That many people really hate the soft tops?

[Lilj4425]

I was looking at the stats on the forum for how many submitted orders include only the soft top. 5.4% total out of 3,117 submitted: https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/📊-submitted-bronco-orders-tracking-list-stats.11453/.

And Ford wants people to switch to it from the MIC top. Lol. Good luck. Not sure how they’re gonna produce any Broncos of a significant number this year with so few soft tops and so many MIC tops ordered.

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[GoldenKnight]

No hook up for rear wipers or defrost, and it's not very attractive anyway. Aftermarket will have so much more to offer

 

[DEC]

They best get cracking on the hard tops. There’s no denying the fact of what people want.

 

[Jmax]

I was looking at the stats on the forum for how many submitted orders include only the soft top. 5.4% total. And Ford wants people to switch to it from the MIC top. Lol. Good luck. Not sure how they’re gonna produce any Broncos of a significant number this year with so few soft tops and so many MIC tops ordered.

I think the driving force in that low percentage is you must order the mic to get the wiring/tubing for rear defrost and wiper. I am guessing the 5.4% don’t understand this.

 

[ATX_Bronco]

No hook up for rear wipers or defrost, and it's not very attractive anyway. Aftermarket will have so much more to offer

I was just about to post the same thing. If Ford would put in the hookups I would switch to a soft top tomorrow.

 

[stratego]

I went with the softtop after seeing the video on the soft top and hard top. Since I don't have a garage, it will be way easier to take the top down on the soft top and I don't need to find a place to store the top.

The backup plan if I hate the soft top is to buy a painted white hard top once they become available. I assume installing the wiring/fluid lines will be possible. I'm not killing myself over it though, the rear wiper has been near-useless in every car i've had it in.

 

[stonerdoom]

Yes, said the guy who lives in Chicagoland. Rain, snow, some semblance of security... it's a hardtop or GFY. Soft top? LOL If I lived in San Diego, I'm soft top all day.

 

[buzpro]

The rear wiper is way over hyped but especially this one on the Bronco. Have you seen the size of it? have you seen the area it actually wipes? its a JOKE!

 

[PSUTE]

I went with the softtop after seeing the video on the soft top and hard top. Since I don't have a garage, it will be way easier to take the top down on the soft top and I don't need to find a place to store the top.

The backup plan if I hate the soft top is to buy a painted white hard top once they become available. I assume installing the wiring/fluid lines will be possible. I'm not killing myself over it though, the rear wiper has been near-useless in every car i've had it in.

I consider the interior mirror to be a plus. Use my outside mirrors. If the back window is clean/frost free cool. If not, so what? I also understand that my driving experience is different than a lot of other peoples, most of the vehicles I drove the interior mirror was of no use...

 

[Ramble_Offroad]

After anyone owns a soft top for a reasonable amount of time, it’s very likely they will eventually want a hard top also. Unless you live someplace where it doesn’t snow. Having a soft top can be awesome for sure so don’t get me wrong.

IMPO from an owners perspective a soft top is the selectable “option”, the hard top should always be Standard equipment.

Plus I’ve yet to see a soft top for a 6G that I’d be willing to purchase. 4D rear access tilt is janky and those side windows are not going to last & the 2D fastback is just a hard no.

I have several “deadly sins” or whatever, Tow package, Sasquatch, 2D, 2.7L, etc. I’m letting it all ride.

 

[Lilj4425]

Don’t forget that you can’t even get the soft top with the two door. Baffling I know.

 

[Ramble_Offroad]

Don’t forget that you can’t even get the soft top with the two door. Baffling I know.

Also true

 

[stratego]

Yes, said the guy who lives in Chicagoland. Rain, snow, some semblance of security... it's a hardtop or GFY. Soft top? LOL If I lived in San Diego, I'm soft top all day.

I should have mentioned this in my original post: yes, i ordered the bronco basically to take advantage of California's nice weather so over-rotated on getting the best option for going top-down most of the time.

The harshest weather it will see is weekends in Tahoe.

 

[AKBronc49]

I wouldn't ever change to a soft, the hard top is easily removed, more sturdy, less road noise (presumably) and more secure.

6 months of winter and seeing Temps-30/-40f the soft top just doesn't seem like it'll hold heat as well.

I have all the time in the world to wait for my order, the Bronco isn't a "need" for me, but a want. I'll be impatient about it, but I'll wait.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

I consider the interior mirror to be a plus. Use my outside mirrors. If the back window is clean/frost free cool. If not, so what?

Most of my teenage driving was pulling a boat trailer. I borrowed a car once without a rearview mirror and didn't even notice for several hours. People actually use their inside mirror that much? I've never even owned a car with a rear wiper before.

If Ford offered a soft top on the 2-Door, AND it was a lot less noisy than the one on my 2006 Mustang, I'd take it. Part of the reason I ordered the hard top (other than it doesn't even exist on the 2-Door) is because I expect it to fit better than the top on my Mustang. Seriously the wind noise is really loud once you get up to 80 or so.

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