MIC hard top - recommendations to protect paint/body?

[jclark]

Got the 4-door Badlands Sas in February and this weekend was the first I had all of the MIC panels off. The top tension brackets for the rear panel have been rubbing paint off of the body on the top of the roll bar. I'll get with the dealer for needed repairs - but wanted to know what others have done to prevent that point forward?

And related to that - are there other general items folks with MIC tops are doing to protect the paint where the panels make contact with the body?

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[PWillette]

Got the 4-door Badlands Sas in February and this weekend was the first I had all of the MIC panels off. The top tension brackets for the rear panel have been rubbing paint off of the body on the top of the roll bar. I'll get with the dealer for needed repairs - but wanted to know what others have done to prevent that point forward?

And related to that - are there other general items folks with MIC tops are doing to protect the paint where the panels make contact with the body?

Not aware of this being an issue w/ MIC tops...any pictures?

 

[retiredarmymp]

The MIC hardtop panels should not be touching any painted surface. Pics?

 

[ChrisB351]

Be more careful when lifting off and lowering on. Ive got a few scratches on the sides of my roll bar from moving back and forth with my hoist.

 

[jclark]

The MIC has the 4 attachments in the cargo area, and then the 1 on top for each side. The two on top are metal to metal where that tension bracket sits under the front of the back panel and is secured to the top roll bar.

When I removed the rear section, the metal on metal is rubbing the paint, one side more than the other.

Top of the passenger side roll bar where the hard top attaches to the frame.

Top of the driver side rollbar where the the hardtop attaches to the frame.

 

[AK007]

The MIC has the 4 attachments in the cargo area, and then the 1 on top for each side. The two on top are metal to metal where that tension bracket sits under the front of the back panel and is secured to the top roll bar.

When I removed the rear section, the metal on metal is rubbing the paint, one side more than the other.

Top of the passenger side roll bar where the hard top attaches to the frame.

Top of the driver side rollbar where the the hardtop attaches to the frame.

Yikes, I though about purchasing the IAG or Amazon versions of the rubber protection for that painted surface. It's primarily for soft tops but IAG said it can be used for the hard top too. May even help cut down on wind noise.

https://iagoffroad.com/iag-i-line-rear-tub-rail-protectors-for-2021--ford-bronco-four-door/

 

[jclark]

Yikes, I though about purchasing the IAG or Amazon versions of the rubber protection for that painted surface. It's primarily for soft tops but IAG said it can be used for the hard top too. May even help cut down on wind noise.

https://iagoffroad.com/iag-i-line-rear-tub-rail-protectors-for-2021--ford-bronco-four-door/

The IAG option is for the cargo area - where there is a full rubber gasket between the MIC rear section and the body.

The area pictured above is the roof roll bar - above the 2nd row seats - where the front of the rear MIC section is secured to the top of that roll bar.

Not my pic (photo credit @c2one) - but I'm referring to the areas in yellow highlighted on roof roll bars here.

 

[Brnzbronc]

I’d say buy a paint touch up pen and some 3M clear paint protection film to cap those areas

 

[cdcsf]

The MIC has the 4 attachments in the cargo area, and then the 1 on top for each side. The two on top are metal to metal where that tension bracket sits under the front of the back panel and is secured to the top roll bar.

When I removed the rear section, the metal on metal is rubbing the paint, one side more than the other.

Top of the passenger side roll bar where the hard top attaches to the frame.

Top of the driver side rollbar where the the hardtop attaches to the frame.

I've got the same issue of paint rubbing off on the top of the rollbar. I don't have paint rubbing off of the bolt holes. I only noticed this after removing the rear section a couple of times, so I assumed the rubbing was because I tightened the bolts too much (which actually was basically hand tight).

I plan to get the Ford touch-up paint pen (Carbonized Grey, the paint pen is now backordered until the end of Sept...originally was until end of Aug). And, then I'll add a couple of those plastic/rubber half-domed vinyl bumpers (like you find on the back of cabinet doors) so that the metal bracket does not make contact with the painted roll bar.

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