Damn it. Really? Also, how much did you pay for the MIC wrap?
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MIC 2.0 replacement not acceptable!
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Unfortunately, true. Automotive wrap is surprisingly thin. Much thinner than paint protection film. Wrap for just the top cost $170 ( https://amzn.to/3IuUCiP ), no labor I did it myself. Check my youtube channel if you want to see how I did it.
Oh, I watched your entire video a few weeks back! I just realized it was you. How is it holding up otherwise?
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Holding up OK. I have noticed a couple of places along the cut edge where it is not adhering as well.
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Like many other surfaces in and on the Bronco, a coating of linex or similar epoxy bedliner would probably work on the roof panels. They make bedliner in white. A quick scuff with 100 grin, masking, and shoot it. If I had a MIC 1.0 I’d consider experimenting.
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Have you thought about just using some shrink tubing? I don't have my Bronco yet, but that was what I was thinking of doing.
I don’t know if shrink tubing is thick enough, may take a few layers. But yes, there are many possible materials you could use to fix this. My plastic wrapper condim fix literally came out of the trash can at a gas station during a road trip. I had pins popping off all around in full stereo mode, couldn’t take it.
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I love it - trash fixing trash. And just to be clear for other readers, my comment doesn't refer to the Bronco as trash just the MIC. I have made it clear to others in a private conversation and that is to treat the MIC as disposable. Wrap it, paint it, Line-X it, whatever - just don't count on it lasting as the construction of it is flawed. I'd accept a Bronco with Saran-Wrap covering the cockpit if it was an option.
They make both Kynar and PTFE heat shrink tubing. Both of those might work as well.
When I posted about picking up my Bronco I called my MIC 2.0 garbage. That upset the fanbois. But it is in fact garbage and now held together by garbage
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Temps in the PNW have been really low (upper 20s), which I suspected contributed to the front roof panels rattling. I saw your post and thought I'd investigate. I tried to use heat shrink tubing over the two outboard side posts but even with a tight fit the shrink tube is slightly too thick and would require replacement every time the panels are removed. And I'm not wild about exposing the roof panel to more heat.The popping noises can easily be fixed. It’s the guide pins. I made some condoms for them out of plastic wrapper and the noises are completely gone. It was driving me crazy. I will eventually do a more permanent fix somehow, or I suspect someone will release a silicon condom etc.
When I replaced the panels, after my heat shrink tube experiment, I noticed the front header latch w/ metal hook (not the 3 "L" shaped latches) has a plastic trim piece on the end. I can shake it and it rattles horribly, both side-to-side and front-to-back. The one on the passenger side isn't as bad and only rattles slightly side-to-side.
I removed both roof panels again and used a small thin pry tool to spread the plastic trim piece on the latch. Then I wedged two cut pieces of heat shrink tube inside. No more plastic trim piece rattle. I haven't test driven it, yet, but I suspect that was the source of my rattle b/c the noise always seemed to originate from the pillar area while I was driving.
Maybe this will help someone.
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How big are the pins and how big is the hole? Seems like some silicone tubing of the right ID would give some more thickness and could be an option?
I wonder what % have these problems. My Mic2 has been fine so far, but if some snakeskin appears later, it is what is.When I posted about picking up my Bronco I called my MIC 2.0 garbage. That upset the fanbois. But it is in fact garbage and now held together by garbage
I'll make sure that when the Mod top is available in a couple years to get one for free from Ford.
In the meantime I'd be wary of messing with it too much (wraps, mods) in case Ford decides that voids my top warranty = no mod top.
Ford's issues with tops on the Bronco are not limited to the 6G. My '89 Bronco had a rear top that leaked from delivery. Ford ended up replacing it after a lot of run around, which solved the issue but it was also frustrating back then...30+ years ago. The saga never stops...
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