Bad news about MIC 2.0 quality after a few days

[Tazn69Bronco]

I thought they were just replacing MIC 1.0 tops, not repairing?

My understanding is they remove the glass from the top you have to the new top.
So you would be right they are replacing 1.0 with 2.0 but I am becoming less and less in favor of letting my dealership even try. Depending on how this works out it will be the dead of winter and mine will be the first they get to try their hand at fixing. Not to mention how long will this take and what am I driving in the meantime?

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[JPG]

Maybe they should re-brand it to MIC Snakeskin top ?

 

[Skydoc]

Considering that 1) you have no idea whether the bolded is true or not and 2) these edges have nothing to do with how the roof's seals to the inside of the vehicle work...I'm dubious about this being an actual problem rather than purely baseless conjecture.

Although I could be wrong for sure and I really hope you are correct, the fact that there is any gaps or spaces at all between the edges and having had several jeep hard tops I wouldn't call my comment baseless. ;0

 

[Greens05]

I'm sure it's been said but it feels like the MIC 2.0 only applies to the front panels and not the rear clam shell. Majority of the issues seem to be rear claim shell edges and snakeskin that were not fixed which makes me believe a lot of them were never replaced. Seeing mismatch front panel colors could be a mix of 1.0 and 2.0 panels. I wouldn't put anything past Ford at this point.

I wanted the MIC but switched to soft top as others here did. I really don't regret it as I didn't trust the Ford fix would be all that great in such short order. The short cuts are starting to add up with these tops. Probably waiting for mod top or aftermarket hardtop now if anything. May just keep the soft top as I am enjoying much more than I thought I would.

 

[SpringTXOR]

I've switched to a soft top for right now!

 

[StrictlyBroncos]

I've switched to a soft top for right now!

About to hit you with several questions (sorry!): What brand is this top? How hard was installation? Lastly, how do you like it so far? I really want to replace my soft top with this style.

 

[GT500]

I'll happily take a 2.0 top, push my order up to the front of the queue!

 

[SpringTXOR]

About to hit you with several questions (sorry!): What brand is this top? How hard was installation? Lastly, how do you like it so far? I really want to replace my soft top with this style.

Trek Top directly from Bestop, cheaper that way. Wasn't too bad to install, except I forgot about about cold temps and soft top windows. I haven't had a soft top in a number of years. It is quieter than my MIC, I think I am going to like it. I wanted a dual top option from the start, cause I like having different options.

 

[mpeugeot]

Trek Top directly from Bestop, cheaper that way. Wasn't too bad to install, except I forgot about about cold temps and soft top windows. I haven't had a soft top in a number of years. It is quieter than my MIC, I think I am going to like it. I wanted a dual top option from the start, cause I like having different options.

So they are shipping them already?

 

[SpringTXOR]

So they are shipping them already?

Yep, stayed up till 1 am last night putting it on.

 

[Bacon]

I've switched to a soft top for right now!

that 4 dr bestop looks great, I plan on getting the same one after my OBX MIC is received and I have a few Ford Reward credits to put toward it. Did you take any other pics of it yet, would love to see a few more angles.

 

[Bacon]

This thread is such doom and gloom, but still keep coming back to it, 4 dr MIC w a build week of 11/15 (for now). Haven't been able to read all the posts but are there people getting their MIC Bronco's without issues?? any reports of successful MIC 2.0 builds?

 

[SpringTXOR]

that 4 dr bestop looks great, I plan on getting the same one after my OBX MIC is received and I have a few Ford Reward credits to put toward it. Did you take any other pics of it yet, would love to see a few more angles.

I will take some more, that's at 1 am when I got it all together.

 

[SpringTXOR]

Does that 4-door Bestop fold all the way down in back? (I recall mention the 2-door version does not.)

It does not, it stops at the cross bar. I prefer it that way so the back view is full and open. The slant back is nice too as it appears in your mirror like everything is open in the back.

 

[MedicJim]

(Ford is aware and in communication, so we don't need to keep pinging them)

Updated photo from this AM. My hands aren't Samsquatch in real life, that's just the zoom level. You can see the fuzzy look on the edge, and that wasn't there when I picked it up 5 days ago. You REALLY have to be looking for it though.

Bad news, folks. This is a MIC 2.0 top built 10/1, delivered 4 days ago.

Top looked excellent at pickup. Did not notice any issues.. 4 days later, I notice I can see the old issue returning. Have not notified Ford yet.

Check your MIC tops CLOSELY on the rearmost panel by the windows. Appears to be pulling apart a bit.

I'll have a lot more photos and any other misc info coming shortly.



There is also slight honeycombing.

Edited for brevity.


Updated with some photos posted later in thread by @AJ_West_

Why would they not have a mold in which the plastic goes around the edge (where you do not see the insulation in the middle of the hard top shell)? It looks like they just made a sheet and cut it down they bend it to make the hard top.

WTF, is it really that hard to figure out how to make a hard top? They had a hard top back in the 80s where you could have taken it off if you wanted to remove 13 bolts and pulled a muscle or two removing it from the truck.

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