New Hard top shortage

[KirchTX]

For those of you with a hardtop (or waiting), how much $ would it take for you to sell/trade your hardtop? I have a hardtop ordered, but I want to end up with a soft top.

Do ya'll think anyone would be interested in a trade if the ask was soft top +3-4k or something? I feel like that sounds steep, but for anyone that took the $2500 to swap MIC to soft top, I think they could trade soft top + 3k for a MIC top and come out ahead.

Thoughts?

You would absolutely have takers on that. I would be interested myself if we were closer geographically.

Aftermarket tops are $6,000 so $3k for the OEM top is a deal.

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[KompressorV12]

2 row Sunrider = Skyrider. And I can verify a Sunrider makes zero sense on a 4 door when the Skyrider now exists. A true open air experience, we love it.

If your just taking the Skyrider off to run completely topless, its only 9 bolts. Cant imagine its any more of a hassle than taking a softtop off which doesnt look fun. Both would require two people.

If you want to switch back and forth to hardtop panels and Skyrider, thats when it becomes a bit of a hassle, replacing brackets on the roll bar and clamshell.

Interesting. I see November through March basically running hard top panels. In March sometime switching over skyrider, then in June sometime removing it completely back to panels

 

[mpeugeot]

Then you don’t get any top. Seems foolish unless you live in a biosphere or underground.

Unless you already have a soft top and a hard top; or want to just run a soft top from Bestop.

 

[Ksjrb03]

Interesting. I see November through March basically running hard top panels. In March sometime switching over skyrider, then in June sometime removing it completely back to panels

Ya that’s a lot of back and forth with the brackets. I know living in Texas there is zero chance I will ever put the panels back on. Unless your worried about large accumulations of snow(which soft tops don’t seem to have a problem with), I don’t see any reason you would put them back on.

 

[PurpleBronco2.3]

Unless you already have a soft top and a hard top; or want to just run a soft top from Bestop.

Where do you work and are you hiring? I want fire money.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

There is no "new" hard top shortage.

Hard tops have been undersupplied against orders since day 1.

 

[LarryBirdsFace]

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[mpeugeot]

Where do you work and are you hiring? I want fire money.

lol, I am in the military, and we're always hiring.

 

[Snacktime]

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[toymaster]

I waited 930+ days for my Bronco with a hard top.
It does not squeak or have any cracks or other issues at all.

I am so so glad I waited for the hard top. I can not imagine daily life with the soft top.

I've had a soft top only since 2008. There was no way I was not getting a hardtop. I thought I wanted both, but now I'm 100% glad I did not waste the money on the factory soft top, talk about a bad design.

If I ever get a soft top it will be the bestop version, lower cost and better design.

Loving my hard top, no leaks, low noise, and no cracks, well, after 3,500 miles that is.

 

[JonDW29]

For those of you with a hardtop (or waiting), how much $ would it take for you to sell/trade your hardtop? I have a hardtop ordered, but I want to end up with a soft top.

Do ya'll think anyone would be interested in a trade if the ask was soft top +3-4k or something? I feel like that sounds steep, but for anyone that took the $2500 to swap MIC to soft top, I think they could trade soft top + 3k for a MIC top and come out ahead.

Thoughts?

I think you'd get some takers for sure! Heck, I'd almost consider it myself. I'm not ready to part with my hardtop yet though. I haven't driven a soft top only vehicle since I was a teenager (many moons ago). I've been toying with the idea of a soft top, but even if I do I feel like I'll hold onto the hard top for a while to be sure I made the right choice.

 

[Bruno]

I’ve had a soft top for a year and will be taking delivery of my hard top build in April (hopefully) I’m already getting nervous about the lack of functionality with the hard top. I routinely pop the top back to position 1 on medium cold but sunny days for the drive. I’m worried how sad I’ll be when I lose that 3 second open and close ability. I’ve thought about sunrider which I’ll probably do but then I only get one row. The two row sunrider apparently is difficult to remove completely so some consider it a semi permanent mod. But the hard top looks better you can’t have your cake and eat it too

yea I get that for sure.
Im just not crazy about how a half open soft top looks sticking up in the air
sorta looks unfinished or like they couldnt figure out how to make it flat

 

[Bruno]

give it a little time before it crumbles to pieces...probably will get denied or just outside warranty to boot.

ewww u angry youngster.....

 

[BigHoof]

Sure hope the Mod Tops aren't made by these clowns.

 

[Broncobadlands2023]

Lol. This entire thing is a disaster.

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