Removing Soft Top
04-20-2014, 01:41 PM
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Removing Soft Top
hello everyone! Can anyone help and explain how to remove the soft top. I want to make sure before I attempt.
How hard is it to install back on?
thanks
How hard is it to install back on?
thanks
04-20-2014, 02:57 PM
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I don't know if it is the same for a 4 door. With my two door, I open the rear door, remove the side and rear windows, fold the top down all the way, wrap a couple of bungees around the folded top, then remove the 4 torx screws from the arms. Easy enough for one person to lift it off from the back. Even easier with two people. I put a couple small bungees around the folded top to make it easier to carry when I'm by my self. I have a couple of cheap ladder brackets from Home Depot mounted on the garage wall to hang it for storage.
04-20-2014, 04:20 PM
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I don't know if it is the same for a 4 door. With my two door, I open the rear door, remove the side and rear windows, fold the top down all the way, wrap a couple of bungees around the folded top, then remove the 4 torx screws from the arms. Easy enough for one person to lift it off from the back. Even easier with two people. I put a couple small bungees around the folded top to make it easier to carry when I'm by my self. I have a couple of cheap ladder brackets from Home Depot mounted on the garage wall to hang it for storage.
Yes I agree that is the way to do it and is simple. Question for you or anyone. I have a 2014 2dr and want to install another soft top that is not the new premium material to match my new half door uppers. ( My 2014 came with the new premium softer top material but the half door I ordered for Summer came with the diamond material on the uppers) If I order a new Mopar soft top and remove the old one via the 4 torx screws as above will the hardware above the doors be the same. I ask this because my 2008 top attached differently to the hardware above the doors with a plastic channel that had to be clipped in while the 2014 new top just sits on top of the hardware above the door.
I know this might be confusing but any help would be appreciated since the dealer already messed this up once when ordering the half doors.
04-22-2014, 06:48 AM
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Yes I agree that is the way to do it and is simple. Question for you or anyone. I have a 2014 2dr and want to install another soft top that is not the new premium material to match my new half door uppers. ( My 2014 came with the new premium softer top material but the half door I ordered for Summer came with the diamond material on the uppers) If I order a new Mopar soft top and remove the old one via the 4 torx screws as above will the hardware above the doors be the same. I ask this because my 2008 top attached differently to the hardware above the doors with a plastic channel that had to be clipped in while the 2014 new top just sits on top of the hardware above the door.
I know this might be confusing but any help would be appreciated since the dealer already messed this up once when ordering the half doors.
I know this might be confusing but any help would be appreciated since the dealer already messed this up once when ordering the half doors.
