop do the plasti dip for you ..... another option is to wrap it!

 

[Beachin 74]

Don't know why the Jeep's plastic roof should be any different from that on the Bronco.

I live in the high desert where the sun is a power to be reckoned with. My Rubicon came with a black top as do most Jeeps, and I got tired of having the inside of the top so hot it would darn near burn my hand. This was the factory look:

I removed the top, and 7 cans of Krylon Fusion (designed for use on plastic) white paint later, this is what it looks like. Been many years and it still looks great. I intend to do this to my Bronco top also.

Rattle can power!

Not that I would try it on my new Bronco yet....... but I wondered about Krylon Fusion paint. I used it on the plastic shutters on my house and the only prep I did was clean them with TSP-PF phosphate free cleaner and they still look great after a few years.

 

[L8apex]

Not that I would try it on my new Bronco yet....... but I wondered about Krylon Fusion paint. I used it on the plastic shutters on my house and the only prep I did was clean them with TSP-PF phosphate free cleaner and they still look great after a few years.

Not commenting on anything other than what a ridiculous name TSP-PF is: TriSodium Phosphate - Phosphate Free.

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