FYI driving through Texas along the 10 I’m posting 98.6 -104.4 decibels with a soft top at 80mph which is the speed limit. It’s been pretty windy in some areas too between Fort Stockton and Junction.
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The factory spy trips to Armadillo are yielding much better results than ADVAlso looks like these are almost ready to ship ..
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Meaning no BS. Those guys were really awesome at our shop tour last month, and when I mentioned that I as was an ”ADV refugee” they threw no shade on ADV, just said it was a shame what happened to buyers and glad I got my refund. They were fully transparent about challenges past and current in getting designs modified and orders fulfilled, plans to improve etc. Class act all around.
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I had the same experience, a class act and no trash talk about anyone.
Install complete and the guys were great. Whole crew were true professionals. Will test the decibels later but just grabbing lunch first 
Looks good on your setup. Very nice. The top and fendors blend well together along with the wheels.Install complete and the guys were great. Whole crew were true professionals. Will test the decibels later but just grabbing lunch first
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I always loved the HPR, was one of my top choices. Looks great!Install complete and the guys were great. Whole crew were true professionals. Will test the decibels later but just grabbing lunch first
Oh one note … if you are having them do the install, let them know ahead of time if you want them to relocate the GPS/XM antenna
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Agreed, I asked Fabian about it prior via email and he said they could take care of it during installation…no additional $.
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Hope the unidentified one is for order #413Also looks like these are almost ready to ship ..
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there were 2 or 3 more over by the QC area but I didn’t check the order numbers . If they emailed that your top is in QC status it could be one of theseHope the unidentified one is for order #413
also in the shop itself I saw parts for batches 4-6. So things are moving along.
So driving back home in the stretch from the Arizona border to home I was getting 18.8 mpg . I hit traffic for a good stretch from the border all the way until about riverside so it’s a blend of highway driving and non. Before in a mixed condition like this I averaged 15.6 with the soft top.
highway speed was based on 70-80mph which I normally drive about that. So I did gain mpg by switching from a soft top to a hard top. Mpg possibly could increase a little more too since I was driving with the added weight of the soft top being stored in the back during this road trip (also weight from wife and friends asking for things from Buc-ee’s lol)
noise wise in that extremely windy section on the 10 between Fort Stockton and Junction
Soft Top: 98.6 -104.4 decibels
Armadillo : 96.8 - 98.2 decibels
I’ll measure normal daily driving this week but as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, you do hear more noise now from below. On the good note… the regular speakers don’t sound that bad anymore lol. It’s tolerable
fun trip though. My buddy @UkeHuntBronco came for the ride and jokingly I say Seth Rogan and his crew stalked us at La Barbecue in Austin. He actually showed up there after we had left but I’ll just claim hes a stalker for fun lol.
highway speed was based on 70-80mph which I normally drive about that. So I did gain mpg by switching from a soft top to a hard top. Mpg possibly could increase a little more too since I was driving with the added weight of the soft top being stored in the back during this road trip (also weight from wife and friends asking for things from Buc-ee’s lol)
noise wise in that extremely windy section on the 10 between Fort Stockton and Junction
Soft Top: 98.6 -104.4 decibels
Armadillo : 96.8 - 98.2 decibels
I’ll measure normal daily driving this week but as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, you do hear more noise now from below. On the good note… the regular speakers don’t sound that bad anymore lol. It’s tolerable
fun trip though. My buddy @UkeHuntBronco came for the ride and jokingly I say Seth Rogan and his crew stalked us at La Barbecue in Austin. He actually showed up there after we had left but I’ll just claim hes a stalker for fun lol.
Please make some low profile front and middle top sections that securely fasten to the bronco and don’t need the rear section to be installed. Or, conversely, develop a bracket that bolts on top of the roll cage that allows the factory front and middle sections to fully attach to the bronco, absent the rear.
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