I actually think you are misinterpreting this, when I'm assuming they mean is once they install a hardtop on a bronco from dirt mountain they will be running an additional quality check water test.
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Ford will start shipping new MIC hardtops, Broncos this week! 🚛
Some good news! HEH....anyone getting a new top in...prior to delivery; DO US ALL A FAVOR AND POST SOME CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF IT. Thank you.
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Let's goooooo! I really want my 7/26 built dirt mounted Bronco please!
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Probably a post-installation water test on every vehiclebut then he said:
so which one is it? Testing has been completed? or they still need to do a water test?
Seems pretty on par for Ford Communications thus far.
How on earth do you find out your new build date re:MIC Top? The Dealerships aren't really answering anymore. The customer service line gave up a long time ago.
Ive been pushed back about 9 times now and I honestly have no clue when to even expect my vehicle anymore. Haven't heard anything since my date was pushed to Sept.
Ive been pushed back about 9 times now and I honestly have no clue when to even expect my vehicle anymore. Haven't heard anything since my date was pushed to Sept.
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Not sure I'm 100% good with this news. Why would they start shipping tops to customers who already have their Bronco before clearing out Dirt Mountain? Current owners are fine driving around for a bit longer with a "not perfect" top!
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Because they don't want the ones in the wild to be seen any long than necessary, This isn't new news
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It sounds like they've already been installing them on the old ones? This is the actual quote:
"We’ve started the roof replacements on the hardtop. We’ll be continuing to ramp that up to replace the roofs on vehicles currently being held needing the new roof," Grueber told the Free Press. "Shortly, we’ll be starting to send the new roofs out to dealers for those vehicles that have already been delivered. We expect to be shipping the roofs and the Broncos with the new roofs within the week."
The "shortly" there seems to be doing a lot of work, but it still sounds like, from the rest of the quote, that they're installing them on dirt mountain builds and will be in a position to send out replacements to dealers shortly.
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Truthfully, and selfishly (I admit) I wouldn't mind this still being the case as it seems to mean that my soft top would be pushed up in line...
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I think he meant on the individual vehicles that receive a replacement MIC top. Not that a water test hasn't been done as part of the MIC 2.0 development.
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Im getting a soft top, so this doesn't really effect me, but this seems rushed. If the original tops that have been tested for years were bad enough to warrant replacing thousands of them, there is no way these have already undergone a redesign and adequate testing. I expect more problems to come.
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I think they are doing both simultaneously. Someone just started a thread that says he got an email from Ford that his dirt mountain Bronco just left the body shop
Great news but, The ford guy states that “we‘ll do water inspections on the tops”? How are they positive they are ready to roll when they have tested yet for water leaks?
I must have read that wrong.
I must have read that wrong.
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I feel bad for those that switched to a soft top...especially those who went from their 2-door to a 4-door.
Glad I held with my original 2-door build! Let's go!!!
Glad I held with my original 2-door build! Let's go!!!
Naw, they need to prioritize the ones that customers have bought and taken delivery. I haven't converted but I be pissed if they put my vehicle on the back burner in favor of the ones that haven't been purchased. Who says they can't do both.
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