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If you are purchasing A softtop bronco and want to upgrade to a Hardtop later in life, Does the softtop bronco still have the electronics and washer fluid attachments or will you need to get those installed when upgrading to a hardtop? I believe there was a video by Bronco Nation that mentioned something like that. But with Ford making the Bronco so modular, I don't understand why they wouldn't just pre-run the cables on all vehicles whether or not it was Softtop or Hardtop.
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If you are purchasing A softtop bronco and want to upgrade to a Hardtop later in life, Does the softtop bronco still have the electronics and washer fluid attachments or will you need to get those installed when upgrading to a hardtop? I believe there was a video by Bronco Nation that mentioned something like that. But with Ford making the Bronco so modular, I don't understand why they wouldn't just pre-run the cables on all vehicles whether or not it was Softtop or Hardtop.
Look in the search function, I believe there was a recent thread on the topic that went into some detail.
 

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I saw a 4dr bd at an event with soft top. It was fully wired for a hardtop but didn't think to ask if it was spec'ed for dual top or they all were pre-wired.
 

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Yeah...as others have said, I was told directly by Sean at a dealer event that the electronics and fluid washer are not installed on soft top models. However, are you actually going to use it? If you look at that wiper on the back, it looks like they borrowed the set up from a Smart Car. I can't imagine that using that thing would help at all:

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If you are purchasing A softtop bronco and want to upgrade to a Hardtop later in life, Does the softtop bronco still have the electronics and washer fluid attachments or will you need to get those installed when upgrading to a hardtop? I believe there was a video by Bronco Nation that mentioned something like that. But with Ford making the Bronco so modular, I don't understand why they wouldn't just pre-run the cables on all vehicles whether or not it was Softtop or Hardtop.
There are tons of threads on this currently. No you will not have the connections. If you saw the soft top w/ the connections as they make their way around the dealerships it was already stated the production one's will not have the hook ups
 
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There are tons of threads on this currently. No you will not have the connections. If you saw the soft top w/ the connections as they make their way around the dealerships it was already stated the production one's will not have the hook ups
Thanks for the info
 
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There are tons of threads on this currently. No you will not have the connections. If you saw the soft top w/ the connections as they make their way around the dealerships it was already stated the production one's will not have the hook ups
Thanks for the info
 
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There are tons of threads on this currently. No you will not have the connections. If you saw the soft top w/ the connections as they make their way around the dealerships it was already stated the production one's will not have the hook ups
Thank for the info
 

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There are tons of threads on this currently. No you will not have the connections. If you saw the soft top w/ the connections as they make their way around the dealerships it was already stated the production one's will not have the hook ups
Thanks for the info
 
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There are tons of threads on this currently. No you will not have the connections. If you saw the soft top w/ the connections as they make their way around the dealerships it was already stated the production one's will not have the hook ups
thanks for the info
 
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Yeah...as others have said, I was told directly by Sean at a dealer event that the electronics and fluid washer are not installed on soft top models. However, are you actually going to use it? If you look at that wiper on the back, it looks like they borrowed the set up from a Smart Car. I can't imagine that using that thing would help at all:

Ford Bronco Upgrading From Softtop to HardTop Screen Shot 2021-01-05 at 8.13.44 PM
Thanks for the info
 

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LOL...............................

And I am offended by your usage of UPGRADE from soft top to hard. Says who?
 
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LOL...............................

And I am offended by your usage of UPGRADE from soft top to hard. Says who?
living in northern New England. It would be an upgrade cold weather wise.
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