What are your plans for your Braptor, primarily driving with roof on or off? Haven’t seen any soft top options available yet.
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Living in Northern Mi, I'll have the top on most of the year. I'm sure in the summer I'll have part of the top off along with the front doors off and tube doors in place.
Top on, may remove front and mid panels occasionally. We have a conflict of interest, when nice enough in Michigan to have the roof off we will be on the water. Raptor will be used in spring and fall when the top will be welcomed.
Interesting idea. I had asked in one of the forums if you could remove the back and have the front 3 sections on and people pointed to some ford videos like that but it wasn’t clear if it would work. But that would solve a problem if the b pillar brace could secure the front 3 sections
Any of the standard Bronco soft top options should work on the Bronco Raptor. We still have to confirm that they will work with the Bronco Raptors B pillar brace, but otherwise, everything else is the same as the standard Bronco.
@Dragoon - I'd be careful with that as a blanket statement. There are some body changes, the fenders flare out a little more near the gas cap, and other subtle changes that might make things designed for the bronco NOT work for the BRaptor. Things like the Gobi rack, might hit the chassis differently, the straps for the bimini's will need to be different to make it around the C-pillar, etc.
Everything I have seen so far says the Bronco Raptor is the same from the bottom of the windows on up (except for the additional bracing of course). Anything below that will be different/wider. Top options should be flexible, but obviously, we need to confirm that.
Someday....
I read somewhere that Bestop said their top wouldn’t work with the Raptor. Not sure if that was their official position or just because they hadn’t tested it yet.
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Yea I think we will just have to see if there are any cross pieces that would fall where the raptor cross bar placement is. Otherwise will be nice to have a few options. I’m out in AZ and not sure if a Bimini shade here in summer would be enough. Might need a more solid cover that’s why I was hoping could run the 3 front panels with only rear removed.
I wonder if there is anyone from ford that we could ask. Or is it a wait and see??
There are implications for other things too, like roof-mounted lights, so I'm hoping you're right so that our aftermarket options are enhanced.
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Before I start bugging the folks at Bestop, has anyone resolved this issue (soft top compatibility)?
