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[E90400K]

These panels could be made using structural foam low pressure injection molding like the livestock water troughs are. Also plastic pallets are made with structural foam molding.

Go on the B6G Bronco website circa mid 2021 and I said the same thing about the Webasto MIC top. I understand the Bronco's coated cardboard honeycomb structure architecture, but it should have been injected with structural foam instead. And IMO Ford should have just gone with a SMC/ foam core design from the beginning.

I'm not sure if you have experience with the Bronco MIC top, but once they got the production figured out, it's a pretty nice piece. The two front lift out panels work great and the rear shell lifts off easily and locks right back into place.

 

[MavStangVa]

Go on the B6G Bronco website circa mid 2021 and I said the same thing about the Webasto MIC top. I understand the Bronco's coated cardboard honeycomb structure architecture, but it should have been injected with structural foam instead. And IMO Ford should have just gone with a SMC/ foam core design from the beginning.

I'm not sure if you have experience with the Bronco MIC top, but once they got the production figured out, it's a pretty nice piece. The two front lift out panels work great and the rear shell lifts off easily and locks right back into place.

The structural foam molding is different than sandwiching foam. You know the Rubbermaid yellow mop carts that kinda look like fiberglass? That's structural foam molding.

 

[E90400K]

The structural foam molding is different than sandwiching foam. You know the Rubbermaid yellow mop carts that kinda look like fiberglass? That's structural foam molding.

It would be interesting with structural foam molding how good the colorized surface would look. Hopefully the slate gray molded in color shows a quality appearance (as you eluded to in another thread) suitable for leaving unwrapped. As I remember it, the foaming agents can leave a swirled appearance in the plastic yet with a good surface quality.

 

[Sojourner]

I'm not sure if you have experience with the Bronco MIC top, but once they got the production figured out, it's a pretty nice piece.

I'm gonna push back a little bit on one part of your excellent comment. My 4-dr BL had a production date of Aug 2024. So maybe some progress, but not entirely fixed. Even Broncos I'm seeing that are currently on dealer lots still have the cracks.

 

[E90400K]

I'm gonna push back a little bit on one part of your excellent comment. My 4-dr BL had a production date of Aug 2024. So maybe some progress, but not entirely fixed. Even Broncos I'm seeing that are currently on dealer lots still have the cracks.

My 2-dr Black Diamond was built in February 2022. That's just after the MIC 1.0 event, so maybe I got lucky and extra care was put into the MIC top production.

The front panels are like coffee beans or snakes, where they feel different than you expect. The panels look like they should be heavy, but like coffee beans, are really light in weight. Skakes (skin) look like they should be slimey but instead are dry, almost silk like.

 

[gwp]

Webasto is a German heater and auto supply company.

Webasto makes horrible quality roofs for Broncos here in the US. I own one…. Like the Bronco. Despise the roof.

 

[MavStangVa]

It would be interesting with structural foam molding how good the colorized surface would look. Hopefully the slate gray molded in color shows a quality appearance (as you eluded to in another thread) suitable for leaving unwrapped. As I remember it, the foaming agents can leave a swirled appearance in the plastic yet with a good surface quality.

Yes it does.

 

[cvollers]

Webasto makes horrible quality roofs for Broncos here in the US. I own one…. Like the Bronco. Despise the roof.

Same company. Maybe they should stick to RV heaters.

 

[TheShark]

Webasto makes horrible quality roofs for Broncos here in the US. I own one…. Like the Bronco. Despise the roof.

I think that is the general consensus with most Bronco hard top owners, love the Bronco and hate the top. However I've got the newer Modular Top on my '24 Heritage Limited Edition and it's way better than my '21 Badlands MIC top.