Temporary fix for Bronco's wavy plastic windows

[‘21OBX]

I was able to tighten my rear softop windows a bit by just twisting each top fastner (male side) a full 360 degrees prior to being fastened, which had the effect of decreasing the fastner's overall length.

This method might strain or wear the strap of the fastner, but I found it worthwhile.

The results make it less wavy than normal, however, it does not eliminate the wave entirely.

Overall, I'm more satisfied with the look of my softop now.

You just have a ‘22 with the redesigned top. My ‘21 clips are on a long flat part and can’t be twisted.

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[ozzcab]

You just have a ‘22 with the redesigned top. My ‘21 clips are on a long flat part and can’t be twisted.

I'm not familiar with a redesign of the OEM soft top, however, my soft top also has clips on long flat parts, which are the female ends of the clips attached to the roof of the top.

The clips I was able to twist were the male ends attached to the rear windows themselves. As a point of reference, the male ends on this demo video for operating a '21 soft top appear to be identical to mine:

 

[‘21OBX]

I'm not familiar with a redesign of the OEM soft top, however, my soft top also has clips on long flat parts, which are the female ends of the clips attached to the roof of the top.

The clips I was able to twist were the male ends attached to the rear windows themselves. As a point of reference, the male ends on this demo video for operating a '21 soft top appear to be identical to mine:

For some reason I was thinking the top . Heck it’s worth a shot. My wife’s ‘22 you could in theory twist either one. The top clips are in small flaps you can grab.

 

[Steve62]

I saw a post for a different solution to the wavy windows on the Bronco 6x group on Facebook. The person glued an aluminum strip to the inside of each of the back windows. Here are some pictures he posted. Does anyone see any pitfalls in this idea?

 

[JohnnyBronco]

That fix is not applicable to early tops and you can see tgat top bottom seam is at one level.

To truly fix the early windows requires moving the ide in track at the bottom of frame down or the insuring piece attached to window up so that stitched seam at bottom same level as the short front section. Without lowering 90% of the window to where it should be , stretching the corners won't cure the entire problem as it will still be loose in the middle

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