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Realistic date for painted mod top?
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I thought the entire structure was different. The MOD was supposed to be heavier, thicker, and provide improved sound deadening. Maybe this was supposed to be more similar to the current painted hard tops on the Jeeps, where we can all easily see that the MIC is the cheaper, crappier version of that.
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It's not metal, it will be fiberglass or sheet moulding compound (SMC).
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Good to know. That makes more sense. I was basing it being sheet metal off of the ~50% heavier claim from Ford, and this bad article https://www.kbb.com/car-news/ford-bronco-metal-hardtops-delayed-into-2023-model-year/
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Spell check alert, writer allowed spell check to change the word Modular to Metal, and not having a clue what they were writing about, did not even see the error.
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I was told by my sales guy, MIC through parts was $7k. I won't be surprised if MOD is closer to 10k by the time you have it sent and painted.
Does your order still somehow have MOD on it? Or did it get switched to MIC and will be switched back? When they converted my order from a '21 to '22, My order got switched to MIC and couldn't be switched back to MOD because it wasn't an option for '22, and then it got picked up before I could have them hold the order (to keep waiting for MOD). My production date keeps getting pushed back, and is now at March 7th....as time goes on, I'm going to be mad if it gets pushed back to the point where it's only a couple of months between a '22 and a '23/MOD top that I was originally waiting for......but that's assuming they have it ready to go initially in '23, and it doesn't become late availability again.
Depends on what each person wants out of it. I liked the ability to remove the rear side windows, and more importantly to me - I like the look of the painted better, and feel it'll hold up better long term as far as fading goes. I've had my Flex 13 years now, and much of the plastic is now light gray where it was originally black. I was trying to avoid that.
Given they announced MOD would be '23, why would the black painted top appear on a '22 Raptor? I get it's a special model, but still.
Isn’t Webasto the one making the mod top? I thought it was coming with Raptor but they had to push it back because they had to shift focus on MIC
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No, it was announced several months ago that Ford dropped Webasto for the MOD
Lol...Watch it, every time I trash Webasto someone gets all @ss hurt about it.
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Oh okay I wasn’t sure. The company I work for supplies weather sealing for the pop out windows and we have been shipping them to Webasto
I swear I read a article stating Webasto was building a new plant or two(?) because of bronco demand? I’m so f’ing confused with all this MIC and MOD...and Ford dropped Webasto??
Who is building hard tops today, right now?
I trashed Webasto this morning in a thread, was it all for nothing?
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It was mentioned that Webasto will comtinie to make the MIC (for now?) but they contracted a new company (still I know who?) to take over the MOD.I swear I read a article stating Webasto was building a new plant or two(?) because of bronco demand? I’m so f’ing confused with all this MIC and MOD...and Ford dropped Webasto??
Who is building hard tops today, right now?
I trashed Webasto this morning in a thread, was it all for nothing?
So this means no hard top orders will get filled until the new company gets on-line/up and running.
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I posted about a week or so ago another person had sourced the MIC through parts for $8K. We know that painted parts don't come painted when ordered from the parts counter. An additional cost of painting is done when it arrives so you are probably correct with the $10K price.
I've been saying for some time, now, that those who chose the soft top to get their Bronco quicker will have to do the calculus when the MIC/MOD top is available from the parts counter whether to pay for the cost or trade in their Bronco and order one from the factory which will be much cheaper.
A few fortunate owners have arranged swaps of their top which works for both parties to get what they want.
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