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Information? They only put those pieces on soft top Broncos. They are not put on hardtop Broncos at the factory. Ask Ford why. Idk their purpose.
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It’s just ”trim” for aesthetic reasons. I suppose Ford expects the soft top will be down more often than a hardtop will be off.
No ice. No snow, just a bit cooler weather. Still not below freezing.
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For me the rubber and foam didn’t help much. I removed it and added the interior C pillar molded filler part and it helped more. I have an appointment with my dealer In 10 days for an “excessive wind noise evaluation“. Apparently there some technical service bulletins for “excessive wind noise”. Not sure how they make that determination but I’ll see what happens.
Keep us updated. The extra weather stripping helped me some, but my panels don’t sit level and have developed some squeaks. Think I’m gonna pull it off.
My driver window was so bad at 70MPH the window would get sucked out. I brought it to the dealer (nowhere near a highway) and they said it was normal. I then brought to an auto window place which matched it to the passenger window and charged the dealership.
Took it in for an evaluation which turned out to be a joke and waste of time. They spent a total of 16 minutes looking at it including a “test drive” and a “visual inspection “. No sound readings, no panel removals with gasket inspections. Was told “they‘re just noisy“.
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Well another trip to the dealer, another week without my vehicle and still didn't fix anything!. Everyone agrees there is wind noise even the Ford Customer Specialist thought it was crazy when she could not here me on the phone while I was doing 65mph on the way home. 
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Just drive downwind ; )Well another trip to the dealer, another week without my vehicle and still didn't fix anything!. Everyone agrees there is wind noise even the Ford Customer Specialist thought it was crazy when she could not here me on the phone while I was doing 65mph on the way home.
Went to Moab last weekend, it was so loud on the way down doing 75 to 80 into a 20+ headwind. My wife, who rarely complains about anything, said "too bad it is so loud". If you knew her you 'd know she just said "holy shit this thing is loud as fuck".
On the way back it was nice and quiet. She asked what I did to reduce the noise. A 20-40mph tailwind does wonders. Plus I got almost 22 mpg doing 80 plus.
The noise doesn't really bother me when I'm alone but when someone else is in the car all I can think is that they must hate that it is so loud and that makes it seem louder to me. So it goes - no more passengers ; ) unless I'm going downwind.
Mine is progressively getting louder which is why I'm perusing potential fixes.
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Great information, thank you for this. I am awaiting my 2023 BB 4dr hardtop scheduled to be built Apr. 17th. What MY are you? Does anyone know if MIC top issues still present on MY23?I know there are many threads already about wind noise and water leaks with these MIC removable tops and using foam and weather seals to mask or improve the issues.
First lets talk about "road noise" and "wind noise", tow totally different things. These roofs are thin so they can be easily removed which we all like but with this comes road noise and is really not bad at all considering. Wind noise is caused by small gaps in weather seals, glass or misaligned panels. Sometimes gaps causing wind noise can also cause water leaks.
Ok so we are talking "wind noise". I was a auto technician for 29 years and have experience with figuring out these type of issues and after picking up my Bronco I was hoping for the best but as soon as I went over 45 mph I could hear "wind noise"... then hit the highway heading home and the wind noise was unacceptable for any vehicle never mind a 50K+ vehicle. My Bronco spend many days and multiple visits back to the dealer to solve the problem. They changed the front gasket about the windshield the roof panels rest on, they removable roof panel gaskets, did the windshield recall to reseal it and could not improve the "wind noise" even after speaking with Ford tech the dealer did not have anything else to try and suggested I contact Ford directly so I picked up the Bronco and figured I would take another look myself.
This is the first problem I found using a light from the side. The dealer changed these roof panel gaskets and the gap is better but still leaks.
Now is a series of pictures I took today and I found all of these leaks in less than 1/2 hour. I used a smoke machine, but if you do not have access to one I will explain how to find them without.
Using a smoke machine start the vehicle and place the fan speed to high and also make sure your climate setting is for fresh air not recirculate. Then close all doors and windows this will create pressure inside and using a smoke machine from outside the vehicle run smoke over the gaskets, door seals, window seals and so on and you will see turbulence in the smoke where there is a leak.
No smoke machine no problem. Same as about but also put the A/C on and get it cold, again make sure it's not on recirculate. Get a wet rag or paper towel and wet the back of your hand with the rag. Now run the back of your hand about 1/2" away from the gaskets, door seals, window seals or where ever you suspect a air leak. No leak your hand will be warm as soon as there is air leaking you will feel the cool air and be able to pin point the problem area.
Check all these areas.
The removable front panels are about 1/4" higher than the rear roof and I do not really see much adjustment to align them but I did not find any leaks on top of the roof, but I believe these panels need to be tightened down to align properly.
I do have someone from Ford working with me now, I contacted them from a previous thread but my Bronco will have to return to the dealer for them to assist. I will be making another appointment and I will update this post on what is done.
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Ok so this is how I fixed my issue. Most of my wind noise was coming from the gap in the front roof panel gasket and the rear roof gasket shown in the pictures. The pictures show what I did to eliminate the gap, the dealer thought it was acceptable for them to stuff foam in the gap . So after moving the front panel gasket back and using adhesive to keep the gasket in place and after adjusting the glass (a few other threads on this) 99% better.
. So after moving the front panel gasket back and using adhesive to keep the gasket in place and after adjusting the glass (a few other threads on this) 99% better.
Nice. Get some watermarks on those pictures before they show up in a future TSB without credit!Ok so this is how I fixed my issue. Most of my wind noise was coming from the gap in the front roof panel gasket and the rear roof gasket shown in the pictures. The pictures show what I did to eliminate the gap, the dealer thought it was acceptable for them to stuff foam in the gap
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I’ve driven with & without the roof rack. Very minimal difference.
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