Installed Sunrider for 2-door

[56F100]

About how long did the install take?

Mine is finally released for delivery finally after 2 months sitting on Ford's embarrassment mountain. Dealer is telling me the reason Ford sells them 2x as much is because they are so difficult to install. Doesn't make sense to me

Here's a photo with the Sunrider closed.

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[Danny's Bronco]

Here's a photo with the Sunrider closed.

Looks great! I dig that white stripe and grill!

Have a great day!

 

[BigHoof]

Here's a photo with the Sunrider closed.

How is your rear seal? Did you use the plastic shims?

 

[56F100]

How is your rear seal? Did you use the plastic shims?

Rear seal seems fine, but have not tested it yet with water. I did not use the 5.5mm plastic spacers. I used plastic spacers that are about 2.5mm.

 

[56F100]

Looks great! I dig that white stripe and grill!

Have a great day!

Thanks

 

[BigHoof]

Rear seal seems fine, but have not tested it yet with water. I did not use the 5.5mm plastic spacers. I used plastic spacers that are about 2.5mm.

Must be something new. Got mine in April but no thin spacers.

Did they also fix the rivet issue with them being too long?

 

[CM81]

Love my sunrider for my 2dr. It's easy to take the hardtop panels off, but nothing beats the ease of the sunrider. Was well worth the money.

 

[Dog]

Safe to assume this will NOT work with the factory roof rack?

 

[56F100]

Must be something new. Got mine in April but no thin spacers.

Did they also fix the rivet issue with them being too long?

I used my own spacers. Bestop still comes with 5.5mm spacers.

 

[djbronc]

Got an email from Bestop today with a 10% coupon. Not ready to pull the trigger quite yet ... mainly because I don't have my Bronco yet

Does anyone know if these discounts are available semi-regularly?

 

[derichio02]

Got an email from Bestop today with a 10% coupon. Not ready to pull the trigger quite yet ... mainly because I don't have my Bronco yet

Does anyone know if these discounts are available semi-regularly?

How does one get that coupon lol

 

[CM81]

It's easy to find discount codes. I have honey and coupon bird extensions and just look at a bunch of sites and buy from which ever gave me the best discount with the coupons automatically applied.

 

[djbronc]

How does one get that coupon lol

I think there’s a signup box at the bottom of their site … and they’re not shy with the popups, either lol

 

[Doc Rocket]

Got an email from Bestop today with a 10% coupon. Not ready to pull the trigger quite yet ... mainly because I don't have my Bronco yet

Does anyone know if these discounts are available semi-regularly?

There is a normal 10% discount for military/ veteran. You just have to call and send some documentation.
I would also recommend ordering direct from Betop. More shipping = more potential damage.

 

[LCW]

Had some noise issues… figured I’d cross post in a couple more threads…


Success!!!
Got the sunrider quiet!!!

5 things:


1) Clean the whole seal perimeter of the bronco from dust and dirt. Alcohol and clean rag.

2) Replaced the 5.5mm plastic washers with 2mm thick ones (Amazon). Allows the back to sit better against the seal and back roof.

3) Pushed the whole assembly rearward and held there with a bit of pressure before bolting it down. Does two things. Better seal at back and also moves front hooks a bit back to better preload them when they latch closed against the metal loops.

4) There are rivets used in the front bracketry. Two per side But they are too long and hit the door header sheetmetal. I ground the tips down with a dremel down to the nail ball. Cleaned up the sharp edges. Then dusted them with spray paint.

As an extra step I cut rectangular pieces of bicycle inner tube and glued them over the rivet area on each side.

5) I got some weather strip - double D shaped one (Frost King 5/16 x 1/4). Attached that the front center metal brace to have a better seal against the secondary base seal bulb.

All the above did the trick! Tested at 70mph on the freeway even with this super windy day here - no more whistling! And overall it's not much louder than the stock panels.

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