That's it...I'm done...I can't wait anymore...Anderson Composites White Hard Top installed

[SubmarineNuke]

Some more pics with better lighting and angles. Because if the ladies have taught us anything, angles matter.

some people had worries previously about fit and finish, I see zero issues with alignment of my windows.
Also my wiper was literally plug and play. I plugged it in, it worked. I didn’t have to do anything.
Only downside, my SiriusXM is having a harder time staying connected now

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[mattymik]

lol I was never on board with the ADV crowd. Their slanted appearance wasn't for me.

Whoops. I read the title and assumed that’s where this was going! Looks great btw.

 

[OscarHTX]

Have you driven this through the Kingwood/Atascocita area? I think I may have seen you.

 

[SubmarineNuke]

Nope. Just got it installed this morning. I’m down in Cypress 529/290 area. But if you wanna see it irl holler

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

Looks incredible! Not too far off from the idea I had back in '20 when my order was a VB Black Diamond with the unobtanium black mod top.

 

[mlcinema]

So long long story here...

May 17, 2023 I shopped around for the Anderson Composites hard top. Couple of shops wouldn't bother, some places said they couldn't get the SKU iunto their system. One place said they weren't doing installs because they were moving locations...despite the fact that the top was months out. I finally got a hold of an actual distributor for Anderson Composites locally here in the Houston area, they were close to where I live, were between home and work so I called on them. They weren't an off road place and didn't normally deal with this sort of thing, but they said they'd look into. They came back to me with a price and we placed the order. Anderson Composites said 12-16 weeks. This put us squarely in August/September.

Late August rolls around and I sent an email hopeful for good news. I said that I knew I was in the middle but was curious, so the shop reached out and Anderson replied that we'd been pushed back to October now. Well that's upsetting, but okay.

So first week of October rolls around and again I reach out for an update. Anderson once again replies that they're moving us back to first week of November. So now we've gone from August/Sept to November...hmm.

First week of November comes up and Anderson again tells us "week of Thanksgiving". This of course is disturbing because who's shipping the week of Thanksgiving. Well of course Thanksgiving comes and goes and still no word. Another email and we're told early December, but before Christmas for certain.

Well December comes and they get a batch of tops, and lo and behold there's a QC problem. Something is wrong with the paint and they're not happy. Back to the drawing board, delaying my top once again. Now we're told after the new year. Of course their social media guy is happy claim that they are easily shipping orders after May and that I should've received my order long ago, because what social media guy is going to admit that there is a problem right? Well I finally call Anderson directly. The rep claims of course that they're now telling customers 28 weeks, to which I counter with "that doesn't mean anything when you told me 12-16". So they tell me February if they can get their QC issues sorted out.

I swing by the local shop here and talk to the guys. The owner takes a personal interest in the issue because he's been sitting on this money for months now on his books. He can't do anything with it. We have a nice talk, great guy and if I were in that world I'd gladly go do business with them again. So Anderson tells us that they're trying to correct the issue with the tops on the ground, but have more coming in March and those used a different technique and hopefully one of the two will be good to go to customers.

March hits, and they're "testing"....and testing....and more testing....

Well....finally on 4/2 I get a call from the shop that Anderson called and said the top is finally ready to go if I still want it! An emphatic YES! Ship it ASAP! So a couple days go by and I get an email that the top has shipped and they provide me with a freight tracking number...my god this was the slowest freight truck ever...

Freight picked up on 4/4 in City of Industry, CA then slower than molasses made it's way to Houston, TX. It got "delayed due to congestion" at one point and was scheduled for delivery at the terminal by 1700 on Friday 4/12. Well Friday came and went an no update to the tracking, my god this tracking was horrible. Monday morning it finally updates that it was indeed at the terminal. So all day Monday it sits...Tuesday it sits "pending delivery", Wednesday it sits "pending delivery"...then, Wednesday at 11 am I get the call I've been waiting for! The local shop called and said...it had just been delivered, they'd unboxed it and checked it and it was good to go! They asked me to come in Thursday at 9 am....oh my god, the torture! So many times I could've driven to multiple areas and just put it on in a Walmart parking lot, but now, knowing it was here and was ready to go and I had to wait 1 more day....but alas...Thursday 4/18 arrived...I pulled up in front of the shop. Flipped the top back, pulled out my Bronco tool kit and went to work. Flipped the top back, windows off, fold the top all the way down, soft top brackets removed, side panels off, remove covers and take off the bolts...all that's left is lifting the top completely off! We did it. The top is off! and the install begins...

So here it is...the Anderson Composites textured white hard top installed. 11 months and 2 days from order (thanks leap year). Very happy with the appearance of the Bronco, and there's no squeaks or rattles. The texture is not that bad, not sure what people were expecting, but it's not very rough at all. I'm very happy.

Some more pics with better lighting and angles. Because if the ladies have taught us anything, angles matter.

some people had worries previously about fit and finish, I see zero issues with alignment of my windows.
Also my wiper was literally plug and play. I plugged it in, it worked. I didn’t have to do anything.
Only downside, my SiriusXM is having a harder time staying connected now

Is that a KC light bar? Which one is it?

Thank you.

 

[SubmarineNuke]

Is that a KC light bar? Which one is it?

Thank you.

Yes it is the KC Hilites 50” bar.

 

[BadmansSAS]

Looks awesome. And from the sound of your story, thats all about right for Anderson. They get people all hyped on something then take a year or more to get it to market, all the while taking your money. Pool companies were doing that here in florida, and a few of them went to jail and went BK. Anderson makes great products, when they actually make them. Not to mention, they usually come with "some assembly required". Meaning get the hole saw out and be prepared to swap absolutely all existing hardware to whatever the new piece is.

Coming from the car world, they have built this reputation on all the CF hoods, doors and trunk lids. Lots of broken or long promises and usually MEH satisfied customers. When they do it right, its epic though. Some of their CF pieces for a few of the cars out there are works of art. But again, get the credit card limit extended and be prepared to WAIT and WAIT and WAIT. Thank god you didnt get any damage in shipping. You'd be in for another year of waiting.

 

[Herewegoagain]

So long long story here...

May 17, 2023 I shopped around for the Anderson Composites hard top. Couple of shops wouldn't bother, some places said they couldn't get the SKU iunto their system. One place said they weren't doing installs because they were moving locations...despite the fact that the top was months out. I finally got a hold of an actual distributor for Anderson Composites locally here in the Houston area, they were close to where I live, were between home and work so I called on them. They weren't an off road place and didn't normally deal with this sort of thing, but they said they'd look into. They came back to me with a price and we placed the order. Anderson Composites said 12-16 weeks. This put us squarely in August/September.

Late August rolls around and I sent an email hopeful for good news. I said that I knew I was in the middle but was curious, so the shop reached out and Anderson replied that we'd been pushed back to October now. Well that's upsetting, but okay.

So first week of October rolls around and again I reach out for an update. Anderson once again replies that they're moving us back to first week of November. So now we've gone from August/Sept to November...hmm.

First week of November comes up and Anderson again tells us "week of Thanksgiving". This of course is disturbing because who's shipping the week of Thanksgiving. Well of course Thanksgiving comes and goes and still no word. Another email and we're told early December, but before Christmas for certain.

Well December comes and they get a batch of tops, and lo and behold there's a QC problem. Something is wrong with the paint and they're not happy. Back to the drawing board, delaying my top once again. Now we're told after the new year. Of course their social media guy is happy claim that they are easily shipping orders after May and that I should've received my order long ago, because what social media guy is going to admit that there is a problem right? Well I finally call Anderson directly. The rep claims of course that they're now telling customers 28 weeks, to which I counter with "that doesn't mean anything when you told me 12-16". So they tell me February if they can get their QC issues sorted out.

I swing by the local shop here and talk to the guys. The owner takes a personal interest in the issue because he's been sitting on this money for months now on his books. He can't do anything with it. We have a nice talk, great guy and if I were in that world I'd gladly go do business with them again. So Anderson tells us that they're trying to correct the issue with the tops on the ground, but have more coming in March and those used a different technique and hopefully one of the two will be good to go to customers.

March hits, and they're "testing"....and testing....and more testing....

Well....finally on 4/2 I get a call from the shop that Anderson called and said the top is finally ready to go if I still want it! An emphatic YES! Ship it ASAP! So a couple days go by and I get an email that the top has shipped and they provide me with a freight tracking number...my god this was the slowest freight truck ever...

Freight picked up on 4/4 in City of Industry, CA then slower than molasses made it's way to Houston, TX. It got "delayed due to congestion" at one point and was scheduled for delivery at the terminal by 1700 on Friday 4/12. Well Friday came and went an no update to the tracking, my god this tracking was horrible. Monday morning it finally updates that it was indeed at the terminal. So all day Monday it sits...Tuesday it sits "pending delivery", Wednesday it sits "pending delivery"...then, Wednesday at 11 am I get the call I've been waiting for! The local shop called and said...it had just been delivered, they'd unboxed it and checked it and it was good to go! They asked me to come in Thursday at 9 am....oh my god, the torture! So many times I could've driven to multiple areas and just put it on in a Walmart parking lot, but now, knowing it was here and was ready to go and I had to wait 1 more day....but alas...Thursday 4/18 arrived...I pulled up in front of the shop. Flipped the top back, pulled out my Bronco tool kit and went to work. Flipped the top back, windows off, fold the top all the way down, soft top brackets removed, side panels off, remove covers and take off the bolts...all that's left is lifting the top completely off! We did it. The top is off! and the install begins...

So here it is...the Anderson Composites textured white hard top installed. 11 months and 2 days from order (thanks leap year). Very happy with the appearance of the Bronco, and there's no squeaks or rattles. The texture is not that bad, not sure what people were expecting, but it's not very rough at all. I'm very happy.

Some more pics with better lighting and angles. Because if the ladies have taught us anything, angles matter.

some people had worries previously about fit and finish, I see zero issues with alignment of my windows.
Also my wiper was literally plug and play. I plugged it in, it worked. I didn’t have to do anything.
Only downside, my SiriusXM is having a harder time staying connected now

I'm glad your happy !

 

[B22-2023]

So long long story here...

May 17, 2023 I shopped around for the Anderson Composites hard top. Couple of shops wouldn't bother, some places said they couldn't get the SKU iunto their system. One place said they weren't doing installs because they were moving locations...despite the fact that the top was months out. I finally got a hold of an actual distributor for Anderson Composites locally here in the Houston area, they were close to where I live, were between home and work so I called on them. They weren't an off road place and didn't normally deal with this sort of thing, but they said they'd look into. They came back to me with a price and we placed the order. Anderson Composites said 12-16 weeks. This put us squarely in August/September.

Late August rolls around and I sent an email hopeful for good news. I said that I knew I was in the middle but was curious, so the shop reached out and Anderson replied that we'd been pushed back to October now. Well that's upsetting, but okay.

So first week of October rolls around and again I reach out for an update. Anderson once again replies that they're moving us back to first week of November. So now we've gone from August/Sept to November...hmm.

First week of November comes up and Anderson again tells us "week of Thanksgiving". This of course is disturbing because who's shipping the week of Thanksgiving. Well of course Thanksgiving comes and goes and still no word. Another email and we're told early December, but before Christmas for certain.

Well December comes and they get a batch of tops, and lo and behold there's a QC problem. Something is wrong with the paint and they're not happy. Back to the drawing board, delaying my top once again. Now we're told after the new year. Of course their social media guy is happy claim that they are easily shipping orders after May and that I should've received my order long ago, because what social media guy is going to admit that there is a problem right? Well I finally call Anderson directly. The rep claims of course that they're now telling customers 28 weeks, to which I counter with "that doesn't mean anything when you told me 12-16". So they tell me February if they can get their QC issues sorted out.

I swing by the local shop here and talk to the guys. The owner takes a personal interest in the issue because he's been sitting on this money for months now on his books. He can't do anything with it. We have a nice talk, great guy and if I were in that world I'd gladly go do business with them again. So Anderson tells us that they're trying to correct the issue with the tops on the ground, but have more coming in March and those used a different technique and hopefully one of the two will be good to go to customers.

March hits, and they're "testing"....and testing....and more testing....

Well....finally on 4/2 I get a call from the shop that Anderson called and said the top is finally ready to go if I still want it! An emphatic YES! Ship it ASAP! So a couple days go by and I get an email that the top has shipped and they provide me with a freight tracking number...my god this was the slowest freight truck ever...

Freight picked up on 4/4 in City of Industry, CA then slower than molasses made it's way to Houston, TX. It got "delayed due to congestion" at one point and was scheduled for delivery at the terminal by 1700 on Friday 4/12. Well Friday came and went an no update to the tracking, my god this tracking was horrible. Monday morning it finally updates that it was indeed at the terminal. So all day Monday it sits...Tuesday it sits "pending delivery", Wednesday it sits "pending delivery"...then, Wednesday at 11 am I get the call I've been waiting for! The local shop called and said...it had just been delivered, they'd unboxed it and checked it and it was good to go! They asked me to come in Thursday at 9 am....oh my god, the torture! So many times I could've driven to multiple areas and just put it on in a Walmart parking lot, but now, knowing it was here and was ready to go and I had to wait 1 more day....but alas...Thursday 4/18 arrived...I pulled up in front of the shop. Flipped the top back, pulled out my Bronco tool kit and went to work. Flipped the top back, windows off, fold the top all the way down, soft top brackets removed, side panels off, remove covers and take off the bolts...all that's left is lifting the top completely off! We did it. The top is off! and the install begins...

So here it is...the Anderson Composites textured white hard top installed. 11 months and 2 days from order (thanks leap year). Very happy with the appearance of the Bronco, and there's no squeaks or rattles. The texture is not that bad, not sure what people were expecting, but it's not very rough at all. I'm very happy.

Some more pics with better lighting and angles. Because if the ladies have taught us anything, angles matter.

some people had worries previously about fit and finish, I see zero issues with alignment of my windows.
Also my wiper was literally plug and play. I plugged it in, it worked. I didn’t have to do anything.
Only downside, my SiriusXM is having a harder time staying connected now

Looks great! Throwback look reminds me of my 77 pre-resto:

Questions - who is your shop here in Houston, I some work coming up on my Wildtrak and always looking for another good place.

And since I just cancelled my ADV top I’m looking at Anderson. How is the noise and what are those upholstery panels on the interior of the roof, custom made sound deadening?

 

[mx6bfast]

Looks good, ours is wrapped, will eventually paint

 

[SubmarineNuke]

Looks great! Throwback look reminds me of my 77 pre-resto:

Questions - who is your shop here in Houston, I some work coming up on my Wildtrak and always looking for another good place.

And since I just cancelled my ADV top I’m looking at Anderson. How is the noise and what are those upholstery panels on the interior of the roof, custom made sound deadening?

Phastek Performance ordered the top for me. The headliner is not custom, that’s Andersons headliner. And so far it definitely has less noise than the back windows flapping on the soft top. I liked the soft top for certain things, the wife not so much, and at highway speeds the noise was just too much for her. And this really makes my vision complete.

 

[MichaelCar001]

Wow, you've really hung in there through a lot of waiting and setbacks! It's pretty normal, though, for special car parts like a high-quality hard top to have a few bumps along the road before they get to you.

 

[nolimits]

Looks good, glad this worked out for you. Although I’m way too impatient to go through those hoops.

The texturing doesn’t bother me either. Made me think maybe I could Rhino line my factory top. A true black is good with me and not the faded grey from Ford.

 

[KRAKEN]

Your rig looks great... white top for the win.

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