Bronco Soft top!!!
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Hey guys I have a 95 EB Bronco. I am wanting to put a soft top on. The one I have found is from SOFT-TOP.COM!! I really like it. What I was wondering is, has anyone ever dealt with these guys or installed this top and where there any problems with it? Was the hard top able to be put back on with no problem? Any PRO'S/CON'S would be greatly appreciated. 
Thanks guys!!!!
Thanks guys!!!!
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I am actually about to order one from those guys in the next few days. The only thing I dont like about it, is that their top requires drilling into the body of your truck, and then you have to remove all of the fasteners before you can put the hard top back on. I am going to get around this problem by getting another hard top, and cutting all of it off except the outer edge. That way I can use the "rim" to mount the soft top to, and the "rim" will bolt right up. Hope that made sense. Dave
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Dave that is an awesome idea. I never thought about that before. I may check into that before I purchase this top. Thanks. I don't like the idea of drilling into the body either. I was trying to think of a way to possibly make one. My brother works at an apholstry shop. I figure between the both of us we could come up with something just like the soft top people. I have thought about trying to use the same concept that Jeep does with the plastic strips on the sides of their top and just have to roll that into a grove of some sort. Don't know if I explained well enough though.
Did you call them and ask them about putting the top back on and they told you you had to take the snaps back off to do that??:-X23
Mike
Did you call them and ask them about putting the top back on and they told you you had to take the snaps back off to do that??:-X23
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yeah, I asked them about it in a n email. they said that all of the turnbuckles had to be removed before the hard-top can go back on. I would just try to fing a hard top for cheap, Im getting one for 75 bucks. a little more than I would have liked, but not too bad.
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I purchased one and haven't put it on yet. The quality looks good but I'm not real happy about having to remove the turnbuckles to reinstall the hardtop. The other concern I'm having is it doesn't look like it would be very watertight. I'm kinda waiting for my garage to be finished before I install it.
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Man if that doesn't throw a bullet in the fire!!!!! I basically want the top so during the summer I can have the top off. The only reason wanting the top is so I can have something that I can take off/on real quick when it rains. 
HMMM!!!!!! I will have to think about this for a bit....
I basically want the top so during the summer I can have the top off. The only reason wanting the top is so I can have something that I can take off/on real quick when it rains. HMMM!!!!!! I will have to think about this for a bit....
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Oh and JoeB I just checked out your gallery. Sweet bronco!!! I am wanting to install a 4" lift on mine as well. I noticed you said you are running 35's. With that lift do they rub any? Which I don't take mine off road that much anyways. I just love lifted bada$$ TRUCKS/SUVs.
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I had to shim out the front bumper a couple of inches(real easy to do)to keep the tires from hitting it. I've since installed a 2" body lift because I didn't like the way it looked. Funny thing is the body lift came with brackets to raise the front bumper but not the back. So now I don't like the way the back looks.
I plan to make some custom brackets one of these days.
I plan to make some custom brackets one of these days.
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>yeah, I asked them about it in a n email. they said that
>all of the turnbuckles had to be removed before the hard-top
>can go back on. I would just try to fing a hard top for
>cheap, Im getting one for 75 bucks. a little more than I
>would have liked, but not too bad.
if you live in central texas i have a good top on a 82 that i have as a parts truck
BROKEBRONCO
>all of the turnbuckles had to be removed before the hard-top
>can go back on. I would just try to fing a hard top for
>cheap, Im getting one for 75 bucks. a little more than I
>would have liked, but not too bad.
if you live in central texas i have a good top on a 82 that i have as a parts truck
BROKEBRONCO
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Sorry brokebronco I am in Northeast Tennessee. A little too far to come the top. I am working on some other ideas.
I am going to try and find some flat strips of metal about (possibly) 2" wide. Drill holes where it will mount in the existing hard top holes. Then drill holes for the snaps for the hard top in the same piece of metal. This way I won't even have to drill into my sheet metal. What do you think?
I am going to try and find some flat strips of metal about (possibly) 2" wide. Drill holes where it will mount in the existing hard top holes. Then drill holes for the snaps for the hard top in the same piece of metal. This way I won't even have to drill into my sheet metal. What do you think? 
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I have a '79 and I've considered making my own top with the bolt on metal strips for the snaps like you're talking about. Do you think you'd have to use some kind of gasket or seal between the metal strips and your paint? I was just looking at tops at http://skylercorp.com/ , it looks like they use Velcro all the way around instead of snaps. They also use metal pieces so you don't have to drill into your rails. What are you planning on doing to attach your cover over the tailgate window hole?
Good luck. --sean
Good luck. --sean
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Sean I have thought about velcro and would like to use it instead of the snaps. The only thing problem I am thinking of is finding a strong enough velcro to hold the top on while driving down the interstate at 75 mph. I like the mounting hardware of the Skyler top just don't want to give up the use of the back seat. If they had a top like the one made by Soft-tops it would be perfect. Now if you can just purchase the mounting hardware from Skyler then make your own then we are in business.
Aim, the snaps that are on the link you showed us are "I believe" for a quick release of the top. That would be fine but if I am out away from home and it starts raining I can't get home fast enough to keep the rain from drowning my interior.
Aim, the snaps that are on the link you showed us are "I believe" for a quick release of the top. That would be fine but if I am out away from home and it starts raining I can't get home fast enough to keep the rain from drowning my interior.
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Mike. Why don't you just spend the $530 for the Skyler, throw their cover out, and make your own to fit their aluminum frame? Seriously, I kind of wondered about the Velcro's ability to hold tight at 70+ mph too. Maybe with as much surface area as they have (it looks like a one inch strip all the way around) the pressure is distributed enough to hold tight. I don't know. How much of a pain would it be to mount snaps every few inches on a metal strip (or the lip from an old Bronco top)? Once they're installed, would it be tough to line up all the snaps? I know my father-in-law had a tonneau cover on his truck with stationary rail snaps; it was pretty tough to get some of them fastened, but I only had to do it once or twice.
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$530 is alot of money to spend and then throw away the top. I sent them an email asking them if I could just purchase the frame. I would say I will get an email back saying NO!!! But never hurts to ask...