ADV Production Modular Hardtop!

[Compta38]

wow, so the Town and Country guy is still the only person that's gotten a top still?

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[Beach_Bum]

wow, so the Town and Country guy is still the only person that's gotten a top still?

Well, there was ADV's White Knight...

And there was some IG jackass that liked to prance around with face paint and dance on their HT.

 

[newsman9]

I have finally been told by my local shop that my Anderson Composites top is ready to ship…as of last night. So maybe next week I’ll have my white Anderson Composites hard top…only 11 months after order.

That is GREAT news. Can't wait to hear/see all about it if you have time.

 

[Tippster]

Anderson posted they have delivered 100 tops so far

TOR is prob not far behind or beyond that by now

ADV is running out of real estate. Ford is entering the market eventually haha

I have one of the Anderson tops. It is amazing. Extremely well made, quiet as a church, and strong. Way better value than ADV and it is actually real!

 

[Snowdogyyz]

118 pages of a product that doesn't exist. Not much else to say besides get your money back now before it's too late and let's end this thread. This is well beyond taking peoples money to fund product development and manufacturing.

As soon as I saw 100% deposit I was out! Especially on a product that only existed in drawings.

 

[SubmarineNuke]

Happy for you man. Please post pics and initial impressions when you can. I’m currently waiting on the same white top from both AC and Tor and may go with who can deliver first.

That is GREAT news. Can't wait to hear/see all about it if you have time.

I'm excited myself...11 months of waiting, it had to be white...

ADV never appealed to me with it's design, Anderson really was the the best option out there...I have been trying to be patient, but it's been a long wait...I'll be posting pics and my story as well. I need a win man, so much has gone wrong in my life recently I need something to go right. Heck, with how much has gone wrong I'm half expecting this to show up crunched.

 

[604Bronco]

Don't forget folks, there is a "Sponsor Feedback" section on B6G...

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/forums/vendor-dealer-reviews-and-feedback.88/

 

[Mdozier]

Ok, no dog in the hunt but after following this thread for weeks I finally went to their sight and they’re showing pages of 5 star reviews!
Some stones they have…

 

[CTwaterfowler]

Really pulling for you Roger but dang, that stinks to hear May



So to only recap the dates they have provided on the forum (working backwards)...

ooooor

aaaand

first, thanks again for the kind thoughts.
However, as turn todd told me , with the new molds coming online the delivery dates will be adjusted forward and new dates will be sent out. also, the washer-wiper assembly is forthcoming.
This means the adv delivery * hahahahaha " is going to be going up against the turn delivery and at that point I'm out. I gave them more than enough rope to hang themselves and so far they are doing just that.

it also seems that they are advertising a lot and as long as they keep gettinh new orders to take care of the cancelled orders - they are good to go. I have been hoping that their issues would resolve themselves and they would start shipping but that dosent seem to be the case.

As i have always said, you have to be in control of your manufacturing process or you are not in control of anything.
Mexico production facility would have been a much better idea than China.

Also, I hope we don't all get a notice that the cargo boat was going unload to but is backlogged due to the bridge collapse.

 

[Kjbeggs]

I asked on Monday and was told middle of May shipping.

early batch one reservation.

I am not optimistic, just hopeful

CT, how close are you getting to your TOR ship date?
(If you don't mind my asking)

 

[CTwaterfowler]

CT, how close are you getting to your TOR ship date?
(If you don't mind my asking)

I have a date of Aug. 19th. But that is with the original production schedule. Todd told me that with additional production capacity it will be moved up. I am expecting a revised shipping date at any time. I figure adv s latest fantasy schedule and turns will be very close . when turn has me firmed up and is ready to ship -- I will request a refund from ADV. Im at the end of my rope waiting.

 

[Kjbeggs]

It's got to be some foreign business relationship/production issue. Otherwise if a local issue, I don't see why it has not already been resolved with at least some tops shipping out.

Does the two piece front section matter to you? I've got the OEM 2-door hardtop, and unexpectedly the two piece front section has been useful. I can stow both halves in back when going somewhere, if weather is questionable. I'd have to give some thought to losing that capability.

@Turn Offroad has a "flip-back" (I think) type solution in the works for their targa, eliminating the need to store in-vehicle.

 

[userdude]

Also, I hope we don't all get a notice that the cargo boat was going unload to but is backlogged due to the bridge collapse.

See, they got shipped to South America first, then put on a pack mule, carried over the southern Alps, put on a speed boat with "chacho" the smuggler, sped to point off the coast of Costa Rica, floated over to Mexico, packed onto ANOTHER pack mule train, who were robbed (natch) by an avocado cartel, helicoptered to a compound in Sinaloa, packed in with some Peruvian white, secreted over the border into Eagle Pass, left in a back alley in Toas, NM, then dropped into a shipping container, where they then went by train to Canada, which then rejected them, they got put on a barge through the Erie canal, ended up in New York, packed into another shipping container, driven by truck to Baltimore, where the Teamsters "lost" the delivery, then found it, then put it on a cargo ship, which then struck a bridge.

I mean, you're only focusing on the wreckage. Look at all they overcame!

 

[pakrat]

And that was...

- 1 year 5 months & 2 days ago, or...
- 17 months ago, or...
- 74 weeks ago, or...
- 519 days ago

ADV has had your money for 765 days for Day 1 order customers.
Or 2 years, 1 month, 3 days.

The original estimate at time of order was August/September of the same year 2022.
They have now missed that and are 581 days or so late. This is insane at this point.


Each and every delay has no explanation for the faithful. As someone who stayed positive until I cancelled late Oct., I was as dismayed as everyone else when there was not the slightest attempt to keep me as a customer. It should be free shipping at this point for anyone who has waited for over a year (at the very least charge the actual cost and not the 100% mark-up they are charging on shipping).

 

[pakrat]

Curious what the final straw will be for anyone on this forum at least who still has an order.

If it's not the ridiculous price, the value of a hardtop based on age/value of their Bronco, the gratuitous shipping mark-up, the trashy treatment and literal lying to customers, the having to literally install every latch/piece of weather stripping/rubber component/headliner yourself at that price, the unproven injection technology (which was pointed out long ago by someone in the industry that there is a reason nobody uses this process due to delamination and other failures), the warranty that is so limited in duration, the warranty that can be denied for almost any reason (including improper assembly which the customer has to do 100% of themselves!), or the reviews of the previous company that had to rename and become ADV to hide the mess. It's like getting spit in the face and saying thank you may I have another every day.

Oh and what's with the self-installed headliner not covering the rear sides? The highest price point on the market and you get what looks like sanded fiberglass back there? A Leer camper shell topper comes with better insulation already installed.

Edit: You do have to give them credit for the diabolical genius of making customers build it themselves and then being able to deny warranty based on this. Respect.

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