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Posting this as a Public Service Announcement and also copying @Ford Motor Company for quality control improvement purposes.
I'll start by saying this is minor, but still worth noting...
The weather was super nice this weekend and I had my 2 door MIC top off and sitting on some blocks on the floor. From this looking down from above perspective, I noticed for the first time that one of the hinge covers for the rear glass was not fully pressed on. See picture below:
You can see in that picture on the top-right part of the plastic cover, that clip is supposed to clip on to the metal rod but is not all the way on.
So I tried pushing and then pushing harder on it to try and get it to snap on, but it was not even budging.
So I decided to pop it off and try to snap it back on the right way.
Upon doing so, I found that the part number stamped on the back side of it is labeled as RH (right hand) and this is the hinge on the left of the vehicle!
It turns out, the geometry of the two covers is different, and they must only fit properly if you have a LH and and RH.
Looks like I've got two RH covers, hence why it won't clip all the way on.
Doesn't matter much to me since I am going to be getting a replacement top anyway, but wanted to mention here for you all: When you do your delivery inspection (hopefully sooner rather than later!) you might want to check this. I know I will be when I pick up my replacement top.
This is what it SHOULD look like:
Final Edit:
I popped off both covers and the LH part was installed on the passenger side of the vehicle, and the RH part was installed on the driver side of the vehicle. The covers are definitely different. I swapped them, and they fit perfectly.
I'll start by saying this is minor, but still worth noting...
The weather was super nice this weekend and I had my 2 door MIC top off and sitting on some blocks on the floor. From this looking down from above perspective, I noticed for the first time that one of the hinge covers for the rear glass was not fully pressed on. See picture below:
You can see in that picture on the top-right part of the plastic cover, that clip is supposed to clip on to the metal rod but is not all the way on.
So I tried pushing and then pushing harder on it to try and get it to snap on, but it was not even budging.
So I decided to pop it off and try to snap it back on the right way.
Upon doing so, I found that the part number stamped on the back side of it is labeled as RH (right hand) and this is the hinge on the left of the vehicle!
It turns out, the geometry of the two covers is different, and they must only fit properly if you have a LH and and RH.
Looks like I've got two RH covers, hence why it won't clip all the way on.
Doesn't matter much to me since I am going to be getting a replacement top anyway, but wanted to mention here for you all: When you do your delivery inspection (hopefully sooner rather than later!) you might want to check this. I know I will be when I pick up my replacement top.
This is what it SHOULD look like:
Final Edit:
I popped off both covers and the LH part was installed on the passenger side of the vehicle, and the RH part was installed on the driver side of the vehicle. The covers are definitely different. I swapped them, and they fit perfectly.
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Although, we don’t yet know how much of the old top get transferred to the new top. So, there’s a chance you might need the correct cover after all.
