That many people really hate the soft tops?

[PecOBX]

I live in the Phila, PA area and ordered the soft top from the get go. I have owned multiple jeeps with just the soft top and have not had issues or concerns with road noise or heating the interior. I do not have a garage to store a hard top and with the 4-door version removing the hard top is a two person operation. Kids are grown and I don’t have two people handy. Plus I prefer the soft top so I can take advantage of unexpected nice days to put it down and it’s also easier when a sudden storm pops up when driving with the top off. I am aware that it may need to be replaced in 6-8 years (that’s how long my Jeep soft top held up) but by then I am figuring the aftermarket will have plenty of good options and figured out how to make the replacement fairly simple.

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[CarreraX]

If the bestop was offered on the 2 door I would switch if it meant I would get it earlier. Also, Im very concerned about quality issues with the webasto roof and currently no other option with a 2 door.

 

[Gamecock]

Will Bronco's frameless windows provide sufficient stability for this type of arrangement???

Yes. It interacts with the top of the cage, not the window frame.

 

[TonyWonder]

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

This is the problem. I want the soft top. I do not want the hard top now. I want to buy one later, but Ford is forcing me to buy the hard top now.

 

[Sighlense]

Soft top = hard pass

 

[bchapa2002]

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 just requested to change over from the WT to the Badlands because I had this same exact thought about the rear wiper. I forget its even there on our current SUV.

 

[mrjerry469]

I have a BD 2.3 4 door MIC TOW. I emailed Mike and he said best chance is BB 2.3 with a soft top. I give up haven't decided what I'm gonna do. I refuse to change my order Ford really screwed this one up I don't care whatever BS excuses they give us. I'm a 3rd day res maybe time to look at a Ram truck or a Jeep . I got the hard top because of NY winters and 2.3 will take time to heat up.

 

[teerussyo]

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

This is the key that is depressing the adoption stats. It's still by far the #1 biggest fail of this 6G release - this thing is supposed to compete with Jeep Wrangler but no soft top? Are you kidding me?

 

[lobbs611]

Zero percent chance I'd go with the soft top over a hard top. I don't really care for soft tops on anything but two door sports cars and even then would choose a hard top if offered.

But I'm also buying a Bronco because of its off-road prowess in spite of the roof coming off. If they'd offered it as a fixed hard top and the doors non-removable it would still be the top vehicle on my list.

 

[AZBadlands]

I know we call it a hard top or soft top, but to a simpleton like me, its a roof. And the roof of the car is something that a manufacturer should realize people are going to want. Having delays on this component is baffling to me. Although I guess I don't want them to rush either. I also think there is a lack of transparency and the delay in the MIC hard top is the real reason they are installing the sound deadening liner for free - we (or at least me) just didn't see it at the time.

 

[Panaran]

Yup, the OEM softtop is horrible IMO, just the style of it. I'm ordering the Bestop through my dealer

 

[mrjerry469]

Yes... hate soft tops. That's all. Move along people.

Most 4 door Jeeps I see are hard tops

 

[Ramble_Offroad]

Just out of curiosity - why don’t you think the side windows will last? The clips?

It’s my belief that the rear windows on the 4D soft top will age out very quickly and crack. I believe that the rear access tilt up function will essentially eat the windows due to repetitive stress. Each time you open the back the window needs to bend to accommodate this movement. In my experience these types of windows do not like that and will eventually crack.

I also believe that the patterning of the soft tops is poor. They do not sit flat or show proper even tension.

 

[Panaran]

It’s my belief that the rear windows on the 4D soft top will age out very quickly and crack. I believe that the rear access tilt up function will essentially eat the windows due to repetitive stress. Each time you open the back the window needs to bend to accommodate this movement. In my experience these types of windows do not like that and will eventually crack.

I also believe that the patterning of the soft tops are well, poor. They don’t sit flat or show proper even tension.

At the Bronco event I went to in April, the little rod that holds up the soft top rear window when you're loading cargo already broke off. The part looked cheap as hell, if that's what comes on the actual builds, it just cements my views on the OWM softtop being a ugly trashbag.

 

[mattyzx3]

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!

Have you seen a Bronco with the factory soft top? That's the real JOKE.

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